Anyone around who can answer a couple of simple (I hope) questions.
The documentation offers this command:
cobbler file add --name=string --comment=string
--mode=string --path=string [--template=string]
1) Is the path=string a path relative or absolute on the target system?
2) What's
Now I'd like to declare this a bug report but I've not proven what's
happened but I've seen some quirks with this.
I took an entire distribution and saved with with two names. First one I
saved as SciLin_All-x86_64 and then I tried to use it and it worked
weird so I loaded the second one with
There's a gui cli option for files.
What's it supposed to do?
How does this work?
It asks for a template, what's it want there?
While we're on it, how does one create (and then get) a fetchable file?
I have the need to put a set of specific files on a system and I'd
rather let cobbler handle
On 6/30/14 9:02 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
So, if you had a template located on the cobbler server at
/srv/templates/etc_resolv_conf you can use cobbler templates do designate
First off, thank you very much for your help and advice.
I just want to clear up something obvious to make sure I don't
On 7/1/14 3:40 PM, Dan White wrote:
If I add the options to the file and run the reposync command by hand,
the options work.
I don't know, so I'm asking to understand better.
What are you expecting to see that is not happening? (Or vice versa?)
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On 7/2/14 2:32 PM, Dan White wrote:
Is this a problem with cobbler or with the repository I am trying to mirror ?
I'm of the *opinion* that it's cobbler who's having trouble at this point.
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On 7/11/14 2:31 PM, Jörgen Maas wrote:
Hi,
[root@cobbler kickstarts]# tail -2 sample.ks
# X
$status
[root@cobbler kickstarts]# cobbler system getks --name=test| tail -3
# X
production
I *HATE* it when that happens. ;)
Thanks! (I figured out why I was missing it now.)
2 : Unknown distribution type, cannot check for running service dhcpd
3 : Unknown distribution type, cannot check for running service cobblerd
I'm *GUESSING* that it is telling you that the *host* you're running
cobbler on is something cobbler doesn't recognize.
I /think/ that it is telling
Today we release Cobbler 2.4.6 and 2.6.3;
I've just rebuilt a server and installed 2.6.2 and then upgraded to
2.6.3 and am starting the configuration process.
One thing I've noticed is a failed dependency:
import tornado.ioloop as ioloop
There's no tornado module (that I've found yet)
On 7/18/14 9:19 AM, Michael Tiernan wrote:
I've just rebuilt a server and installed 2.6.2 and then upgraded to
2.6.3 and am starting the configuration process. One thing I've
noticed is a failed dependency: import tornado.ioloop as ioloop
There's no tornado module (that I've found yet
Just wondering, i didn't see it on the webpages anywhere, what's the
difference between 2.4 2.6?
Or maybe I should ask why two releases?
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As one who's unsure on the process, I just thought I'd mention, the RPM
I used for cobbler-web doesn't have the changes I'd made in the GUI for
the kickstart and snippet edit screens.
Name: cobbler-web Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 2.6.3
I'm sure I can solve this by hard work but I'm wondering if there's a
way to trigger a debugging so that the steps that cobbler's supposed to
be doing are obvious.
I've got a single system in my cobbler instance and it *should* prepare
the tftp stuff for the pxe boot but I'll be darned if I can
When trying to install on a Scientific Linux system using the CentOS6
RPM, I get this error:
Installing : cobbler-2.6.3-7.1.noarch
Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package cobbler-2.6.3-7.1.noarch
warning: %post(cobbler-2.6.3-7.1.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
This is a clean
On 7/23/14 12:09 PM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
rpm -q —scripts -p cobbler-2.6.3-7.1.noarch.rpm
preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
if (( $1 = 2 )); then
# package upgrade: backup configuration
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%SOURCE)
if [[ ! -d /var/lib/cobbler/backup/upgrade-${DATE} ]]; then
On 7/25/14 7:36 PM, Drew Decker wrote:
It looks like you are having it manage your DHCP for you.
Yeah, sorry, that's not the problem I'm running into.
I'm assuming that there's a point in the 'sync' process where cobbler
goes through the list of systems looking for conditions to trigger it
Okay, here's what I'm running into now...
I have a system that I just rebuilt as my host server. Everything built
without a hitch.
However, now, I've added a distro, two profiles, and a system.
The system definition ends up in the dhcp config file but the sync
process does NOT build the PXE
On 7/31/14 2:57 PM, Jörgen Maas wrote:
if you are using the python tftp server these system definitions don't
get generated iirc.
I'm sorry, maybe I'm dense. I'm obviously saying the wrong thing here
because the tftp server selection doesn't change this. (I've tested it too.)
When the target
On 7/31/14 7:41 PM, alast...@alastair-munro.com wrote:
Is there a file with the mac address in this dir?
This is the problem, no MAC based files are being created.
