February 2014 - cobbler - Fedora Mailing-Lists

by Yogesh Mulay

I have the Cobbler setup ready & esxi5 installed. Is there a way to parse esxi commands in the host. Like enabling ssh running esxcli. Adding VMKs. Changing the managament IP address & its Vlan I need some tips regarding pre & post installation basically Any help would be highly appreciated. ... Regards

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Help with Cobbler 2.4 and ESXi 5

by Outland, Mike

Hello, I’m trying to get cobbler to use ESXi 5. I’m getting this error when I try and boot. “Configuration error while parsing /boot.cfg Fatal error: 15 (Not Found)” I see this in my /var/log/messages: Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11477]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename /pxelinux.0 Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11479]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename /pxelinux.cfg/40867f18-bb4b-df11-93ef-8843e1c2b2e8 Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11480]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename /pxelinux.cfg/01-88-43-e1-c2-b2-ee Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11481]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename //images/ESX-5.0-x86_64/mboot.c32 Feb 20 16:54:57 cobbler in.tftpd[11482]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename //boot.cfg I don’t see any boot.cfg in /var/lib/tftpboot directory. I’m not sure why there are two slashes there. Here is my cobbler distro report: Name : ESX-5.0-x86_64 Architecture : x86_64 TFTP Boot Files : {} Breed : vmware Comment : Fetchable Files : {} Initrd : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/imgpayld.tgz Kernel : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/mboot.c32 Kernel Options : {} Kernel Options (Post Install) : {} Kickstart Metadata : {'tree': 'http://@@http_server@@/cblr/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64'} Management Classes : [] OS Version : esxi5 Owners : ['admin'] Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>> Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>> Template Files : {} I’ve seen some people populate TFTP Boot Files or Fetchable Files, but I can’t seem to find out what should be there, if anything? And what tells the system to fetch this boot.cfg file? I see one in my /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/boot.cfg [root@cobbler /]# cat var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/boot.cfg bootstate=0 title=Loading ESXi installer kernel=/tboot.b00 kernelopt=runweasel modules=/b.b00 --- /useropts.gz --- /k.b00 --- /a.b00 --- /misc-cni.v00 --- /net-bnx2.v00 --- /net-cnic.v00 --- /net-tg3.v00 --- /scsi-bnx.v00 --- /scsi-bnx.v01 --- /net-enic.v00 --- /scsi-fni.v00 --- /net-be2n.v00 --- /scsi-lpf.v00 --- /net-igb.v00 --- /net-ixgb.v00 --- /net-qlcn.v00 --- /ata-pata.v00 --- /ata-pata.v01 --- /ata-pata.v02 --- /ata-pata.v03 --- /ata-pata.v04 --- /ata-pata.v05 --- /ata-pata.v06 --- /ata-pata.v07 --- /block-cc.v00 --- /ehci-ehc.v00 --- /s.v00 --- /weaselin.i00 --- /ima-qla4.v00 --- /ipmi-ipm.v00 --- /ipmi-ipm.v01 --- /ipmi-ipm.v02 --- /misc-dri.v00 --- /net-bnx2.v01 --- /net-e100.v00 --- /net-e100.v01 --- /net-forc.v00 --- /net-nx-n.v00 --- /net-qlge.v00 --- /net-r816.v00 --- /net-r816.v01 --- /net-s2io.v00 --- /net-sky2.v00 --- /ohci-usb.v00 --- /sata-ahc.v00 --- /sata-ata.v00 --- /sata-sat.v00 --- /sata-sat.v01 --- /sata-sat.v02 --- /sata-sat.v03 --- /scsi-aac.v00 --- /scsi-adp.v00 --- /scsi-aic.v00 --- /scsi-hps.v00 --- /scsi-ips.v00 --- /scsi-meg.v00 --- /scsi-meg.v01 --- /scsi-meg.v02 --- /scsi-mpt.v00 --- /scsi-mpt.v01 --- /scsi-mpt.v02 --- /scsi-qla.v00 --- /scsi-qla.v01 --- /scsi-rst.v00 --- /uhci-usb.v00 --- /tools.t00 --- /imgdb.tgz --- /imgpayld.tgz build= updated=0 I appreciate your help. Thanks, -mike Mike Outland DevOps Manager [cid:FD6171CC-E24F-4CF6-8AED-64987831ADE1] Single Number Reach: 925-226-3360 Fax: 925-226-3335 mike.outland(a)nexusis.com<mailto:mike.outland@nexusis.com> www.nexusis.com<http://www.nexusis.com/> Collaboration [cid:3C493362-4A32-4445-BD51-0F110316CA5D] Data Center [cid:96D28F55-6D6A-48B0-8291-FC40F916AB41] Borderless Networks [cid:E8E8FB68-069C-4EF8-98A9-C6C58D149BAA] Business Video [cid:C8A8D6D5-7B14-45A2-B4F4-7B95963544A3] Managed Services. Nexus IS Inc. designs, builds and supports complete end-to end technology solutions designed to help organizations Connect to their customers, Collaborate to achieve their vision, and Create innovative solutions to business problems. [cid:D448E73D-5290-4762-A950-C1E32BD70CA7][cid:E3A60D0C-EF5F-4F36-86AD-30ECE1043452][cid:1469119F-1072-423F-86BB-12EEC84B8D48][cid:FA9B9376-7116-43D1-A448-506E3EC58431] The information contained in this email and any additional attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient then you must not use, disseminate, distribute or copy any information contained in this email or any attachments. If you receive this email in error, please destroy it immediately and contact us. Thank you.

