Cobbler
简介
Cobbler是一款Linux生态的自动化运维工具，基于Python2开发，用于自动化批量部署安装操作系
统；其提供基于CLI的管理方式和WEB配置界面，其中WEB配置界面是基于Python2和Django框架开发。另外，cobbler还提供了API，方便二次开发。Cobbler属于C/S模型(客户端/服务器模型)；
Cobbler主要用于快速网络安装linux操作系统，支持众多的Linux发行版如：Red Hat、Fedora、CentOS、Debian、Ubuntu和SuSE等，甚至支持windows的安装。
Cobbler实质是PXE的二次封装，将多种安装参数封装到一起，并提供统一的管理方法
Cobbler是在HTTP、TFTP、DHCP等各种服务的基础上进行相关操作的，实际安装的大体过程类似于基于PXE的网络安装：客户端(裸机)开机使用网卡引导启动，请求DHCP分配一个地址后从TFTP服务器获取启动文件,加载到客户端本地内存中运行，并显示出可安装的系统列表；在人为的选定安装的操作系统类型后,客户端会到HTTP服务器下载相应的系统安装文件并执行自动安装
工作原理
- client裸机配置了从网络启动后，开机后会广播包请求DHCP服务器（cobbler server）发送其分配好的一个IP
- DHCP服务器（cobbler server）收到请求后发送responese，包括其ip地址
- client裸机拿到ip后再向cobbler server发送请求OS引导文件的请求
- cobbler server告诉裸机OS引导文件的名字和TFTP server的ip和port
- client裸机通过上面告知的TFTP server地址通信，下载引导文件
- client裸机执行执行该引导文件，确定加载信息，选择要安装的os，期间会再向cobbler server请求kickstart文件和os image
- cobbler server发送请求的kickstart和os iamge
- client裸机加载kickstart文件
- client裸机接收os image，安装该os image
相关文件
配置文件
/etc/cobbler/settings #cobbler 主配置文件
/etc/cobbler/iso/ #iso模板配置文件
/etc/cobbler/pxe #pxe模板文件
/etc/cobbler/power #电源配置文件
/etc/cobbler/user.conf #web服务授权配置文件
/etc/cobbler/users.digest #web访问的用户名密码配置文件
/etc/cobbler/dhcp.template #dhcp服务器的的配置模板
/etc/cobbler/dnsmasq.template #dns服务器的配置模板
/etc/cobbler/tftpd.template #tftp服务的配置模板
/etc/cobbler/modules.conf #cobbler模块的配置文件数据目录
/var/lib/cobbler/config/ #用于存放distros，system，profiles 等信息的配置文件
/var/lib/cobbler/triggers/ #用于存放用户定义的cobbler命令
/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/ # 默认存放kickstart文件
/var/lib/cobbler/loaders/ #存放各种引导程序镜像目录
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ #导入的发行版系统的所有数据
/var/www/cobbler/images/ #导入发行版kernel和initrd镜像用于远程网络启动
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/ #yum 仓库存储目录日志目录
/var/log/cobbler/installing #客户端安装日志
/var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log #cobbler日志相关命令
cobbler check 核对当前设置是否有问题
cobbler list 列出所有的cobbler元素
cobbler report 列出元素的详细信息
cobbler sync 同步配置到数据目录,更改配置最好都要执行下
cobbler reposync 同步yum仓库
cobbler distro 查看导入的发行版系统信息，通过cobbler distro --help获取更多命令帮助
cobbler system 查看添加的系统信息
cobbler profile 查看配置信息
常见用法
#列出当前导入的linux发行版条目
cobbler distro list
#报告当前所有的linux发行版详细信息
cobbler distro report
#列出启动菜单条目
cobbler profile list
#导入系统源文件生成仓库。 实质是复制源镜像文件。
#--name指明镜像在cobbler中显示的目录名称，--paht指明源镜像文件路径，--arch指明架构，可选
#cobbler将系统yum源文件存放在 /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror目录下
cobbler import --name=centos-8.0-x86_64 --path=/mnt --arch=x86_64
#新增启动菜单条目 并将linux发行版系统与其对应的ks文件建立关联。
#-- name指定新增的菜单条目，--distro指定发行版镜像，--kickstart指定自定义的ks文件
cobbler profile add --name=centos7 --distro=centos7-x86_64 --kickstart=/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/ks7.cfg
#在导入发行版系统是会自动生成distro发行版列表，使用下面命令删除指定发行版条目再使用上面命令关联自定义的ks
cobbler profile remove --name=PROFILE_NAME实验
centos7基于Cobbler实现系统自动化安装
环境
NAT模式，关闭vmware的DHCP功能
centos7（192.168.28.141），部署cobbler、dhcp、httpd、tftp
关闭firewalld和selinux
软件包：cobbler（cobbler包位于epel源中，安装时解决依赖会自动安装httpd、tftp）、dhcp
过程
在centos7上安装软件包
[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install cobbler dhcp
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl enable --now cobblerd httpd tftp dhcpd
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cobblerd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/cobblerd.service.
