I pulled down a backup of the version file from a few days ago and solved the issue:
root@io-ns-03:~> cat /etc/cobbler/version builddate: Tue Apr 22 15:30:11 2014 gitdate: '?' gitstamp: '?' version: 2.4.4 version_tuple: [2, 4, 4] So like the 2.6 version file snuck into the 2.4.7 package? On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Jörgen Maas <jorgen.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > The format of the version file changed in 2.6.x (it's now basically ini > format using python ConfigParser) > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Greg Chavez <greg.cha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply, Alan. >> >> I didn't do a find/xargs/grep for version_tuple! Drat, bad >> troubleshooting. But in any case, even converting that file to YAML doesn't >> seem to help, I just get more errors. >> >> Another interesting thing, the format of /etc/cobbler/version in 2.6.3 is >> not in YAML either. >> >> Whatever. This is only affecting the Web console, so I can stay in >> business while I stand up 2.6 on a new server and replicate. >> >> --Greg >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Alan Evangelista < >> ala...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >> >>> On 08/18/2014 11:27 AM, Greg Chavez wrote: >>> >>>> So I upgraded the cobbler and cobbler-web yum packages from 2.4.4 to >>>> 2.4.7, in preparation for upgrading to 2.6 (this is a RedHat 5.6 system). >>>> Cobbler works fine from the command line, but I get an error when I attempt >>>> to login to the Web console. In /var/log/cobbler, I get this every time I >>>> access: >>>> >>>> >>>> Fri Aug 15 14:59:08 2014 - INFO | Exception occured: >>>> yaml.parser.ParserError >>>> Fri Aug 15 14:59:08 2014 - INFO | Exception value: expected >>>> '<document start>', but found '<scalar>' >>>> in "<string>", line 2, column 1: >>>> version_tuple = [2, 4, 7] >>>> ^ >>>> >>>> >>> /etc/cobbler/version has incorrect format, it should be in YAML.. >>> Example: >>> >>> builddate: Thu Jan 30 21:42:10 2014 >>> gitdate: Mon Dec 9 11:08:16 2013 -0800 >>> gitstamp: 2181fa3 >>> version: 2.5.0 >>> version_tuple: [2, 5, 0] >>> >>> It is possible you'll have conflicts with other files. I'd recommend >>> backing up important data and making a a clean installation. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alan Evangelista >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cobbler mailing list >>> cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >>> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> \*..+.- >> --Greg Chavez >> +//..;}; >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> > > > -- > Grtz, > Jörgen Maas > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > -- \*..+.- --Greg Chavez +//..;};
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