On 12/09/2013 07:40 PM, Khalid Hosein wrote:
On 12/08/2013 06:10 PM, Khalid Hosein wrote: > > On 11/27/2013 10:51 AM, Khalid Hosein wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'd like to do the following: > > > > Have Cobbler manage BIND for me for a given zone (e.g. > example.com <http://example.com> <http://example.com> > > <http://example.com>), *and* still be able to add my own custom > records > > (e.g. www.example.com <http://www.example.com> <http://www.example.com> > <http://www.example.com>, stuff.example.com <http://stuff.example.com> <http://stuff.example.com> > > <http://stuff.example.com>). > > > > I've tested creating a zone template file in > > /etc/cobbler/zone_templates/ but that seems to override the zone file > > that Cobbler tries to create itself. > > You need $host_record in your template for cobbler to insert the records > it manages. > > Thanks Orion - Oh how I wish it were that simple! I've been able to have > Cobbler successfully manage BIND. > > The question is whether I can *add* DNS records to BIND outside of (in > addition to) the ones that Cobbler generates and adds to BIND. > > (I don't see anything in the documentation or the mailing list archives > that indicates this is possible.)Just list those entries in the template as well. Or am I missing something else? So the /etc/cobbler/named.template is the template file for /etc/named.conf, and the zone template files are in /etc/cobbler/zone_templates/, right? Let's say I'm using Cobbler to manage the example.com <http://example.com> domain. I add a bunch of Cobbler systems and in particular, I use the --dns-name flag to specify the systems' domain names (e.g. websvr1.example.com <http://websvr1.example.com>). Now when I run 'cobbler sync', Cobbler will magically create named.conf, and the example.com <http://example.com> zone file in /var/named/. However, if I manually create a /etc/cobbler/zone_templates/example.com <http://example.com> and add some records into that file, the next time I run 'cobbler sync', the only thing that shows up in /var/named/example.com <http://example.com> will be these manual records and *none* of the 'magic' ones like in the previous scenario. Based on my testing and what it says in this page, it seems that having an aggregated set of manual and automatic DNS records isn't possible, although it sure would be nice! Thanks for reading this far! _Khalid
In the zone_template file, you need to have both your manual records as well as the $host_record line. The /var/named/.../example.com file will then have the $host_record line replaced with the cobbler managed files.
There may also be a config option to turn on dns zone templates, not sure. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA/CoRA Division FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane or...@cora.nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.cora.nwra.com _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
