[et-mgmt-tools] "Could not communicate with" error

[Michael DeHaan]

Bill McGonigle wrote:
> Hi, list,
>
> I'm new to cobbler/koan, so I'm hoping this is a newbie error. I've 
> followed the guides on the wiki, added a system, and now I'm trying to 
> create a Xen guest with koan. When I run:
>
> koan --virt --server=bread --system=souffle
>
> I get a python stacktrace:
>
> http://pastebin.ca/521285
>
> and the error:
>
> Could not communicate with bread:25151
>
> cobblerd is running and I can telnet to its port, by host name. This 
> is happening on loopback, so iptables shouldn't be in the way (and I 
> tried stopping it as a test).
>
> `cobbler list` looks like:
>
> distribution : FC-6-xen-i386
> profile : FC-6-xen-i386
> system : souffle
> distribution : FC-6-i386
> profile : FC-6-i386
> repo : fc6i386updates
> repo : fc6i386extras
>
> The machine is:
>
> Linux bread 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6xen #1 SMP Wed Dec 20 15:28:06 EST 2006 
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> (2.6.20 can be brought up with a trip on-site if it'd help) and the 
> software versions are:
>
> koan-0.3.1-2.fc6
> cobbler-0.4.8-1.fc6
>
> Odds are I'm missing a step/concept. Ideas/suggestions/pointers-to-TFM 
> welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> -Bill
>
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If this is a fresh install, most likely you haven't rebooted so cobblerd 
didn't come on automatically.

/sbin/service cobblerd start

Otherwise it might be a firewall issue, in which case you want to 
unblock TCP port 25151.

--Michael