[cobbler] Fwd: [cobbler-devel] Templated scripts

alastair at alastair-munro.com alastair at alastair-munro.com
Wed Sep 17 09:11:27 UTC 2014


Hi

I just worked out how to use them yesterday and documented here: 
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Using-template-scripts-for-Debian-and-Ubuntu-seeds

Also, I think cobbler_web should have a left hand option for template 
scripts and someone might update the official docs on what they are and 
how to use them?

Thanks

Alastair

On 2014-09-16 20:23, Jörgen Maas wrote:
> Hi Cobbler users,
> 
> Is anyone using the functionality as described below?
> Please let us know!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: LEONID FLAKS <flaks at bnl.gov>
> Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobbler-devel] Templated scripts
> To: cobbler-devel at lists.fedorahosted.org
> 
> On 09/15/2014 08:06 PM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
> 
>> On 09/07/2014 06:22 PM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
>> 
>>> I'd like to understand better the purpose of the generic templated
>>> scripts available in the
>>> scripts directory in Cobbler repository. The script() method in
>>> cobbler/services.py seems
>>> to be the responsible for creating these and, according to
>>> documentation, the purpose
>>> is to generate scripts based on snippets useful for post or late
>>> action where it
>>> is difficult to embed the script in the
>>> kickstart/autoyast/preseed file. I see only two
>>> of those in upstream Cobbler: preseed_early_default and
>>> preseed_late_default.
>>> These scripts only include snippets and are only used in sample
>>> preseed available
>>> in kickstarts/ directory. I dont understand why these 2 scripts
>>> could not be embedded
>>> directly in the sample preseed.
>>> 
>>> Is anyone using this feature?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Alan Evangelista
>> 
>> Considering the lack of answers and apparent lack of interest in
>> this feature, do we
>> need to keep it in the future versions of Cobbler? Removing it
>> would make code simpler.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Alan Evangelista
> 
>   I am very much interested in this feature. The problem is that
> preseed file that is used in debian/ubunty installer (d-i) is a lot
> less convenient then kickstart. In particular, early- and late-
> installation scripts are not very easy to configure. I had to cook a
> one line command with some sort of black magic to make it work if I
> used snippets. I hope those scripts made it easier and more readable.
> I never got a chance to give them a try, but it is on my to-do list. I
> am not sure who contributed this feature to cobbler, but the lack of
> documentation or use-case example make them less appealing. I think,
> they work as some sort of wrappers, which are not necessary for
> anaconda-based installations.
>  This mail list is not very active lately, unfortunately, but lack of
> the answer does not mean lack of interst
> 
>  Leon
> 
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