Cobbler (software)
| Stable release | 1.0.3
/ June 3, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Installation |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | Cobbler |
Cobbler is a Linux provisioning server that creates network installs can be configured for PXE, reinstallations, and virtualized using Xen or KVM. Cobbler also interacts with program called Koan for reinstallation and virtualization support. Koan and Cobbler use libvirt to integrate with different virtualization software.
Cobbler builds on the Kickstart mechanism and offers installation profiles that can be applied to one or many machines. It also features integration with Yum to aid in machine installs.
Although cobbler is focused on RPM-based installs via Kickstart and anaconda, it can be used to configure a PXE server to boot various non-RPM boot images such as Knoppix and other flavors of Debian. Support for booting generic ISOs is being worked on.