Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python

Installing Cobbler on an automation server

We will start by installing some essential packages, such as vim, tcpudump , wget, and net-tools, on our automation server (either CentOS or Ubuntu). Then, we will install the cobbler package from the epel repository. Please note that these packages are not required for Cobbler, but we will use them to understand how Cobbler really works.

For CentOS, use the following command:

yum install vim vim-enhanced tcpdump net-tools wget git -y

For Ubuntu, use the following command:

sudo apt install vim tcpdump net-tools wget git -y

Then, we need to disable the firewall. Cobbler doesn't play well with SELinux policies, and it's recommended to disable it, especially if you are unfamiliar with them. Also, we ...