There are several good examples. From a source checkout, look in cobbler/cobbler/modules
install_pre_puppet / install_post_puppet are pretty simple modules that are able to load system records and work with them, you should be able to adapt from there. -Michael On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:28 AM, bruce bushby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I've been playing with cobbler triggers in an effort to tie cobbler > into my distributed environment. My cobbler sits on my RHN > Satellite...however I use Infoblox for dhcp & dns. > > My initial attempt was the use of a bash script: > /var/lib/cobbler/triggers/add/system/pre/create_dhcp_dns.sh > > However I soon discovered that cobbler will ONLY pass $1 to the > script, and does not pass on the MAC address ...which I obviously need > to update the dhcp (Infoblox). > > This is my cobbler add system command: > cobbler system add --name=sparta > --profile=uk-mserv-61-puppet:1:MarkitGroup --mac=00:50:56:92:1b:61 > --hostname=sparta.mserv.local > > I'm guessing a need to change my trigger to a python script, call the > cobbler_api and then parse out the arguments...something like: > /var/lib/cobbler/triggers/add/system/pre/create_dhcp_dns.py > > create_dhcp_dns.py would parse the above cobbler command arguments, > extract the mac address and hostname, obtain a new IP from Infoblox, > update the dhcp and then continue the cobbler command...but now with > the additional argument "--ip" > > I have working perl scripts to obtain an IP from Infoblox and update > the dhcp etc.....but I'm struggling to build them into my cobbler > trigger. I could probably get away with a wrapper script that calls > cobbler....but I would prefer to use cobbler directly and use triggers > to do the back end work. > > > Is it possible....any examples? > > Thanks > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
