[et-mgmt-tools] Question about cobbler repo add w/ RHN

[Marc Mondragon]

In the wiki it mentions:

 

This is rather experimental, but if you have a provisioning need for
fast local installs without hitting an outside server repeatedly (say
you have a slow pipe), you can try:

 

cobbler repo-add --name=insertnamehere --mirror=http://rhn-channel-name

 

That's just the channel-name, no server. This only works on RHEL5+ and
you'll need entitlements for the channel in question.

 

 

Is this functional at this time?  I've been trying and this is what I
get:

 

*       cobbler repo add --name=RHEL5-i386-Server-Base
--mirror=http://rhel-i386-server-5

*       cobbler reposync

*       - creating:
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/RHEL5-i386-Server-Base.repo

*       - /usr/bin/reposync
--config=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/RHEL5-i386-Server-Base.rep
o --repoid=RHEL5-i386-Server-Base
--download_path=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror

*       Traceback (most recent call last):

*         File "/usr/bin/reposync", line 196, in ?

*           main()

*         File "/usr/bin/reposync", line 140, in main

*           my.doRepoSetup()

*         File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line
299, in doRepoSetup

*           repo.setup(self.conf.cache)

*         File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line
505, in setup

*           raise Errors.RepoError, ('Cannot open/read repomd.xml file
for repository: %s' % self)

*       yum.Errors.RepoError: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for
repository: RHEL5-i386-Server-Base

*       cobbler reposync failed

 

 

On another topic, how is the default kickstart file chosen?  As shipped
the file /etc/cobbler/default.ks is empty and in listed as the default
in /var/lib/cobbler/settings.  However, when I run "cobbler report" the
default kickstart is listed as /etc/cobbler/kickstart_fc6.ks.  

 

Thanks,

 

Marc Mondragon

 

Fox River Financial Resources/Ritchie Capital Investments, Ltd.
2100 Enterprise Avenue
Geneva, IL  60134
marcmo at foxriver.com

 

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