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/tftp.socket to /usr/lib/systemd/system/tftp.socket.
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/dhcpd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.
Job for dhcpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status dhcpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
#DHCP未配置直接启动会报错若发现 systemctl status cobblerd 服务启动了但有报错：cannot touch ‘/usr/share/cobbler/web/cobbler.wsgi’: No such file or directory，是因为没安装cobbler-web，可选
修改cobbler配置
#cobbler需要配置的提示信息
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler check
The following are potential configuration items that you may want to fix:
1 : The 'server' field in /etc/cobbler/settings must be set to something other than localhost, or kickstarting features will not work. This should be a resolvable hostname or IP for the boot server as reachable by all machines that will use it.
2 : For PXE to be functional, the 'next_server' field in /etc/cobbler/settings must be set to something other than 127.0.0.1, and should match the IP of the boot server on the PXE network.
3 : change 'disable' to 'no' in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
4 : Some network boot-loaders are missing from /var/lib/cobbler/loaders. If you only want to handle x86/x86_64 netbooting, you may ensure that you have installed a *recent* version of the syslinux package installed and can ignore this message entirely. Files in this directory, should you want to support all architectures, should include pxelinux.0, menu.c32, elilo.efi, and yaboot.
5 : enable and start rsyncd.service with systemctl
6 : debmirror package is not installed, it will be required to manage debian deployments and repositories
7 : ksvalidator was not found, install pykickstart
8 : The default password used by the sample templates for newly installed machines (default_password_crypted in /etc/cobbler/settings) is still set to 'cobbler' and should be changed, try: "openssl passwd -1 -salt 'random-phrase-here' 'your-password-here'" to generate new one
9 : fencing tools were not found, and are required to use the (optional) power management features. install cman or fence-agents to use them
Restart cobblerd and then run 'cobbler sync' to apply changes.
#修改 /etc/cobbler/settings
[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/cobbler/settings
...
#指定cobbler服务器IP
server: 192.168.28.141
...
#指定tftp服务器IP
next_server: 192.168.28.141
...
#设置root加密后的密码，默认是cobbler，通过openssl passwd -数字 密码 生成加密后的密码
default_password_crypted: "$1$mF86/UHC$WvcIcX2t6crBz2onWxyac."
...
#默认0，cobbler不管dhcp，需要手动配置dhcp；现改为1，通过cobbler生成dhcp配置文件
manage_dhcp: 1
...
#再次运行cobbler check会发现提示信息发生变化
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler check
The following are potential configuration items that you may want to fix:
1 : change 'disable' to 'no' in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
2 : Some network boot-loaders are missing from /var/lib/cobbler/loaders. If you only want to handle x86/x86_64 netbooting, you may ensure that you have installed a *recent* version of the syslinux package installed and can ignore this message entirely. Files in this directory, should you want to support all architectures, should include pxelinux.0, menu.c32, elilo.efi, and yaboot.
3 : enable and start rsyncd.service with systemctl
4 : debmirror package is not installed, it will be required to manage debian deployments and repositories
5 : ksvalidator was not found, install pykickstart
6 : The default password used by the sample templates for newly installed machines (default_password_crypted in /etc/cobbler/settings) is still set to 'cobbler' and should be changed, try: "openssl passwd -1 -salt 'random-phrase-here' 'your-password-here'" to generate new one
7 : fencing tools were not found, and are required to use the (optional) power management features. install cman or fence-agents to use them
Restart cobblerd and then run 'cobbler sync' to apply changes.
#cobbler的DHCP模版文件，修改此文件cobbler会自动生成dhcp配置文件
[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template
...
subnet 192.168.28.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers 192.168.28.2;
option domain-name-servers 180.76.76.76,223.5.5.5;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.28.145 192.168.28.149;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
next-server $next_server;
class "pxeclients" {
match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
if option pxe-system-type = 00:02 {
filename "ia64/elilo.efi";
} else if option pxe-system-type = 00:06 {
filename "grub/grub-x86.efi";
} else if option pxe-system-type = 00:07 {
filename "grub/grub-x86_64.efi";
} else if option pxe-system-type = 00:09 {
filename "grub/grub-x86_64.efi";
} else {
filename "pxelinux.0";
}
}
}
...
