Andy Kurth created VCL-987:
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Summary: Extend xCAT.pm to attempt to locate a suitable alternate
Kickstart image repository directory
Key: VCL-987
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-987
Project: VCL
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: vcld (backend)
Reporter: Andy Kurth
Assignee: Andy Kurth
Fix For: 2.5
The {{xCAT.pm}} module uses the following database values to determine the
installation file location for Kickstart-based Linux loads:
* managementnode.installpath (ex: _/install_)
* OS.sourcepath (ex: _rhel7_)
* image.architecture (ex: _x86\_64_)
The load will fail If a directory that exactly matches this combination does
not exist, ex: _/install/rhel7/x86\_64_
The VCL schema adds entries to the OS table with OS.sourcepath set to:
* centos6
* centos7
* rhel6
* rhel7
xCAT's current _copycds_ utility does not put installation files in the same
location that VCL assumes they'd be in. It uses the full version number. For
example:
* /install/centos6.7
* /install/rhels7.2
Out of the box, things don't work. You can create symlinks such as:
/install/rhel7 --> /install/rhels7.2
This is problematic because xCAT doesn't always parse the directory correctly
if it doesn't contain a period. Most people probably don't want to have to
update the symlink every time a new version is added to the management node.
The could could be updated to more dynamically locate a suitable directory to
use.
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