[TESTING] 1.60 preview rpms now available

[Michael DeHaan]

Hi folks,

Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test 
1.6 and see what's new.

http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/

This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in 
production.

We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.

You can see the list of things that have changed here:   
https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html

Thanks!

--Michael

[Martial Paupe]

Hi Michael,

Thanks to make this available for testing :-). So, I've got the src.rpm 
release (1.6.0) and both following lines seams to be a problem to rebuild on 
rhel 5.2 i386.

%ghost /var/www/cobbler/aux/anamon.pyc
%ghost /var/www/cobbler/aux/anamon.pyo

I'm a bit confused, because it doesn't seams to be include anywhere in the 
tarball and even into git. Moreover the spec files in devel branch doens't 
refer to this either.

If I understand correctly, %ghost macro tells to rpmbuild that the file should 
not be included in the package. In other hand files are not include into the 
tarball. So I think that both lines should be removed and here is a patch that 
remove it against the master branch.

Cheers,
Martial (babatoko)

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:01:34 Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test
> 1.6 and see what's new.
>
> http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/
>
> This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in
> production.
>
> We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.
>
> You can see the list of things that have changed here:
> https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Michael

[Michael DeHaan]

Martial Paupe wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks to make this available for testing :-). So, I've got the 
> src.rpm release (1.6.0) and both following lines seams to be a problem 
> to rebuild on rhel 5.2 i386.
>
> %ghost /var/www/cobbler/aux/anamon.pyc
> %ghost /var/www/cobbler/aux/anamon.pyo

Yeah, we need to remove these from the spec.  There should have been a 
fix for this, but maybe it's on devel.    I'll take a look...

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Martial Paupe wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > Thanks to make this available for testing :-). So, I've got the 
> > src.rpm release (1.6.0) and both following lines seams to be a problem 
> > to rebuild on rhel 5.2 i386.
> >
> > %ghost /var/www/cobbler/aux/anamon.pyc
> > %ghost /var/www/cobbler/aux/anamon.pyo
>
> Yeah, we need to remove these from the spec.  There should have been a 
> fix for this, but maybe it's on devel.    I'll take a look...
>
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

I've replaced the two files in question to correct this, thanks.

Let me know if you hit any more problems like this.

Thanks!

--Michael

[Tom Brown]

> Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test 
> 1.6 and see what's new.
>
> http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/
>
> This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in 
> production.
>
> We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.
>
> You can see the list of things that have changed here:   
> https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html

using both cobbler and koan 1.60 i see this

[root@virt02 ~]# koan -s 192.168.11.1 -D
- looking for Cobbler at http://192.168.11.1/cobbler_api
Error: Could not find a matching system with MACs:  or IPs:

[root@virt02 ~]# ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3E:59:16:91 
          inet addr:192.168.11.4  Bcast:192.168.11.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

# cobbler system report virt02
system                : virt02
mac address    : 00:16:3E:59:16:91
ip address     : 192.168.11.4

any thoughts here ??

thanks

[Tom Brown]

> using both cobbler and koan 1.60 i see this
>
> [root@virt02 ~]# koan -s 192.168.11.1 -D
> looking for Cobbler at http://192.168.11.1/cobbler_api
>
> Error: Could not find a matching system with MACs:  or IPs:
>
> [root@virt02 ~]# ifconfig eth0
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3E:59:16:91          inet 
> addr:192.168.11.4  Bcast:192.168.11.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> # cobbler system report virt02
> system                : virt02
> mac address    : 00:16:3E:59:16:91
> ip address     : 192.168.11.4

should also say that koan 1.4.3-1 seems to be fine

[Michael DeHaan]

Tom Brown wrote:
> > Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test 
> > 1.6 and see what's new.
> >
> > http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/
> >
> > This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in 
> > production.
> >
> > We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.
> >
> > You can see the list of things that have changed here:   
> > https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html
>
> using both cobbler and koan 1.60 i see this
>
> [root@virt02 ~]# koan -s 192.168.11.1 -D
> looking for Cobbler at http://192.168.11.1/cobbler_api
>
> Error: Could not find a matching system with MACs:  or IPs:
>
> [root@virt02 ~]# ifconfig eth0
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3E:59:16:91 
>           inet addr:192.168.11.4  Bcast:192.168.11.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> # cobbler system report virt02
> system                : virt02
> mac address    : 00:16:3E:59:16:91
> ip address     : 192.168.11.4
>
> any thoughts here ??
>
> thanks
> _______________________________________________
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> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

The new autodetect code is used when you do not specify a system with 
--replace-self, though I haven't tried it with display.

