On 04/08/11 17:14, Urwin, Paul wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At the top of my kickstart I have this:
>
> # --- Cobbler Details ---
> # name = $name
> # distro = $distro
> # profile_name = $profile_name
> # http_server = $http_server
> # hostname = $hostname
> # system_name = $getVar("system_name","")
> # interfaces = $interfaces.keys()
> # ks_meta = "$ks_meta"
>
> However the ks_meta line always just renders as is, the $ks_meta variable
> name doesn't get translated into a value:
>
> # --- Cobbler Details ---
> # name = myhostname
> # distro = rhel5.5
> # profile_name = rhel5.5_default
> # http_server = 169.111.111.111
> # hostname = myhostname.mydomain
> # system_name = myhostname
> # interfaces = ['vmnic0']
> # ks_meta = "$ks_meta"
>
> Is this a known thing? Am I using the wrong variable name?
> How can I correctly display the contents of the metadata field?
Hi Paul :)
>
> Thanks!
ks_meta does not exist as a variable when the kickstart is rendered -
the variables set within it are available in their own right (the ksmeta
dict is blended into the system dict)
so with
ksmeta = { 'testvar' : 1, anothervar : 2 }
in your template you can just use
# $testvar
and $othervar
if you want the full kickstart metadata listing for reporting, the only
way I have found to do this is with nasty hacks involving xmlrpclib in a
snippet...
something like this:
#import xmlrpclib
#set $session = $xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost/cobbler_api')
#set $data = $session.get_profile($profile_name)['ks_meta']
# variables set in kickstart metadata:
#for $key, $value in $data.items()
# \$$key = $value
#end for
for that to work you also have to whitelist xmlrpclib in
/etc/cobbler/settings
WorksForMe (TM)
Regards,
Stuart
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