Clonezilla Server Installation

By Nelson

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Under Linux on December 31, 2017 | 0 Views

Now that we got Ubuntu server up and running, is time to install Clonezilla server. if you haven’t read the first two posts on the series, I recommend you do. here are the links:

the first thing we need to configure on Ubuntu server is the two Ethernet cards required to successfully install Clonezilla. if you don’t have two physical Ethernet cards on your server, don’t worry, I don’t either. I will be using one physical card, and one virtual Ethernet port on my server. let’s begin.make sure your Ubuntu server is up and running then type the following command:sudo nano /etc/network/interfacesnow we need to change the Ethernet settings from DHCP to static. also we need to add the virtual Ethernet port we will need to successfully run Clonezilla. ( please notice that your network settings might be different than mine, so please adjust your settings accordingly)on your primary network interface change the settings from this iface eth0 inet DHCP to this iface eth0 inet static then add the following settings underneath:

address 192.168.1.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

add the virtual Ethernet port right after the primary network interface information like this:

auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static
address 192.168.2.5
netmask 255.255.255.0

your entire file should look like this:

save the file and exit.

restart the network services in Ubuntu by typing the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

then type the ifconfig command and see if the new Ethernet settings show up in the network settings:

now let’s grab the keys for the Clonezilla repository. to do that, type the following two commands:

wget http://drbl.nchc.org.tw/GPG-KEY-DRBL

and

sudo apt-key add GPG-KEY-DRBL

now we need to add the Clonezilla repositories to the source list. to do that, type the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and right at the bottom of the file, add these two URLs:

deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/ubuntu maverick main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/drbl-core drbl stable

save file and then exit.

now we need to update the list by issuing the following command:

sudo apt-get update

the source list should be now updated.

now let’s install the DRBL server on which Clonezilla server runs upon. to do that, type the following command:

sudo apt-get install drbl

DRBL and dependencies should be now install. now lets run the configuration wizard. type the following command:

sudo /opt/drbl/sbin/drblpush -i

Enter the domain name of your environment. if you don’t have one, enter anything :

Enter the NIS name. again if you don’t know what this is, or don’t have one, put whatever:

next you will be asked to enter the prefix you want for the hostnames you will be cloning. just hit the Enter key.

this next step is very important. you are asked which Ethernet you want to use for the public, and Clonezilla server. Choose Eth0 for public and Eth0:0 for the DRBL environment:

next the wizard will ask you if you if you want to collect the MAC addresses of the computers you will be cloning. choose NO

next you will be ask, if you want to assign the same IP address to clients. say NO

next choose the IP range you want to use for clients to connect. I’ll choose 10 . this basically will make DHCP on the DRBL start assigning IP addresses from 192.168.10 and so forth.