[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler system add

[Michael DeHaan]

drew einhorn wrote:
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> The cobbler XMLRPC API is much better.
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> What I have so far is not a cobbler client. 

Understood -- you're doing the parts to set up the config + the client 
side bits to create the image.
The later half seems like the part I'd want (in theory) to add to koan.  
(just the client side piece, which we
could possibly invoke SSH if needed to make that controllable server side).

Either way, yes, I'd love to see this when you've got it all working.

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> Maybe not looks like I've got a problem with dnsmasq.
> Been working on the vmware side an have tried it since
> I switched to dnsmasq

It's hard to tell for sure from what you've posted (lots of networking 
things could be afoot), but what does your /etc/cobbler/dnsmasq.template 
look like?   How about the generated /etc/dnsmasq.conf?   Those are a 
few things to start with.   Since you didn't mention editing 
/etc/cobbler/dnsmasq.conf it might not be correct for your environment.

There are some setup instructions including information at logging here: 
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/setup.html -- keep in mind 
that cobbler will generate
it's own dnsmasq.conf based on the template, and the same for 
/etc/ethers and /var/lib/cobbler/cobbler_hosts -- but that should give 
you some idea of how it all works.

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--Michael