Christopher Johnston wrote: > how many characters can be stored in the comments field? (255?)
No limit. The web app may have a width just for graphical purposes. > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Christopher Johnston wrote: > > Some _possible_ ones that come to mind, although this seems to be > > something that would be stored in a CMDB (which sounds like cobbler > > could potentially be used for that). Console information is > > important, but this may not be the right place to store it. > > > > system_region (US, EU, FE) > > system_location (NY, LON, CHI) > > system_datacenter (DC1, DC2) > > These three we don't have. Though they could perhaps be stored in > the comment field, that would not be highly structured though. > > > > system_owner (chris) > > --owners means something to authz_ownership, but can otherwise be > abused > if one wants, even if not using that module. > > > system_description (HP DL360 G5) > Every cobbler object has a --comment field that is free form right > now, > and would be good for this. > > > > > console_host (con01) > > console_speed (115200) > > console_port (ttyS0) > > > > These seem to be kernel arguments for setting up consoles to me, > and can > be stored in --kopts > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Dave Hatton > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah, I think so, not having the fields overwriteable also > makes > > sense. > > > > > > Can folks come up with a common list of fields that would be > > useful for > > > this? > > > > > > It concerns me slightly that we are building sort of /another/ > > inventory > > > system, though someone need not use it if they have another. > > Plus the > > > advantages (especially when we can do things like "cobbler > find" > > to see > > > what's in what rack (cobbler find already exists as a > command), > > would > > > definitely be worth it. > > > > > > > > I'll happily collate the responses and try to get an agreed list > > > > Dave > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
