I needed a simple way to mirror some repos, and potentially kickstart some servers at a future date. While something like The Foreman↗ would do the build side of things it doesn’t repo mirrors (yet). So I did an install of Cobbler↗ . This turned out to be more stright forward than I thought, first you need to ensure EPEL↗ is enabled …. Installing Cobbler on CentOS 6.x 1/1 y y c c s s s s c v # [ m [ m [ m [ m # c c # h u u h h e e e e o i d o d o a o a o o o t m m k k r r r r b m M n d h d u d u d o b b c d c c v v v v b a s u c u t u t u n b b o i i i o o i i i i l / k ] l p l h l h l c l l b g n n n n c c c c e e e e ] e e e o e e e e b e s s f f e e e e r t n r r r l s t t i i c t = = t = i = d e t a a g g h x c c g / h i z o c s r l l t i o o e c e m m c a a a n h y / l l c x t n b b t o a a a u t u e e n s e o i p e b b - b f n n t t i t c c e t h c b n d t l l l b o a a i h o h s k t c t o b e d e e o l l g g o n n z a s / t b l t r r r a e l e e n _ ] _ v c p b e d e s d d d r o _ _ ] c a e t o : l r s t e / w d d o l h b / e d o t a s s r m i n n n l a e b / r n a r t t s o n s s f o n l f o r t a a d g m m i w d u e t c n t r t u a a g a s r p o t u l c s s f l r e / . b s e h q q i l u r u l b s a l n n s i l . n e a e n e c g t m r u r o e h e s x - n s e . . w f a d n e … f n i c b . o d g s l e u p l p s . y o a t e k w s d i i s “ u c n w C / k g o o p s r b u t … d b b a . l / r f e e t o r p r ” e l t c / h o 6 e b / b i w l 3 e e 8 b r 6 / i e n p t e e l r - f r a e c l e e a t s o e - c 6 o - b 8 b . l n e o r a r / c h c . o r b p b m l e r , c h a n g e t h a t b y r u n n i n g … . ….. all done. You should be able to access your installation at ….. ...

Had a play with SaltStack↗ today, it’s a good way to manage multiple machines from a central location. It runs as a Server (master) and client (minion). First we need to install the Salt-Master, this assumes you are installing on CentOS and don’t mind having EPEL installed on both the master and minion …. SaltStack on CentOS 6.x 1/3 # y y # y c s s # # y c s s u u u h e e u h e e I m m I m k d r I R m k d r n n c v n e c v s u i s i o - i s p i o - i t p n t n n i c t l n n i c a d s a s f e a a s f e l a t l t i ‘ l c t i ‘ l t a l a g s s l e a g s s e l l / a l / a E l t l s # l t $ l s # l P - h a i t h s a m t E y h e s l n - e a s l a - L t a t t m l a t s m t s l - e a s t l - t i a p a t m r s a - t m e n n : l - a f t l m - i r i d / t m s a e t a m n : o / - a t c r - s i i n U f m s e e m t n o s p t a t r : s i e i n a s d p s e t n r o l t a . t r o 0 a i . n o t a t l e n . r o y n / r e i r 0 t n o m t n . u a o u 0 r s n x . d t . 0 o e b n / m r o c i a : t s n i h u t n m . e . a t e r c n h d f o a e u a m g / c e m p e w r a u : i . s b t y t / 0 h o e e . u r p 0 t r e . h d a l 0 e o n / . m d 6 0 F a / / Q i m i g D n i 3 ’ N . n 8 c i 6 / o o o / e f m n e t / s p c y g e / o ’ l s u - a r / r l e e t s t l / a c e m l / a a t s s s - a e t m l - e a t 6 r s / - t m 8 e i . r n n i o o a n r c h . r p m Now we have a minion talking to the master we need to accept the certificate; ...

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