I'm sure it's something that will be obvious once it's found. :(
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On 8/2/14 5:57 AM, André Gemünd wrote:
thats a bit strange, as you should at least get some error message.
Was that a full cobbler sync output you posted? There should e.g. at
least be a 'generating PXE configuration files' output. Which
version of Cobbler are you using? cobbler distro list,
On 8/2/14 12:02 PM, Alastair Munro wrote:
Are you sure static was not ticked for ip on the interface ?
It is and that's legal. It still generates the correct DHCP information
(which works properly.) (And yes, I've tried it without now too.)
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On 8/6/14 7:32 AM, Lloyd Wilke wrote:
Could you please assist with this error? It happens when I try to sync
the repos created.
I tried it using non cobbler tools and I got errors. I'm assuming that
the problem isn't at your end but at the other end.
Mirroring to ./precise-x86_64 from
So, my adventure has yielded some interesting results.
I've been putting debug instrumenting/tracing statements into the code
as I go along and I've found out that indeed the code in pxegen is the
jumping off point for this issue. (N.B. I use my initials MCT to mark my
debugs and the first thing
On 12.08.2014 [14:36:50 -0400], Jennifer Patrick wrote:
Hiya.
Just wondering if anyone has figured out a way via the API, or how to
show-horn it into the web-interface, to enable cobbler to set a pxe boot
flag on a system. Currently in cobbler we can do the equivalent of:
May I ask why
On 8/12/14 3:02 PM, alast...@alastair-munro.com wrote:
Added a page on the wiki on how to create your own custom repos for
putting rpms that don't fit anywhere else:
This leads me to a question that I've been working on.
I just need to know if I've been working under an incorrect assumption.
There's two specific snippets provided with the distribution and I
wanted to make sure I had a clear understanding of their purpose and use.
kickstart_start kickstart_done
Their 'ideal' (*cough*) locations are at the very start and very end of
a kickstart process.
Their purpose of the _start
On 9/17/14 5:11 AM, alast...@alastair-munro.com wrote:
Also, I think cobbler_web should have a left hand option for template
scripts
As just an aside, may I express displeasure with the fact that the
templating currently reads as Source = Target instead of the more
logical Target = Source
I know what *I* think of when I see the button for Management
Interface when configuring a system but I'm curious about a couple of
things and I suspect getting them well documented for those who come
after us might be a good idea.
So, I'm going to pose them here in the hopes that it stirs others
I'm trying to import a Scientific Linux V5 distro and getting failures.
Is the how and why of the signature file explained anywhere?
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I don't know if this rises to the level of being a bug but it's a
curiosity that I think I'd like to bring up.
I have a profile which defines everything needed about a system. It
includes the definition of the kickstart and it works fine. If I look at
the system's report, I'll see:
Kickstart
On 10/10/14 3:32 PM, Jörgen Maas wrote:
This is a bug in 2.6.5, can you confirm you are on that version?
It should already be fixed in the release26 branch.
Confirmed.
Cobbler 2.6.5
source: ?, ?
build time: Fri Aug 15 18:00:00 2014
I'll try to release 2.6.6 this weekend... if i find some
On 10/24/14 9:31 AM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
On 09/17/2014 10:25 AM, Michael Tiernan wrote:
As just an aside, may I express displeasure with the fact that the
templating currently reads as Source = Target instead of the more
logical Target = Source
Currently the syntax for the templates
On 10/24/14 1:30 PM, Jörgen Maas wrote:
I agree with Michael here... it seems to make more sense.
It could also be that we're both a bit 'strange' ;-)
Sounds like you've been talking to my wife. ;)
Anyway, if we want to change it, 3.0 is the time to do it.
That's fine, I just wanted to
On 2/5/15 4:36 AM, Rubén Pérez wrote:
Thanks for your answer. It's very helpful, but I still have some doubts
about it. I'm sorry if what I'm going to ask is too obvious.
Just to add a datapoint for you.
This was something I spent a lot of time trying to do and I made no
progress on it.
In
On 2/5/15 9:33 AM, Leonid Flaks wrote:
First of all I don't expect using this process on the unprotected public
network as Michael noted earlier today,
Just for clarification, I didn't suggest or imply doing it on an
unprotected network. Quite the opposite. Until I've done things to the
system
On 2/24/15 9:16 PM, Lê Hoàng Anh wrote:
But I want the kickstart to automatically choose the connected interface
Double check, I think this used to work:
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link
Which says to use the device that has a link available. (i.e. plugged in.)
