I found that knowing about the variable @@server@@ is very useful.  I can create yum.repos configuration files at the time of build that point to the cobbler server that you build from…  Are these documented anywhere?  I would like to know what other variables cobbler uses that I could also use.

 

For example one problem I am currently trying to solve is to define the variable in the kickstart file for the network device.  Sometimes I use eth0 sometimes eth1.   When I use koan for my rebuilds this needs to be set to the interface that koan used to connect to the cobbler server..  Currently I use ksmeta to define $iface in a profile for this and then pass that into the ks file, but  I wonder if there is a magic cobbler variable that already sets this.

 

# Network information

network --bootproto=dhcp --device=${iface} --onboot=on

 

Thanks,

 

Jolynn

 

From: cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Vreman, Peter - Acision
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:23 AM
To: cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org
Subject: cobbler_server environment snippet

 

Might it be a good idea to include by default a snippet that sets the COBBLER_SERVER environment?

Below is the snippet post_cobbler_env that I’m now using:

 

echo "export COBBLER_SERVER=@@server@@" > /etc/profile.d/cobbler.sh

echo "setenv COBBLER_SERVER @@server@@" > /etc/profile.d/cobbler.csh

 

Regards,

Peter


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