Michael DeHaan | 7 Feb 18:07
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Cobbler and zeroconf

I'm thinking about adding Avahi (zeroconf) support to Cobbler, such that 
koan can optionally auto-discover cobbler servers if they do not specify 
a --server parameter.   Zeroconf support would need to be added in such 
a way that cobbler still worked on systems where Avahi wasn't easily 
installable -- both cobbler-side and koan-side.

This could also, in the future, allow other software to discover the 
locations of cobbler servers that can be used as an install base.

Anyone have any thoughts on this or other use cases for discovery? 

--Michael
Adrian Likins | 7 Feb 20:13
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Re: Cobbler and zeroconf

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> This could also, in the future, allow other software to discover the 
> locations of cobbler servers that can be used as an install base.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this or other use cases for discovery?

At the very least, I think driving stuff towards expecting this to at 
least maybe work is
a good idea. Aka, get people used to the idea of actually using SRV 
records and the like.

Adrian

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