updated Beginners Guide to 3.3.7 & added 3.3.7 Debian Deployment Guide

_includes/example-preseed-excerpt.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+### Apt setup
+# Choose, if you want to scan additional installation media
+# (default: false).
+d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false
+# You can choose to install non-free firmware.
+#d-i apt-setup/non-free-firmware boolean true
+# You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
+#d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+#d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
+# Uncomment the following line, if you don't want to have the sources.list
+# entry for a DVD/BD installation image active in the installed system
+# (entries for netinst or CD images will be disabled anyway, regardless of
+# this setting).
+#d-i apt-setup/disable-cdrom-entries boolean true
+# Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror.
+#d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
+# Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
+# Values shown below are the normal defaults.
+#d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
+#d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
+
+# Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
+#d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
+#       http://local.server/debian stable main
+#d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server
+# Enable deb-src lines
+#d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
+# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
+# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
+# sources.list line will be left commented out.
+#d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key
+# or one can provide it in-line by base64 encoding the contents of the
+# key file (with `base64 -w0`) and specifying it thus:
+#d-i apt-setup/local0/key string base64://LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQR1AgUFVCTElDIEtFWSBCTE9DSy0tLS0tCi4uLgo=
+# The content of the key file is checked to see if it appears to be ASCII-armoured.
+# If so it will be saved with an ".asc" extension, otherwise it gets a '.gpg' extension.
+# "keybox database" format is currently not supported. (see generators/60local in apt-setup's source)
+
+# By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated
+# using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that
+# authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.
+#d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true

_posts/2024/2024-11-12-Cobbler-v3.3.6-Beginners-Guide.md

@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ sed -i "s/pxe_just_once: true/pxe_just_once: false/" /etc/cobbler/settings.yaml
 sed -i "s/enable_ipxe: false/enable_ipxe: true/" /etc/cobbler/settings.yaml
 ```
 
+> Even if you do not enable iPXE above, it won't hurt to symlink the correct file that cobbler points to in the `/etc/cobbler/dhcp.template` file.
+>
+> ```shell
+> ln -s /usr/share/ipxe/undionly.kpxe /var/lib/cobbler/loaders/undionly.kpxe
+> ```
+
 Edit the subnet decaration in **/etc/cobbler/dhcp.tempate** to match the **enp0s8** interface:
 
 ```shell
@@ -270,12 +276,12 @@ Now, create the **PXE Client** VM according to the specs described in the **Envi
 Finally, create a new Cobbler System, replacing `aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff` with the MAC Address of the **PXE Client** VM created above, and sync up Cobbler *(More information on Cobbler autoinstall templates and kickstart files in the* ***Tips & Troubleshooting*** *section below)*:
 
 ```shell
-cobbler system add --name Fedora34 --profile Fedora34-x86_64 --netboot-enabled true --hostname fedora34 --interface enp0s3 --static true --mac-address "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" --ip-address 10.0.0.11 --gateway 10.0.0.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --name-servers "10.0.0.1"
+cobbler system add --name Fedora34 --profile Fedora34-x86_64 --mac-adress "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" --netboot-enabled true --hostname fedora34 --interface enp0s3 --static true --ip-address 10.0.0.11 --gateway 10.0.0.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --name-servers "10.0.0.1"
 systemctl restart cobblerd && sleep 10
 cobbler sync
 ```
 
-*leave out the `--static true` option in the above command to configure the PXE client to use DHCP for its IP configuration post-install; if using DHCP, you may omit all the command parameters following `--hostname fedora34`.*
+*leave out the `--static true` option in the above command to configure the PXE client to use DHCP for its IP configuration post-install; if using DHCP, you may omit all the command parameters following `--netboot-enabled true`.*
 
 > *The* ***PXE Client*** *VM can now be powered on, and should automatically boot to PXE and install Fedora 34 to the VM HDD using the "Fedora34.ks" kickstart template created above.*
 > 
@@ -291,7 +297,7 @@ cobbler import --name=Fedora37 --arch=x86_64 --path=/mnt/Fedora
 cobbler distro edit --name Fedora37-x86_64 --kernel-options ""
 cat /var/lib/cobbler/templates/sample.ks | grep -v "\--useshadow" | grep -v ^install | sed 's,selinux --disabled,selinux --permissive,' | sed 's,rootpw --iscrypted \$default_password_crypted,rootpw --iscrypted \$default_password_crypted\nuser --groups=wheel --name=fedora --password=\$default_password_crypted --iscrypted --gecos="fedora",' | tee /var/lib/cobbler/templates/Fedora37.ks
 cobbler profile edit --name Fedora37-x86_64 --autoinstall Fedora37.ks
-cobbler system add --name Fedora37 --profile Fedora37-x86_64 --netboot-enabled true --hostname fedora37 --interface enp0s3 --static true --mac-address "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" --ip-address 10.0.0.12 --gateway 10.0.0.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --name-servers "10.0.0.1"
+cobbler system add --name Fedora37 --profile Fedora37-x86_64 --mac-address "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" --netboot-enabled true --hostname fedora37 --interface enp0s3 --static true --ip-address 10.0.0.12 --gateway 10.0.0.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --name-servers "10.0.0.1"
 systemctl restart cobblerd && sleep 10
 cobbler sync
 ```
@@ -472,10 +478,6 @@ systemctl restart tftp httpd
             echo $SHELL
             ```
 
-1. The PXE client software that comes with VirtualBox VM firmware **DOES NOT** support HTTP as a download protocol, so it may be best to leave iPXE disabled in `/etc/cobbler/settings.yaml`
-
-    - HTTP can always be utilized if you boot the PXE client from CD using the latest [ipxe.iso](https://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.iso)
-
 1. By default, Cobbler's DHCP server attempts to detect the PXE client's boot firmware type in order to provide a BIOS or UEFI compatible bootloader *(BIOS: "grub.0" - UEFI: "grubx64.efi")*. If using **BIOS firmware** for the PXE client VM, the Cobbler server's DHCP service may not provide the right bootloader.
 
     1. manually set the bootloader for a Cobbler Profile or System with the following command (the `filename` value corresponds to the `filename` variable for the Cobbler System in the generated `dhcpd.conf` file, and is a local system path to the desired bootloader file relative to Cobbler's tftp root directory: `/var/lib/tftpboot`):