Want to use existing network setup

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tinjaw
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Want to use existing network setup

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I already have an existing setup utilizing an Ubuntu 10.04 server that has DHCP, HTTP/S, TFTP, DNS, and other services running. I would like to integrate OPSI into this environment. Looking at the installation instructions it says to remove the existing tftp server and install an opsi version. I am not willing to do this.

What is special about this opsi tftp package? How can I implement it using my existing tftp setup?

It appears that the opsi config stuff is a standard web application. If so, I should be able to add it to my existing HTTP server setup. How do I do this?

I assume that I can simply copy a directory tree into my existing /var/lib/tftpboot directory, but I need to know what.

Has anybody already attempted/done this sort of thing? If not, how has anybody used opsi on an existing network with already existing services and gotten them to work harmoniously?
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j.schneider
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Re: Want to use existing network setup

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tinjaw hat geschrieben: What is special about this opsi tftp package? How can I implement it using my existing tftp setup?
opsi uses an patched version of atftpd (which can read named pipes).
Except for this the opsi-atftpd behaves exactly as atftpd.
There should be no problem to switch to the opsi-atftpd.
tinjaw hat geschrieben: It appears that the opsi config stuff is a standard web application. If so, I should be able to add it to my existing HTTP server setup. How do I do this?
It is not. opsi comes with its own webservice listening on port 4447.
tinjaw
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Re: Want to use existing network setup

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So I should just grab the .deb packages and install to my existing server after removing my tftp server (but keeping the config files)?
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j.schneider
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Re: Want to use existing network setup

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Yes, but opsi expect the tftproot in /tftpboot.
So you will have to create a symlink.
tinjaw
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Re: Want to use existing network setup

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Hmm, was going to tackle this today, but it seems a new version is out and it id only VM. Am I correct? I assume I want to use the latest (new) version, so how do I get opsi to work when I have an existing DHCP and PXE server setup?

EDIT:
I just looked at the manual for v 4.0 and it has the procedures for a Debian/Ubuntu install. When I didn't see them in the download section I figured only the VM version was available. My bad.
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