12:14 p.m.
*
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to the internet, so i have to mirror the repositories I need to them and
then import them into Cobbler for use. This is usually problematic, but has
gotten especially difficult with F18.
My Cobbler instance that *can* see the internet imported from
mirrors.fedora.org just fine, so I mirrored that repo using lftp and
brought it over to my other system. So far so good. I made those same
directories available via http as server/repo/Fedora/$basearch/os/
When I try to import these, though, I get the following behaviors:
# cobbler import --name=F18 --path=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os
--available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
Bombs almost immediately; the log file just says "unsupported protocol".
# cobbler import --name=F18 --path=/path/to/Fedora/18/i386/os
--available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
This runs for quite a while, but it rsyncs, which creates two copies of the
data -- I thought the --available-as flag was supposed to avoid this; I
really don't need duplicate data on my server. Eventually, though, this too
errors out and the log only says:
an exception occurred while running the import manager
error wsa: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
No import managers found a valid signature at the location specified.
This is on Cobbler 2.2.3 from the RedHat repos.
Any ideas?
12:33 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
*Bret Wortman*
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http://twitter.com/BretWortmanI've got some systems that aren't connected
to the internet, so i have to mirror the repositories I need to them and
then import them into Cobbler for use. This is usually problematic, but has
gotten especially difficult with F18.
My Cobbler instance that *can* see the internet imported from
mirrors.fedora.org just fine, so I mirrored that repo using lftp and
brought it over to my other system. So far so good. I made those same
directories available via http as server/repo/Fedora/$basearch/os/
When I try to import these, though, I get the following behaviors:
# cobbler import --name=F18 --path=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os
--available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
Bombs almost immediately; the log file just says "unsupported protocol".
# cobbler import --name=F18 --path=/path/to/Fedora/18/i386/os
--available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
This runs for quite a while, but it rsyncs, which creates two copies of
the data -- I thought the --available-as flag was supposed to avoid this; I
really don't need duplicate data on my server. Eventually, though, this too
errors out and the log only says:
an exception occurred while running the import manager
error wsa: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
No import managers found a valid signature at the location specified.
This is on Cobbler 2.2.3 from the RedHat repos.
Any ideas?
The --path must either be local, or rsync. I'd recommend using rsync to
avoid copying the data as you noted.
6:33 p.m.
I tried the local route (my second attempt) and got the same file copying rsyncing
behavior.
—
Bret Wortman
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:33 PM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
>
> *Bret Wortman*
> <http://damascusgrp.com/>
> http://damascusgrp.com/ <http://bretwortman.com/>
> http://twitter.com/BretWortmanI've got some systems that aren't connected
> to the internet, so i have to mirror the repositories I need to them and
> then import them into Cobbler for use. This is usually problematic, but has
> gotten especially difficult with F18.
>
> My Cobbler instance that *can* see the internet imported from
> mirrors.fedora.org just fine, so I mirrored that repo using lftp and
> brought it over to my other system. So far so good. I made those same
> directories available via http as server/repo/Fedora/$basearch/os/
>
> When I try to import these, though, I get the following behaviors:
>
> # cobbler import --name=F18 --path=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os
> --available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
>
> Bombs almost immediately; the log file just says "unsupported protocol".
>
> # cobbler import --name=F18 --path=/path/to/Fedora/18/i386/os
> --available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
>
> This runs for quite a while, but it rsyncs, which creates two copies of
> the data -- I thought the --available-as flag was supposed to avoid this; I
> really don't need duplicate data on my server. Eventually, though, this too
> errors out and the log only says:
>
> an exception occurred while running the import manager
> error wsa: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
> No import managers found a valid signature at the location specified.
>
> This is on Cobbler 2.2.3 from the RedHat repos.
>
> Any ideas?
>
The --path must either be local, or rsync. I'd recommend using rsync to
avoid copying the data as you noted.
4:06 p.m.
FWIW, the other day I used cobbler 2.4.0-beta 3 and did an import from fc18 x86_64 iso
without any issues.
Regards,
-- Zack
I tried the local route (my second attempt) and got the same file copying rsyncing
behavior. —
Bret Wortman
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:33 PM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
[...]
The --path must either be local, or rsync. I'd recommend using rsync to avoid copying
the data as you noted.
7:16 a.m.
So should this work and avoid the file copying, since the files are already
local?
# cobbler import --name=F18 --path=/data/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os
--available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
I ask because when I do this, it appears to copy a bunch of directories
under /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386 and then error out as described
in my original email.
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Zack Perry <zack.perry(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
FWIW, the other day I used cobbler 2.4.0-beta 3 and did an import
from
fc18 x86_64 iso without any issues.
Regards,
-- Zack
I tried the local route (my second attempt) and got the same file copying
rsyncing behavior.
—
Bret Wortman
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:33 PM, James Cammarata
<jimi@sngx.net<http://mc/compose?to=jimi@sngx.net>
> wrote:
[...]
The --path must either be local, or rsync. I'd recommend using rsync to
avoid copying the data as you noted.
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7:23 a.m.
