Hi Casandra,
basically, this is what our script does, see below.
function purge_node () {
logger nodepurge $NODE
}
the node that I was having trouble building, i purged the node. Sorry, I
might misstated the term 'profile', essentially i purged the node from xcat
database.
the file that has been altered ( put back with a 'stock' file from an RPM),
is the file (highlighted) below.
[root@hpc3-xcat-1 system-files]# lsdef -t osimage
centos7.8-x86_64-install-compute
Object name: centos7.8-x86_64-install-compute
imagetype=linux
osarch=x86_64
osdistroname=centos7.8-x86_64
osname=Linux
osvers=centos7.8
otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/centos/x86_64
otherpkglist=/install/custom/install/centos/centos77.otherpkgs.pkglist
partitionfile=s:/install/custom/partition/partition.sh
pkgdir=/install/centos7.8/x86_64
*pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.pkglist*
profile=compute
provmethod=install
synclists=/install/custom/install/centos/compute.synclist.1
template=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.tmpl
My initial thought was that any file that has been touched, package
upgrades would not alter them. I can use a different file name for the
package list file, which I might do to avoid future issues. The newly
replaced file had a basic list of packages ( about 320 rpms to install or
so). I had a backup, I was able to restore from backup.
Thanks for your help again and great support.
--imam
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 7:01 PM Casandra H Qiu <cxh...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Glad to hear the problem is solved. can u let me know which template file
> you modified and which host profile you removed?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Casandra Qiu
>
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291
> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04
> cxh...@us.ibm.com
>
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for Imam Toufique ---10/07/2020 09:50:02
> PM---thanks. Upgrade from 2.15 to 2.16 must have changed someth]Imam
> Toufique ---10/07/2020 09:50:02 PM---thanks. Upgrade from 2.15 to 2.16 must
> have changed something in the kickstart template file. We s
>
> From: Imam Toufique <techie...@gmail.com>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Date: 10/07/2020 09:50 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [xcat-user] installs failing after upgrading to
> xcat 2.16
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> thanks. Upgrade from 2.15 to 2.16 must have changed something in the
> kickstart template file. We solved it by setting
>
> rootpw <password> in the template file.
>
> Also, the host I was trying to build, it had that template profile cached,
> I had to remove the host profile and re-create it. then I was able to
> build the node.
>
> Also, it looks like the upgrade replaced
> the /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.pkglist file , I
> wish it did not touch that file in upgrades. I had to get it off my
> backup. :-)
>
> Anyways, thanks for all your help today. I learned something new for xcat
> today. Live and learn!
>
> --imam
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:31 PM Casandra H Qiu <*cxh...@us.ibm.com*
> <cxh...@us.ibm.com>> wrote:
>
> if you have crypted password, you may need to add cryptmethod in the
> passwd table.
> If the password is a string, you don't need to add cryptmethod
>
> [root@hpc3-xcat-1 backup-hpc3-xcat-1]# tabdump passwd
> #key,username,password,cryptmethod,authdomain,comments,disable
> "omapi","xcat_key","NUY4TWhCVnpkOWE5eVFQVWJ5QnJwOGxNY0FrbTY3MUY=",,,,
> "system","root","mypassw0rd","sha512",,, *<-------------------------
> don't need sha512 *
>
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291
> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04
> *cxh...@us.ibm.com* <cxh...@us.ibm.com>
>
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for Imam Toufique ---10/07/2020 05:04:21
> PM---Hi Casandra, I suppose you were talking about adding a 'cry]Imam
> Toufique ---10/07/2020 05:04:21 PM---Hi Casandra, I suppose you were
> talking about adding a 'cryptmethod' to the passwd
>
> From: Imam Toufique <*techie...@gmail.com* <techie...@gmail.com>>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <*xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net*
> <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> Date: 10/07/2020 05:04 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [xcat-user] installs failing after upgrading
> to xcat 2.16
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Casandra,
>
> I suppose you were talking about adding a 'cryptmethod' to the passwd
> table? correct? I did that, and it didn't work.
