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2d Mount the contents of the installation repository into the change root envi-
ronment of the FTP server:
mount --bind path_to_instsource /srv/ftp/instsource
Replace
path_to_instsource
and
instsource
with values matching
your setup. If you need to make this permanent, add it to
/etc/fstab
.
2e Start vsftpd with
vsftpd
.
3
Announce the installation source via OpenSLP, if this is supported by your net-
work setup:
3a
Create a configuration file called
install.suse.ftp.reg
under
/etc/
slp/reg.d/
that contains the following lines:
# Register the FTP Installation Server
service:install.suse:ftp://$HOSTNAME/srv/ftp/instsource/CD1,en,65535
description=FTP Installation Source
Replace
instsource
with the actual name to the installation source direc-
tory on your server. The
service:
line should be entered as one continuous
line.
3b Save this configuration file and start the OpenSLP daemon with
rcslpd
start
.
4.2.4 Setting Up an HTTP Installation Source
Manually
Creating an HTTP installation source is very similar to creating an NFS installation
source. HTTP installation sources can be announced over the network using OpenSLP
as well.
1 Create a directory holding the installation sources as described in Section 4.2.2,
“Setting Up an NFS Installation Source Manually” (page 54).
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