Using a MAC address for the ksdevice.

[Joseph Boyer Jr.]

Is there a way in cobbler today that automates using the MAC address for eth0 as the parameter place on the kernel line for the ksdevice, i.e. ksdevice=00:2c:3e:23:4d:1e instead of the default using ksdevice=eth0 or whichever device you specify in the /etc/cobbler/settings file.

I know that passing ksdevice = {My MAC} on the kernel options line in system settings works, but I am looking for something that requires no user intervention. That is I want to use the interface's MAC address as my default.

This is because of NIC enumeration issue on HP Blade Centers.

Thanks
joe

Joseph Boyer Jr
Enterprise Technology Services
Liquidnet Holdings, Inc.
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T   +1 646.660.8352
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Custom Kickstarts

[Brown, Scott D CTR, E2]

Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler sync
after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate custom
kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..

Scott

Custom Kickstarts

[Michael DeHaan]

Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler sync
> after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
> directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate custom
> kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
>
> Scott
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It 
renders them dynamically.

See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
OR
http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name

This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the 
filesystem.

If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler template, 
you can, however, make it available over http and do the following:

cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...

And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim

Note: A user should never put any content of their own into 
/var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files added
there during sync.

Does that answer the question?

--Michael

Custom Kickstarts

[Brown, Scott D CTR, E2]

Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is going on
in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a theory
by doing the following:

Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1
--kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg

The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1 in
the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the
<server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are no
files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a lot
of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...

Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3
python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
DeHaan
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts

Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler 
> sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
> directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate 
> custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
>
> Scott
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It 
renders them dynamically.

See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
OR
http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name

This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the
filesystem.

If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler template,
you can, however, make it available over http and do the following:

cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...

And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim

Note: A user should never put any content of their own into
/var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files
added there during sync.

Does that answer the question?

--Michael

_______________________________________________
cobbler mailing list
[e-mail]
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Custom Kickstarts

[Michael DeHaan]

Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is going on
> in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a theory
> by doing the following:
>
> Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1
> --kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg

Import does not take ISOs directly, you have to mount them on a 
loopback.  That seems to be the problem.
> The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1 in
> the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the
> <server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are no
> files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
> What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a lot
> of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...
>
> Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3
> python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
> DeHaan
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
>
> Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler 
> > sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
> > directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate 
> > custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
> >
> > Scott
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It 
> renders them dynamically.
>
> See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
> OR
> http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name
>
> This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the
> filesystem.
>
> If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler template,
> you can, however, make it available over http and do the following:
>
> cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...
>
> And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim
>
> Note: A user should never put any content of their own into
> /var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files
> added there during sync.
>
> Does that answer the question?
>
> --Michael
>
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

Custom Kickstarts

[Brown, Scott D CTR, E2]

Sorry I should of mentioned that I already had a loop in place on the
/mn/<iso> directory.

Interesting enough though, after messing around with 1.0.2 over the
weekend, it seems that my kickstart file is not being accepted anymore.
By this I mean that everything in my script past the %post part is not
'added' to the system.  Almost like it is being ignored for some reason.
For security reasons I can not post my script but I can post a couple of
snippets from it for reference.  Thanks..

---------------------------------------------------
# GEN000020 (G001)
# GEN000040 (G002)
# GEN000060 (G003)
# L224 - removed
echo "Locking down GEN000020, GEN000040, GEN000060"
echo "Require the root pw when booting into single user mode" >>
/etc/inittab
echo "~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin" >> /etc/inittab
echo "GEN000020, GEN000040,GEN000060 Complete"

# GEN000700
# Change the password expiration time from undefined to 60 days
echo "Locking down GEN000700"
perl -npe 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS\s+99999/PASS_MAX_DAYS 60/' -i /etc/login.defs
chage -M 60 root
echo "GEN000700 Complete"

# GEN000540
# Ensure that the user cannot change their password more than once a
day.
echo "Locking down GEN000540"
perl -npe 's/PASS_MIN_DAYS\s+0/PASS_MIN_DAYS 1/g' -i /etc/login.defs
echo "GEN000540 Complete"

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks...