>
> [root@hpc3-xcat-1 backup-hpc3-xcat-1]# tabdump passwd
> #key,username,password,cryptmethod,authdomain,comments,disable
> "omapi","xcat_key","NUY4TWhCVnpkOWE5eVFQVWJ5QnJwOGxNY0FrbTY3MUY=",,,,
> "system","root","mypassw0rd","sha512",,,
>
> I still get the error message, line 130 of the kickstart file being an
> issue.
>
> I have the following in line 130:
>
> rootpw --iscrypted #CRYPT:passwd:key=system,username=root:password#
>
> thanks
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 1:50 PM Casandra H Qiu <*cxh...@us.ibm.com*
> <cxh...@us.ibm.com>> wrote:
> maybe need to provide `cryptmethod` for the root password.
>
>
>
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291
> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04
> *cxh...@us.ibm.com* <cxh...@us.ibm.com>
>
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for Imam Toufique ---10/07/2020
> 04:33:28 PM---Hi, So I added the following in the passwd table.
> (Please n]Imam
> Toufique ---10/07/2020 04:33:28 PM---Hi, So I added the following in
> the
> passwd table. (Please note that I removed
>
> From: Imam Toufique <*techie...@gmail.com* <techie...@gmail.com>>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <*xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net*
> <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> Date: 10/07/2020 04:33 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [xcat-user] installs failing after
> upgrading to xcat 2.16
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> So I added the following in the passwd table. (Please note that
> I removed part of the hash)
>
> #key,username,password,cryptmethod,authdomain,comments,disable
>
> "omapi","xcat_key","NUY4TWhCVnpkOWE5eVFQVWJ5QnJwOGxNY0FrbTY3MUY=",,,,
> "system","root","$6$rGLFuCxxxxxxxxx",,,,
>
> I still get the same error.
>
> in my template
> file, /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.tmpl, line
> 130
> looks like the below.
> rootpw --iscrypted
> #CRYPT:passwd:key=system,username=root:password#
>
> what am I missing here ?
>
> thanks
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 1:20 PM Imam Toufique <
> *techie...@gmail.com* <techie...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Casandra,
>
> this is what I have:
>
> [root@hpc3-xcat-1 xcat]# tabdump passwd
>
>
> #key,username,password,cryptmethod,authdomain,comments,disable
>
>
> "omapi","xcat_key","NUY4TWhCVnpkOWE5eVFQVWJ5QnJwOGxNY0FrbTY3MUY=",,,,
>
> I did not have a password set for root all this
> time.
>
> in version 2.16 , is this required now? How do I set
> a root password in password table?
>
> thanks.
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 1:14 PM Casandra H Qiu <
> *cxh...@us.ibm.com* <cxh...@us.ibm.com>> wrote:
> check the root passwd in the passwd table.
>
> tabdump passwd
>
>
>
>
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291
> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04
> *cxh...@us.ibm.com* <cxh...@us.ibm.com>
>
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for Imam Toufique
> ---10/07/2020 04:05:17 PM---Hi, I just upgraded from
> 2.15 to the latest
> 2.16 version of]Imam Toufique ---10/07/2020 04:05:17
> PM---Hi, I just upgraded from 2.15 to the latest 2.16
> version of xcat and
> now I am
>
> From: Imam Toufique <*techie...@gmail.com*
> <techie...@gmail.com>>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <
> *xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net*
> <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> Date: 10/07/2020 04:05 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] installs failing
> after upgrading to xcat 2.16
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just upgraded from 2.15 to the latest 2.16 version
> of xcat and now I am getting the following error
> message, when i try to
> build a system.
>
> Please see attached.
>
> here is error message, as I read from the console.
>
> A single argument is expected for the rootpw
> command.
>
> This is
> in
> /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.tmpl file and this
> is what line 129 looks like. this worked fine with xcat
> 2.15 .
>
> rootpw --iscrypted
> #CRYPT:passwd:key=system,username=root:password#
>
> Can you please give me a hand with this?
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
>
> --
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