On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Jamie McDonald <jm...@iclebyte.com> wrote: > Afternoon, > > Perhaps everyone knows this but I've had trouble getting Cobbler to work > correctly on 10.04 LTS. I spoke with someone on IRC and they said alot of > effort had been going into Cobbler for Natty. > > As a result I tried to get it working under Natty Alpha 3 in a VM and found > the Web UI did not work correctly using the default package. > > I've outlined the steps required to make it work in the hope it might help > someone else. > > ###################################### > Cobbler inital config on natty-alpha3 > ###################################### > > apt-get install cobbler > a2enmod proxy_http > cd /etc/apache2/conf.d > ln -s /etc/cobbler/cobbler_web.conf cobbler_web.conf > > Edit cobbler_web.conf and comment out line 9 so it reads > ------------------------------------------------- > #CustomLog logs/access_log combined env=!dontlog > ------------------------------------------------- > > cd /var/www > rm cobbler_webui_content > ln -s /usr/share/cobbler/webroot/cobbler_webui_content/ > cobbler_webui_content > > ################################## > Configure cobbler to allow logins > ################################## > Edit /etc/cobbler/modules.conf > > Change the line which reads > ----------------- > [authentication] > module = authn_denyall > ----------------- > > So that it actually says > > ----------------- > [authentication] > module = authn_configfile > ----------------- > > ############### > Now add a user > ############### > htdigest /etc/cobbler/users.digest "Cobbler" myusername > > ##################### > Restart all services > ##################### > service apache2 stop > service cobbler stop > service apache2 start > service apache2 start > > I've also posted this as a bug for the package in Launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cobbler/+bug/741661 > > I hope this is the correct procedure? It's my first bug report so please let > me know if I should do things differently in the future. > > Regards, > > Jamie.
Hi Jamie, Thanks for your feedback! We do have a goal of having a working Cobbler out-of-the-box for Ubuntu 11.04, so your testing and instructions are very valuable. We'll take a look at this bug ASAP. Thanks, -- :-Dustin Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Developer -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
