Re: [cobbler] How does "Files" work?

[Harry Hoffman]

Hi,
Straight from the manual...

http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.4.0/5/3/1_-_Built-In_Configuration_Mana...

Cheers,
Harry

On Jun 30, 2014 7:54 AM, Michael Tiernan <mtiernan(a)MIT.EDU&gt; wrote:
>  There's a gui & cli option for "files".
>
>  What's it "supposed" to do?
>  How does this work?
>  It asks for a "template", what's it want there?
>
>  While we're on it, how does one create (and then get) a "fetchable" file?
>
>  I have the need to put a set of specific files on a system and I'd
>  rather let cobbler handle moving them instead of my scripting some
>  strange approach to fixing it.
>
>  Thanks for everyone's time.
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How does "Files" work?

[Michael Tiernan]

On 6/30/14 7:59 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
>  Hi,
>  Straight from the manual... 
Grr... :)

Okay, let me reread this and see what I can learn.

Thanks for letting me know.

How does "Files" work?

[Harry Hoffman]

Hi Mike,

So, are you just unsure of how to template or how to setup the templates?

You can use the cheetah templating within each template and have one template cover
multiple hosts. So, if you had a template located on the cobbler server at
/srv/templates/etc_resolv_conf you can use cobbler templates do designate different DNS
servers per host/group/etc.

#set $dns1 = $getVar(‘$dns1’, 127.0.0.1)
#if $hostname == “SomeHost”
nameserver $dns1
#else
nameserver 8.8.8.8
#end if

So, if you set this as 
cobbler profile edit --name=foo
--template-files="/srv/templates/etc_resolv_conf=/etc/resolv.conf
Cobbler will set that file for you.

Does this help? It’s a very basic example.

HTH.

Cheers,
Harry

On Jun 30, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Michael Tiernan <mtiernan(a)MIT.EDU&gt; wrote:

>  On 6/30/14 7:59 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Straight from the manual...
>  Grr... :)
>  
>  Okay, let me reread this and see what I can learn.
>  
>  Thanks for letting me know.
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How does "Files" work?

[Michael Tiernan]

On 6/30/14 9:02 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
>  So, if you had a template located on the cobbler server at
> /srv/templates/etc_resolv_conf you can use cobbler templates do designate  
First
off, thank you very much for your help and advice.

I just want to clear up something obvious to make sure I don't "assume"
anything.

The base of the prefix you used "/srv/templates" (i.e. templates) is
user created and not already there normally right? (Nor does it have to
be that name.)

I'm just making sure I am covering all my bases.

Thanks.

How does "Files" work?

[Harry Hoffman]

Yep, that’s correct. You can have it anywhere you want (that the cobbler user can access
via normal permissions) and it is user created. I store mine under /var/lib/cobbler just
for sanity’s sake.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Harry

On Jun 30, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Michael Tiernan <mtiernan(a)MIT.EDU&gt; wrote:

>  On 6/30/14 9:02 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> > So, if you had a template located on the cobbler server at
> /srv/templates/etc_resolv_conf you can use cobbler templates do designate 
>  First off, thank you very much for your help and advice.
>  
>  I just want to clear up something obvious to make sure I don't "assume"
>  anything.
>  
>  The base of the prefix you used "/srv/templates" (i.e. templates) is
>  user created and not already there normally right? (Nor does it have to
>  be that name.)
>  
>  I'm just making sure I am covering all my bases.
>  
>  Thanks.
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