"cobbler reposync" does exactly this. https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Replication
On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 4:31 PM, jehan procaccia wrote: > unfortunatly, there's no clean and secure way to upgrade (yum) from centos 5 > to 6, cf > https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=32089 > everywhere on centos site I see that the only clean way is to reinstall a > centos6 from scratch > I've got ~400Go of distribs+repos and hundreds of systems recorded on my > centos5.7 cobbler broken installation, > moving all that to a new cobbler system on centos6 from scratch will be a > long journey > is there a way to "export" the cobbler "database" (systems, profiles ...) and > in parallel moving distrib and repo directories with a simple cp/rsync so > that I get all my current cobbler object on a fresh installed centos6 ? > > Otherwise, can I downgrade from rpm 2.3.1 to 2.2.1 in order to make my > cobbler production server to run again ? > > Thanks. > > Le 11/01/2012 21:52, Jörgen Maas a écrit : > > Yes, I had this issue too. The problem is in python.. It's a known issue. I > > fixed it by upgrading to centos6... > > Op 11 jan. 2012 18:23 schreef "jehan procaccia" > > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > het volgende: > > > > > > OK, I upgraded from 2.2.1 to 2.3.1 however now cobblerd doesn't start > > > anymore :-( > > > > > > [root@cobbler ~]# /etc/init.d/cobblerd start > > > Starting cobbler daemon: No module named ctypes > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "/usr/bin/cobblerd", line 76, in main > > > api = cobbler_api.BootAPI(is_cobblerd=True) > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 127, in > > > __init__ > > > module_loader.load_modules() > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/module_loader.py", line > > > 62, in load_modules > > > blip = __import__("modules.%s" % ( modname), globals(), locals(), > > > [modname]) > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/modules/authn_pam.py", > > > line 53, in ? > > > from ctypes import CDLL, POINTER, Structure, CFUNCTYPE, cast, > > > pointer, sizeof > > > ImportError: No module named ctypes > > > > > > Any idea of what could be wrong ? > > > you told me to check potential .rpmnew files, there are 2 in /etc/cobbler: > > > > > > [root@cobbler cobbler]# ls -ltra /etc/cobbler/*.rpmnew > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17205 Jan 11 16:10 /etc/cobbler/settings.rpmnew > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3266 Jan 11 16:10 /etc/cobbler/modules.conf.rpmnew > > > > > > could this be related ? > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > Le 11/01/2012 16:44, Michael DeHaan a écrit : > > >> > > >> File system info -- > > >> > > >> https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/File%20System%20Information > > >> > > >> You should be fine. Backing up /var/lib/cobbler is smart though, and > > >> pay attention to any .rpmnew files created. > > >> > > >> --Michael > > >> > > >> On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:41 AM, jehan procaccia wrote: > > >>> > > >>> OK, I got the latest source and made the rpms > > >>> # ls > > >>> cobbler-2.3.1-1.noarch.rpm koan-2.3.1-1.noarch.rpm > > >>> cobbler-web-2.3.1-1.noarch.rpm > > >>> > > >>> My cobbler installation is running on a centos5.7 system > > >>> # rpm -qa | grep -i cobbler > > >>> cobbler-web-2.2.1-1.el5 > > >>> cobbler-2.2.1-1.el5 > > >>> > > >>> can I blindly upgrade those packages with the 2.3.1, or should I do > > >>> something before ? > > >>> where is the cobbler "database", config files , settings that I should > > >>> care about before upgrade ? > > >>> is there an upgrade page recommendation ? I found that related: > > >>> https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Relocating%20Your%20Install > > >>> but I'am afraid of bracking our installation by upgrading with a simple > > >>> yum localinstall cobbler*2.3.1*, should I ? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Le 10/01/2012 16:22, Jörgen Maas a écrit : > > >>>> > > >>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, jehan procaccia > > >>>> <[email protected] > > >>>> (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> In the tread it is mentioned that it should be corrected in 2.3.1 > > >>>>> where can I get 2.3.1 !? and a SRPMS so that I can recompile to the > > >>>>> latest release ? > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> > > >>>> 2.3.1 is the current development version, you can get it by pulling > > >>>> the source with git and run 'make rpms' > > >>>> > > >>>> HTH > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Grtz, > > >>>> Jörgen Maas > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> 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] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >
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