The Consolidation Bookset

Table of Contents

Producing a fully reproducable development environment

1. Producing a fully reproducable development environment

Problem definition

Assumptions

The need for a fully reproducable environment

The toolsets

Kickstart

PXElinux

DHCP

NFS

Overview of the installation process

2. Hands on instructions

Shoplist

Installing the boot- and installserver

Setting up the hardware

Installing the operating system

Configuration of the system

Creating and accessing the KS Tree

Copy packages into the Install Tree

Adding your own packages

Installing tftpd

Installing the bootloader

Installing the bootkernel and related image

Installing pxeboot configuration files

Configure DHCP

Installing a development workstation

Setting up the hardware

Configure the central server

Boot the client

The Definitive Software Library

1. The DSL

Problem definition

The need for a software library

Software development

Suggested workflow for software development

A. GNU Free Documentation License