Thanks for the input, I will try the suggestions and report back if I experience any problems.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote: > Fabien Dupont wrote: > > > > > > 2009/2/18 Michael DeHaan <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > >> > > > > Fabien Dupont wrote: > > > If your repository storage is mounted on your cobbler server > > (locally > > > or through NFS or iSCSI...), you should add your repository like > > this : > > > > > > cobbler repo add --name=<repository_name> > > > --mirror=<path_to_your_repository> --mirror-locally=N > > > > > > and create a symbolic link > > > /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/<repository_name> (or whatever the > path > > > of you cobbler www directory) targeting your local repository for > it > > > to be available through HTTP : > > > > You really should not manually create symbolic links in the cobbler > > repo_mirror directory. Just make sure that your content is > available > > somewhere. In this case, just do /var/www/html/mystuff or > > wherever you > > want, but do not pick a directory that cobbler manages. Cobbler > > likes > > to garden it's own directories and this may lead to it not > > working as you suspect. > > > > > > Well, it works exactly as I expect it to work. My data is stored on a > > NFS share for convenience and backup facilities. Nevertheless, I don't > > have any other HTTP server on my private network able to serve these > > directories. And I am not allowed by my company's security policy to > > let servers or workstations access this share ; only my cobbler server > > is in the ACL. Thus, I have to provide access to the repositories > > through cobbler's httpd. > > > > I would really prefer having a --available-as option like 'cobbler > > import' has. But this would probably be not that easy considering the > > repository can be an http server over the internet... > > > > Yeah, don't assume it will continue to work as you expect if you are > putting your own content into those directories. You do have cobbler's > HTTP server, just don't store the content in a directory that cobbler > owns (i.e. /var/www/cobbler/..anything). /var/www/anythingelse is ok. > > > > > > > ln -s <path_to_your_repository> > > > /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/<repository_name> > > > > > > Unfortunately, cobbler doesn't do that automaticaly (or I haven't > > > found how...) > > > > Just do: > > > > cobbler repo add --name=<repository_name> > > --mirror=http://server/mystuff/repo_path --mirror-locally=N > > > > It does not need to be served up from a directory that cobbler > > manages. > > > > > > > > -- > > > Fabien > > > > > > 2009/2/18 Léon Keijser <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 10:23 -0500, Rodrique Heron wrote: > > > > We already have a local server mirroring apt sources and I > > would > > > just > > > > like to tell Cobbler to use it instead of downloading > > everything to > > > > the cobbler server. How can I accomplish this? > > > > > > Edit your mirror with --mirror-locally=0 > > > > > > > > > Léon > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > cobbler mailing list > > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > cobbler mailing list > > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
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