This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on how to install Cobbler on Linux Mint. Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows system administrators to automate the installation of Linux distributions.
Before you can install Cobbler, make sure that you have:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cobbler cobbler-web dnsmasq apache2-utils
sudo cobbler check
This command will check if there are any issues with the installation. If there are any errors, you will need to fix them before moving on.
sudo cobbler get-loaders
sudo chown -R cobbler:cobbler /var/lib/cobbler
sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/cobbler/webui_sessions/
These commands will download the boot loaders, change ownership of the cobbler directory to the cobbler user, and change the permissions of the webui_sessions directory.
sudo systemctl start cobblerd
sudo systemctl enable cobblerd
sudo systemctl start dnsmasq
sudo systemctl enable dnsmasq
These commands start and enable the Cobbler and DNsmasq services.
sudo htpasswd -c /etc/cobbler/users.digest cobbler
sudo systemctl restart apache2
To verify that Cobbler is installed and configured correctly, you can visit the Cobbler web interface. Open your web browser and navigate to https://localhost/cobbler_web. You should see the Cobbler login screen.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Cobbler on your Linux Mint system! You can now use Cobbler to automate the installation of Linux distributions.
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