[root@wenzi ~]# systemctl restart cobblerd
[root@wenzi ~]# cobbler sync
#联网下载启动相关文件，会存放在 /var/lib/tftpboot/ 目录下
[root@localhost ~]# tree /var/lib/tftpboot/
/var/lib/tftpboot/
├── boot
│ └── grub
│ └── menu.lst
├── etc
├── grub
│ ├── efidefault
│ └── images -> ../images
├── images
├── images2
├── memdisk
├── menu.c32
├── ppc
├── pxelinux.0
├── pxelinux.cfg
│ └── default
└── s390x
└── profile_list
10 directories, 7 files
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler get-loaders
No such command: get-loaders踩坑：
执行cobbler get-loaders时，提示没有此命令。只需安装 yum -y install syslinux即可，No such command:get-loaders 可忽略。cobbler check 第二个警告翻译如下
2.Some network boot-loaders are missing from /var/lib/cobbler/loaders. If you only want to handle x86/x86_64 netbooting, you may ensure that you have installed a *recent* version of the syslinux package installed and can ignore this message entirely. Files in this directory, should you want to support all architectures, should include pxelinux.0, menu.c32, elilo.efi, and yaboot
/var/lib/cobbler/loaders 中缺少一些网络引导加载器。如果您只想处理 x86/x86_64 网络引导，则可以确保已安装 syslinux 包的最新版本，并且可以完全忽略此消息。如果您想要支持所有体系结构，此目录中的文件应包括 pxelinux.0、menu.c32、elilo.efi 和 yaboot。
#修改启动菜单标题模版
[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/cobbler/pxe/pxedefault.template
DEFAULT menu
PROMPT 0
# |后面是自定义标题
MENU TITLE Cobbler | WenZi Cobbler Menu
TIMEOUT 200
TOTALTIMEOUT 6000
ONTIMEOUT $pxe_timeout_profile
LABEL local
MENU LABEL (local)
MENU DEFAULT
LOCALBOOT -1
$pxe_menu_items
MENU end
[root@wenzi ~]# systemctl restart cobblerd
[root@wenzi ~]# cobbler sync
#查看自动生成的启动菜单
[root@localhost ~]# cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
DEFAULT menu
PROMPT 0
MENU TITLE Cobbler | WenZi Cobbler Menu
TIMEOUT 200
TOTALTIMEOUT 6000
ONTIMEOUT local
LABEL local
MENU LABEL (local)
MENU DEFAULT
LOCALBOOT -1
MENU end
#导入系统镜像资源 虚拟机新加centos6/8 的镜像
[root@localhost ~]# mkdir /mnt/centos{6,7,8}
[root@localhost ~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot
└─sda2 8:2 0 19G 0 part
├─centos-root 253:0 0 17G 0 lvm /
└─centos-swap 253:1 0 2G 0 lvm [SWAP]
sr0 11:0 1 3.7G 0 rom
sr1 11:1 1 7.7G 0 rom
sr2 11:2 1 4.4G 0 rom
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/centos6
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/sr2 /mnt/centos7
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/sr1 /mnt/centos8
#cobbler将系统yum源文件存放在 /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror目录下
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler import --name=centos-8.2-x86_64 --path=/mnt/centos8 --arch=x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler import --name=centos-7.0-x86_64 --path=/mnt/centos7 --arch=x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler import --name=centos-6.8-x86_64 --path=/mnt/centos6 --arch=x86_64
#导入后重启、同步
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart cobblerd
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler sync
[root@localhost ~]# tree -d /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/
├── centos-6.8-x86_64
│ ├── EFI
│ │ └── BOOT
│ ├── images
│ │ └── pxeboot
│ ├── isolinux
│ ├── Packages
│ └── repodata
├── centos-7.0-x86_64
│ ├── EFI
│ │ └── BOOT
│ │ └── fonts
│ ├── images
│ │ └── pxeboot
│ ├── isolinux
│ ├── LiveOS
│ ├── Packages
│ └── repodata
├── centos-8.2-x86_64
│ ├── AppStream
│ │ ├── Packages
│ │ └── repodata
│ ├── BaseOS
│ │ ├── Packages
│ │ └── repodata
│ ├── EFI
│ │ └── BOOT
│ │ └── fonts
│ ├── images
│ │ └── pxeboot
│ └── isolinux
└── config
32 directories
#查看以导入的发行版信息
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler distro list
centos-6.8-x86_64
centos-7.0-x86_64
centos-8.2-x86_64
#此时已经自动生成启动菜单文件，已关联ks文件
[root@localhost ~]# vim /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
DEFAULT menu
PROMPT 0
MENU TITLE Cobbler | WenZi Cobbler Menu
TIMEOUT 200
TOTALTIMEOUT 6000
ONTIMEOUT local
LABEL local
MENU LABEL (local)
MENU DEFAULT
LOCALBOOT -1
LABEL centos-6.8-x86_64
kernel /images/centos-6.8-x86_64/vmlinuz
MENU LABEL centos-6.8-x86_64
append initrd=/images/centos-6.8-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos-6.8-x86_64