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
DeHaan
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 17:01
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts

Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is going 
> on in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a 
> theory by doing the following:
>
> Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1 
> --kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg

Import does not take ISOs directly, you have to mount them on a
loopback.  That seems to be the problem.
> The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1 
> in the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the 
> <server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are no 
> files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
> What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a lot
> of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...
>
> Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3 
> python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael 
> DeHaan
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
>
> Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler 
> > sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
> > directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate 
> > custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
> >
> > Scott
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It 
> renders them dynamically.
>
> See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
> OR
> http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name
>
> This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the 
> filesystem.
>
> If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler 
> template, you can, however, make it available over http and do the

following:
> cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...
>
> And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim
>
> Note: A user should never put any content of their own into 
> /var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files 
> added there during sync.
>
> Does that answer the question?
>
> --Michael
>
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

_______________________________________________
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[e-mail]
https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

Custom Kickstarts

[Michael DeHaan]

Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> Sorry I should of mentioned that I already had a loop in place on the
> /mn/<iso> directory.

Any import, (unless you are using the --available-as flag) should copy 
files over. Unless of course you've
modified /etc/cobbler/rsync.exclude or something?
> Interesting enough though, after messing around with 1.0.2 over the
> weekend, it seems that my kickstart file is not being accepted anymore.
> By this I mean that everything in my script past the %post part is not
> 'added' to the system.  Almost like it is being ignored for some reason.
> For security reasons I can not post my script but I can post a couple of
> snippets from it for reference.  Thanks..

For starters, visit http://cobbler/svc/op/ks/system/$system_name (or 
/profile/$profile_name) to make sure the kickstarts
look as you suspect they look.

Then also run "cobbler validateks" to see if any errors are detected...

--Michael
> # GEN000020 (G001)
> # GEN000040 (G002)
> # GEN000060 (G003)
> # L224 - removed
> echo "Locking down GEN000020, GEN000040, GEN000060"
> echo "Require the root pw when booting into single user mode" >>
> /etc/inittab
> echo "~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin" >> /etc/inittab
> echo "GEN000020, GEN000040,GEN000060 Complete"
>
> # GEN000700
> # Change the password expiration time from undefined to 60 days
> echo "Locking down GEN000700"
> perl -npe 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS\s+99999/PASS_MAX_DAYS 60/' -i /etc/login.defs
> chage -M 60 root
> echo "GEN000700 Complete"
>
> # GEN000540
> # Ensure that the user cannot change their password more than once a
> day.
> echo "Locking down GEN000540"
> perl -npe 's/PASS_MIN_DAYS\s+0/PASS_MIN_DAYS 1/g' -i /etc/login.defs
> echo "GEN000540 Complete"
>
> Thanks...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
> DeHaan
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 17:01
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
>
> Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is going 
> > on in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a 
> > theory by doing the following:
> >
> > Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1 
> > --kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg
>
> Import does not take ISOs directly, you have to mount them on a
> loopback.  That seems to be the problem.
> > The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1 
> > in the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the 
> > <server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are no 
> > files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
> > What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a lot
> > of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...
> >
> > Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3 
> > python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael 
> > DeHaan
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
> >
> > Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > > Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler 
> > > sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
> > > directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate 
> > > custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
> > >
> > > Scott
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
> > Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It 
> > renders them dynamically.
> >
> > See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
> > OR
> > http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name
> >
> > This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the 
> > filesystem.
> >
> > If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler 
> > template, you can, however, make it available over http and do the
>
> following:
> > cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...
> >
> > And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim
> >
> > Note: A user should never put any content of their own into 
> > /var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files 
> > added there during sync.
> >
> > Does that answer the question?
> >
> > --Michael
> >
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

Custom Kickstarts

[Aaron Lippold]

Hi,

Did you remove #raw from the top of the %post section so that cobbler
doesn't try to parse the post section.

I thought I put a comment in there about that.

