/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts and /var/lib/cobbler/snippets The kickstart file you can view from the web interface (or by command line "cobbler system getks --name="...") is dynamically generated.
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) ----- Robert Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just got started with cobbler. I set it up a RHEL6.2 desktop VM, > added the EPEL repo, and installed cobbler and cobbler-web: > cobbler-2.0.11-2.el6.noarch > cobbler-web-2011-2.el6.noarch > > I imported the RHEL6.2 install media into cobbler, then added a new > system based on that profile. I PXE-booted another VM using the server > and it seems to be working perfectly. > > So.. where the heck is the kickstart file on the filesystem? Using the > web interface, I can "view" it, but I'll be darned if I can find the > thing on the server anywhere. AFAICT there's no way to edit the thing > through the web UI, right? > > I also tried creating a new kickstart file (again, in the web UI), by > copying and pasting the kickstart file that was automatically > generated. However, when I try that, I get a server error (lots of > debug output not shown here) in /cobbler_web/ksfile/save. > > Cheetah.Parse.ParseError: Error in the Python code which Cheetah > generated for this template: [...] > > (full error attached) > > BTW, I tried creating just a simple kickstart file with a comment -- > that works fine. I only get the error when I copy/paste the > auto-generated kickstart. > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Robert [email protected] > Lead System Admin Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) > Bldg 14, E222 (301) 286-1591 > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
