how many characters can be stored in the comments field? (255?)
Christopher Johnston wrote:These three we don't have. Though they could perhaps be stored in
> Some _possible_ ones that come to mind, although this seems to be
> something that would be stored in a CMDB (which sounds like cobbler
> could potentially be used for that). Console information is
> important, but this may not be the right place to store it.
>
> system_region (US, EU, FE)
> system_location (NY, LON, CHI)
> system_datacenter (DC1, DC2)
the comment field, that would not be highly structured though.
> system_owner (chris)
--owners means something to authz_ownership, but can otherwise be abused
if one wants, even if not using that module.
Every cobbler object has a --comment field that is free form right now,
> system_description (HP DL360 G5)
and would be good for this.
These seem to be kernel arguments for setting up consoles to me, and can
> console_host (con01)
> console_speed (115200)
> console_port (ttyS0)
>
be stored in --kopts
> <mailto:lists@davehatton.it>> wrote:> cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org <mailto:cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org>
>
>
> > Yeah, I think so, not having the fields overwriteable also makes
> sense.
> >
> > Can folks come up with a common list of fields that would be
> useful for
> > this?
> >
> > It concerns me slightly that we are building sort of /another/
> inventory
> > system, though someone need not use it if they have another.
> Plus the
> > advantages (especially when we can do things like "cobbler find"
> to see
> > what's in what rack (cobbler find already exists as a command),
> would
> > definitely be worth it.
> >
> >
> I'll happily collate the responses and try to get an agreed list
>
> Dave
>
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