A

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap
 wrote:
> Sorry I should of mentioned that I already had a loop in place on the
> /mn/<iso> directory.
>
> Interesting enough though, after messing around with 1.0.2 over the
> weekend, it seems that my kickstart file is not being accepted anymore.
> By this I mean that everything in my script past the %post part is not
> 'added' to the system.  Almost like it is being ignored for some reason.
> For security reasons I can not post my script but I can post a couple of
> snippets from it for reference.  Thanks..
>
> # GEN000020 (G001)
> # GEN000040 (G002)
> # GEN000060 (G003)
> # L224 - removed
> echo "Locking down GEN000020, GEN000040, GEN000060"
> echo "Require the root pw when booting into single user mode" >>
> /etc/inittab
> echo "~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin" >> /etc/inittab
> echo "GEN000020, GEN000040,GEN000060 Complete"
>
> # GEN000700
> # Change the password expiration time from undefined to 60 days
> echo "Locking down GEN000700"
> perl -npe 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS\s+99999/PASS_MAX_DAYS 60/' -i /etc/login.defs
> chage -M 60 root
> echo "GEN000700 Complete"
>
> # GEN000540
> # Ensure that the user cannot change their password more than once a
> day.
> echo "Locking down GEN000540"
> perl -npe 's/PASS_MIN_DAYS\s+0/PASS_MIN_DAYS 1/g' -i /etc/login.defs
> echo "GEN000540 Complete"
>
> Thanks...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
> DeHaan
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 17:01
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
>
> Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is going
> > on in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a
> > theory by doing the following:
> >
> > Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1
> > --kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg
>
> Import does not take ISOs directly, you have to mount them on a
> loopback.  That seems to be the problem.
> > The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1
> > in the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the
> > <server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are no
> > files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
> > What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a lot
> > of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...
> >
> > Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3
> > python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
> > DeHaan
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
> >
> > Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > > Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler
> > > sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the 'kickstart'
> > > directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate
> > > custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
> > >
> > > Scott
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
> > Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It
> > renders them dynamically.
> >
> > See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
> > OR
> > http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name
> >
> > This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the
> > filesystem.
> >
> > If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler
> > template, you can, however, make it available over http and do the
>
> following:
> > cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...
> >
> > And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim
> >
> > Note: A user should never put any content of their own into
> > /var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files
> > added there during sync.
> >
> > Does that answer the question?
> >
> > --Michael
> >
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

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[Brown, Scott D CTR, E2]

Yup, there is no #raw above %post section.  On my 0.8 version of cobbler
it puts some sort of [cheetah] commands in front of each section and
ultimately does not parse the lockdowns.  In 1.0.2 cobbler, the
kickstart never parses.  Due to operational commitments, I had to go
back to the working version of cobbler for me and that was 0.8 .  All I
do is replace the 'blank' kickstart with the modded one until I can
figure this out... Thanks ...

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Aaron
Lippold
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 16:43
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts

Hi,

Did you remove #raw from the top of the %post section so that cobbler
doesn't try to parse the post section.

I thought I put a comment in there about that.

A

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap
 wrote:
> Sorry I should of mentioned that I already had a loop in place on the 
> /mn/<iso> directory.
>
> Interesting enough though, after messing around with 1.0.2 over the 
> weekend, it seems that my kickstart file is not being accepted

anymore.
> By this I mean that everything in my script past the %post part is not
> 'added' to the system.  Almost like it is being ignored for some

reason.
> For security reasons I can not post my script but I can post a couple 
> of snippets from it for reference.  Thanks..
>
> # GEN000020 (G001)
> # GEN000040 (G002)
> # GEN000060 (G003)
> # L224 - removed
> echo "Locking down GEN000020, GEN000040, GEN000060"
> echo "Require the root pw when booting into single user mode" >> 
> /etc/inittab echo "~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin" >> /etc/inittab echo 
> "GEN000020, GEN000040,GEN000060 Complete"
>
> # GEN000700
> # Change the password expiration time from undefined to 60 days echo 
> "Locking down GEN000700"
> perl -npe 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS\s+99999/PASS_MAX_DAYS 60/' -i 
> /etc/login.defs chage -M 60 root echo "GEN000700 Complete"
>
> # GEN000540
> # Ensure that the user cannot change their password more than once a 
> day.
> echo "Locking down GEN000540"
> perl -npe 's/PASS_MIN_DAYS\s+0/PASS_MIN_DAYS 1/g' -i /etc/login.defs 
> echo "GEN000540 Complete"
>
> --
>
> Thanks...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael 
> DeHaan
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 17:01
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
>
> Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is going
> > on in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a 
> > theory by doing the following:
> >
> > Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1 
> > --kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg
>
> Import does not take ISOs directly, you have to mount them on a 
> loopback.  That seems to be the problem.
> > The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1 
> > in the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the 
> > <server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are no
> > files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
> > What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a 
> > lot
> > of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...
> >
> > Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3 
> > python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael 
> > DeHaan
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
> >
> > Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > > Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler 
> > > sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the

'kickstart'
> > > directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate 
> > > custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
> > >
> > > Scott
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > cobbler mailing list
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> >
> > Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It
> > renders them dynamically.
> >
> > See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
> > OR
> > http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name
> >
> > This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the 
> > filesystem.
> >
> > If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler 
> > template, you can, however, make it available over http and do the
>
> following:
> > cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...
> >
> > And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim
> >
> > Note: A user should never put any content of their own into 
> > /var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove files
> > added there during sync.
> >
> > Does that answer the question?
> >
> > --Michael
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Custom Kickstarts

[Aaron Lippold]

Hi

You need to have #raw and #end raw in the post section because of a  
few of the scripts. Put it right after the %post section line and  
cobbler should be happy.

