[et-mgmt-tools] Re: Cobbler Check fails: ImportError: Nomodulenamed cobbler.cobbler

[Peter Wright]

Goodman, Roger L CTR JCS J8/SAMD wrote:
>
> Michael,
>         Regarding your questions, I downloaded a file called 
> cobbler-0.6.0.tar.gz from the website http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ .  
> I extracted it, ran some kind of a build command, to end up with 
> cobbler-0.6.0.linux-x86_64.tar.gz, which I untarred from the root 
> directory.  At no point did I see a requirement/prerequisite of 
> Cheetah.Template (not on the website, not in the .tar.gz file, not 
> during the build phase).  When I ran the "cobbler check" command, and 
> I got the failure, is when I discovered that something was missing.
>      I have since then loaded Cheetah templated from an RPM file on 
> the RHEL 5 disks, and cobbler has fewer complaints now.  Still having 
> problems getting a tftpd to stay running.  The tftp-server RPM is 
> installed, but when I start tftp, it immediately exits.  When I first 
> looked, I didn't see an RPM for the x86_64 architecture, which is why 
> I went with the source file.
>

Cobbler and Koan can safely be built as "noarch" rpms, as they are 
written in python and I do not think they require any platform specific 
libs.  So, you should be able to install the same RPM on i386 as well as 
x86_64 (at least I am ;).  In fact, I think if run "make" in the cobbler 
and koan source directories "noarch" rpm's get built by default and end 
up in the "rpm-build" directory.

>         So, I did not do a --force RPM install of cobbler, as I didn't 
> have an RPM file, and the Cheetah.Template file came from the RHEL5 
> disks (disk 4, as I recall).  I did not have to do a --force on it, 
> either, but I did install it _after_ cobbler had failed.
>         My suggestions:
> 1. On the webpage, mention any/all prerequisites, and maybe even how 
> to test if they are installed.
>
Yea, I agree it could be a little more explicit.  I got things up and 
running by using the HOWTO build a Cobbler Server from the wiki:
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/cobbler/wiki/HowToCobblerServer

If I had more time I'd submit a patch for the documentation section on 
the cobbler website....

HTH,
-pete

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Peter Wright
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