/etc/cobbler/settings

A sample Cobbler configuration file with the following features:
- Managing of DHCP
- Managing of PXE
- Web interface enabled
- Syslogging of installations

Refer to cobbler default settings file for documentation on the various options.
Here is a compact view of it. Note that it applies to Cobbler version 1.0 or earlier, in more recent versions new configuration settings have been introduced and others have been deprecated.

---  
allow_duplicate_macs: 0  
allow_duplicate_ips: 0  
bootloaders:  
    ia64: /var/lib/cobbler/elilo-3.6-ia64.efi  
    standard: /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0  

default_kickstart: /etc/cobbler/default.ks  
default_virt_bridge: xenbr0  
# Default Virt type  Values: xenpv, xenfv, qemu, vmware  
default_virt_type: xenpv  
# use this as the default disk size for virt guests (GB)  
default_virt_file_size: 5  
# use this as the default memory size for virt guests (MB)  
default_virt_ram: 512  

default_ownership: "admin"  

httpd_bin: /usr/sbin/httpd  
http_port: 80  

# kernel options that should be present in every cobbler installation.  Note the syslog line, define it if you want to syslog kickstart logs
kernel_options:  
    ksdevice: eth0  
    lang: ' '  
    syslog: '10.42.0.10:25150'  
    text: ~  

ldap_server: "ldap.example.com"  
ldap_base_dn: "DC=example,DC=com"  
ldap_port: 389  
ldap_tls: 1  
ldap_anonymous_bind: 1  
ldap_search_bind_dn: ''  
ldap_search_passwd: ''  
ldap_search_prefix: 'uid='  

# ISC DHCP is managed
manage_dhcp: 1  
manage_dhcp_mode: isc  
restart_dhcp: 1
dhcpd_bin: /usr/sbin/dhcpd  
dhcpd_conf: /etc/dhcpd.conf dnsmasq_bin: /usr/sbin/dnsmasq  
dnsmasq_conf: /etc/dnsmasq.conf omapi_enabled: 0  
omapi_port: 647  
omshell_bin: /usr/bin/omshell   
  
# DNS in not managed
manage_dns: 0  
manage_forward_zones: []  
manage_reverse_zones: []  
restart_dns: 1  
bind_bin: /usr/sbin/named
# Ip of the cobbler server with TFTP enabled for PXE boot
next_server: '10.42.0.10'  

pxe_just_once: 0  
register_new_installs: 0  
run_install_triggers: 1  
snippetsdir: /var/lib/cobbler/snippets  
  
  # Ip of Cobbler server
server: '10.42.0.10'  
syslog_port: 25150  
yum_post_install_mirror: 1  
yumdownloader_flags: "--resolve"
  
#tftpboot: /tftpboot  
tftpd_bin: /usr/sbin/in.tftpd  
tftpd_conf: /etc/xinetd.d/tftp  

webdir: /var/www/cobbler  

# Enables Web Management interface (note that additional steps are necessary for WebUI setup
xmlrpc_rw_enabled: 1  
xmlrpc_rw_port: 25152  
xmlrpc_port: 25151

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