Try doubling your $'s
VMK_LINE=$$(localcli network ip interface ipv4 get | grep "$${VMK_INT}")
cheetah is trying to populate those variables (i think) but you want them
to exist as is for the client to run in its script.
-greg
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 17:30, John Paget Bourke <
john.bou...@mobileinternet.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have narrowed down the problem to this line
>
> VMK_LINE=$(localcli network ip interface ipv4 get | grep "${VMK_INT}")
>
> Here is the first section of kick start file. The offending line is the
> last line
>
> # Sample kickstart for ESXi 5.0
> # William Lam
> # www.virtuallyghetto.com
> #########################################
> accepteula
> install --firstdisk --overwritevmfs
> # RootPassword is taken from the default setting of cobbler
> rootpw --iscrypted $default_password_crypted
> reboot
> %include /tmp/networkconfig
> %pre --interpreter=busybox
> # extract network info from bootup
> VMK_INT="vmk0"
> VMK_LINE=$(localcli network ip interface ipv4 get | grep "${VMK_INT}")
>
> If I remove this last line the kick start file renders correctly.
>
> # Sample kickstart for ESXi 5.0
> # William Lam
> # www.virtuallyghetto.com
> accepteula
> install --firstdisk --overwritevmfs
> # RootPassword is taken from the default setting of cobbler
> rootpw --iscrypted $1$gdsgsdgfdEr235q8iv.EFmSAhWDLtw1
> reboot
> %include /tmp/networkconfig
> %pre --interpreter=busybox
> # extract network info from bootup
> VMK_INT="vmk0"
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:
> cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of John Paget Bourke
> Sent: 06 March 2012 11:05
> To: 'cobbler mailing list'
> Subject: [cobbler] KS generation error
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a esxi5 kick start file which is generating an error when I try to
> view it on the profile section of web GUI.
>
> I have a RHEL profile with a kick start with displays fine.
>
> Can anyone help ?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
> Tue Mar 6 10:51:26 2012 - INFO | REMOTE version; user(cobbler) Tue Mar 6
> 10:51:28 2012 - INFO | REMOTE generate_kickstart; user(?) Tue Mar 6
> 10:51:28 2012 - INFO | generate_kickstart Tue Mar 6 10:51:28 2012 - INFO |
> Exception occured: <class 'Cheetah.Parser.ParseError'> Tue Mar 6 10:51:28
> 2012 - INFO | Exception value:
>
> Error in the Python code which Cheetah generated for this template:
>
> ================================================================================
>
> EOL while scanning string literal
> (cheetah_DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate_1331031088_43_58507.py, line 81)
>
> Line|Python Code
> ----|-------------------------------------------------------------
> 79 |
> 80 | try:
> 81 | return eval('''VFFSL(SL,"echo",True) "${VMK_LINE}" | awk
> '{print $2}'''', globals(), localsDict)
>
> ^
> 82 | return self._CHEETAH__errorCatcher.warn(exc_val=e, code=
> u'VFFSL(SL,"echo",True) "${VMK_LINE}" | awk \'{print $2}\'' , rawCode=
> u'$(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk \'{print $2}\')' , lineCol=(21, 8))
> 83 |
> 84 | def __errorCatcher4(self, localsDict={}):
>
>
> ================================================================================
>
> Here is the corresponding Cheetah code.
> ** I had to guess the line & column numbers, so they are probably
> incorrect:
>
> Line 11, column 20
>
> Line|Cheetah Code
> ----|-------------------------------------------------------------
> 8 |install --firstdisk --overwritevmfs
> 9 |
> 10 |# RootPassword is taken from the default setting of cobbler
> 11 |rootpw --iscrypted $default_password_crypted
> ^
> 12 |reboot
> 13 |
> 14 |%include /tmp/networkconfig
>
> Tue Mar 6 10:51:28 2012 - INFO | Exception Info:
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 1946, in
> _dispatch
> return method_handle(*params)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 996, in
> generate_kickstart
> return self.api.generate_kickstart(profile,system)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 645, in
> generate_kickstart
> return self.kickgen.generate_kickstart_for_profile(profile)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/kickgen.py", line 297, in
> generate_kickstart_for_profile
> return self.generate_kickstart(profile=g)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/kickgen.py", line 275, in
> generate_kickstart
> data = self.templar.render(raw_data, meta, None, obj)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/templar.py", line 113, in
> render
> data_out = self.render_cheetah(raw_data, search_table, subject)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/templar.py", line 199, in
> render_cheetah
> t = Template(source=raw_data, errorCatcher="Echo",
> searchList=[search_table], compilerSettings={'useStackFrame':False})
> File "DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate.py", line 55, in __init__
> File "_etc_cobbler_cheetah_macros.py", line 55, in __init__
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line
> 1257, in __init__
> self._compile(source, file, compilerSettings=compilerSettings)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line
> 1551, in _compile
> keepRefToGeneratedCode=True)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/template_api.py", line
> 127, in compile
> return Cheetah.Template.Template.compile(*args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 795,
> in compile
> raise parseError
>
>
>
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