In fact, here's what /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386 looks like when it
bails out:
# cd /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386
# du -sh *
114M images
57M isolinux
213M LiveOS
4.0G Packages
15M repodata
924K repoview
# tail /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log
:
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - DEBUG | received on stderr:
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | running import manager: import/redhat
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | an exception occurred while running the
import manager
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | error was: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | No import managers found a valid
signature at the location specified
#
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
So should this work and avoid the file copying, since the files are
already local?
# cobbler import --name=F18 --path=/data/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os
--available-as=http://server/repo/Fedora/18/i386/os --arch=i386
I ask because when I do this, it appears to copy a bunch of directories
under /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386 and then error out as described
in my original email.
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Zack Perry <zack.perry(a)sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> FWIW, the other day I used cobbler 2.4.0-beta 3 and did an import from
> fc18 x86_64 iso without any issues.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Zack
>
>
> I tried the local route (my second attempt) and got the same file copying
> rsyncing behavior.
> —
> Bret Wortman
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:33 PM, James Cammarata
<jimi@sngx.net<http://mc/compose?to=jimi@sngx.net>
> > wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>
> The --path must either be local, or rsync. I'd recommend using rsync to
> avoid copying the data as you noted.
>
>
>
>
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7:37 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
In fact, here's what /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386 looks
like when
it bails out:
# cd /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386
# du -sh *
114M images
57M isolinux
213M LiveOS
4.0G Packages
15M repodata
924K repoview
# tail /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log
:
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - DEBUG | received on stderr:
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | running import manager: import/redhat
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | an exception occurred while running the
import manager
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | error was: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | No import managers found a valid
signature at the location specified
What version of cobbler are you running? It looks like you're running
2.2.3, which does not have support for fedora 18 in it.
My recommendation is to upgrade to the latest beta version (2.4.0) if
possible and use this command:
cobbler import \
--name=fedora-18-remote \
--path=rsync://
mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/ \
--available-as=
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/
Or use any fedora mirror you'd like. If you can't upgrade, you're going to
have to manually add the distro and profiles.
7:56 a.m.
Okay, but my whole problem is that the systems on this network don't have
internet connectivity, so I have to replicate the F18 mirror locally. Will
this work using a local path instead of rsync just as well? I'll pull the
beta 2.4.0 and try that, though, it'll just take a little time to move it
across.
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:37 AM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Bret Wortman <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com> wrote:
> In fact, here's what /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386 looks like when
> it bails out:
>
> # cd /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386
> # du -sh *
> 114M images
> 57M isolinux
> 213M LiveOS
> 4.0G Packages
> 15M repodata
> 924K repoview
> # tail /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log
> :
> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - DEBUG | received on stderr:
> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | running import manager: import/redhat
> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | an exception occurred while running the
> import manager
> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | error was: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | No import managers found a valid
> signature at the location specified
>
>
What version of cobbler are you running? It looks like you're running
2.2.3, which does not have support for fedora 18 in it.
My recommendation is to upgrade to the latest beta version (2.4.0) if
possible and use this command:
cobbler import \
--name=fedora-18-remote \
--path=rsync://
mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/ \
--available-as=
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/
Or use any fedora mirror you'd like. If you can't upgrade, you're going to
have to manually add the distro and profiles.
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8:08 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
Okay, but my whole problem is that the systems on this network
don't have
internet connectivity, so I have to replicate the F18 mirror locally. Will
this work using a local path instead of rsync just as well? I'll pull the
beta 2.4.0 and try that, though, it'll just take a little time to move it
across.
Sorry missed that in earlier emails, but yes import will work with a local
path instead if you're using 2.4.0-beta3. Using --available-as with the
newer version ensures that it only copies over files essential for creating
the distro - typically less than 100MB.
My question is (and maybe I missed this too), why are you using
--available-as? Why not just have cobbler host the files instead of copying
them somewhere else and having cobbler reference them? The use of
--available-as is recommended only when you do not want to host the files
yourself (installing from a public mirror as I showed previously) or for
when you've already got all of the files somewhere else and don't want to
duplicate them.
8:13 a.m.
I basically have to copy them over from elsewhere anyway -- I could do this
and then load them into Cobbler, but the fact that Cobbler makes me split
them, for instance, into F18-i386 and F18-x86_64 instead of having one big
F18 repo makes me prefer hosting my own repos along the lines of the way
they're presented by the hosts who provide them on the internet and letting
Cobbler reference them from my local copies. If there's a way to just tell
Cobbler, "Hey, here's my local copy of F18 -- it contains both i386 and
x86_64" and have that produce just one repo entry, then I'd do it that way.
Otherwise, I end up with too many repos to track.
It's not a technical decision, it's a managing-my-resources one.
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:08 AM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Bret Wortman <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com> wrote:
> Okay, but my whole problem is that the systems on this network don't have
> internet connectivity, so I have to replicate the F18 mirror locally. Will
> this work using a local path instead of rsync just as well? I'll pull the
> beta 2.4.0 and try that, though, it'll just take a little time to move it
> across.
