Hi,
if I create a kickstart file with the web ui (not uploading but clicking
through the wizard) and I use that profile, a uniq registration key is created
for that kickstart session (like 1-bde5342234e....)
That key is stored together with the reregistration key (re-......) in the
table RHNACTIVATIONKEY which is the connection to the kickstart session.
As far as I can see, the key is for example used to track the installation
state of virtual machines. If the machine registers with that key, the
installation is tagged as finished.
If you don't use the wizard but upload a kickstart profile or an autoyast XML
file, that tracking does not work. No key is created because in
KickstartScheduleCommand.java there is:
if (!cobblerOnly) {
kickstartSession = this.setupKickstartSession(packageAction);
KickstartData data = getKsdata();
if (!data.isRawData()) {
storeActivationKeyInfo();
}
}
if (!data.isRawData()) prevents the key creation - so it happens on purpose
that no key is created for uploaded profiles.
My questions now are.
1. installations with uploaded kickstart files can not be tracked. They will
never finish. Is that wanted or a bug?
2. I think about removing the if-clause above and always create such a key.
Do you see a problem with that? I'm not 100% sure why that restriction to
uploaded kickstart profiles was made. Maybe there is good reason not to create
a key for it.
That change would require a change in the 'spacewalk/redhat_register'-Snippet
like (just a suggestion)
if [ -n "$registration_key" ]; then
redhat_management_key="$redhat_management_key,$registration_key"
fi
if [ \$key ]; then
rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=$endpoint --sslCACert=$mycert --activationkey=\$key,
$redhat_management_key
else
rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=$endpoint --sslCACert=$mycert --
activationkey=$redhat_management_key
fi
the variable $registration_key is new and can contain the "real" key that is
used to register a system in the variables of an uploaded profile.
What do you think about that?
Did I overlook something?
--
ciao, Uwe Gansert
Uwe Gansert
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