A

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On Jul 18, 2008, at 9:08 AM, "Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap" <[e-mail]
> wrote:
> Yup, there is no #raw above %post section.  On my 0.8 version of  
> cobbler
> it puts some sort of [cheetah] commands in front of each section and
> ultimately does not parse the lockdowns.  In 1.0.2 cobbler, the
> kickstart never parses.  Due to operational commitments, I had to go
> back to the working version of cobbler for me and that was 0.8 .   
> All I
> do is replace the 'blank' kickstart with the modded one until I can
> figure this out... Thanks ...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Aaron
> Lippold
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 16:43
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
>
> Hi,
>
> Did you remove #raw from the top of the %post section so that cobbler
> doesn't try to parse the post section.
>
> I thought I put a comment in there about that.
>
> A
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap
>  wrote:
> > Sorry I should of mentioned that I already had a loop in place on the
> > /mn/<iso> directory.
> >
> > Interesting enough though, after messing around with 1.0.2 over the
> > weekend, it seems that my kickstart file is not being accepted
>
> anymore.
> > By this I mean that everything in my script past the %post part is  
> > not
> > 'added' to the system.  Almost like it is being ignored for some
>
> reason.
> > For security reasons I can not post my script but I can post a couple
> > of snippets from it for reference.  Thanks..
> >
> > # GEN000020 (G001)
> > # GEN000040 (G002)
> > # GEN000060 (G003)
> > # L224 - removed
> > echo "Locking down GEN000020, GEN000040, GEN000060"
> > echo "Require the root pw when booting into single user mode" >>
> > /etc/inittab echo "~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin" >> /etc/inittab echo
> > "GEN000020, GEN000040,GEN000060 Complete"
> >
> > # GEN000700
> > # Change the password expiration time from undefined to 60 days echo
> > "Locking down GEN000700"
> > perl -npe 's/PASS_MAX_DAYS\s+99999/PASS_MAX_DAYS 60/' -i
> > /etc/login.defs chage -M 60 root echo "GEN000700 Complete"
> >
> > # GEN000540
> > # Ensure that the user cannot change their password more than once a
> > day.
> > echo "Locking down GEN000540"
> > perl -npe 's/PASS_MIN_DAYS\s+0/PASS_MIN_DAYS 1/g' -i /etc/login.defs
> > echo "GEN000540 Complete"
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
> > DeHaan
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 17:01
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
> >
> > Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > > Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately it seems something else is  
> > > going
> > > on in the background.  While I was waiting I decided to test out a
> > > theory by doing the following:
> > >
> > > Cobbler import --path=/mnt/<.iso> --name=Test1
> > > --kickstart=/root/kickstart/ks.cfg
> >
> > Import does not take ISOs directly, you have to mount them on a
> > loopback.  That seems to be the problem.
> > > The import seemed to work just fine except when I selected the Test1
> > > in the menu, its saying that it needs some files from the
> > > <server>/cobbler/ks_mirror/Test1/images/stage2.img.  But there are  
> > > no
> > > files at all in the ks_mirror directory.  Only a Config directory.
> > > What's really weird is that while watching the import, there was a
> > > lot
> > > of 'processing' going on putting files in that directory...
> > >
> > > Also as per your below URL, the only thing in my svc directy are 3
> > > python files.  No sub-directories.... Thanks..
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [e-mail]
> > > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Michael
> > > DeHaan
> > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 15:20
> > > To: cobbler mailing list
> > > Subject: Re: Custom Kickstarts
> > >
> > > Brown, Scott CTR -Navair - Siap wrote:
> > > > Recently I've updated from 0.8.2 to 1.0.2 and when I did my cobbler
> > > > sync after 'tweaking' the settings to fit my network, the
>
> 'kickstart'
> > > > directory with my custom kickstarts is gone.  How do I associate
> > > > custom kickstarts to my profiles I added?  Thanks..
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > cobbler mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > >
> > > Cobbler does not save kickstarts it renders on the filesystem.   It
> > > renders them dynamically.
> > >
> > > See http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/name
> > > OR
> > > http://server/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/name
> > >
> > > This is true for any values to --kickstart that are stored on the
> > > filesystem.
> > >
> > > If you have a kickstart that is not being managed by a cobbler
> > > template, you can, however, make it available over http and do the
> >
> > following:
> > > cobbler profile add --name=foo --kickstart=http://...
> > >
> > > And it will not treat it as a template and will use it verbatim
> > >
> > > Note: A user should never put any content of their own into
> > > /var/www/cobbler as cobbler owns that directory and will remove  
> > > files
> > > added there during sync.
> > >
> > > Does that answer the question?
> > >
> > > --Michael
> > >
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
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[Michael DeHaan]

