cobbler November 2014

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Re: [cobbler] CentOS 7 install failure
by Chris Johnson 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

Hi, Don't know if this last post made it. I've narrowed it down to something in the network_config, pre and post SNIPPETS. I have seen bug report 1117640 however no data is missing as in that case, I've done a cobbler system getks and all the data is there as far as I can tell. I pulled all three SNIPPETs out and replaced them with the proper network kickstart line and the error about an illegal IP address string is gone. The install has other issues but that's not this problem. So it's something in the network SNIPPETs that is causing the illegal IP address string error when trying to install CentOS 7. Chris J. > Hi. > > I've probably missed something somewhere. I'd love to know what. > > I have a cobbler server (2.6.5-9.1) running on CentOS 6.5 in a VBox > (4.3.16) VM on OS X (10.9.5). Now 6.5 installs just fine this way on > my other VMs. However when trying to install C7, anaconda keeps > dumping on an illegal IP address string passed to inet_aton and that's > even using the default sample.ks kickstart. > > Has anyone managed to install CentOS 7 on a VBox VM? I'd love to know > where this error is coming from. > > Tnx. > > Chris J. > >

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Cobbler import/replicate
by Newman, Stuart J. (GSFC-428.0)[HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC] 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

When I import RHEL5.11, two distros are created, RHEL5u11-x86_64 and RHEL5u11-xen-x86_64. When I try to replicate the master containing these distros, I get an error @ERROR unknown module 'distro-rhel5u11-xen-x86_64' even though that module is defined in /etc/rsyncd.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stuart J. Newman Engineer 4; Systems EO-1 Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Building 14, Room E252 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Office: (301) 286-5145 Mobile: (443) 878-0280 E-Mail: Stuart.J.Newman(a)nasa.gov<mailto:Stuart.J.Newman@nasa.gov> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at once, and you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature.

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Cobbler repo
by W. Miah 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Hello, I have configured RHEL7 profile which connects to a Cobbler repository. When I deploy a Linux system using the RHEL7 profile, it pulls in the RPMs from the configured repo, but when the Linux system is deployed, the .repo file is missing in the /etc/yum.repos.d directory. I assume the .repo file should be there. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, -------------------- Wadud Miah Sent via Samsung Galaxy mobile

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elilo boot loader support
by Alan Evangelista 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

elilo boot loader is no longer under active development (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/elilo/). Is anybody using it? Otherwise, we could drop its support in Cobbler 3.0. Regards, Alan Evangelista

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PXE: Can't download the kernel and initrd from the server.
by Gi Dot 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Hi, I have setup cobbler on a Centos 6.5 virtual machine. I am planning to run an auto installation of Suse (client also setup on vm) but it failed during the download of initrd and kernel. I followed the guide that is pretty much summed up here http://users.suse.com/~ug/cobbler.html, except that I didn't install cobbler ui. What did I miss? Screenshots during pxe boot: http://i.imgur.com/8x1h0V6.png http://i.imgur.com/WxpQf5k.png This is my setup: root@spacewalk ~> cobbler distro report Name : slestest Architecture : x86_64 Breed : suse Comment : Initrd : /var/www/html/sles/mnt/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd Kernel : /var/www/html/sles/mnt/boot/x86_64/loader/linux Kernel Options : {'install': 'http://10.1.1.37/sles/mnt'} Kernel Options (Post Install) : {} Kickstart Metadata : {} Management Classes : [] OS Version : sles10 Owners : ['admin'] Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>> Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>> Template Files : {} root@spacewalk ~> cobbler profile report Name : slestestprof Comment : DHCP Tag : default Distribution : slestest Enable PXE Menu? : 1 Kernel Options : {'textmode': '1', '!text': '~', '!ksendmac': '~', '!ksdevice': '~', '!lang': '~'} Kernel Options (Post Install) : {} Kickstart : http://10.1.1.37/sles/autoyast/autoyast.xml Kickstart Metadata : {} Management Classes : [] Name Servers : [] Name Servers Search Path : [] Owners : ['admin'] Parent Profile : Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>> Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>> Repos : [] Server Override : <<inherit>> Template Files : {} Virt Auto Boot : 1 Virt Bridge : xenbr0 Virt CPUs : 1 Virt File Size(GB) : 5 Virt Path : Virt RAM (MB) : 512 Virt Type : xenpv My tftpboot directory: /var/lib/tftpboot/ ├── etc ├── grub │ ├── 01-00-16-3E-1A-2B-3C │ ├── efidefault │ └── images -> ../images ├── images │ └── slestest │ ├── initrd │ └── linux ├── initrd ├── linux ├── memdisk ├── menu.c32 -> /usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32 ├── ppc ├── pxelinux.0 -> /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 ├── pxelinux.cfg │ ├── 01-00-16-3e-1a-2b-3c │ └── default ├── s390x │ └── profile_list └── yaboot root@spacewalk ~> cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-16-3e-1a-2b-3c default linux prompt 0 timeout 1 label linux kernel /images/slestest/linux ipappend 2 append initrd=/images/slestest/initrd textmode=1 install= http://10.1.1.37/sles/mnt autoyast= http://10.1.1.37/sles/autoyast/autoyast.xml Thanks.

