[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler system add

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> drew einhorn wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/8/07, *Michael DeHaan* <mdehaan at redhat.com 
>> <mailto:mdehaan at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     <snip>
>>
>>     --Michael
>>
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>>
>> I've tried a few variations on /etc/cobbler/dnsmasq.template
>> Here's my latest:
>>
>> $cat /etc/cobbler/dnsmasq.template
>> # Cobbler generated configuration file for dnsmasq
>> # $date
>> #
>>
>> # resolve.conf .. ?
>> #no-poll
>> #enable-dbus
>> read-ethers
>> addn-hosts = /var/lib/cobbler/cobbler_hosts
>>
>> dhcp-range=10.0.0.128 <http://10.0.0.128>, 10.0.0.254 
>> <http://10.0.0.254>
>> dhcp-option=3,$next_server
>> dhcp-lease-max=1000
>> dhcp-authoritative
>> dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
>> dhcp-boot=net:normalarch,pxelinux.0
>> dhcp-boot=net:ia64,$elilo
>>
>> $insert_cobbler_system_definitions
>>
>> And the resulting
>>
>> $cat /etc/dnsmasq.conf
>>
>> # Cobbler generated configuration file for dnsmasq
>> # Thu Aug  9 15:42:24 2007
>>
>> # resolve.conf .. ?
>> #no-poll
>> #enable-dbus
>> read-ethers
>> addn-hosts = /var/lib/cobbler/cobbler_hosts
>>
>> dhcp-range= 10.0.0.128 <http://10.0.0.128>, 10.0.0.254 
>> <http://10.0.0.254>
>> dhcp-option=3,10.0.0.21 <http://10.0.0.21>
>> dhcp-lease-max=1000
>> dhcp-authoritative
>> dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
>> dhcp-boot=net:normalarch, pxelinux.0
>> dhcp-boot=net:ia64,elilo-3.6-ia64.efi
>>
>> and
>> $ cat /etc/ethers
>> 00:50:56:00:00:FF       10.0.0.66 <http://10.0.0.66>
>>
>> and
>> $ cat /var/lib/cobbler/cobbler_hosts
>> 10.0.0.66 <http://10.0.0.66>       ctl01.sms
>>
>> Still pxeboot complains: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received.
>>
>> -- 
>> Drew Einhorn
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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>
> Individual networking issues are beyond my ability to debug over 
> email, and probably the scope of this list.
>
> You might want to see if you get the same problem with ISC and whether 
> you get DHCP offers for your VMware
> guests when using your existing DHCP config.
>
> If any of those remove the problem, you have a dnsmasq config problem 
> -- otherwise, it might be something
> else.    I would think VMware would PXE just like anything else, but I 
> have no idea what all the pieces
> to the puzzle are.
>
> Sorry I can't be of any more help.
>
> --Michael
>
>
>
I forgot to add, you might find some further info about debugging this 
on dnsmasq-discuss:

http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

--Michael