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Call for help: testing RPM packages

by Jörgen Maas

Hey all, Just finished some work on packaging Cobbler for multiple distro's and versions. This work is targeted on 2.5.0 (master) which will be the 2.6.0 release rather soonish. There are currently packages for: - CenOS 6 - RHEL 6 - Fedora 18, 19, 20 - openSUSE 12.3, 13.1, Factory Please checkout out: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler-mas... I suspect there needs a lot to be done polishing these packages! Also, this should be a convenient way of testing Cobbler-next. Any feedback is very much appreciated! Thanks! -- Jörgen Maas

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Re: [cobbler] [cobbler-devel] Call for help: testing RPM packages

by Jörgen Maas

Hi Michael, Yes, this would not have been possible without your many patches to the Cobbler build system, so thanks again! :) My hopes for this packaging effort is to get more direct involvement from downstream users & developers to give the development of Cobbler another boost. If you are willing to contribute a README for SUSE that would be great! Regarding the a2enmod/a2enflag stuff, we currently do those things in the %post section. Is it against openSUSE's packaging policy to do this? I think it would be best to align our packages as close as possible with the downstream packaging policies. On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Michael Jansen <kde(a)michael-jansen.biz>wrote: > On Sunday 23 February 2014 17:13:11 Jörgen Maas wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > Just finished some work on packaging Cobbler for multiple distro's and > > versions. > > This work is targeted on 2.5.0 (master) which will be the 2.6.0 release > > rather soonish. > > > > There are currently packages for: > > - CenOS 6 > > - RHEL 6 > > - Fedora 18, 19, 20 > > - openSUSE 12.3, 13.1, Factory > > I just tried to install the opensuse 13.1 rpm into a a freshly setup > opensuse > 13.1 minimal server installation. I had much less problems than i expected. > Most parts seem to work. Its now up and running, just finished importing > the > opensuse 13.1 dvd. tomorrow i will check to setup and install some vms with > koan to see if it works. I am not a power user though. > > But judging from my problems back in October the problems were minimal this > time. So my patches improved stuff and i have seen someone else contributed > some fixes for opensuse too. > > I will contribute a README.SUSE that details the necessary steps to > activate > cobbler after installing it. Just for reference (and others trying this) > the > steps i had to do: > > # Starting point is opensuse 13.1 minimal server configuration > uninstall patterns-openSUSE-minimal_base-conflicts > > # install cobbler and cobbler-web from repo > zypper ar > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler-mas... > zypper install cobbler cobbler-web > > # Enable mod_version (Usage has to be wrapped in ifmodule mod_version > btw) > a2enmod mod_version > a2enmod mod_socache_shmcb > > # Enable and setup a development ssl localhost > a2enmod ssl # Not sure if this is needed. > a2enflag SSL > > # configure ssl host (edit and adapt , hostname for example) > cp /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost-ssl.template > /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost- > ssl.conf > > # WARNING: this creates the minimal certificate neeeded with the minimal > amount of configuration possible (none) > gensslcert > > # WARNING: firewall was up. either configure it or put it down > SuSEfirewall2 stup > > # Configure cobble > /etc/cobbler/settings -> servername > > systemctl start apache2 > systemctl start cobblerd > > That stuff should go into a README.SUSE because its not allowed to do > anything > of that in the post installation step. User has to do it manually. > > Mike > > -- > Michael Jansen > http://michael-jansen.biz > -- Grtz, Jörgen Maas

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Cobbler 2.4.2 released

by Jörgen Maas

Hey all, I just tagged and released Cobbler 2.4.2. Improved Features: - Add support for SLES 10 sp4 to distro_signatures Bugfixes: - Major bugfix in distro detection routine for RHEL & SuSE systems - Corrected AutoYaST XML generation when scripts are included - Fix elilo and yaboot filenames in dhcp configuration The (source) release can be found at: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases/tag/v2.4.2 Fedora packages: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler24/F... http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler24/F... http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler24/F... -- Grtz, Jörgen Maas

