On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 17:16 -0400, Chris MacLeod wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Jun 19, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Dustin Black wrote: > > > Interesting. I see that there is some convention to the line return > > and > > the preceding dash that is both odd and poorly documented. I had: > > It's YAML. YAML's datastructures are pretty well defined (at least in > the terms of yaml they are). > > foo: blah # is a string variable called 'foo' with the value of 'blah' > foo: > - blah # is an array called 'foo' with an index[0] whose value is > 'blah' > That makes sense, now. I haven't seen anything before now stating that the settings file is YAML. Maybe it should be commented at the top of the file and noted in the Wiki? > > > > > > > > manage_forward_zones: 'domain.com' > > > > But changing that to: > > > > manage_forward_zones: > > - 'domain.com' > > > > seems to have solved the problem I've been having. > > > > Thanks, James! > > > > -Dustin Black > > > > On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 15:35 -0400, James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Make sure you have something along the lines of this in your > >> /etc/cobbler/settings file: > >> > >> manage_forward_zones: > >> - 'lab.mycompany.com' > >> > >> > >> James S. Martin, RHCE > >> Contractor > >> Administrative Office of the United States Courts > >> Washington, DC > >> (202) 502-2394 > >> > >> et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/19/2008 03:17:53 PM: > >> > >>> Dustin Black <dblack@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> Sent by: et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>> 06/19/2008 03:17 PM > >>> > >>> Please respond to > >>> dblack@xxxxxxxxxxx; Please respond to > >>> Fedora/Linux Management Tools <et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> To > >>> > >>> et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>> cc > >>> > >>> Subject > >>> > >>> Cobbler BIND DNS management confusion > >>> > >>> I could use some help understanding Cobbler's management of BIND. > >>> > >>> If I make any changes to the /etc/cobbler/named.template file and > >>> run > >>> 'cobbler sync', I can clearly see that the changes that I make are > >>> implemented in the /etc/named.conf file. > >>> > >>> Now I've been attempting to create a zone template under a directory > >>> created per the wiki ManageDns documentation > >>> -- /etc/cobbler/zone_templates. I want to create a zone with > >>> static A, > >>> MX, and CNAME entries that are outside the scope of Cobbler's > >>> management > >>> for that zone. If I create the zone template and run 'cobbler > >>> sync', > >>> should I then expect Cobbler to add the zone information to the > >>> named.conf file, as well as use the template to create an > >>> appropriate > >>> zone file under /var/named? This doesn't seem to happen. > >>> > >>> If I try to add the zone information explicitly to > >>> the /etc/cobbler/named.template file, named gives an error when > >>> restarting that the /var/named/... zone file doesn't exist. > >>> > >>> I then thought that maybe Cobbler wouldn't create the named.conf > >>> zone > >>> entry or the zone file until a Cobbler system entry existed for a > >>> host > >>> in the domain. I created a dummy system with a hostname in the > >>> domain > >>> in question and ran 'cobbler sync', but still no dice -- no zone > >>> entry > >>> and no zone file. > >>> > >>> What more do I need to understand about how this BIND management > >>> works? > >>> At what point or under what circumstances is the zone information > >>> generated? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance! > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> et-mgmt-tools mailing list > >>> et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> et-mgmt-tools mailing list > >> et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > > > > _______________________________________________ > > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFIWsyZ0LdOhWiSZUwRAvu7AKCGIYhgKy4qFwGm9UuD8jXUPdVHtQCfWe+S > LBIDFTWEKmqGrHBdD5dOGQw= > =8YQs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
