Re: [cobbler] Discovery Image

[Tom Bamford]

Hi Erik

I once made use of debirf (http://cmrg.fifthhorseman.net/wiki/debirf) to
build my own image for purposes of host discovery. It's a simple scripted
framework, all you basically need to do is write a shell script to
communicate with Cobbler and/or your asset management system of choice (I
like Collins (https://tumblr.github.io/collins/), and incorporate the
script into your initrd.

Hope this helps.

Tom


On 13 March 2015 at 00:29, emccormickva .  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has a minimal LInux image that they use for system
> discovery purposes? I'm looking for a good way to create and populate a
> system in Cobbler via default pxeboot option so that I can then configure
> it and add it to a profile with less manual data entry or data imports.
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
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Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

[curt.old]

Is it as easy as yum update cobbler cobbler-web?  I'd rather not have to 
rebuild or install a new server for this.

From: Old,CL,Curt,VNC R
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:41 PM
To: 'cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org'
Subject: Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

Guys I haven't found any clear guide to upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3 is there a 
doc or guide out there, or something?

Cheers

Curt
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Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

[alastair]

When I have upgraded in the past it upgrades the current config. It also backs 
up the config before upgrade; I think under /var/log/cobbler/backups. If you 
are worried you can tar up /etc/cobbler and /var/lib/cobbler beforehand.

If your cobbler server is a VM, you could snapshot it before upgrading :)

rpm -ql cobbler will give you an idea of what to backup before you upgrade 
cobbler.

Don't forget cobbler-web if you have that.

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-Original Message-
From: curt@bt.com
To: cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:14
Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

Is it as easy as yum update cobbler cobbler-web?  I'd rather not have to 
rebuild or install a new server for this.

From: Old,CL,Curt,VNC R
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:41 PM
To: 'cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org'
Subject: Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

Guys I haven't found any clear guide to upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3 is there a 
doc or guide out there, or something?

Cheers

Curt
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Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

[curt.old]

Ok thanks, I did a bunch of google’n, reading cobbler version manuals, etc and 
couldn’t find any definitive answer on this.

Thanks again!!

PS I’ll post back and let the list know if I encounter anything and remediation 
if necessary.

From: cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org 
[mailto:cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of 
alast...@alastair-munro.com
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 8:35 AM
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

When I have upgraded in the past it upgrades the current config. It also backs 
up the config before upgrade; I think under /var/log/cobbler/backups. If you 
are worried you can tar up /etc/cobbler and /var/lib/cobbler beforehand.

If your cobbler server is a VM, you could snapshot it before upgrading :)

rpm -ql cobbler will give you an idea of what to backup before you upgrade 
cobbler.

Don't forget cobbler-web if you have that.

--
Alastair Munro

-Original Message-
From: curt@bt.com
To: cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:14
Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3
Is it as easy as yum update cobbler cobbler-web?  I’d rather not have to 
rebuild or install a new server for this.

From: Old,CL,Curt,VNC R
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:41 PM
To: 'cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org'
Subject: Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

Guys I haven’t found any clear guide to upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3 is there a 
doc or guide out there, or something?

Cheers

Curt
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Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

[Jörgen Maas]

You also should check the release notes for 2.6 and especially the upgrade
notes.

http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.6.0/1/1_-_Release_Notes.html

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:45 PM,  wrote:

> Ok thanks, I did a bunch of google’n, reading cobbler version manuals, etc
> and couldn’t find any definitive answer on this.
>
>
>
> Thanks again!!
>
>
>
> PS I’ll post back and let the list know if I encounter anything and
> remediation if necessary.
>
>
>
> *From:* cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:
> cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] *On Behalf Of *
> alast...@alastair-munro.com
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2015 8:35 AM
> *To:* cobbler mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3
>
>
>
> When I have upgraded in the past it upgrades the current config. It also
> backs up the config before upgrade; I think under /var/log/cobbler/backups.
> If you are worried you can tar up /etc/cobbler and /var/lib/cobbler
> beforehand.
>
> If your cobbler server is a VM, you could snapshot it before upgrading :)
>
> rpm -ql cobbler will give you an idea of what to backup before you upgrade
> cobbler.
>
> Don't forget cobbler-web if you have that.
>
> --
> Alastair Munro
>
> -Original Message-
> From: curt@bt.com
> To: cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org
> Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:14
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3
>
> Is it as easy as yum update cobbler cobbler-web?  I’d rather not have to
> rebuild or install a new server for this.
>
>
>
> *From:* Old,CL,Curt,VNC R
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:41 PM
> *To:* 'cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org'
> *Subject:* Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3
>
>
>
> Guys I haven’t found any clear guide to upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3 is
> there a doc or guide out there, or something?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Curt
>
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Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

[curt.old]

They all say none or the last mentions support for pyton 2.4 is dropped.  And I 
did look there prior ☺

From: cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org 
[mailto:cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Jörgen Maas
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 1:58 PM
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

You also should check the release notes for 2.6 and especially the upgrade 
notes.

http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.6.0/1/1_-_Release_Notes.html

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:45 PM, mailto:curt@bt.com>> 
wrote:
Ok thanks, I did a bunch of google’n, reading cobbler version manuals, etc and 
couldn’t find any definitive answer on this.

Thanks again!!

PS I’ll post back and let the list know if I encounter anything and remediation 
if necessary.

From: 
cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org
 
[mailto:cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org]
 On Behalf Of alast...@alastair-munro.com
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 8:35 AM
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

When I have upgraded in the past it upgrades the current config. It also backs 
up the config before upgrade; I think under /var/log/cobbler/backups. If you 
are worried you can tar up /etc/cobbler and /var/lib/cobbler beforehand.

If your cobbler server is a VM, you could snapshot it before upgrading :)

rpm -ql cobbler will give you an idea of what to backup before you upgrade 
cobbler.

Don't forget cobbler-web if you have that.

--
Alastair Munro

-Original Message-
From: curt@bt.com
To: cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:14
Subject: Re: [cobbler] Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3
Is it as easy as yum update cobbler cobbler-web?  I’d rather not have to 
rebuild or install a new server for this.

From: Old,CL,Curt,VNC R
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:41 PM
To: 'cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org'
Subject: Upgrading cobbler from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3

Guys I haven’t found any clear guide to upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.6.3 is there a 
doc or guide out there, or something?

Cheers

Curt

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