We have been always using a RHEL variant (e.g. CentOS or SL) as the host for KVM guests. I got a spare machine running Ubuntu 12.04LTS so a while ago I decided to use it as a host for a few "disposable" test guests today. Both cobbler and koan are at 2.2.2.
The following is what I got: root@teapot:# koan --server=vc0 --virt --system=vc8 --virt-path=/dev/vg/vc8 -w - looking for Cobbler at http://vc0:80/cobbler_api - reading URL: http://192.168.123.3/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/vc8 install_tree: http://192.168.123.3/cblr/links/centos6-x86_64 /bin/sh: 1: rpm: not found .........................................(1)[...] libvir: QEMU error : Domain not found: no domain with matching uuid 'd4e139b9-d2f9-6afc-aff8-7b6db7ace13b' .............................(2) Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:27:26 DEBUG Could not open "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard' ..........................................(3) Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:27:26 DEBUG Could not open "/etc/X11/xorg.conf": [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' ..........(4) Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:27:26 DEBUG Could not open "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'...........................................(5) Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:27:26 DEBUG Could not open "/etc/X11/xorg.conf": [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'...........(6) [...] libvir: QEMU error : Domain not found: no domain with matching name 'vc8' ..............................................................(7) Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:27:29 DEBUG Started guest, connecting to console if requested Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:27:29 DEBUG XML fetched from libvirt object: [...] OK. So, the guest vc8 was built and started without a hitch. But IMHO the numbered statements above are confusing. (1) Yes. Even Ubuntu repo provides the rpm utility, but why? (2) If it's a refresh build, then obvious this entry wouldn't exist. So, the statement should be rephrased. (3) For Debian/Ubuntu, the path is /etc/default/keyboard (4) If the host is a server with nearly minimal install, why this file should exist? It shouldn't. (5) & (6), please see above. (7). Please see my comments for (2) above. Comments from others in the list? Regards, -- Zack _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