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On 4/23/15 11:25 AM, Tucker DeWitt wrote:
It's been a long time since I tried to deal with this same problem so
I've forgotten where the actual bug lies but we ended up hacking in
some pre install work that _I think_ managed to get it working. This
is the snippet we're using before setting up
On 4/23/15 8:11 AM, Michael Tiernan wrote:
In trying to do some new kickstarts,
Just out of morbid curiosity since I like doing things against the
stream, is there a way to force kickstarts/anaconda to NOT use the UUID
of the drives in the mount table? (i.e. fstab)
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In trying to do some new kickstarts, I've found the problem of not being
able to specify gpt labels on drives. But I've run into a strange thing
and I'm looking for pointers to read more about it.
I have two 2tb drives. I build an MD raid across two of their partitions
(i.e. sda1, sdb2) at
On 5/5/15 10:27 AM, Dallin Young wrote:
I need to be able to distribute keytabs and certificates that are
binary
We've all run into this. The answer is, the use of templates doesn't
yield to this need as we'd hoped.
What I've done is used the pub directory in the tree.
I'd considered using a
Just to make sure, no one's found a way to make cobbler use a mirror
list for a repo right?
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On 4/29/15 11:51 AM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
Anyway, copying koan's register.py to all systems and running it to auto
register each system in
Cobbler is a good option.
Just out of curiosity is register.py (or cobbler-register) available
outside of koan?
On 3/21/15 2:32 AM, Jörgen Maas wrote:
I think it would be a nice feature, so patches for this will certainly
be merged into the tree.
Feel free to start hacking :). Mind you that the master branch is very
much different compared to release26.
Backporting it to release26 might be somewhat
If anyone ever wants a project, may I suggest that what would be very
handy (for some of us) would be a way to export profiles and or systems
as the actual cli command strings to reproduce the entry.
i.e.:
cobbler profile add --name Printers --kickstart
cobbler system add --name SystemName
As http mirroring seems unstable, imho we should either not support http
mirroring or
at least mention the issue in Cobbler documentation.
I'd really prefer to see that it be documented and not dropped.
There are repos we have to use occasionally that are only available via
http protocol and
Just trying to sort out where my error originated.
Did the operation of creating local repositories *change* between 2.6.8
and 2.6.9?
I am adjusting my files but this *seems* to be a new quirk.
I am assuming it is my error but a reality check never hurts.
On 6/17/15 12:22 PM, alast...@alastair-munro.com wrote:
Can you add a new page?
Done thank you!
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Creating-custom-yum-repos,-alternative-%232
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I earlier reported that the instructions on the wiki page didn't work
for me.
I was going to rewrite it but I'm unsure if I should remove the
instructions there and replace them with my own or if I should create a
second page that describes the steps I've gone through.
What's the right thing to
Just as an FYI, the documentation at:
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Creating-custom-yum-repos
seems to be broken and not working.
If I can, I'll do more tests to see if I can figure out what's
right/wrong about it.
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Before I issue a real bug report I wanted to see if anyone else has seen
this...
Make that (these)...
1) I have an image that seems to work properly BUT, if I click on the
image name, the EDIT features work fine. If I click on the File part,
I get a crash. Short version:
TypeError at
I've found a number of old instructions for booting liveCDs.
Has anyone put together the actual steps for taking a bootable image and
creating a netbootable system specific to cobbler?
(If so, can anyone provide a pointer to me?)
Thanks in advance.
On 10/19/15 1:53 PM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/CobblerTriggers
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cobbler+triggers
Not sure what specifically you are asking for?
Perfect! Thank you! Exactly what I needed, I lost my bookmarks so this
helps!
I saw a note *somewhere* that talked about the three types of install
triggers and some suggestions for use.
I can't find it to save my life, anyone have any pointers for that/them?
Thanks for your time!
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On 10/19/15 1:53 PM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/CobblerTriggers
Of course the smarmy lmgtfy isn't helpful since it doesn't return the
details about the *install* triggers.
The fedora one was the one that had been lost from my bookmarks and
wasn't
I concede to having to wear the dunce cap.
I'm having a really bad senior moment and cannot for the life of me get
a simple regular expression match to work in a snippet/template under
cobbler.
Anyone have any snippet examples or pointers to references for help?
Thanks for everyone's time.
Just in case this is an obvious question, I’ll ping this cloud. I’m
finding that the built systems aren’t honoring any of my flags telling
it not to enable ipv6.
Anyone see this before and can point to a thread or discussion of it?
I asked on IRC but no one had any answers...
Thanks for
i got asked a question that I didn't know the answer to. It's a
philosophical one I suppose.
The back end of cobbler has the ability to use MySQL as a storage facility.
The question I got asked was why not SQLite? Wouldn't that be easier
than MySQL?
Opinions?
On 9/29/14 1:36 PM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
I liked the idea of having relational db support,
I'd find it helpful for no more of a reason than to allow the data to be
used for other functions. Not quite a CMDB but it'd be nice to be able
to use the back end layer of data for other purposes. Just
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