Re: [cobbler] ESXi 5.1 Build Fails
by Ravi A
I am using cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6. Today even I observed following error message.
Configuration error while parsing /boot.cfg
Fatal error: 15 (not found)
I used "ESXi_v51" as distro name while importing ESXi v5.1 as shown below. Then Cobbler created the directory /var/lib/tftpboot/images/ESXi_v51-x86_64/ with "ESXi v5.1 Installable ISO" file contents. To solve above mentioned error message, I copied /var/lib/tftpboot/images/ESXi_v51-x86_64/boot.cfg to /var/lib/tftpboot/images/ directory and edited /var/lib/tftpboot/images/boot.cfg file accordingly. Later installation went through successfully.
# cobbler import --path=/var/www/html/Cobbler/Mounted_ISO_Images/64bit_ESXi_v51_Installer_Build_799733/ --name="ESXi_v51" --arch="x86_64" --breed="vmware" --os-version="esxi51"
Is there any solution to handle all this manual work automatically ? Kindly reply.
Thank you,
Ravi
10 years, 9 months
Re: [cobbler] How to avoid rsync at importing time to save "import time" ??
by Ravi A
James, I read the manual about --available-as option ("Importing Trees" heading). I think it will be good to readers if following "Example 6" is also included/considered. What is your opinion?
Example6: cobbler import --path=/path/where/filer/is/mounted --name=anyname --available-as=http://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/where/mounted/
Thank you,
Ravi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Cammarata
> Sent: 07/11/13 08:09 AM
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] How to avoid rsync at importing time to save "import time" ??
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Ravi A <arblr(a)engineer.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am using cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6. I could import "CentOS v6 u3 64bit" as
> > shown below without using "--rsync-flags" with "cobbler import" command.
> > From /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log during import time, 'rsync -a' requires
> > more time and as a result more "importing" time. I don't want any
> > updates/continuous updates about "CentOS v6 u3" and also don't want any
> > regular/continuous "sync".
> >
> > I also need few examples about using "--rsync-flags=RSYNC_FLAGS" with
> > "cobbler import" commnad. Kindly do the needful.
> >
>
> Please read the manual in regards to the --available-as option:
>
> http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.4.0/4/2/4_-_Import.html
>
> The rsync flags are pretty self-explanatory: they are just extra arguments
> that are passed to the rsync command. The options "-a --progress" are
> always passed into the rsync command, so please see the man page for rsync
> to see what other options are available.
10 years, 9 months
How to avoid rsync at importing time to save "import time" ??
by Ravi A
Hi, I am using cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6. I could import "CentOS v6 u3 64bit" as shown below without using "--rsync-flags" with "cobbler import" command. From /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log during import time, 'rsync -a' requires more time and as a result more "importing" time. I don't want any updates/continuous updates about "CentOS v6 u3" and also don't want any regular/continuous "sync".
I also need few examples about using "--rsync-flags=RSYNC_FLAGS" with "cobbler import" commnad. Kindly do the needful.
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler import --path=/var/www/html/Cobbler/Mounted_ISO_Images/64bit_CentOS_v6u3/ --name="CentOS_v6u3" --arch="x86_64" --breed="redhat" --os-version="rhel6"
task started: 2013-07-10_231320_import
task started (id=Media import, time=Wed Jul 10 23:13:20 2013)
Found a candidate signature: breed=redhat, version=rhel6
Found a matching signature: breed=redhat, version=rhel6
Adding distros from path /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64:
creating new distro: CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
creating new profile: CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
associating repos
checking for rsync repo(s)
checking for rhn repo(s)
checking for yum repo(s)
starting descent into /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64 for CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
processing repo at : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
need to process repo/comps: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
looking for /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64/repodata/*comps*.xml
running: createrepo -c cache -s sha --groupfile /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64/repodata/0dae8d32824acd9dbdf7ed72f628152dd00b85e4bd802e6b46e4d7b78c1042a3-c6-x86_64-comps.xml /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
3487/3887 - Packages/yum-3.2.29-30.el6.centos.noarch.rpm
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta(a)iki.fi> - 2.8.2-2
3887/3887 - Packages/gconfmm26-2.28.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
received on stderr:
*** TASK COMPLETE ***
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]#
Thank you,
Ravi
10 years, 9 months
Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386 signature problem !
by Ravi A
Hi, I am using cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6.noarch and cobbler-web-2.4.0-1.el6.noarch versions/RPMs. I tried to import Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386 using "cobbler import" as shown below. But importing fails. Kindly help.
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler import --path=/var/www/html/Cobbler/Mounted_ISO_Images/32bit_Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3/ --name="Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3" --arch="i386" --breed="xen" --os-version="xcp16" --kickstart="/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3.xml"
task started: 2013-07-10_191944_import
task started (id=Media import, time=Wed Jul 10 19:19:44 2013)
Found a candidate signature: breed=xen, version=xcp16
running: /usr/bin/file /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386/packages.transfer-vm/XS-REPOSITORY
received on stdout: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386/packages.transfer-vm/XS-REPOSITORY: ASCII text
received on stderr:
running: /usr/bin/file /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386/packages.main/XS-REPOSITORY
received on stdout: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386/packages.main/XS-REPOSITORY: ASCII text
received on stderr:
running: /usr/bin/file /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386/packages.xenserver/XS-REPOSITORY
received on stdout: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386/packages.xenserver/XS-REPOSITORY: ASCII text
received on stderr:
No signature matched in /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Citrix_XenServer_v610_RC3-i386
!!! TASK FAILED !!!
