Cobbler is a tool for configuring a provisioning server for PXE, Xen, and existing systems. Seehttp://cobbler.et.redhat.com for details. The following instructions are rather minimal and more configuration options are available.
First, set up a provisioning server:
yum install cobbler
man cobbler # read the docs!
cobbler check # validate that the system is configured correctly
cobbler distro add --name=myxendistro --kernel=/path/to/vmlinuz --initrd=/path/to/initrd.img
cobbler profile add --name=myxenprofile --distro==myxendistro [--kickstart=/path/to/kickstart]
cobbler list # review the configuration
cobbler sync # apply the configuration to the filesystem
Alternatively, cobbler can import a Fedora rsync mirror and create profiles automatically from there. Some of the imported distros will be Xen profiles and some will be for bare metal. Usage of the Xen profiles will be required. See the manpage for details.
cobbler import --mirror=rsync://your-fedora-mirror --mirror-name=fedora
cobbler sync
On the system that will host the image:
yum install koan
koan --virt --profile=myxenprofile --server=hostname-of-cobbler-server
