[CentOS-docs] Wiki Access Request for Java How To's
Sean Gilligan
sean at msgilligan.com
Sat Apr 25 00:23:49 UTC 2009
Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 04/24/2009 08:25 PM, Sean Gilligan wrote:
>
>> That's really cool! I'd love to help with testing and documentation. I'm
>> also interested in sharing Cobbler configurations publicly, but I'm not
>> sure what that entails.
>>
>
> There is a small app I wrote many years back to handle kickstarts, I am
> sure that could be expanded into something that can be used to share
> cobbler / puppet / kickstart configs. Something that should move up in
> the priority list for sure.
>
>
>
I'm pretty sure the cobbler web interface allows you to share cobbler
and kickstart configs - would you integrate with that? (I haven't
looked at it for a while and it may be designed for use inside a
firewall. I'm not familiar with puppet.)
>> I noticed this wiki page
>> (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror) was recently added. I
>> believe using Cobbler is a valid alternative approach for this, right?
>>
>
> not really - but there is a definite overlap in interest there. Cobbler
> uses reposync under the hood - which is something that should absolutely
> be on that page, since thats what it does.
>
> Cobbler on the other hand is a much wider and a much more focused tool
> on provisioning, not so much about management and maintenance.
>
>
I set up a local mirror of a Fedora 6 yum repo about 2 years ago and it
was not simple (for me). About a year ago I did it for Fedora 8 with
cobbler and it was very simple. My recollection was that Cobbler was a
superset of setting up a local repo and, given the ease of use, a better
solution.
I hope to be setting up cobbler on CentOS 5.3 shortly, so that should
refresh my memory.
-- Sean
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