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diff --git a/doc/appendix/guides/using-bcfg2-with-centos.txt b/doc/appendix/guides/using-bcfg2-with-centos.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c452f422 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/appendix/guides/using-bcfg2-with-centos.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.. -*- mode: rst -*- + +.. _EPEL: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL +.. _RPMForge: https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge + +.. _getting_started-using_bcfg2-with-centos: + +======================= +Using Bcfg2 With CentOS +======================= + +This section covers specific topics for using Bcfg2 with CentOS. Most +likely the tips on this page also apply to other members of the Red Hat +family of Linux operating systems. + +From Source ++++++++++++ + +Install Prerequisities +###################### + +While you can go about building all these things from source, this +how to will try and meet the dependencies using packages from EPEL_ +or RPMforge_. The *el5* package should be compatible with CentOS 5.x. + +EPEL_:: + + [root@centos ~]# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm + +RPMforge_:: + + [root@centos ~]# rpm -Uvh http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm + +.. note:: + + Be careful with `mixing package repositories + <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#What_about_compatibility_with_other_third_party_repositories.3F>`_. + +Now you can install the rest of the prerequisites:: + + [root@centos ~]# yum install python-genshi python-cheetah python-lxml + +Build Packages from source +########################## + +* After installing subversion, check out a copy of trunk :: + + [root@centos redhat]# svn co https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2 + +* Install the ``fedora-packager`` package :: + + [root@centos ~]# yum install fedora-packager + +* A directory structure for the RPM build process has to be established. :: + + [you@centos ~]$ rpmdev-setuptree + +* Change to the *redhat* directory of the checked out Bcfg2 source:: + + [you@centos ~]$ cd bcfg2/redhat/ + +* In the particular directory is a Makefile which will do the job of building the RPM packages. You can do this as root, but it's not recommanded:: + + [you@centos redhat]$ make + +* Now the new RPM package can be installed. Please adjust the path to your RPM package:: + + [root@centos ~]# rpm -ihv /home/YOU/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/bcfg2-server-1.0.0-0.2r5835.noarch.rpm + +Install Packages from Package repository +######################################## + +To install the bcfg2-server and bcfg2 from a package repository, just +use Yum to do it:: + + [root@centos ~]# yum install bcfg2-server bcfg2 + +.. toctree:: + :hidden: |