ipappend 2
LABEL centos-7.0-x86_64
kernel /images/centos-7.0-x86_64/vmlinuz
MENU LABEL centos-7.0-x86_64
append initrd=/images/centos-7.0-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos-7.0-x86_64
ipappend 2
LABEL centos-8.2-x86_64
kernel /images/centos-8.2-x86_64/vmlinuz
MENU LABEL centos-8.2-x86_64
append initrd=/images/centos-8.2-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos-8.2-x86_64
ipappend 2
MENU end
#若使用自定义ks应答文件，则如下
#将写好的ks应答文件复制到 /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts目录下
[root@localhost ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg centos6_ks.cfg centos7_ks.cfg centos8_ks.cfg
[root@localhost ~]# cp centos* /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/
#将ks文件中 url 改为 url --url=$tree
[root@localhost ~]# vim /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/centos6_ks.cfg
[root@localhost ~]# vim /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/centos7_ks.cfg
[root@localhost ~]# vim /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/centos8_ks.cfg
#删除导入镜像时自动生成的发行版条目（菜单选项）
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile remove --name=centos-8.2-x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile remove --name=centos-7.0-x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile remove --name=centos-6.8-x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile list
#新增6/7/8的启动菜单并将各自镜像与各自ks文件对应
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile add --name=centos6_wenzi --distro=centos-6.8-x86_64 --kickstart=/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/centos6_ks.cfg
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile add --name=centos7_wenzi --distro=centos-7.0-x86_64 --kickstart=/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/centos7_ks.cfg
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile add --name=centos8_wenzi --distro=centos-8.2-x86_64 --kickstart=/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/centos8_ks.cfg
#启动菜单列表
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler profile list
centos6_wenzi
centos7_wenzi
centos8_wenzi
#镜像列表
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler distro list
centos-6.8-x86_64
centos-7.0-x86_64
centos-8.2-x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart cobblerd
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler sync
#查看菜单配置
[root@localhost ~]# cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
DEFAULT menu
PROMPT 0
MENU TITLE Cobbler | WenZi Cobbler Menu
TIMEOUT 200
TOTALTIMEOUT 6000
ONTIMEOUT local
LABEL local
MENU LABEL (local)
MENU DEFAULT
LOCALBOOT -1
LABEL centos6_wenzi
kernel /images/centos-6.8-x86_64/vmlinuz
MENU LABEL centos6_wenzi
append initrd=/images/centos-6.8-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos6_wenzi
ipappend 2
LABEL centos7_wenzi
kernel /images/centos-7.0-x86_64/vmlinuz
MENU LABEL centos7_wenzi
append initrd=/images/centos-7.0-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos7_wenzi
ipappend 2
LABEL centos8_wenzi
kernel /images/centos-8.2-x86_64/vmlinuz
MENU LABEL centos8_wenzi
append initrd=/images/centos-8.2-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos8_wenzi
ipappend 2
MENU end
#查看详细信息
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler report测试
踩坑：
自动安装centos8时出现问题，在下载文件页面停留两三分钟
然后出现报错，感觉是没找到kickstart文件
dracut- initqueue:Warning:dracut- initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
查看 /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default 中centos8的ks文件地址 ks=http://192.168.28.141/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/centos8_wenzi ，通过浏览器访问发现无法正常查看ks文件内容，网页提示
# This kickstart had errors that prevented it from being rendered correctly. # The cobbler.log should have information relating to this failure.
查看日志 /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log ,与语言字符有关。
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在安装centos8时，使用的是自动化安装系统（二）_笔落_惊风雨的博客-CSDN博客中的ks文件，包含中文注释，把中文部分删除，systemctl restart cobbler，重新生成配置 cobbler sync，就成功了。文章来源地址https://www.toymoban.com/news/detail-671604.html
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