Cobbler

Cobbler is a versatile Linux deployment server (by cobbler)

Cobbler Alternatives

Similar projects and alternatives to Cobbler

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Cobbler reviews and mentions

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cobbler. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-29.
  • Deploy Linux Workstations
    2 projects | /r/linuxadmin | 29 Dec 2022
    Take a look at Cobbler. I've used it for quite a few years & love it. It supports both preseed & kickstart.
  • [HELP] PXE Boot without data loss
    3 projects | /r/linuxadmin | 4 Dec 2022
    I haven't setup a PXE server in a long time. There are management tools like MaaS, Collins, Cobbler, etc that deal with the provisioning of systems.
  • Tracking customization: Open Build Service, KIWI NG (SUSE Studio Express), other thoughts?
    2 projects | /r/openSUSE | 21 Jul 2022
    In regard on how to distribute things: If you just want an installation server then I would recommend Cobbler. This server is what is used by Uyuni under the hood for auto-installations. But this would be only reasonable if you really want to try to distribute in a broader way. I am aware that both projects are used from a couple of multiple thousands of machines. So you should be able to bend that system to your desire.
  • Best solution for virtual Linux desktops with gui
    2 projects | /r/linuxadmin | 27 May 2022
    In regard to the installation I would recommend you to have a look at github.com/cobbler/cobbler/ because it would also enable bare-metal provisioning in many scenarios.
  • Can I get some feedback for my strategy to restore my servers in worst case scenario?
    5 projects | /r/sysadmin | 2 Nov 2021
    Individual machines should be bootstraped via PXE. You can use a system like MAAS, Cobbler, Foreman, Collins, etc.
  • We Decided for and Against Ubuntu Core
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Mar 2021
    I did this for a few years with cobbler (https://cobbler.github.io/). cobbler, pxe, bootp, tftp, ansible and friends pretty much solve this problem. In fact, if you know the mac addresses (or ranges) you can fairly easily designate groups of machines, roles, and the like.

    Years ago I did this to "rapidly" provision a couple of thousand machines we bought for the stock exchange. You can do most of your testing locally in vagrants, even simulating the networks you need to provision.

    You can go a step further and trigger api updates at the end of your ansible runs so that cobbler updates collins

  • netbootd: automate OS provisioning (PXE booting), DHCP, TFTP, HTTP server
    5 projects | /r/golang | 13 Mar 2021
    It's been done before but I never felt satisfied with existing solutions. I know Foreman (Ruby), Cobbler (Python), Digital Rebar (Go, not open source) . With the exception of the last one, they are orchestrators for external DHCP, TFTP, HTTP servers, which means you run tons of different software.
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