[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler API - Mac registration problem

Michael DeHaan mdehaan at redhat.com
Wed Apr 30 11:41:19 UTC 2008


Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Eamonn Walsh wrote:
>> Its just a test script at the moment, I want to see what it can do
>>
>> system_id = remote.new_system(token)
>> remote.modify_system(system_id,'name', 'Imatest2',token)
>> remote.modify_system(system_id,'profile', 'Testing',token)
>> remote.modify_system(system_id, 'mac', 'FF:EE:DD:CC:BB:AA',token)
>> remote.save_system(system_id,token)
>>
>> I think the problem is because the 'mac' key is in a nested list, not 
>> sure though.
>
> Ah, this is your script?   Glad to see more interest in API hacking!
> Yes, I did some work to add this recently.   Definitely check out the 
> devel branch.    If you are interested in the code, see 'remote.py' 
> and 'services.py'.
> The idea was to consolidate all of the cgi-bin stuff on mod_python to 
> simplify things.    All of the mod_python code ('services.py') 
> effectively sends requests
> down to cobblerd via XMLRPC ('remote.py').    Since this relies on 
> kssendmac in the kernel options line, you won't see results from 
> running "wget", but if you request those kickstart URLs from Anaconda 
> registration (if enabled in settings via the new option) will occur.
>
> It has some security features in that it will not add a system if mac 
> is already in the "database" and works by detecting the mac of the system
> when they request the kickstart file from the mod python kickstart 
> generator (kickstarts are no longer statically generated on the 
> filesystem).
>
> --Michael

In the interest of completeness, the issue is that cobbler now suppports 
multiple network interfaces.  So your script has to use the API to 
modify network interfaces, which is slightly varied from the above.   
See remote.py on the devel branch for how that is done.   The WebUI, 
which is written against the same XMLRPC interface, is also a good 
reference.  (cobbler/web/CobblerWeb.py)
>
>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Pablo Iranzo Gómez 
>> <Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com <mailto:Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>            Is it possible to have the script to play with it?
>>
>>            Will try to check how this works and possible usages :)
>>
>>            Thanks!
>>            Pablo
>>
>>     El mié, 30-04-2008 a las 09:42 +0100, Eamonn Walsh escribió:
>>     > Hi Guys,
>>     >
>>     > Doing some work with the cobbler api and getting the fallowing 
>> error
>>     >
>>     > Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     >   File "rpc-cobbler-test", line 20, in ?
>>     >     remote.modify_system(system_id, 'interfaces : mac_address',
>>     > 'FF:EE:DD:CC:BB:AA', token)
>>     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/xmlrpclib
>>     > .py", line 1096, in __call__
>>     >     return self.__send(self.__name, args)
>>     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/xmlrpclib.py", line 1383, in __request
>>     >     verbose=self.__verbose
>>     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/xmlrpclib.py", line 1147, in request
>>     >     return self._parse_response(h.getfile(), sock)
>>     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/xmlrpclib.py", line 1286, in
>>     > _parse_response
>>     >     return u.close()
>>     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/xmlrpclib.py", line 744, in close
>>     >     raise Fault(**self._stack[0])
>>     > xmlrpclib.Fault: <Fault 1: "cobbler.cexceptions.CX:'object has no
>>     > method: mac'">
>>     >
>>     > Line of code causing this problem:
>>     >
>>     > remote.modify_system(sys_id, 'mac', 'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF', token)
>>     >
>>     > Any ideas? Using cobbler 0.8.3-3.el5
>>     >
>>     > Thanks,
>>     >
>>     > Eamonn
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