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cobbler replicate/selinux
by Newman, Stuart J. (GSFC-428.0)[HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC] 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Cobbler replicate fails is selinux is set to enforcing on the master. Rsync gets an @ERROR chroot failed. If one adds use chroot = false to the module in rsyncd.conf, the one get an @ERROR chdir failed. The selinux file type for the objects to be replicated must be made compatible with rsync. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stuart J. Newman Engineer 4; Systems EO-1 Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Building 14, Room E252 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Office: (301) 286-5145 Mobile: (443) 878-0280 E-Mail: Stuart.J.Newman(a)nasa.gov<mailto:Stuart.J.Newman@nasa.gov> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at once, and you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature.

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Replicate
by Newman, Stuart J. (GSFC-428.0)[HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC] 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

I am trying to use cobbler replicate, but it fails the rsync because of an unknown module for the distros. I examined /etc/rsyncd.conf and found several distros missing. When does rsyncd.conf get regenerated from /etc/cobbler/rsync.template? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stuart J. Newman Engineer 4; Systems EO-1 Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Building 14, Room E252 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Office: (301) 286-5145 Mobile: (443) 878-0280 E-Mail: Stuart.J.Newman(a)nasa.gov<mailto:Stuart.J.Newman@nasa.gov> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at once, and you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature.