Joseph Boyer Jr. wrote:
> Is there a way in cobbler today that automates using the MAC address 
> for eth0 as the parameter place on the kernel line for the ksdevice, 
> i.e. ksdevice=00:2c:3e:23:4d:1e instead of the default using 
> ksdevice=eth0 or whichever device you specify in the 
> /etc/cobbler/settings file.
>
> I know that passing ksdevice = {My MAC} on the kernel options line in 
> system settings works, but I am looking for something that requires no 
> user intervention. That is I want to use the interface’s MAC address 
> as my default.
>
> This is because of NIC enumeration issue on HP Blade Centers.

I could see this as possible. Two options here -- file an RFE in Trac 
(fedorahosted.org/cobbler), or implement support for it.

I don't think the patch would be too painful -- adding a boolean option 
to each interface that says --use-as-explicit-ksdevice that would only 
be legal /if/ the mac was enabled.

This would be a slightly involved patch -- should mostly involve 
item_system.py and the "blender" code that evaluates the object tree in 
utils.py -- but doable.

The RFE list in cobbler is very long so I can't say this is something I 
would knock out soon. But if someone else finds it interesting maybe 
they could help.

--Michael
> Thanks
>
> joe
>
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[Slinky]

Joe, what version of Anaconda are you using?

2008/7/11 Michael DeHaan :
> Joseph Boyer Jr. wrote:
> > Is there a way in cobbler today that automates using the MAC address
> > for eth0 as the parameter place on the kernel line for the ksdevice,
> > i.e. ksdevice=00:2c:3e:23:4d:1e instead of the default using
> > ksdevice=eth0 or whichever device you specify in the
> > /etc/cobbler/settings file.
> >
> > I know that passing ksdevice = {My MAC} on the kernel options line in
> > system settings works, but I am looking for something that requires no
> > user intervention. That is I want to use the interface's MAC address
> > as my default.
> >
> > This is because of NIC enumeration issue on HP Blade Centers.
>
> I could see this as possible. Two options here -- file an RFE in Trac
> (fedorahosted.org/cobbler), or implement support for it.
>
> I don't think the patch would be too painful -- adding a boolean option
> to each interface that says --use-as-explicit-ksdevice that would only
> be legal /if/ the mac was enabled.
>
> This would be a slightly involved patch -- should mostly involve
> item_system.py and the "blender" code that evaluates the object tree in
> utils.py -- but doable.
>
> The RFE list in cobbler is very long so I can't say this is something I
> would knock out soon. But if someone else finds it interesting maybe
> they could help.
>
> --Michael
> > Thanks
> >
> > joe
> >
> > *Joseph Boyer Jr*
> > *Enterprise Technology Services** **
> > **Liquidnet Holdings, Inc.*
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[Ben Riggs]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Joseph Boyer Jr. wrote:
> > Is there a way in cobbler today that automates using the MAC address 
> > for eth0 as the parameter place on the kernel line for the ksdevice, 
> > i.e. ksdevice=00:2c:3e:23:4d:1e instead of the default using 
> > ksdevice=eth0 or whichever device you specify in the 
> > /etc/cobbler/settings file.
> >
> > I know that passing ksdevice = {My MAC} on the kernel options line in 
> > system settings works, but I am looking for something that requires no 
> > user intervention. That is I want to use the interface’s MAC address 
> > as my default.
> >
> > This is because of NIC enumeration issue on HP Blade Centers.
>
> I could see this as possible. Two options here -- file an RFE in Trac 
> (fedorahosted.org/cobbler), or implement support for it.
>
> I don't think the patch would be too painful -- adding a boolean option 
> to each interface that says --use-as-explicit-ksdevice that would only 
> be legal /if/ the mac was enabled.
>
> This would be a slightly involved patch -- should mostly involve 
> item_system.py and the "blender" code that evaluates the object tree in 
> utils.py -- but doable.
>
> The RFE list in cobbler is very long so I can't say this is something I 
> would knock out soon. But if someone else finds it interesting maybe 
> they could help.
>
> --Michael

I've previously done this by adding a trigger that looked up the mac 
address from our ldap server. In theory, you could make a trigger that 
would grab it from the cobbler api. Another option, possibly simpler and 
certainly more robust than another command-line flag, but one that 
could, in rare cases, cause unintended behavior would be to run the 
kopts string through cheetah, thus allowing one to do 'cobbler system 
edit --name=spam --mac=$mac_address'.

Ben