If you do not want to save username/password in the config and thus expose
it on cobbler system report --name=system-name, there is an option to
provide user/pass on cobbler system reboot --name=system-name
--power-user=X --power-pass=Y as documented on
. But it
doesn't work ATM. So, I had to modify remote.py code to pass these
arguments via API.
Thanks,
Nitin
Linkedin Corp
On Monday, January 27, 2014, Eduardo Bacchi Kienetz <
ebacchi(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
On 01/27/2014 04:40 AM, nitin wrote:
> Hello Guys,
>
> I was trying to setup power maangement for our servers from cobbler using
> API.
>
> But, the remote.py code doesn't seem to take user/password input. From
> what is explained on
http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.4.0/5/6_-_Power_
> Management.html, I can supply power-user and power-pass at run time.
>
> It fails,
>
> # cobbler system poweron --name=foo --power-user=X --power-pass=Y
> Usage: cobbler [options]
>
> cobbler: error: no such option: --power-user
>
> For us, I want to run power commands using API. Command line wont make
> much sense for security purpose.
>
> So, I had to modify remote.py to take user/password
>
> +++ remote.py 2014-01-27 06:13:46.766923325 +0000
> @@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@
> return True
>
> - def power_system(self,object_id,power=None,token=None,logger=None):
> + def power_system(self,object_id,power=None,token=None,user=
> None,password=None,logger=None):
> """
> Internal implementation used by background_power, do not call
> directly if possible.
> @@ -1991,13 +1991,13 @@
> obj = self.__get_object(object_id)
> self.check_access(token, "power_system", obj)
> if power=="on":
> - rc=self.api.power_on(obj, user=None, password=None,
> logger=logger)
> + rc=self.api.power_on(obj, user, password, logger=logger)
> elif power=="off":
> - rc=self.api.power_off(obj, user=None, password=None,
> logger=logger)
> + rc=self.api.power_off(obj, user, password, logger=logger)
> elif power=="status":
> - rc=self.api.power_status(obj, user=None, password=None,
> logger=logger)
> + rc=self.api.power_status(obj, user, password, logger=logger)
> elif power=="reboot":
> - rc=self.api.reboot(obj, user=None, password=None,
> logger=logger)
> + rc=self.api.reboot(obj, user, password, logger=logger)
>
> Do you guys think if this could get into the main code? Or am I missing
> something?
>
James can correct me if I'm wrong, but you are supposed to set the user
and password on the Power Management tab of your System entry.
Regards,
Eduardo Kienetz
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