Add System Profile in Cobbler Server

Add System Profile in Cobbler Server.

Prerequisites:


>  Make sure Physical server / Virtual Machine are in the same Network ( VLAN ) where DHCP catch  the client MAC address
>  Partition table of the kickstart file is designed as per Physical server KVM Project requirement.
  
Steps to create Hardware Machine / Virtual Machine system profile.

>  On a Desktop machine open Internet Browser and type the follow URL:
https://<Cobbler Server IP >/cobbler_web
Eg:- https://172.30.0.5/cobbler_web

Username : cobbler
Password  : Use the password which was set at the time of installation.
Click on Login button to continue.


 

   > In Configuration option click on Systems option.

 

  > In the Systems click on Create New System button.
 
 

  > In Adding a System option select General tab and provide the following details.

           Name: Name for the new system profile Eg: HVZR-19
Profile: Select type of OS which you want to install. I have selected “CentOS 6.5” in the following screenshot.
Status: Select testing.

NOTE: This option is just for the reference and you can select “Production,   Development and testing“.
Kickstart:  From down arrow select centos65.ks option for KVM compatible OS installation.
NOTE: If you don’t select kickstart option than Cobbler server will take default   kickstart file to install OS.

IMP: Install CentOS on Virtual Machine please don’t use kickstart option.


 

  >  In Networking (Global) tab select the following options.

Hostname:   Provide Hostname for new server / VM
Gateway:      Network Gateway (Make sure server gateway and Cobbler server sharing the same gateway)
Name Servers:   DNS Server IP (Not Compulsory).
   

 

 >  In Networking tab select the following options.

Add Interface: Provide Ethernet card type and click on Add button
                          Eg: eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3 …..

NOTE: Make sure Physical management Network should be connected to the Ethernet adapter. Network should be in the same range where Cobbler server deployed.

Mac Address: Provide the MAC address details of the same Ethernet adapter which is added in Add interface.

NOTE: MAC address information can be collect from physical server Bios or 
for VM from Citrix Xen server client.

IP Address: Static IP address which you want to assign to new server.

NOTE: Make sure Static IP range and Cobbler server IP range should be the same.

Static: Click on the Check Box.
Subnet Mask: Provide Network subnet mask.

Once finish click on Save button to continue.

 

  > In Actions option on the left side click on Sync button.

 

      New Server installation profile is ready now.
 

 >  Power on Physical server where you want to install new OS and select <F12> Select   
     Boot Device. Option.

NOTE: F12 is default Boot selection option for IBM Servers. This option might be different for vendors like HP, Dell servers.
For Virtual Machine select boot option from VM Bios or from Configuration settings in Citrix Xen client. 

   

> Select Boot from PXE Network.

 
 

Save and Exit from Bios.

> Once started from Network Boot you will get the following screen.
 


> OS installation started now. Following screen is just for your reference.



>  Once the OS installation done and Machine rebooted. Go to the server Bios and select first Boot option is Hard Disk 0. Check the following screen for the reference

 

> After server booting from the Hard Disk you will get the following screen.

Default username: root
Password: Default Password set in kickstart file.

Plain vanilla OS is ready to use.

 


EOD


















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