Failure during import

[Peter Loron]

Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM 
(VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the 
CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:

cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt

The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on 
the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this 
point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select 
it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the 
Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".

Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?

Thanks!

-Pete

[mark]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Peter Loron  wrote:
> Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM
> (VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the
> CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:
>
> cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt
>
> The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on
> the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this
> point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select
> it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the
> Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".
>
> Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Pete

What do you see in /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log and in the associated
task log for this?  And is there anything in the syslog for the box
that may look related, or from around the same time?

mark

Are you sure this is a cobbler issue and not a VM issue? (such as NFS or
whatever you are using for a path).

Secondly you can do this: 
 Cobbler import --path=/mnt --available-as=http(or nfs)://some-url
--name=CentOS55

Personally I preferred this method:
    Cobbler distro add --name=<name> --available-as=http://<myurl>
--initrd=</location of the initrd> --kernel=<location of kernel>
--arch=<arch>

The reason I prefer the second method is because it doesn't copy any
files, rather allows me to setup my own tree as I wish and simply make
cobbler aware of it.

Marek Dohojda
720-308-8622

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-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Peter Loron
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:02 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Failure during import

Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM 
(VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the 
CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:

cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt

The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on 
the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this 
point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select 
it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the 
Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".

Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?

Thanks!

-Pete
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[Peter Loron]

Thanks for the responses. I'm not sure where the fault lies, but in any 
event, the cobblerd process shouldn't silently stop.

I worked around it by manually adding the distro and profile as 
mentioned below, and manually copying the contents of the CD over.

-Pete

On 09/23/2010 11:11 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
> Are you sure this is a cobbler issue and not a VM issue? (such as NFS or
> whatever you are using for a path).
>
> Secondly you can do this:
>   Cobbler import --path=/mnt --available-as=http(or nfs)://some-url
> --name=CentOS55
>
> Personally I preferred this method:
>    Cobbler distro add --name=<name>  --available-as=http://<myurl>
> --initrd=</location of the initrd>  --kernel=<location of kernel>
> --arch=<arch>
>
> The reason I prefer the second method is because it doesn't copy any
> files, rather allows me to setup my own tree as I wish and simply make
> cobbler aware of it.
>
> Marek Dohojda
> 720-308-8622
>
> 77 68 6f 20 69 73 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 47 61 6c 74 3f 0d 0a
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Peter Loron
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:02 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Failure during import
>
> Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM
> (VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the
> CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:
>
> cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt
>
> The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on
> the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this
> point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select
> it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the
> Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".
>
> Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Pete

[Tim Dunphy]

don't forget the arch!!
tim

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Peter Loron  wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I'm not sure where the fault lies, but in any
> event, the cobblerd process shouldn't silently stop.
>
> I worked around it by manually adding the distro and profile as
> mentioned below, and manually copying the contents of the CD over.
>
> -Pete
>
> On 09/23/2010 11:11 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Are you sure this is a cobbler issue and not a VM issue? (such as NFS or
> > whatever you are using for a path).
> >
> > Secondly you can do this:
> >   Cobbler import --path=/mnt --available-as=http(or nfs)://some-url
> > --name=CentOS55
> >
> > Personally I preferred this method:
> >       Cobbler distro add --name=<name>  --available-as=http://<myurl>
> > --initrd=</location of the initrd>  --kernel=<location of kernel>
> > --arch=<arch>
> >
> > The reason I prefer the second method is because it doesn't copy any
> > files, rather allows me to setup my own tree as I wish and simply make
> > cobbler aware of it.
> >
> > Marek Dohojda
> > 720-308-8622
> >
> > 77 68 6f 20 69 73 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 47 61 6c 74 3f 0d 0a
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Peter Loron
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:02 PM
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Subject: Failure during import
> >
> > Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM
> > (VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the
> > CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:
> >
> > cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt
> >
> > The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on
> > the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this
> > point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select
> > it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the
> > Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".
> >
> > Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Pete
>
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[Tim Dunphy]

this  works for me!!

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Tim Dunphy  wrote:
> don't forget the arch!!
> tim
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Peter Loron  wrote:
> > Thanks for the responses. I'm not sure where the fault lies, but in any
> > event, the cobblerd process shouldn't silently stop.
> >
> > I worked around it by manually adding the distro and profile as
> > mentioned below, and manually copying the contents of the CD over.
> >
> > -Pete
> >
> > On 09/23/2010 11:11 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > Are you sure this is a cobbler issue and not a VM issue? (such as NFS or
> > > whatever you are using for a path).

this worked for me... thanks cobbler!!

cobbler import --name centos55-dvd  --arch x86_64 --path /mnt/DVD

task started: 2010-09-30_225924_import
task started (id=Media import, time=Thu Sep 30 22:59:24 2010)
running: rsync -a  '/mnt/DVD/'
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos55-dvd-x86_64
--exclude-from=/etc/cobbler/rsync.exclude --progress
> > > Secondly you can do this:
> > >   Cobbler import --path=/mnt --available-as=http(or nfs)://some-url
> > > --name=CentOS55
> > >
> > > Personally I preferred this method:
> > >       Cobbler distro add --name=<name>  --available-as=http://<myurl>
> > > --initrd=</location of the initrd>  --kernel=<location of kernel>
> > > --arch=<arch>
> > >
> > > The reason I prefer the second method is because it doesn't copy any
> > > files, rather allows me to setup my own tree as I wish and simply make
> > > cobbler aware of it.
> > >
> > > Marek Dohojda
> > > 720-308-8622
> > >
> > > 77 68 6f 20 69 73 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 47 61 6c 74 3f 0d 0a
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [e-mail]
> > > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Peter Loron
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:02 PM
> > > To: [e-mail]
> > > Subject: Failure during import
> > >
> > > Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM
> > > (VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the
> > > CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:
> > >
> > > cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt
> > >
> > > The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on
> > > the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this
> > > point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select
> > > it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the
> > > Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".
> > >
> > > Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Pete
> >
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