Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Reference Manual

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Adding a Distribution to Cobbler
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cobbler sync
Then, start the Satellite server:
/usr/sbin/rhn-satellite start
Warning
Do not start or stop the
cobblerd
service independent of the Satellite service, as doing
so may cause errors and other issues.
Always use
/usr/sbin/rhn-satellite
to start or stop RHN Satellite.
11.2. Adding a Distribution to Cobbler
If all Cobbler prerequisites have been met and Cobbler is now running, you can now begin adding a
distribution to the Cobbler if you have the content on the Cobbler server.
For information about creating and configuring kickstart distributions from the
RHN Satellite interface, refer to
Section 7.4.9.6, “Kickstart � Distributions —
”
.
Using
cobbler
to create a distribution from the command line is as follows:
cobbler distro add --name= string --kernel= path --initrd= path
The
--name= string
switch is a label used to differentiate one distro choice from another (for
example,
rhel5server
)
The
--kernel= path
switch specifies the path to the kernel image file
The
--initrd= path
switch specifies the path to the initial ramdisk (initrd) image file.
11.3. Adding a Profile to Cobbler
Once you have configured a distribution to Cobbler, you can then add profiles to Cobbler.
Cobbler profiles associate a distribution to additional options, like kickstart files. Profiles are the core
unit of provisioning and there must be at least one Cobbler profile for every distribution added. For
example, two profiles might be created for a web server and a desktop configuration. While both
profiles use the same distro, the profiles are for different installations types.
For information about creating and configuring kickstart profiles from the RHN Satellite interface, refer
to
Section 7.4.9.2, “Kickstart Profiles”
.
The usage of
cobbler
to create profiles from the command line is as follows: