[et-mgmt-tools] python-cheetah templating not working for config.repo?

[Riggs, Ben]

Double check that the "server: 'you.host.name.here'" line in 
/var/lib/cobbler/settings is correct. Older rpms (and any make installs) 
re-write the file back to default. This bit me once as well.

Ben

Shimizu Kuniaki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found repository settings when importing distribution might have
> some troubles.
> 
> After importing distribution using "cobbler import", config.repo file
> is generated, but it seems python-cheetah templating doesn't work for
> "@@server@@" in config.repo file.
> 
> # cat /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/config/centos5-i386-0.repo
> -----
> [core-0]
> name=core-0
> baseurl=http://@@server@@/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos5
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=0
> -----
> 
> # cobbler report
> -----
> distro          : centos5-i386
> kernel          : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos5/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
> initrd          : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos5/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
> kernel options  : {}
> architecture    : x86
> ks metadata     : {'tree': 'http://@@server@@/cblr/links/centos5-i386'}
> breed           : redhat
> -----
> 
> I checked source files and gitweb and found that "@@something@@" is
> not a bug, but for enabling templating feature for python-cheetah,
> right?
> 
> Then, I guess python-cheetah doesn't work well...
> 
> I tried 2 cases:
>   1. installing python-cheetah-2.0-0.1.rc8 from RPMforge.
>   2. get python-cheetah-2.0-0.6.rc SRPM from mirror.linux.duke.edu and built.
> In both cases, this happened.
> 
> Q: Is there any requirements for the version of python-cheetah?
> 
> Also, I tried to fix this using "cobbler distro edit" (because it
> looked like generating config.repo might be using --ksmeta value.) I
> replaced "@@server@@" with cobbler server's IP.
> 
> # cobbler distro edit --name="centos5-i386"
> --ksmeta="tree=http://192.168.0.254/cblr/links/centos5-i386"
> # cobbler sync
> 
> The result of "cobbler report", it seemed to be fixed, but
> config.repos was not changed and still "@@server@@'" in config.repo
> and /var/lib/cobbler/distro, both. That means config.repo is generated
> only when distribution is imported, and will never re-generated by
> "cobbler sync" based on cobbler's current settings.
> 
> Therefore, I manually fixed all the files which have "@@server@@" in
> those, then everything works well.
> 
> Kuniaki Shimizu
> kunkichi at gmail.com
> -----
> OS: CentOS5 (for both cobbler server and imported distribution)
> Cobbler 0.6.2-2 (built from SRPM)
> 
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