[root@localhost ~]#
Thanks A Lot In Advance,
Ravi
10 years, 9 months
Need Help ...
by Yogesh Mulay
Friends,
I have configured cobbler 2.5 & trying to boot esxi 5.0. It boots fine but
@ some point later it gives me an error
"there was a problem with the Network Device specified on the command line.
Error: No NIC found with MAC address "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
Can someone help me here please.
Besides the system add command i dont remember anywhere where i have hard
coded this mac address.
Please help ...
Regards
10 years, 9 months
Need help ...
by Yogesh Mulay
I have configured cobbler 2.5 & trying to boot esxi 5.0. It boots fine but
@ some point later it gives me an error
"there was a problem with the Network Device specified on the command line.
Error: No NIC found with MAC address "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
Can someone help me here please.
Besides the system add command i dont remember anywhere where i have hard
coded this mac address.
Please help ...
Regards
Yogesh
10 years, 9 months
Replicate failure, 2.0.11 to 2.2.3 upgrade
by nicholas geovanis
Hi to all -
I'm upgrading a cobbler server running cobbler 2.0.11 on CentOS 6.0,
installing fresh on a new machine running RedHat 6.1and cobbler 2.2.3. The
new install (cobbler from EPEL RPMs) is uneventful, "cobbler check"
indicates nothing suspicious-looking.
After initial configuration and check that cobblerd and httpd start-up OK,
I thought I would take the wiki recommendation and attempt a "cobbler
replicate". Verified rsync connectivity between the hosts. Result is the
"internal error" below. Wondering if I've missed something simple.
Thanks......Nick Geo
# cobbler replicate --master=10.15.39.51 --profiles='*' --systems='*'
task started: 2013-07-05_160213_replicate
task started (id=Replicate, time=Fri Jul 5 16:02:13 2013)
cobbler_master = 10.15.39.51
profile_patterns = ['*']
system_patterns = ['*']
repo_patterns = []
image_patterns = []
mgmtclass_patterns = []
package_patterns = []
file_patterns = []
omit_data = False
sync_all = False
using CLI defined master
XMLRPC endpoint: http://10.15.39.51/cobbler_api
test ALPHA
test BETA
Querying Both Servers
Exception occured: <class 'xmlrpclib.Fault'>
Exception value: <Fault 1: "<class 'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>:'internal
error, collection name mgmtclass not supported'">
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 89, in run
rc = self._run(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 217, in
runner
self.logger
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 994, in
replicate
sync_all = sync_all
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_replicate.py",
line 361, in run
self.replicate_data()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_replicate.py",
line 134, in replicate_data
self.remote_data[what] = self.remote.get_items(what)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
return self.__send(self.__name, args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
verbose=self.__verbose
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1253, in request
return self._parse_response(h.getfile(), sock)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1392, in _parse_response
return u.close()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 838, in close
raise Fault(**self._stack[0])
!!! TASK FAILED !!!
10 years, 9 months
Exception value: 'cobbler reposync failed'
by Paco Bernabe
Hi everybody,
We have some local mirrors which we are trying to update, but only with
one of them and after executing "cobbler reposync --only="UMD-2-updates"
--no-fail", we get the following issue; with the rest of the
repositories I have no problems... any clue? :
received on stderr:
Exception occured: <class 'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>
Exception value: 'cobbler reposync failed'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 126,
in die
raise CX(msg)
Exception occured: <class 'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>
Exception value: 'cobbler reposync failed'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 125, in run
self.sync(repo)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 169, in sync
return self.yum_sync(repo)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 402, in yum_sync
utils.die(self.logger,"cobbler reposync failed")
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 134,
in die
raise CX(msg)
reposync failed, tries left: 0
reposync failed, retry limit reached, skipping
running: chown -R root:apache /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/UMD-2-updates
received on stdout:
received on stderr:
running: chmod -R 755 /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/UMD-2-updates
received on stdout:
received on stderr:
Exception occured: <class 'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>
Exception value: 'overall reposync failed, at least one repo failed to
synchronize'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 126,
in die
raise CX(msg)
Exception occured: <class 'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>
Exception value: 'overall reposync failed, at least one repo failed to
synchronize'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 89,
in run
rc = self._run(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 248,
in runner
3), name=name, nofail=nofail, logger=self.logger)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 758, in
reposync
return reposync.run(name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 154, in run
utils.die(self.logger,"overall reposync failed, at least one repo
failed to synchronize")
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 134,
in die
raise CX(msg)
!!! TASK FAILED !!!
Some information about the system:
- cobbler-web-2.2.3-2.el6.noarch
- cobbler-2.2.3-2.el6.noarch
- CentOS 6.4
--
Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,
*Paco Bernabe*
| Systemsprogrammer | SURFsara | Science Park 140 | 1098XG Amsterdam | T
+31 610 961 785 | paco(a)surfsara.nl | www.surfsara.nl |
10 years, 10 months
Upgrade from Cobbler 2.1.0 - 2.4
by Yogesh Mulay
Friends,
I need help on how to upgrade from 2.1.0 to 2.4 latest. Is there any link
to this ...
I have a fresh install working fine though ...
Can any one suggest the Upgrade procedure ...
Regards
Yogesh
10 years, 10 months
