[Nottingham] NLUG links page

[Paul Tew]

Christopher,

I could write a really lengthy email about what I expect from the EMA
but to be honest it's better if we talk over the phone. Give me a ring
on 01636 816458 or email me with a time that I can ring you.

If we have that conversation I can assure you that you won't fail to
pass this course (sorry, new terminology [that I abhor], module)

Regards,

Paul Tew (M889 Tutor)


On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 11:58 +0100, Dylan Swift wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 30 March 2011 14:22, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>         On 30 March 2011 08:49, Mat Booth <mbooth at fedoraproject.org>
>         wrote:
>         > On 30 March 2011 07:05, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>         >> Folks,
>         >>
>         >> I've been slowly adding to a general links page on:
>         >>
>         >> http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/links
>         >>
>         >> What 'top ten' useful links should be added?... Any
>         'essentials'?
>         
>         
>         [---]
>         
>         >
>         > As a question about this has came up on this list before,
>         the
>         > Kickstart Script manual, for those who are automatically
>         provisioning
>         > redhat and related distros is a useful link:
>         > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
>         
>         
>         
>         From that:
>         
>         "Many system administrators would prefer to use an automated
>         installation method to install Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise
>         Linux on
>         their machines. To answer this need, Red Hat created the
>         kickstart
>         installation method. Using kickstart, a system administrator
>         can
>         create a single file containing the answers to all the
>         questions that
>         would normally be asked during a typical installation.
>         
>         Kickstart files can be kept on a server system and read by
>         individual
>         computers during the installation. ..."
>         
>         That's a good one for Red Hat and for the sysadmin section.
>         
>         I'm still on the old-fashioned Clonezilla 'ghosting',
>         pxe-boot, or
>         I've even been known to use 'dd | gzip | nc' or 'dd | ssh -c'!
>         
> 
> 
> We also use Clonezilla for Windows clones - I'm very impressed with
> the speed!
> I have used dd in the past with the output going via multiple `tee`s
> to multiple `nc`s for a mass clone. Still nowhere near as fast as
> Clonezilla
> 
> 
>         
>         
>         
>          For completeness, what do others use?
>         
> 
> 
> Cobbler (https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/). Integrates ISO upload (to
> the server), DHCP/TFT/PXE configuration with kickstart scripting,
> puppet integration, remote power control etc. Currently works best
> with RedHat (it came out of RedHat) based distros (Fedora, CentOS,
> scientific linux etc) & there are efforts underway to integrate Debian
> based distro's & more (I understand VMware has been installed this way
> too).
> 
> 
> We then use puppet (not fully integrated yet) to keep in-house systems
> up to date with the latest configurations as kickstart/Clonezilla/dd
> will only make changes at install time. Puppet will make configuration
> changes while the system is running. Use of 'classes' mean that many
> machines can be updated with one class on the puppet server.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Dylan 
> 
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