Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 65

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3 Select the server type (HTTP, FTP, or NFS). The selected server service is
started automatically every time the system starts. If a service of the selected
type is already running on your system and you want to configure it manually
for the server, deactivate the automatic configuration of the server service with
Do Not Configure Any Network Services. In both cases, define the directory in
which the installation data should be made available on the server.
4 Configure the required server type. This step relates to the automatic configuration
of server services. It is skipped when automatic configuration is deactivated.
Define an alias for the root directory of the FTP or HTTP server on which the
installation data should be found. The installation source will later be located
under ftp://Server-IP/Alias/Name (FTP) or under
http://Server-IP/Alias/Name (HTTP). Name stands for the name of
the installation source, which is defined in the following step. If you selected
NFS in the previous step, define wild cards and export options. The NFS server
will be accessible under nfs://Server-IP/Name.
TIP: Firewall Settings
Make sure that the firewall settings of your server system allow traffic
on the ports for HTTP, NFS, and FTP. If they currently do not, start the
YaST firewall module and open the respective ports.
5 Configure the installation source. Before the installation media are copied to their
destination, define the name of the installation source (ideally, an easily remem-
bered abbreviation of the product and version). YaST allows providing ISO im-
ages of the media instead of copies of the installation CDs. If you want this, acti-
vate the relevant check box and specify the directory path under which the ISO
files can be found locally. Depending on the product to distribute using this in-
stallation server, it might be that more add-on CDs or service pack CDs are re-
quired and should be added as extra installation sources. To announce your in-
stallation server in the network via OpenSLP, activate the appropriate option.
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