[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler reposync cron script

[Adrian Revill]

Not sure where to post this.

I think i have found a problem in  cobbler reposync.

Sometimes if a rpm is partially downloaded and /usr/bin/reposync is stopped,
say by a collegue rebooting the server, grrr.
/usr/bin/reposync wont continue and throws an error untill the file is
deleted. e.g.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reposync", line 264, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/reposync", line 245, in main
    path = repo.getPackage(pkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 652, in
getPackage
    cache=cache
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 299, in _getFile
    raise yum.Errors.RepoError, \
yum.Errors.RepoError: failed to retrieve
getPackage/openoffice.org-impress-2.0.4
-5.4.17.1.x86_64.rpm from rhel-x86_64-server-productivity-5
error was [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable
cobbler reposync failed


This is not caught by my script because cobbler terminates with a return
code of 0, but cobbler knows it has failed.

Looking at action_reposync.py

               rc = sub_process.call(cmd, shell=True)
               if rc !=0:
                   raise CX(_("cobbler reposync failed"))

The return code from /usr/bin/reposync is being caught, but it looks like
what ever handles the exception raised does not pass it on.
Sorry my python is non existant so i cant follow it any further, any one
know how to make a quick fix?








Adrian Revill wrote:
> 
> Yes feel free to add it.
> 
> I tried the change to use "cobbler list repo" and it works fine.
> 
> 
> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>> 
>> Adrian Revill wrote:
>>> Just in case anyone needs a script to run cobbler reposync from cron, 
>>> here is one i have written. It runs each repo in turn, and gives each 
>>> a number of tries (10) to over come problems with failing syncs.
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>
>>> TRIES=10 # number of times to try and run reposync
>>> LOGFILE="/var/log/cobbler/cobbler_reposync.log"
>>>
>>> function running {
>>>        PID=$(ps ax| awk '/cobbler reposync/ && !/awk/ {print ($1)}')
>>>        if [ -z $PID ]
>>>        then
>>>                log "cobbler reposync is not running"
>>>                return 1
>>>        fi
>>>        log "cobbler reposync is running PID=$PID"
>>>        return 0
>>> }
>>>
>>> function log {
>>>        logger -t "COBBLER_REPOSYNC" -- $1
>>> }
>>>
>>> function run {
>>>        try=1
>>>        ret=1
>>>        while [ $try -le $TRIES ]
>>>        do
>>>                running
>>>                ok=$?
>>>                if [ $ok -eq 0 ]
>>>                then
>>>                        log "Already running, aborting"
>>>                        break
>>>                fi
>>>                log "Attempt $try for $1"
>>>                cobbler reposync --only=$1 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE
>>>                ret=$?
>>>                if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
>>>                then
>>>                        break
>>>                fi
>>>                log "Attempt $try failed"
>>>                try=$[ $try + 1 ]
>>>        done
>>>        if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
>>>        then
>>>                log "Compleated $1"
>>>        else
>>>                log "Too many trys or already running, giving up on $1"
>>>
>>>        fi
>>> }
>>>
>>> log "Starting"
>>> mv $LOGFILE $LOGFILE.1
>>>
>>> for name in $(awk '/name:/ {print($2)}' /var/lib/cobbler/repos)
>>> do
>>>        run $name
>>> done
>>>
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>> 
>> Nice!  Do you mind if I put this in a 'contrib' directory in cobbler's 
>> version control so other people can find it later?
>> 
>> We can mention this on the Wiki too.
>> 
>> One small change I'd make is to make the last awk line run 'cobbler repo 
>> list' instead of grepping the file, that way
>> it works regardless of the storage backend -- though everyone pretty 
>> much uses the stock one.
>> 
>> --Michael
>> 
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