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

[Michael DeHaan]

Chris Sarginson wrote:
>
> 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?  

Yes.... Right now you have to set the name to the MAC, though it was 
intended that --mac=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF would work in koan also.  I'm 
going to fix that :)

> 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 :)

Sure, that's doable.

>
> 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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