Allow selinux vi /etc/selinux/config

SELINUX=permissive


Allow network access from httpd

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1


Enable EPEL repo

rpm -Uvh http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm


Install packages

yum install cobbler cobbler-web dnsmasq pykickstart cman
yum install dhcp -y


vi /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd

DHCPDARGS=eth1


generate a default password string:

openssl passwd -1


vim /etc/cobbler/settings

default_password_crypted: "<use_generated_string_from_previous_step>"
server: <SERVER_IP>
next_server: <SERVER_IP>
manage_dhcp: 1


vim /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template and modify the ips to fit the network  # this file is automatically copied / updated to /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf with "cobbler sync"

enable and start services

chkconfig rsync on
service cobblerd start
chkconfig cobblerd on
service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on


Apply changes made in /etc/cobbler/settings

cobbler sync


Get loaders

cobbler get-loaders


Start dhcpd

chkconfig dhcpd on
service dhcpd start


Verify cobbler install and fix any issues

cobbler check


If selinux is enabled  the following rules will probably need to be applied

/usr/sbin/semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t "/tftpboot/.*"
/usr/sbin/semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t "/var/www/cobbler/images/.*"

setsebool -P rsync_disable_trans on