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Fwd: RE: Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather than a preseed?
by Alastair Munro 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/apb.html https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/appendix-preseed.html -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather than a preseed? Date: 2014-09-25 22:17 From: Will Dennis <wdennis(a)nec-labs.com> To: Alastair Munro <alastair(a)alastair-munro.com> Thanks for your help in this. So far, trying to spec partitions in d-i has been a rather painful experience... Using a ks file is MUCH less painful in this area (even if all the partitioner options are not available.) If you have working examples of any d-i partitioning that work in Cobbler, I’d be grateful to see them (either “regular” hard partitions, or LVM...) Best, Will FROM: Alastair Munro [mailto:alastair@alastair-munro.com] SENT: Thursday, September 25, 2014 3:53 PM TO: Will Dennis SUBJECT: RE: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather than a preseed? Hi I suspect kickstart support in ubuntu is immature at present. It should get better. As with all things cobbler you need the time and patience to experiment and test things out. I went with debian installer because we need to support ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04. Ubuntu ks only turned up in 14.04. However i managed to reuse most of my centos snippets for ubuntu by just embedding them in a copy of the post seed file. So the change to d-i was not so painful and not too much reworking required. For the cobbler system definitions for ubuntu i had to put default gateways in the interface rather than the global networking, and it needs the nameserver fields to be filled in too (rather than just putting a resolv.conf inplace which gets overwritten by resolver). Other than that it works the same as fedora/centos. -- Alastair Munro -----Original Message----- From: Will Dennis <wdennis(a)nec-labs.com> To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org> Cc: "alastair(a)alastair-munro.com" <alastair(a)alastair-munro.com> Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:40 Subject: RE: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather than a preseed? Thanks, Alastair. Guess I'll be learning Debian Installer syntax then ;) Would be cool in the future if Cobbler could support either d-i or kickstart for breed "ubuntu", since there is support now, and I'd wager most Cobbler users are more familiar with kickstart... Best, Will -----Original Message----- From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of alastair(a)alastair-munro.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 2 [1]:57 PM To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org Subject: Re: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather than a preseed? Debian/ubuntu uses debian installer. All lines start d-i. See this that I wrote: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Using%20template%20scripts%20for%20… [2] Use the cobbler sample.seed and then replace the pre and post seed files with your own, with embedded snippets. I have not played round with lvm or partitioning on ubuntu/debian, but I was able to use all the snippets I wrote for centos with ubuntu (with some slight tweaks). These snippets are now multi platform! The ubuntu guides tell you about debian installer and what the various lines do. I didn't have to tweak the sample.seed much. Alastair On 2014-09-25 16 [3]:39, Will Dennis wrote: > Hi all, > > Went looking for an automated way to install a bunch of Ubuntu (14.04) > nodes I had to bring up, and happily found that Ubuntu now supports > Kickstart (albeit in a non-complete way...) > > https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/ch04s06.html#ki [4] > ckstart > [1] > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility [5] [2] > > I created a USB installer, and authored a kickstart file (via the > Ubuntu app "system-config-kickstart"), placed it in the root of the > USB key, and then in /syslinux/txt.cfg I added "ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg" to > the end of the "append" line for the default install. Booted my test > node from the USB key, and the kickstart worked like a champ. > > Now, since I've been using Cobbler to install RedHat-family nodes, I > thought I'd try to add a Ubuntu OS choice. So I added the install ISO > to Cobbler via the 'cobbler import' command, and also did a 'cobbler > reposync' to add the local repo. Tried PXE-booting my test node, my > Ubuntu 14.04 OS choice shows up in the menu, and can be installed (but > for some reason stops at the "Partition disks" setup screen...) > > When I checked out the "kickstart" file for the profile, I was > surprised to find that it was actually a Debian preseed file instead > of a kickstart... Since I don't understand preseed files, and wanted > to use my (working) kickstart file, I imported my kickstart file into > /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts and then made a copy of the Ubuntu 14.04 > profile, and changed the kickstart file to be mine instead of > "sample.seed". Upon PXE booting the test node and selecting my new > profile, it errored out with the following message: > > "The installer failed to process the preconfiguration file from > http://<cobbler-svr-ip>/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/<profile_name [6] [3]>. The > file may be corrupt." > > So, is there a way to support using kickstart files against Ubuntu > nodes, instead of preseed files? If so, any docs anywhere? > > Also, is there a way to search the list archives (such as Gmane, etc.) > for keywords such as "Ubuntu kickstart" - I'm sure this has been > discussed before on the list, but couldn't (quickly) find anything... > > Thanks, > > Will > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] > https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/ch04s06.html#ki [4] > ckstart [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility [5] > [3] http://%3ccobbler-svr-ip%3e/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/%3cprofile_name [6] > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler [7] _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler [7] Links: ------ [1] tel:20142 [2] https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Using%20template%20scripts%20for%20… [3] tel:2014092516 [4] https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/ch04s06.html#ki [5] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility [6] http://%3ccobbler-svr-ip%3e/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/%3cprofile_name [7] https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

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failed to start 2.6.6
by David Simpson 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

After updating, if you can't start the latest version properly check you have these two defined in /etc/cobbler/settings: proxy_url_ext: "" proxy_url_int: "" Didn't see much about this... though eventually found the github page explaining it https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1311 I also found this suggestion useful (and temporarily put it in): https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2011-December/007025.html -- David Simpson Assistant Computer Systems Administrator Diamond Light Source Ltd Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom

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Duplicate entries in system report
by W. Miah 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Hello, When I list a system report I am getting a number of duplicate entries: # cobbler system report --name=host Bonding Opts : Bonding Opts : Bridge Opts : Bridge Opts : CNAMES : [] CNAMES : [] Comment : DHCP Tag : DHCP Tag : DNS Name : DNS Name : It is also complaining about multiple interfaces. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Wadud.

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