[Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler query (and now Xen too)]

[Chris Sarginson]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Chris Sarginson wrote:
>> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>
>>> I'll push it everywhere.    Should be in git sometime next week.
>>>
>> Thanking you again - would it be possible to get a virt-mac option for 
>> Koan?  I could do with being able to tell the Virtual Server what its 
>> mac is as part of some automation I have built for our stuff.
> 
> I think so.   However, the current bug that doesn't honor the mac unless 
> it's also in $name needs to be fixed and will be for the next release.
> 
> So the following:
> 
> cobbler system add --name=foo --mac=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --profile=xyz
> 
> Is supposed to do that...
> 
> Do you have a need to be able to do it client side?   It's not hard to 
> add, just trying to understand things :)

Yeah, basically the the virtual server will boot and do the install, and 
during the install a custom perl script is run, which based on the 
servers MAC address pulls details from a database and sets them on the 
server.  Kludgey, but pretty effective :)

Are you saying however that I could create a system in cobbler that will 
tell koan what the MAC address is meant to be and set it appropriately? 
    I would have to look into it, but that may be a viable option, but 
having the ability to do it through koan is probably the best way tbh :)

Chris

> 
> 
>>
>>>> Are you actually on holiday and working btw Michael?  If so, even 
>>>> more thanks are in order.
>>>
>>> No thanks needed.  Computers are just up there with eating, sleeping 
>>> and breathing and all that :)
>>>
>> So true :)
>>
>> Chris
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