[et-mgmt-tools] Released -- Cobbler 0.4.3 - kickstart selection bug?

[Michael DeHaan]

Msquared wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:46:25PM -0500, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>   
>> Cobbler 0.4.3
>>     
>
> When I ran an import of a DVD with 
>
>   cobbler --import --mirror=root at localhost:/media/cdrom/ --mirror-name=fedora6
>
> the profiles (one for pxeboot, one for xen) both had virt_paravirt: True
> set, and they both had /etc/kickstart_fc5.ks selected, instead of
> kickstart_fc6.ks or kickstart_fc6_DomU.ks selected.
>
> Regards, Msquared...
>
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Good catch. This is because your creative use of the rsync import 
feature isn't going against a full tree as it was originally intended. 
We rely on the tree looking something like a public mirror (with 
directories like FC6) in order to choose the correct kickstart. 
Currently, you can edit /var/lib/cobbler/profiles and then run "cobbler 
sync" to make corrections as you would want.

It's true that the automatic kickstart mapping isn't programmed to ever 
pick "kickstart_fc6_domU.ks", though it probably should learn how to do 
this.
On the other hand, I'm not entirely sure, as that kickstart is an 
example of a minimal domU image, which may not be appropriate for everyone.

Import should basically be viewed as a way to start building a cobbler 
configuration, though a user is probably going to want to modify the 
assigned kickstarts after the fact as well as create some additional 
profiles.

--MPD