>
>
Sorry missed that in earlier emails, but yes import will work with a local
path instead if you're using 2.4.0-beta3. Using --available-as with the
newer version ensures that it only copies over files essential for creating
the distro - typically less than 100MB.
My question is (and maybe I missed this too), why are you using
--available-as? Why not just have cobbler host the files instead of copying
them somewhere else and having cobbler reference them? The use of
--available-as is recommended only when you do not want to host the files
yourself (installing from a public mirror as I showed previously) or for
when you've already got all of the files somewhere else and don't want to
duplicate them.
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8:09 a.m.
So I upgraded and restarted cobblerd, but now:
# cobbler distro list
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/cobbler", line 35, in <module>
sys.exit(app.main())
:
:
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xmlrpclib.py", line 793, in close
raise Fault(**self.stack[0])
xmlrpclib.Fault: <Fault 1: "<class
'cobbler.cexceptions.CS'>:'login
failed'">
#
So obviously there's more to this than just installing the new rpm?
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
Okay, but my whole problem is that the systems on this network
don't have
internet connectivity, so I have to replicate the F18 mirror locally. Will
this work using a local path instead of rsync just as well? I'll pull the
beta 2.4.0 and try that, though, it'll just take a little time to move it
across.
*
*
*Bret Wortman*
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http://damascusgrp.com/ <http://bretwortman.com/>
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:37 AM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Bret Wortman <
> bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com> wrote:
>
>> In fact, here's what /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386 looks like when
>> it bails out:
>>
>> # cd /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F18-i386
>> # du -sh *
>> 114M images
>> 57M isolinux
>> 213M LiveOS
>> 4.0G Packages
>> 15M repodata
>> 924K repoview
>> # tail /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log
>> :
>> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - DEBUG | received on stderr:
>> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | running import manager: import/redhat
>> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | an exception occurred while running
>> the import manager
>> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | error was: [Errno 9] Bad file
>> descriptor
>> Mon Mar 11 08:19:24 2013 - INFO | No import managers found a valid
>> signature at the location specified
>>
>>
> What version of cobbler are you running? It looks like you're running
> 2.2.3, which does not have support for fedora 18 in it.
>
> My recommendation is to upgrade to the latest beta version (2.4.0) if
> possible and use this command:
>
> cobbler import \
> --name=fedora-18-remote \
> --path=rsync://
> mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/ \
> --available-as=
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/
>
> Or use any fedora mirror you'd like. If you can't upgrade, you're going
> to have to manually add the distro and profiles.
>
>
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>
8:12 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
So I upgraded and restarted cobblerd, but now:
# cobbler distro list
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/cobbler", line 35, in <module>
sys.exit(app.main())
:
:
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xmlrpclib.py", line 793, in close
raise Fault(**self.stack[0])
xmlrpclib.Fault: <Fault 1: "<class
'cobbler.cexceptions.CS'>:'login
failed'">
#
So obviously there's more to this than just installing the new rpm?
Delete /var/lib/cobbler/web.ss and restart cobblerd.
8:14 a.m.
Still failing, same error. Also tried stopping cobblerd, deleting the file,
and starting cobblerd. No joy.
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:12 AM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Bret Wortman <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com> wrote:
> So I upgraded and restarted cobblerd, but now:
>
> # cobbler distro list
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/cobbler", line 35, in <module>
> sys.exit(app.main())
> :
> :
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xmlrpclib.py", line 793, in close
> raise Fault(**self.stack[0])
> xmlrpclib.Fault: <Fault 1: "<class
'cobbler.cexceptions.CS'>:'login
> failed'">
> #
>
> So obviously there's more to this than just installing the new rpm?
>
>
Delete /var/lib/cobbler/web.ss and restart cobblerd.
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8:38 a.m.
Sudoed to root, yes.
# getenforce
Disabled
# systemctl status iptables
iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service;
disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service
#
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:18 AM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Bret Wortman <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com> wrote:
> Still failing, same error. Also tried stopping cobblerd, deleting the
> file, and starting cobblerd. No joy.
>
And you're running this as root or via sudo? No selinux blocking things?
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8:49 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>wrote:
Sudoed to root, yes.
# getenforce
Disabled
# systemctl status iptables
iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service;
disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service
I would recommend a clean install then. Uninstall the RPM and either delete
or rename (if you have things you want to save) these directories:
/var/lib/cobbler
/var/www/cobbler
$PYTHON_HOME/site-packages/cobbler
Then try again.
9:05 a.m.
Okay. I'll give this a try and report back. Yeah, we've got a lot of
kickstarts & snippets that I'd hate to lose, plus everything we've set up
for C6 and F17....
Thanks for your help, James.
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:49 AM, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Bret Wortman <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com> wrote:
> Sudoed to root, yes.
>
> # getenforce
> Disabled
> # systemctl status iptables
> iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables
> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service;
> disabled)
> Active: inactive (dead)
> CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service
>
I would recommend a clean install then. Uninstall the RPM and either
delete or rename (if you have things you want to save) these directories:
/var/lib/cobbler
/var/www/cobbler
$PYTHON_HOME/site-packages/cobbler
Then try again.
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