Snake-server support for hosting kicksarts via http, ftp and nfs

The following patch adds server support for saving the generated kickstart into a machine-specific directory. That kickstart is then available through http, ftp, and nfs. The snake-server administrator is required to setup and enable those services. Additionally, snake-server will only copy the kickstart file into the machine-specific directory: /var/lib/snake/machines/${machine_id}/ks.cfg Snake servers can then make this available by using local bind-mounts to expose that directory to the appropriate service. For example: # for FTP ... $ service vsftpd on $ mkdir /var/ftp/ks $ mount -obind /var/lib/snake/machines /var/ftp/ks # for NFS ... $ service nfs on $ echo "/var/lib/snake/machines *(ro)" > /etc/exports # for HTTP ... (depends on local site setup) $ service httpd on $ mkdir /var/www/html/ks $ mount -obind /var/lib/snake/machines /var/www/html/ks Additionally, the snake-server needs to know where to tell the client to download the kickstart files. This can be accomplished by setting values in /etc/snake.conf. Using the examples above, one would use the following configuration options: ftp_root = /ks nfs_dir = /var/lib/snake/machines http_root = /ks In the future, the snake-server will handle creation of the bind-mounts for you. All that would be required is setting up and enabling the appriopriate service (e.g. vsftpd, nfs, or httpd). Comments/concerns/bugs welcome. Thanks, James -- ========================================== James Laska -- jlaska(a)redhat.com Quality Engineering -- Red Hat, Inc. ==========================================