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====== Cobbler ======
===== Summary =====
[[https://cobbler.github.io/|Cobbler]] is used to reimage testnodes in the lab.  The Cobbler host is ''cobbler.front.sepia.ceph.com'' and is managed by Ansible.  It's a bare metal machine that used to be mira065.

Access the Web UI at https://cobbler.front.sepia.ceph.com/cobbler_web/

===== Reimaging/Reinstalling a host =====
See [[:testnodereimage]]

===== Creating a new user for Web UI access =====
  - In the ''ceph-cm-ansible'' repo, there is a ''tools/cobbler-access.sh'' script.  Run it.
  - Create a new branch named ''wip-username'' in the ''ceph-sepia-secrets'' repo
  - Paste the output under ''%%------ String for cobbler.yml ------%%'' into a new line in ''ansible/inventory/group_vars/cobbler.yml'' under ''users_digest_lines''
  - git commit, git push the branch, and create a Pull Request
  - ''%%ansible-playbook cobbler.yml --tags="settings"%%''

<code>
# Example
$ ~/git/ceph/ceph-cm-ansible/tools/cobbler-access.sh 
Enter username: bob

------ String for cobbler.yml ------
bob:Cobbler:07a95ca759fd46e9416de672a5e2bb60


# Add the user to the cobbler.yml secrets group_vars file
dgalloway@w541 ceph-sepia-secrets (wip-bob)$ git diff
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/cobbler.yml b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/cobbler.yml
index 758427a..6968689 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/cobbler.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/cobbler.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ users_digest_lines:
  - "yuriw:Cobbler:XXXXX"
  - "vasu:Cobbler:XXXXX"
  - "dmick:Cobbler:XXXXX"
+ - "bob:Cobbler:07a95ca759fd46e9416de672a5e2bb60"
</code>

===== Adding a new Distro =====
  - Create an entry for the new distro in ceph-cm-ansible's root ''cobbler.yml''
  - Create the profile
    - **If** the distro's ISO is not publicly accessible (e.g., RHEL/inktank-rescue), 
      - Add a dummy entry (Distro name and blank iso var) to ''roles/cobbler_profile/defaults/main.yml'' 
      - Add to ''ansible/inventory/group_vars/cobbler.yml'' in the secrets repo
    - **Else if** the distro's ISO **is** public (e.g., CentOS/Ubuntu), just add the iso path, sha256, etc. to ''roles/cobbler_profile/defaults/main.yml''
  - Run ''ansible-playbook cobbler.yml %%--%%tags=%%"%%$NEW_PROFILE_TAG%%"%%'' where $NEW_PROFILE_TAG is the tag created in Step 1
  - In cobbler web UI, go to **Profiles**
    - Click **Create New Sub-profile**
    - Name it ''$NEW_DISTRO_NAME**-stock**''
    - Set **Parent Profile** to ''$NEW_DISTRO_NAME''
    - **Save**

==== RHEL in Sepia ====
Because RHEL ISOs are only available inside the Red Hat firewall, we can't add an ''http'' URL to the secrets repo.  To add a RHEL version:

  - Find the ISO hosted inside the Red Hat firewall and download it
  - Once downloaded, ''scp'' the ISO to ''cobbler.front.sepia.ceph.com:/iso''
  - In the ceph-sepia-secrets repo, set the appropriate ''%%file:///iso/path%%''

==== Error adding brand new distro ====
Cobbler keeps a list of supported distros in ''/var/lib/cobbler/distro_signatures.json'' so it knows what defaults to apply to a distro/profile.

If a distro is brand-spankin' new, you may get an error like "No signature matched in /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Ubuntu-17.10-server-x86_64".

First try running ''cobbler signature update''.  If it still doesn't show up in ''cobbler signature report'', you'll have to manually add an entry in the JSON.

  - Edit ''/var/lib/cobbler/distro_signatures.json''
  - ''service cobblerd restart''

===== Re-importing a Distro =====
This would typically be done if a newer ISO (minor revision) of an OS is released.  For example: if you wanted to import Ubuntu 16.04.3 in place of the original 16.04 image.

  - First, you need to make sure no machines in Cobbler are set to use the distro you plan to replace
    - ssh to the Cobbler host
    - Set the profile for each machine using the distro you wish to replace with something else <code>
# Example:
for host in $(cobbler system find --profile Ubuntu-16.04-server-x86_64); do cobbler system edit --name=$host --profile inktank-rescue; done
</code>
      - You may wish to ''cat'' these hosts to a file so you can set the profile back after <code>
cobbler system find --profile Ubuntu-16.04-server-x86_64 > currently_xenial.dgalloway
for host in $(cat currently_xenial.dgalloway); do cobbler system edit --name=$host --profile inktank-rescue; done
# Reimport distro
for host in $(cat currently_xenial.dgalloway); do cobbler system edit --name=$host --profile Ubuntu-16.04-server-x86_64; done
rm currently_xenial.dgalloway
</code>
  - Delete all associated profiles under the **Profiles** tab in the Cobbler web UI
  - Delete the distro from **Distros** in the web UI
  - Proceed with [[services:cobbler#adding_a_new_distro|Re-adding the distro]]
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