Thanks alot Greg,

If ANYONE know how to use linux network details or dhcp provided info to auto-populate the grub menu with correct ks-server info it would be really appreciated.

I still don't know why the default routes for the different networks(VLANs) aren't picked up
when the dhcpd.conf file is generated by cbbler
If someone have a clue it would be appreciated.

Else, I will do a script wrapper for the "cobbler system add " command which will pickup the cobbler server VLAN interface ip from a matrix file. I was hoping that the cobbler framework could fix this since I can't hand that decision/choice to the end users and hoped that I could avoid unnecessary workarounds...

Regards,
Daniel

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Greg Chavez <greg.chavez@gmail.com> wrote:

And come to think of it, I think you'd want to place that Cheetah code
*after* the loop begins, so:

#for dhcp_tag in $dhcp_tags.keys():

#if $dhcp_tag == "VLAN1"
#set global next_server = <vlan1 IP>
#else if $dhcp_tag == "VLAN2"
#set global next_server = <vlan2 IP>
#else if $dhcp_tag == "VLAN3"
#set global next_server = <vlan3 IP>
#end if

...<group block> ..
#end for

Also, I'm not sure you need the "global" parameter. Frankly, I know
very little about Cheetah; I usually get it to work through a
trial-and-error process :(

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Greg Chavez <greg.chavez@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So, if I add the lines below, where does the VLAN1,VLAN2 and VLAN3 labels
>> come from?
>> - Are they from a another place in the dhcp-template file?
>> - Labels setup per each network interface in Linux?
>> - Elsewhere?
>
> No, you set them in the system object. This can be found under
> Networking in the web console, or by running "cobbler system edit
> --name=<system name> --dhcp_tag=<arbitrary value>".
>
> If you do a search for "dhcp_tag" in the cobbler list archives, you
> should find a thread on how we use it to manage replicated cobbler
> instances on different subnets.
>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Greg Chavez <greg.chavez@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Daniel Kertby <kertby@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I have setup Cobbler to use DHCP and the cobbler itself resides on
>>> > multiple
>>> > VLANs (over a Bond).
>>> >
>>> > My intention is to get the ks=http://<server>/cblr/svc.. to point at the
>>> > interface if of the Cobbler server
>>> > for that VLAN.
>>> >
>>> > When adding a system, --server-override=string can be used but I don't
>>> > want
>>> > this to be put on the
>>> > cobbler users -- or additional code for fixing that.
>>> >
>>> > My understanding is that the /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template file can be
>>> > updated
>>> > to provide the correct
>>> > installation server. Is this correct?
>>>
>>> Yes. Use the --dhcp-tag system parameter to assign different values
>>> to $next_server. For example, let's say you have 3 VLANs. You could
>>> assign to --dhcp_tag arbitrary values like "VLAN1", "VLAN2", and
>>> "VLAN3". Then, you could add this Cheetah markup to redefine
>>> $next_server before the :#for dhcp_tag" loop begins:
>>>
>>> #if $dhcp_tag == "VLAN1"
>>> #set global next_server = <vlan1 IP>
>>> #else if $dhcp_tag == "VLAN2"
>>> #set global next_server = <vlan2 IP>
>>> #else if $dhcp_tag == "VLAN3"
>>> #set global next_server = <vlan3 IP>
>>> #end if
>>>
>>> At least, I assume this should work. It all depends on whether or
>>> not Cobbler allows you to change its built-in variables.
>>>
>>> More information here:
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/KickstartTemplating and here:
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/KickstartSnippets.
>>>
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