[et-mgmt-tools] Has any one managed to get cobblerandrhn toplaynice?

[Caetano, Greg]

In a nutshell,

I needed to manually create two directories, (.origin and
repo-channel-name) in order to make this reposync to complete.

Here it is from start to finish.

# rpm -qa | grep -i cobbler
cobbler-0.4.8-1
# rpm -qa | grep -i yum-utils
yum-utils-1.0.3-1

# cobbler repo add --name=rh5basex86 --mirror=rhn://rhel-i386-server-5
# cobbler sync
sync distro: rhel5x86_64-xen-x86_64
sync distro: rhel5x86_64-x86_64
sync distro: rhel5x86-xen-i386
sync distro: toolkit
sync distro: rhel5x86-i386
sync profile: rhel5x86_64-xen-x86_64
sync profile: rhel5x86-i386
sync profile: toolkitbash
sync profile: rhel5x86_64xenhost
sync profile: rhel5x86_64-x86_64
sync profile: toolkitfw
sync profile: rhel5x86-xen-i386
sync profile: rhel5x86_64base
sync profile: rhel5x86base
# cobbler reposync
- /usr/bin/reposync -r rhel-i386-server-5
--download_path=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror
- symlink: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rhel-i386-server-5 ->
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rh5basex86
No Repositories Available to Set Up
- creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/rh5basex86.repo
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 636,
in main
    BootCLI(sys.argv).run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 110,
in run
    self.curry_args(self.args[1:], self.commands['toplevel'])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 465,
in curry_args
    commands[args[0]](args[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 495,
in reposync
    self.api.reposync()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 137, in
reposync
    return reposync.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 65, in run
    self.do_reposync(repo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 176, in do_reposync
    temp_file = self.create_local_file(repo, temp_path, output=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 231, in create_local_file
    config_file = open(fname, "w+")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/rh5basex86.repo'
# ls -l /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root apache 47 Jun  5 11:49 rh5basex86 ->
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rhel-i386-server-5
# mkdir /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rhel-i386-server-5
# cobbler reposync
- /usr/bin/reposync -r rhel-i386-server-5
--download_path=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror
No Repositories Available to Set Up
- creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/rh5basex86.repo
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 636,
in main
    BootCLI(sys.argv).run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 110,
in run
    self.curry_args(self.args[1:], self.commands['toplevel'])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 465,
in curry_args
    commands[args[0]](args[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 495,
in reposync
    self.api.reposync()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 137, in
reposync
    return reposync.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 65, in run
    self.do_reposync(repo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 176, in do_reposync
    temp_file = self.create_local_file(repo, temp_path, output=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py",
line 231, in create_local_file
    config_file = open(fname, "w+")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/rh5basex86.repo'
# ls -la /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror
total 28
drwxr-sr-x  3 apache apache 4096 Jun  5 11:50 .
drwxr-sr-x 12 apache apache 4096 Jun  5 11:49 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   apache   47 Jun  5 11:49 rh5basex86 ->
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rhel-i386-server-5
drwxr-sr-x  2 root   apache 4096 Jun  5 11:50 rhel-i386-server-5
# mkdir /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin
# ls -la /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror       
total 36
drwxr-sr-x  4 apache apache 4096 Jun  5 11:51 .
drwxr-sr-x 12 apache apache 4096 Jun  5 11:49 ..
drwxr-sr-x  2 root   apache 4096 Jun  5 11:51 .origin
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   apache   47 Jun  5 11:49 rh5basex86 ->
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rhel-i386-server-5
drwxr-sr-x  2 root   apache 4096 Jun  5 11:50 rhel-i386-server-5
# cobbler reposync                          
- /usr/bin/reposync -r rhel-i386-server-5
--download_path=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror
No Repositories Available to Set Up
- creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/.origin/rh5basex86.repo
- scanning: repo_mirror
createrepo /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rh5basex86

Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
- creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/rh5basex86/config.repo
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Greg Caetano
HP TSG Linux Solutions Alliances Engineering
Chicago, IL
773-281-8129 
greg.caetano at hp.com
Red Hat Certified Engineer
RHCE#803004972711193