Very carefully try the following:
    koan -s 192.168.11.1 --replace-self
    (and before rebooting the machine, edit /etc/grub.conf to remove the 
"kickstart" entry to make sure you don't reinstall it!)

And see if you get the same.

Autodetect uses rhpl.ethtool, which /might/ not be working on your 
platform.   (In this case, what is the host OS?)

--Michael

[Tom Brown]

> The new autodetect code is used when you do not specify a system with 
> --replace-self, though I haven't tried it with display.
>
> Very carefully try the following:
>     koan -s 192.168.11.1 --replace-self
>     (and before rebooting the machine, edit /etc/grub.conf to remove the 
> "kickstart" entry to make sure you don't reinstall it!)
>
> And see if you get the same.

[root@virt02 ~]# koan -r
- looking for Cobbler at http://192.168.11.1/cobbler_api
Error: Could not find a matching system with MACs:  or IPs:
> Autodetect uses rhpl.ethtool, which /might/ not be working on your 
> platform.   (In this case, what is the host OS?)

this is a PV CentOS 5.2 x86_64

thanks

[Michael DeHaan]

Tom Brown wrote:
> > The new autodetect code is used when you do not specify a system with 
> > --replace-self, though I haven't tried it with display.
> >
> > Very carefully try the following:
> >     koan -s 192.168.11.1 --replace-self
> >     (and before rebooting the machine, edit /etc/grub.conf to remove the 
> > "kickstart" entry to make sure you don't reinstall it!)
> >
> > And see if you get the same.
>
> [root@virt02 ~]# koan -r
> looking for Cobbler at http://192.168.11.1/cobbler_api
>
> Error: Could not find a matching system with MACs:  or IPs:
> > Autodetect uses rhpl.ethtool, which /might/ not be working on your 
> > platform.   (In this case, what is the host OS?)
>
> this is a PV CentOS 5.2 x86_64
>
> thanks
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> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

And rhpl is installed?

--Michael

[Tom Brown]

> And rhpl is installed?

apparently so yes

Package rhpl - 0.194.1-1.x86_64 is already installed.

[Michael DeHaan]

Tom Brown wrote:
> > And rhpl is installed?
>
> apparently so yes
>
> Package rhpl - 0.194.1-1.x86_64 is already installed.
> _______________________________________________
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> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

I will have to install that OS to try it, I suppose. I'm chasing some 
larger items at this moment so it may be a while.

If someone else has one handy and wants to hack on koan to see what's up 
with the networking code, I think it would be pretty easy.

I'd also welcome alternative implementations that don't use rhpl -- I'm 
trying to avoid parsing /sbin/ip if possible ... though we /may/ have to 
go back to that.

Note that the network code is used for both autodetection /AND/ the new 
registration feature. It's common.

--Michael

[matt whiteley]

On Mar 12, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> If someone else has one handy and wants to hack on koan to see  
> what's up
> with the networking code, I think it would be pretty easy.
>
> I'd also welcome alternative implementations that don't use rhpl --  
> I'm
> trying to avoid parsing /sbin/ip if possible ... though we /may/  
> have to
> go back to that.
>
> Note that the network code is used for both autodetection /AND/ the  
> new
> registration feature. It's common.

I found the problem, but I'm not sure what the best solution is, so  
unfortunately I cannot offer a patch. In the get_network_info function  
ethtool.get_module(iname) throws an error in rhel 5.3  
(rhpl-0.194.1-1), so the except clause is followed and continue skips  
the assignment of interfaces[iname]. I wasn't sure what would be the  
right was to fix it, so hopefully this info is still somewhat helpful.

def get_network_info():
    try:
       import rhpl.ethtool as ethtool
    except:
       raise CX("the rhpl module is required to use this feature (is  
your OS>=EL3?)")

interfaces = {}
    # get names
    inames  = ethtool.get_active_devices()
    for iname in inames:
       mac = ethtool.get_hwaddr(iname)
       ip  = ethtool.get_ipaddr(iname)
       nm  = ethtool.get_netmask(iname)
       try:
          module = ethtool.get_module(iname)
          if module == "bridge":
             continue
       except:
          continue
       interfaces[iname] = {
          "ip_address"  : ip,
          "mac_address" : mac,
          "netmask"     : nm
       }

return interfaces

[root@mint ~]# rpm -q rhpl
rhpl-0.194.1-1

[root@mint ~]# python
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Sep 17 2008, 16:07:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-41)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> > > import rhpl.ethtool as ethtool
> > > ethtool.get_module('eth0')

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
IOError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported

[Michael DeHaan]

matt whiteley wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> > If someone else has one handy and wants to hack on koan to see  
> > what's up
> > with the networking code, I think it would be pretty easy.

