Running Post Install Scripts with Cobbler

[Tom Brown]

>  I am new to cobbler..  I have setup a server under F10 and deploying 
>  to client nodes successfully...  I have also setup a yum repository 
>  with my own (non-fedora) rpms...  I have added the repository to 
>  cobbler so it will be accessable to the newly built client nodes...  I 
>  would like to know how to run a post-installation script in order to 
>  execute yum to install these rpms...  That is, I would like the 
>  install to take care of it and not have to manually log in to each 
>  client to run yum...
>  

%post

yum install foo


as long as the repo has been setup and available at install time, you 
could even add the package to the %packages section and have it 
installed during the normal installation routine and skip the yum 
install altogether

tom

[Jeff Schroeder]

Don't run a post install script. Use cobbler repo add ... and assign a
repo to the profile you're using to build the boxes. Then put the
packages you want in the %packages section of the kickstart config. We
do this with cobbler and Fedora 10 also. That way you don't need any
yum install in a post snippet.

The kickstart templates are located under /var/lib/cobbler/kickstart.
You can also do:
cobbler system getks --name system.name

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Michael Saverino <saverino(a)hughes.net&gt; wrote:
>  Hello all,
>
>  I am new to cobbler..  I have setup a server under F10 and deploying to
>  client nodes successfully...  I have also setup a yum repository with my own
>  (non-fedora) rpms...  I have added the repository to cobbler so it will be
>  accessable to the newly built client nodes...  I would like to know how to
>  run a post-installation script in order to execute yum to install these
>  rpms...  That is, I would like the install to take care of it and not have
>  to manually log in to each client to run yum...
>
>  Many Thanks,
>
>  Mike...
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>
>  


-- 
Jeff Schroeder

Don't drink and derive, alcohol and analysis don't mix.
http://www.digitalprognosis.com

[Michael Saverino]

Thanks Gentlemen,

That did the trick!!!!

Mike...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Schroeder" <jeffschroed(a)gmail.com&gt;
To: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
Cc: <saverino(a)hughes.net&gt;
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Running Post Install Scripts with Cobbler


Don't run a post install script. Use cobbler repo add ... and assign a
repo to the profile you're using to build the boxes. Then put the
packages you want in the %packages section of the kickstart config. We
do this with cobbler and Fedora 10 also. That way you don't need any
yum install in a post snippet.

The kickstart templates are located under /var/lib/cobbler/kickstart.
You can also do:
cobbler system getks --name system.name

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Michael Saverino <saverino(a)hughes.net&gt; 
wrote:
>  Hello all,
>
>  I am new to cobbler.. I have setup a server under F10 and deploying to
>  client nodes successfully... I have also setup a yum repository with my 
>  own
>  (non-fedora) rpms... I have added the repository to cobbler so it will be
>  accessable to the newly built client nodes... I would like to know how to
>  run a post-installation script in order to execute yum to install these
>  rpms... That is, I would like the install to take care of it and not have
>  to manually log in to each client to run yum...
>
>  Many Thanks,
>
>  Mike...
>  _______________________________________________
>  cobbler mailing list
>  cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
>  https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
>  


-- 
Jeff Schroeder

Don't drink and derive, alcohol and analysis don't mix.
http://www.digitalprognosis.com