Ah ha! I was looking in the kickstarts dir, not the kickstarts_sys dir! Thank you very much, it appears to be working fine now. --Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael DeHaan [mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:44 AM > To: Foreman, Tim > Cc: 'et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler - Templating not working? > > > Foreman, Tim wrote: > > Hmm. I applied this patch and now it doesn't seem to > > be replacing the TEMPLATE::env line at all. > > > > --Tim > > > > > Hmm, works for me. > > Just to confirm, did you apply this to the python file living in > /var/lib/python$version/site-packages or a source checkout? > > If it's a source checkout, you'll need to do the make & rpm --Uvh > cobbler*.noarch.rpm --force bit to make those changes get installed. > Also you'll have to re-run "cobbler sync" once this is done to > regenerate the kickstarts. > > Furthermore, there are two locations where kickstarts get thrown in > /var/www/cobbler -- this is probably what's causing the confusion. > There's a kickstarts and a kickstarts_sys. For profiles, you'll see > the kickstart in "kickstarts", and since ksmeta is attached to the > system, not the profile, it will look unchanged in "kickstarts". It > should be replaced correctly under "kickstarts_sys". The PXE setup > will set this all appropriately and will point to the right one. > > There is a possibility I still have something wrong though, > but I think > it looks right. If you can check that and are still having > problems, > let me know, and we'll figure it out. > > Thanks, > > Michael > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael DeHaan [mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:06 AM > >> To: Foreman, Tim > >> Cc: 'et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx' > >> Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler - Templating not working? > >> > >> > >> Tim, > >> > >> Yes, you've found a bug. > >> > >> Here's the fix: > >> > >> diff -r 25f009106e21 cobbler/action_sync.py > >> --- a/cobbler/action_sync.py Wed Oct 25 11:36:47 2006 -0400 > >> +++ b/cobbler/action_sync.py Wed Oct 25 12:02:44 2006 -0400 > >> @@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ class BootSync: > >> data = fd.read() > >> fd.close() > >> for x in metadata.keys(): > >> - data = data.replace("TEMPLATE::%s" % x, metadata[x]) > >> + if x != "": > >> + data = data.replace("TEMPLATE::%s" % x, > metadata[x]) > >> fd = open(out_path, "w+") > >> fd.write(data) > >> fd.close() > >> > >> > >> I've gone ahead and pushed this upstream (to the public mercurial > >> repository) along with some other things I've been working on > >> (which may > >> be a bit unstable). If you like, you can try pulling from there > >> (though today it's probably not the stablest thing in > >> existance), or you > >> can just apply the patch yourself. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Michael > >> > >> Foreman, Tim wrote: > >> > >>> I have installed Cobbler and am trying to get the kickstart > >>> > >> templating > >> > >>> to work with no success. > >>> > >>> I have added a line to my kickstart template that look like this: > >>> > >>> INSTALL_ENV=TEMPLATE::env > >>> > >>> Then I setup my distro like this: > >>> > >>> cobbler distro add --name=rhel4u4 \ > >>> --kernel=/var/www/html/kickstart/rhel4u4/i386/isolinux/vmlinuz \ > >>> --initrd=/var/www/html/kickstart/rhel4u4/i386/isolinux/initrd.img > >>> > >>> I created a profile like this: > >>> > >>> cobbler profile add --name=base_test --distro=rhel4u4 \ > >>> --kickstart=/etc/cobbler/ks4_base.cfg > >>> > >>> And then I added a system like this: > >>> > >>> cobbler system add --name=00:15:60:A7:6E:56 --profile=base_test \ > >>> --ksmeta="env=mtc" > >>> > >>> After the cobbler sync command, the kickstart file that is created > >>> has the line: > >>> > >>> INSTALL_ENV=env > >>> > >>> Am I doing something wrong, or is the templating not working for > >>> some reason? > >>> > >>> Thanks for any help. > >>> -- > >>> Timothy W. Foreman ~ Security Administrator ~ tforeman@xxxxxxxxx > >>> (651) 365-4181 ~ Internet Broadcasting ~ www.ibsys.com > >>> -- > >>> The Onion: Have you decided what you want to be when you grow up? > >>> Berkeley Breathed: Dad. The rest is frosting. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> et-mgmt-tools mailing list > >>> et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > >>> > >>> >
