[Spacewalk-list] Change Hostname of WebUI

Reed, Steven Steven.Reed at transport.nsw.gov.au
Wed Jul 15 00:22:42 UTC 2015 

Sorry I should have been more clearer.

Is it possible to update the client hostname from the client after it has registered with spacewalk so that it reflects in the spacewalk WebGUI.

rhn-profile-sync

was suggested but this does not accomplish this.

From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Neil Hanlon
Sent: Wednesday, 15 July 2015 1:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Change Hostname of WebUI

As was suggested, you can pass these in using the --ksmeta parameter to the "cobbler system add" command on the spacewalk server.

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cobbler system add --name="something" --ksmeta='HOSTNAME=hostname.fqdn.com<http://hostname.fqdn.com> MAC=ma:c_:ad:re:ss'
--

Then in your kickstart post script (with templating):

--

hostname='$getVar('$HOSTNAME','$HOSTNAME')'
mac='$getVar('$MAC','$MAC')

#raw
#now do something with the hostname and mac.. like
hostname "$hostname"
#endraw

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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 10:20 PM, Reed, Steven <Steven.Reed at transport.nsw.gov.au<mailto:Steven.Reed at transport.nsw.gov.au>> wrote:
Hi,

Did anyone find an answer to this ? to change a CLIENTs hostname from the client itself.

apart from having a shell script ask the hostname question ?

The only other way I’ve done it, is to add the MAC address and hostname in to a DHCP reservation but that’s not fun when deploying multiple VM’s

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Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2014 9:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Change Hostname of WebUI

On 29 October 2014 16:05, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <waldirio at gmail.com<mailto:waldirio at gmail.com>> wrote:


        Hello Alexander,

        Thanks for your reply but no, the rhn-profile-sync just update hardware, software (installed packages) and virtual guest instances.


You need to make the distinction between the hostname (which actually IS updated by rhn-profile-sync) and the "system name" (the name used in spacewalk itself).


        Another idea or workaround ?!


If it's really the system name you want to change then you should use Alexander Innes' way of using spacecmd. You might have to install that one first on the remote system though and it might need a few more parameters to point it at your spacewalk server etc.

When deploying using kickstart you can add additional parameters to the profile line at PXE boot time and parse them in your kickstart scripts to automatically fill in the hostname and change the system name afterwards.

Regards,
Jeremy


        Ps.: I just checked in my lab.

        B'Regards

        ______________
        Atenciosamente
        Waldirio


        On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Alexander Innes <senni at necurity.co.uk<mailto:senni at necurity.co.uk>> wrote:


            rhn-profile-sync i think is what you want, that updates all the info about the host


            On 29 October 2014 15:28, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <waldirio at gmail.com<mailto:waldirio at gmail.com>> wrote:


                Hello Friends

                Is it possible change the hostname of WebUI, but from system registered ?!

                Imagine the situation, deploy a new server using kickstart and after auto register in SW the hostname appear as localhost.localdomain. I can change the hostname in the client (/etc/sysconfig/network), although the hostname in WebUI will still the same (localhost.localdomain).

                Are there any way to force a update from client to SW to update the hostname, setting equal hostname configured in the client ?!

                Appreciate your comments.

                ______________
                B'Regards
                Waldirio



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