CentOS - Apr 2010 - Cobbler or manual set up for local repo

Chaps,

Is cobbler overkill or is it simpler to set up a local repo and rsync
it with a mirror?

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John Maclean
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2010, john maclean wrote:
> Chaps,
>
> Is cobbler overkill or is it simpler to set up a local repo and 
> rsync it with a mirror?
Personally, I think cobbler overkill if all you want to do is have a 
local copy of the CentOS repo for updates and occasional 
installations.

I just mirror the os/ and updates/ trees (about 20G for CentOS 5.4). I 
point lighttpd at the root of the mirror tree, enable directory 
listings, and push a standard CentOS-Base.repo file that points to the 
local mirror to all my CentOS machines.

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