Operation Manual

2.2 Setting Up the Server Holding the
Installation Sources
Depending on the operating system running on the machine to use as the network instal-
lation source for openSUSE, there are several options for the server conguration. The
easiest way to set up an installation server is to use YaST on openSUSE 11.1 and
higher.
TIP
You can even use a Microsoft Windows machine as the installation server for
your Linux deployment. See Section 2.2.5, “Managing an SMB Repository”
(page 53) for details.
2.2.1 Setting Up an Installation Server Using
YaST
YaST offers a graphical tool for creating network repositories. It supports HTTP, FTP,
and NFS network installation servers.
1
Log in as root to the machine that should act as installation server.
2
Install the yast2-instserver package.
3
Start YaST > Miscellaneous > Installation Server.
4
Select the repository type (HTTP, FTP, or NFS). The selected service is started au-
tomatically every time the system starts. If a service of the selected type is already
running on your system and you want to congure it manually for the server, deac-
tivate the automatic conguration of the server service with Do Not Congure Any
Network Services. In both cases, dene the directory in which the installation data
should be made available on the server.
5
Congure the required repository type. This step relates to the automatic conguration
of server services. It is skipped when automatic conguration is deactivated.
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