Yes,  rhpl appears to behave differently on some systems, and we need to 
check this out.

Please file a bug here:  http://fedorahosted.org/cobbler

(You'll need a Fedora account from 
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts -- which is easy to do.  You do not
need to request access to any groups to use Trac.)

--Michael

[Tom Brown]

> Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test 
> 1.6 and see what's new.
>
> http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/
>
> This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in 
> production.
>
> We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.
>
> You can see the list of things that have changed here:   
> https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html

can you let me know what snippet the ssh key preservation feature is in 
please as i cant seem to find it in my 1.6 ?

thanks

[Michael DeHaan]

Tom Brown wrote:
> > Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test 
> > 1.6 and see what's new.
> >
> > http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/
> >
> > This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in 
> > production.
> >
> > We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.
> >
> > You can see the list of things that have changed here:   
> > https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html
>
> can you let me know what snippet the ssh key preservation feature is in 
> please as i cant seem to find it in my 1.6 ?
>
> thanks
>
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

It is checked in but apparently not installed.

You can get it here:

http://git.fedoraproject.org/git/cobbler/?p=cobbler;a=blob_plain;f=snippets/...

and save as "keep_ssh_host_keys"

Meanwhile, I'll see about getting that into the RPM.

--Michael

[Tom Brown]

> It is checked in but apparently not installed.
>
> You can get it here:
>
> http://git.fedoraproject.org/git/cobbler/?p=cobbler;a=blob_plain;f=snippets/...
>
> and save as "keep_ssh_host_keys"
>
> Meanwhile, I'll see about getting that into the RPM.

thanks - is this a pre snippet i presume ??

[Tom Brown]

> It is checked in but apparently not installed.
>
> You can get it here:
>
> http://git.fedoraproject.org/git/cobbler/?p=cobbler;a=blob_plain;f=snippets/...
>
> and save as "keep_ssh_host_keys"
>
> Meanwhile, I'll see about getting that into the RPM.

+-------------------+ Error 
+-------------------+               
               |                                               
|               
               | An error occurred trying to initialize swap   
|               
               | on device xvda2.  This problem is serious,    
|               
               | and the install cannot continue.              
|               
               |                                               
|               
               | Press <Enter> to reboot your system.          
|               
               |                                               
|               
               |                    +----+                     
|               
               |                    | OK |                     
|               
               |                    +----+                     
|               
               |                                               
|               
               |                                               
|               
               +-----------------------------------------------+

thats what i get when trying to use it

[Derek Carter]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Source rpms for 1.6 are now available for those that want to help test 
> 1.6 and see what's new.
>
> http://mdehaan.fedorapeople.org/files/cobbler/testing/
>
> This is a testing release, so you don't want to install these in 
> production.
>
> We'll test on this for 1.5-2 weeks and then see about a release.
>
> You can see the list of things that have changed here:   
> https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2009-March/003205.html
>
> Thanks!

I've downloaded the src.rpms and re-compiled them.

Here's a problem I get when trying to do a `yum localinstall`

-------

[root@cobbler-test sources]# yum localinstall cobbler-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm
koan-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * epel: www.gtlib.gatech.edu
 * base: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
 * updates: mirror.newnanutilities.org
 * addons: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
 * extras: mirror.nyi.net
Examining cobbler-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm: cobbler - 1.6.0-1.noarch
Examining koan-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm: koan - 1.6.0-1.noarch
Marking cobbler-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm to be installed
Marking koan-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
. . . <snip> . . .
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libyaml is needed by package cobbler

--------

--
Derek (aka goozbach)

[Michael DeHaan]

> I've downloaded the src.rpms and re-compiled them.
>
> Here's a problem I get when trying to do a `yum localinstall`
>
> [root@cobbler-test sources]# yum localinstall cobbler-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm
> koan-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm
> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
> Setting up Local Package Process
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> epel: www.gtlib.gatech.edu
> base: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
> updates: mirror.newnanutilities.org
> addons: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
> extras: mirror.nyi.net
>
> Examining cobbler-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm: cobbler - 1.6.0-1.noarch
> Examining koan-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm: koan - 1.6.0-1.noarch
> Marking cobbler-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm to be installed
> Marking koan-1.6.0-1.noarch.rpm to be installed
> Resolving Dependencies
> . . . <snip> . . .
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: libyaml is needed by package cobbler

Not suprising. You also need to install libyaml.