What is your "server: " setting? It appears it's "cobbler", which
will work
as long as that resolves in DNS, otherwise you need to set it to a DNS
resolvable name or IP.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Scot Floess <sfloess(a)redhat.com> wrote:
James,
I did restart cobblerd...
And this is literally what I see now when issuing:
cobbler system getks --name=centos-workstation
Result:
wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/centos-workstation" -O
/root/cobbler.ks
wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/trig/mode/post/system/centos-workstation"
-O /dev/null
wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/nopxe/system/centos-workstation" -O
/dev/null
%end
------------------------------
*From: *"James Cammarata" <jimi(a)sngx.net>
*To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
*Sent: *Wednesday, November 27, 2013 3:47:37 PM
*Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
Did you restart cobblerd after making the settings change? You should also
be seeing this in the output from the kickstart_done snippet:
wget "http://x.x.x.x/cblr/svc/op/nopxe/system/foo" -O /dev/null
That is the trigger to disable the netboot flag.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Scot Floess <sfloess(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> James,
>
> OK I ensured:
>
> /etc/cobbler/settings:
>
> pxe_just_once: 1
>
> -and-
>
> My kickstart ends with:
>
> $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
>
> %end
>
> I'm seeing exactly the same behavior... In fact I just koan'd a new
> instance and its now on it's second install all by itself...
>
> I am absolutely at a loss... This all worked for me using stock CentOS
> 5.x hosts... Really the difference is I'm using Xen as supported under
> CentOS 6.4 - so not sure if that has anything to do with this or not...
> ------------------------------
>
> *From: *"James Cammarata" <jimi(a)sngx.net>
> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:59:37 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>
> Yes, it should be the last thing before the %end, as you have it.
>
> Have you also set pxe_just_once:1 in your cobbler settings?
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Scot Floess <sfloess(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> Curious - is something from the kickstart_done that does the right thing
>> as far as ensuring "kick start" that KOAN initially uses isn't
copied over
>> or something like that? To be honest, that's what it feels like is
>> happening ... once installed the VM doesn't have the ability to boot off
>> the installed bootloader and then simply uses the same "kickstart" to
>> reinstall again...
>>
>> I don't know if this may be the issue but at the end of my kickstart, it
>> looks liek the following:
>>
>> $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
>>
>> %end
>> Is that out of order maybe?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Flossy
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From: *"Scot Floess" <sfloess(a)redhat.com>
>> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:20:34 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
>> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>>
>> James,
>>
>> Interesting!
>>
>> So I have an old kickstart I've been using since Cobbler 1.6x days...
>> In it I have $kickstart_done - but when executing
>>
>> cobbler system getks --name=centos-workstation
>>
>> I see it is not expanded!
>>
>> So I added the snippet to the end of my kickstart like so:
>>
>> $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
>>
>> And now see:
>>
>> wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/centos-workstation" -O
>> /root/cobbler.ks
>> wget "
>>
http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/trig/mode/post/system/centos-workstation" -O
>> /dev/null
>>
>> However, I am still getting the reinstall happening...
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From: *"James Cammarata" <jimi(a)sngx.net>
>> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:37:53 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
>> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>>
>> Do you also have the kickstart done ($SNIPPET('kickstart_done')) snippet
>> included in your %post section? That is the piece which notifies the
>> cobbler server the PXE is complete and toggles the netboot-enabled flag.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Scot Floess <sfloess(a)redhat.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I should say I also tried setting netboot-enabled to 0 and verify its
>>> not enabled in the UI...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From: *"Scot Floess" <sfloess(a)redhat.com>
>>> *To: *"cobbler mailing list"
<cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:33:29 PM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
>>> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>>>
>>> Bryan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the response!
>>>
>>> Alas this isn't a netboot problem - although at first glance I thought
>>> you were correct. Unfortunately, I'm watching my VM reinstall itself
again
>>> :(
>>>
>>> It's almost like I "koan --replace-self" but that's not
what I told it
>>> to do. In fact, this is what I executed:
>>>
>>> koan --server=cobbler --system=centos-workstation --virt
>>>
>>> I literally see the VM install itself, bootloader installs then the VM
>>> shutdown and is started up again and its as if I initiated the original
"koan
>>> --server=cobbler --system=centos-workstation --virt"
>>>
>>> Flossy
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From: *"Bryan Hughes" <bhughes(a)gisfederal.com>
>>> *To: *"cobbler mailing list"
<cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 11:24:53 AM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
>>> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>>>
>>> it is because of the "Netboot Enabled" flag in cobbler.
>>>
>>> After the node begins its kickstart either change netboot enabled to
>>> false (unchecked) in GUI or run the following command:
>>>
>>> cobbler system edit --name=<hostname> --netboot-enabled=0
>>>
>>> That should fix it for you.
>>>
>>> Make sure you do it AFTER it begins PXE (so during DHCP stage is fine,
>>> right after it gets its IP).
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/26/13, 9:30 AM, Scot Floess wrote:
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I'm somewhat confounded by what I'm seeing when using KOAN. I have
a
>>> machine running CentOS 6.4 and installed CentOS-Xen using para
>>> virtualization (my hardware on this box doesn't support full
>>> virtualization)...
>>>
>>> I had an old VM I created under CentOS 5.9 Xen which I migrated over
>>> to this new machine and it runs fine...
>>>
>>> However, I am trying to spin up a new VM and what I see happening is
>>> the install proceeds as expected (again using KOAN). I see in VNC when the
>>> boot loader installs and then the VM attempts to reboot and run... What it
>>> does next is not expected: the install proceeds again...and this continues
>>> forever... Once it reinstalls, it reboots and reinstalls again...
>>>
>>> This all works fine under CentOS 5.x - so it could be Xen 4.2 or it
>>> could just be me :) Which, BTW, CentOS-Xen is 4.2 I believe.
>>>
>>> Thanks ahead of time...
>>>
>>> Flossy
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