Hi Robert,

I was able to successfully import the regular ESXi5.5 iso.  I think that the distro_signature for the Dell version would not be different.

I think the easiest way to be able to import ESXi5.5 is to upgrade cobbler with git:

git clone git://github.com/cobbler/cobbler.git /tmp/cobbler

make -C /tmp/cobbler install > /dev/null

rm -rf /tmp/cobbler

-Razi



On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Robert Jacobson <Robert.C.Jacobson@nasa.gov> wrote:

Hi,

I tried to import Dell's custom ESXi 5.5 image today but it failed.  I'm guessing the signatures I'm using isn't right for the Dell respin but I don't know how to generate the proper signature.   Is that indeed the problem, and if so, how do I fix the signatures to work?

Here's what I tried :

This is on RHEL6.5 with cobbler-2.4.0-1 from EPEL

* Added the bootcfg_esxi55.template from https://gist.github.com/relistan/7794032 to /etc/cobbler/pxe
* Replaced distro_signatures.json with the one at https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/raw/master/config/distro_signatures.json
* Mounted the Dell ISO image :   
    mount -o loop /home/rjacobson/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0-1331820.x86_64-Dell_Customized_A01.iso  /mnt/loop
* cobbler import --name esxi5.5-dell_A01 --path /mnt/loop

I get these errors:
http://pastebin.com/JX5pMNJk

The final error being:
No signature matched in /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/esxi5.5-dell_A01-x86_64
!!! TASK FAILED !!!




On 2014-01-07 11:04 AM, Simon Earthrowl wrote:

Finally cracked it today!
So there are two files needed to be updated. The file exist in github - and need to be updated on your server manually.
So first download to a safe place the following files:

distro_signatures.json replaces the existing files  /etc/cobbler/distro_signatures.json and /var/lib/cobbler/distro_signatures.json
while bootcfg_esxi55.template becomes /etc/cobbler/pxe/bootcfg_esxi55.template

I've not done anything other than import with these changes. However Karl Matthias comments may help with subsequent steps.

Kind regards
Simon





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