Debian deployments

[Javier Palacios]

Hello,

I was performing a test deploying ubuntu with current HEAD, and I have realized
that some of the changes in
http://github.com/javiplx/cobbler/commits/debian
are not applied. The last one seems the one to detect the newest ubuntu
during import, and with current HEAD the method described on
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AlternateDebianDeployment
cannot be used yet. Moreover, I'm unsure if the method described at
the other wiki page (DebianDeployment) is still valid in exactly the same
manner than is shown there.

Javier Palacios

[Michael DeHaan]

Javier Palacios wrote:
>  Hello,
>
>  I was performing a test deploying ubuntu with current HEAD, and I have realized
>  that some of the changes in
>  http://github.com/javiplx/cobbler/commits/debian
>  are not applied. The last one seems the one to detect the newest ubuntu
>  during import, and with current HEAD the method described on
>  https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AlternateDebianDeployment
>  cannot be used yet. Moreover, I'm unsure if the method described at
>  the other wiki page (DebianDeployment) is still valid in exactly the same
>  manner than is shown there.
>
>  Javier Palacios
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>  https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>     
Ok, so trying to organize efforts here a bit...

So, if I understand clearly, only Ubuntu head is broken? What is 
different about that tree? It seems the patch would just need to add in 
an extra string or so to add a new OS?

I can merge those after we get 1.4.X out, which is looking very much 
like the middle of December at this point. Also, I think there were some 
other changes in your git branch related to code reorganization. For 
ease of merger, please start topic branches for each feature, so I can 
merge those seperately. I don't want to pull in code reorganization changes.

Also, please delete the alternative page and consolidate it with the 
other instructions as you think they are accurate and prefer -- we don't 
want users hopping between two sets of import instructions and we need 
to know which one we want them to test.

We can then ask folks who are interested in those OS's to test those 
instructions.

Thanks!

--Michael

[Javier Palacios]

>  So, if I understand clearly, only Ubuntu head is broken? What is
>  different about that tree? It seems the patch would just need to add in
>  an extra string or so to add a new OS? 
I've discovered it while testing ubuntu,
but  will fail also for
debian. For example,
in debian "compliant" netboot images the kernel is called "linux",
which is not
accounted for in the distro_adder from HEAD

>  I can merge those after we get 1.4.X out, which is looking very much
>  like the middle of December at this point. Also, I think there were some
>  other changes in your git branch related to code reorganization. For 
Those commits
are on a different branch. The debian one only cares
about debian/ubuntu things

>  Also, please delete the alternative page and consolidate it with the
>  other instructions as you think they are accurate and prefer -- we don't
>  want users hopping between two sets of import instructions and we need
>  to know which one we want them to test. 
The page about "alternate" install states which git repository must be used
to enable the described method, and I see it a better way to prepare the
cobbler server to debian deploys. Once it is supported by HEAD, the initial
one must be replaced with the alternate.
In the meantime, I will check as soon as possible the procedure on the
DebianDeployment page, to ensure it needs no modification.

Javier Palacios

[Michael DeHaan]

Javier Palacios wrote:
> > So, if I understand clearly, only Ubuntu head is broken? What is
> > different about that tree? It seems the patch would just need to add in
> > an extra string or so to add a new OS?
> >     
>  I've discovered it while testing ubuntu, but  will fail also for
>  debian. For example,
>  in debian "compliant" netboot images the kernel is called "linux",
> which is not
>  accounted for in the distro_adder from HEAD
>
>    
> > I can merge those after we get 1.4.X out, which is looking very much
> > like the middle of December at this point. Also, I think there were some
> > other changes in your git branch related to code reorganization. For
> >     
>  Those commits are on a different branch. The debian one only cares
>  about debian/ubuntu things
>
>    
> > Also, please delete the alternative page and consolidate it with the
> > other instructions as you think they are accurate and prefer -- we don't
> > want users hopping between two sets of import instructions and we need
> > to know which one we want them to test.
> >     
>
>  The page about "alternate" install states which git repository must be used
>  to enable the described method, and I see it a better way to prepare the
>  cobbler server to debian deploys. Once it is supported by HEAD, the initial
>  one must be replaced with the alternate.
>  In the meantime, I will check as soon as possible the procedure on the
>  DebianDeployment page, to ensure it needs no modification.
>
>  Javier Palacios
>  _______________________________________________
>  cobbler mailing list
>  cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
>  https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>     
Ok, I'll investigate this probably early next week (more test writing 
tomorrow, and Thanksgiving later). Thanks very much for working on this.

This is pretty much the last round of stuff we can get in for 1.4 due to 
time constraints, but the door is open again for 1.6, so there will be room
to do more later too.

--Michael

[Javier Palacios]

>  Ok, I'll investigate this probably early next week (more test
> writing
>  tomorrow, and Thanksgiving later). Thanks very much for working on this. 
Good, I have just added a change to allow setting os-version in command line,
which cannot be automatically discovered for these debian repos. The good
commit is the third one (the first was not complete) I've tested with ubuntu and
it works. Tomorrow I will test with debian also and will inform about results.

Javier Palacios