RE: Cobbler sync very slow, timing out with multiple interfaces

[Steven Wagner]

Inspired by this message, I tried turning off manage_dhcp in my settings
and cobbler sync went from taking upwards of 90 seconds to about 5-10
seconds.
 
I don't use any bonded interfaces, but I do have one or two multihomed
boxes being tracked by cobbler...


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	From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Chris
Weaver
	Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:06 AM
	To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
	Subject: Cobbler sync very slow, timing out with multiple
interfaces
	
	
	I am working with the bonded interfaces option for 1.4.  For one
server it works great, I can add two bonded interfaces and a couple of
non-bonded ones.  Everything comes up rosy.
	
	However cobbler sync is taking about 8 seconds when I have one
interface, and about 20 seconds with six.  I add another system with
another 6 interfaces, it takes 3 minutes and times out.  If I delete an
interface from each system, sync takes around 2 minutes but at least it
succeeds.  It is definitely related to dhcp since if I disable that in
settings, sync comes back right away.
	
	This is the error I get (after 3 minutes):
	
	ng00ud01# cobbler sync
	
	join() is too long for a Python string
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py",
line 83, in main
	    rc = BootCLI().run(sys.argv)
	
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py",
line 61, in run
	    return self.loader.run(args)
	
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/commands.py",
line 122, in run
	    return fn.run()
	
	  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/modules/cli_misc.py", line
183, in run
	    return self.api.sync()
	
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line
523, in sync
	    return sync.run()
	
	  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/action_sync.py", line 101, in
run
	    self.dhcp.write_dhcp_file()
	
	  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/modules/manage_isc.py", line
262, in write_dhcp_file
	    self.templar.render(template_data, metadata, settings_file,
None)
	
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/templar.py",
line 133, in render
	    data_out = data_out.replace("@@%s@@" % str(x),
str(search_table[str(x)]))
	
	
	Any ideas?? TIA...
	
	-- 
	... Chris Weaver