Table of contents for Automated Installs
- Penguins, Theatres and Shoes – Automated Build Systems with Puppet & Cobbler
OK, so I’m not the first to blog about this, however I’m using cobbler and puppet to automate the creation of VMs on my laptop for testing/staging purposes so I thought I’d blog about it here.
The aim is to use Cobbler to setup the base operating system and install puppet, then let Puppet take over and install and configure the rest of the system.
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Posted in Linux, Open-Source, networking
Just a quick post…
In the last two parts of this series I stated I’d be using Ethernet over Powerline (aka HomePlug) as the backbone for my media system.
I currently own two 14Mbps units and tests have rapidly shown that this is nowhere near good enough. Looks like I’ll have to upgrade to the 200Mbps units once I get paid and hope that it makes a difference. If it doesn’t, I think I’m going to have to go down the route of Wireless-AP’s flashed with OpenWRT and acting as bridge devices to get the DHCP/TFTP working for the media directors.
Hmmm, PXE over a flakey wireless CX – not good… 
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Posted in Home Automation, Home Cinema, Linux, Open-Source, networking
In part one of this series, I outlined LinuxMCE and how amazing it was providing Home Cinema, VoIP Telephony, CCTV and home automation in one system for the price of a download and a few hours work. This article will help those who, like me, live in rented accomodation or cannot ask their local electrician to come and channel cabling ducts into the walls for some other reason, yet need to have a solid network cable running throughout the house.
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Posted in Home Automation, Home Cinema, Life, Linux, networking