On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Jakov Sosic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > I'm trying to import output of cobbler commands to Ruby in some > structured way... > > I'm interested in 'interfaces', so for example: > > # cobbler system dumpvars --name=koji.srce.hr | grep interfaces > interfaces : {'eth0': {'ipv6_address': '', 'interface_type': '', > 'static': False, 'owner': 'vm-node001', 'enable_gpxe': 0, > 'bonding_master': '', 'gateway': '10.5.100.5', 'subnet': '', > 'management': False, 'interface_master': '', 'hostname': 'vm-node001', > 'filename': '/pxelinux.0', 'bridge_opts': '', 'mac_address': > '00:50:56:b0:00:26', 'netboot_enabled': False, 'distro': {'comment': '', > 'kernel': '/distros/CentOS-6.3-x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz', 'uid': > 'MTM0ODc0NzE1Ni4zODk1MjAzNDkuNTcyMg', 'kernel_options_post': {}, > 'redhat_management_key': '<<inherit>>', 'kernel_options': {}, > 'redhat_management_server': '<<inherit>>', 'initrd': > '/distros/CentOS-6.3-x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img', 'mtime': > 1348747156.380496, 'template_files': {}, 'ks_meta': {}, 'boot_files': > {}, 'breed': 'redhat', 'os_version': 'generic26', 'mgmt_classes': [], > 'fetchable_files': {}, 'tree_build_time': 0, 'arch': 'x86_64', 'name': > 'CentOS-6.3-x86_64', 'owners': ['admin'], 'ctime': 1348747156.380496, > 'source_repos': [], 'depth': 0}, 'virt_bridge': '', 'bonding': '', > 'bonding_opts': '', 'ipv6_mtu': '', 'ip_address': '1.1.1.1', 'dhcp_tag': > '', 'name': 'vm-node001', 'static_routes': [], 'ipv6_static_routes': [], > 'dns_name': 'vm-node001', 'netmask': '', 'mtu': '', 'ipv6_secondaries': > [], 'next_server': '1.1.1.1', 'ipv6_default_gateway': ''}} > > > Any ideas how to parse it easily without braking my neck trying to > dismantle it by regexps? Is this maybe JSON or something similar?
It is JSON, so just parse it as such. Alternatively, you could use a ruby XMLRPC library to connect to cobblerd directly and get the objects via the API, rather than shell out to the command line. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
