Re: [cobbler] [cobbler-devel] Hand creating distro json files

[James Cammarata]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Parthasarathy, Balaji (BCS,
Cupertino, USA)  wrote:
> I’m using RHEL 6.2 + Cobbler 2.2.3.
>
> I was wondering if I can had create a distro json file (like the files found
> under /var/lib/cobbler/config/distros.d) to make cobbler recognize a distro.
> If that’s possible, what are the sequence of steps needed to make that work?
> Similar question for profile json file.

Yes, of course you can, but you will run into problems - namely
cobbler won't see the new objects unless you restart cobblerd. I'd
recommend using the XMLRPC API to create the objects you want instead.