Well, I do have another question (now that you ask.) The cobbler sync command did build the ks.cfg file in the kickstarts_sys/MAC_ADDRESS/ dir, but the pxelinux.cfg/MAC_ADDRESS file has the following ks option: ks=http://kickstart/cobbler/kickstarts/base_test/ks.cfg I would have expected to see a ks url that looked more like: ks=http://kickstart/cobbler/kickstarts_sys/MAC_ADDRESS/ks.cfg Am I still missing something? Thanks again for all your help. --Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael DeHaan [mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:43 PM > To: Foreman, Tim > Cc: 'et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler - Templating not working? > > > Foreman, Tim wrote: > > 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 > > > Great. Just to confirm -- cobbler & koan both are > relatively sane in > mercurial now, and I should be releasing this fix to Fedora > later today. > > Appreciate the report! If you have any other problems/questions (or > feature requests), let me know. I'd be especially interested > if there's > something that's not especially clear in the manpages from > your point of > view (templating or otherwise). > > --Michael. > > > > >> -----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. 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