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Creating VM's under ESXi5.5

by Vruwink, Timothy Roger

Hello - I am not finding much information with regards to provisioning guest VM's under a VMware vCenter 5.5 cluster (esxi 5.5 hosts) using cobbler. I have Cobbler installed as a VM, and was able to PXE boot a guest VM, and install a very basic CentOS VM. However, I had to carve out the storage, setup the base VM, and copy the MAC address into my Cobbler (script?). Is there support in Cobbler to further automate this? Or would I be better off using KVM/Xen or another virtualization solution? Thank you. Tim ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tim Vruwink vruwink(a)illinois.edu<mailto:vruwink@illinois.edu> Research Programmer, Library IMS 424 Main Library, 1408 W Gregory Dr. Office: 217-265-0895 Cell: 217-202-1607

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2.4.1

by Newman, Stuart J. (GSFC-428.0)[HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC]

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Cobbler API returning 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'remote_methods'

by pretish tripathi

Hello Everybody I am trying to edit a host using the cobbler API however I get the below error : ---- snip ---- Fault returned from XML RPC Server, fault code 1: exceptions.AttributeError:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'remote_methods' ---- snip ---- The script I am using is : ---- snip ---- 1. my $conn = Frontier::Client->new( 'url' => "http://xxxx.xxx.xxx.com/cobbler_api" ); 2. my $token = $conn->call("login","$username","$password"); 3. my $object = $conn->call("get_system_handle","$old_hostname", $token); 4. print Dumper ($object); 5. $conn->call("modify_system",$object,"name","$new_hostname",$token); 6. $conn->call("modify_system",$object, "hostname", "$new_hostname", $token); 7. $conn->call("save_system",$object, $token); 8. $conn->call("sync",$token); ---- snip ---- Now the print statement gives me the following : $VAR1 = 'system::old_hostname'; Also, I am able to fetch information about the host using " my $system = $booter->call("get_system","$hash{$temp}{'old_hostname'}" );" and Dumper($system) , gives me the correct information . I wonder why modify system is not working as expected . R Bondie

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Cobbler Wiki

by Jörgen Maas

Hey all, Just wanted to let you know that i (nearly) finished deleting all content on the wiki which is also in the manual. Some missing pages have been moved into the relevant manual (eg. release notes). Now that the overlap between the manual and wiki has been removed we can better focus on further improving the official documentation.Generic documentation describing the Cobbler framework & features should go in the manual whereas the wiki can be used by users to document how they use Cobbler to solve specific problems. I'd like to invite the community to document and share their use-cases, experiences and solutions using Cobbler! -- Grtz, Jörgen Maas

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by John Paget Bourke

Hi, When I run koan --list=profiles -s localhost I get the following error root@Config cobbler]# koan --list=profiles -s localhost - looking for Cobbler at http://localhost:25151/cobbler_api Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/koan/utils.py", line 542, in __try_connect xmlrpc_server.ping() 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 1243, in request headers ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for localhost:25151/cobbler_api: 404 Not Found> If I try to see if the server is running and listening, the server is ok [root@Config cobbler]# netstat -an | grep 25151 tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25151 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25151 127.0.0.1:57483 TIME_WAIT But returns nothing . [root@Config cobbler]# curl http://localhost:25151/cobbler_api curl: (52) Empty reply from server I am using the web GUI and it works ok, no problems. When I try to use koan or curl and check the logs [root@Config cobbler]# curl http://localhost:25151/cobbler_api curl: (52) Empty reply from server [root@Config cobbler]# date Sun Oct 30 05:30:55 UTC 2011 [root@Config cobbler]# ls -l total 1792 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 6 02:24 anamon -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1806499 Oct 30 04:50 cobbler.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 Oct 29 00:24 install.log drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 6 02:24 kicklog drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 6 02:24 syslog drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 30 04:40 tasks [root@Config cobbler]# cd /etc/httpd/logs/ [root@Config logs]# ls -l total 3172 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10904 Oct 30 04:45 access_log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 789779 Oct 30 02:43 access_log-20111030 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32638 Oct 30 05:20 error_log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2403267 Oct 30 03:06 error_log-20111030 The logs do not seem to be affected. The versions I am running are [root@Config cobbler]# rpm -qa | grep cobbler cobbler-2.2.1-1.el6.noarch cobbler-web-2.2.1-1.el6.noarch [root@Config cobbler]# rpm -qa | grep koan koan-2.2.1-1.el6.noarch In the modules.conf I have [authentication] #module = authn_denyall module = authn_configfile [authorization] module = authz_allowall So I am a bit lost. Any thoughts ? Thanks John

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