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| author | Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@redhat.com> | 2007-02-13 18:51:40 -0500 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-02-13 18:51:40 -0500 |
| commit | d31b9b1e3f11829eb02a8e3c9af2d294e3809251 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d73a6da64c3d3e1cde45783ac8cd7ab52171031 /cobbler.pod | |
| parent | 5944abe755b69fffdc905450a5b09dbb32785eb0 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/cobbler.pod b/cobbler.pod index 7e8fad5..2b4abb9 100644 --- a/cobbler.pod +++ b/cobbler.pod @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ an absolute filesystem path to a initrd image (optional) sets kernel command-line arguments that the distro, and profiles/systems dependant on it, will use. -Example: --ksmeta="foo=bar baz=3 asdf" +Example: --kopts="foo=bar baz=3 asdf" =item arch @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ B<cobbler remove repo --name=string> B<cobbler sync> -Configuration changes made with cobbler commands such as "add/edit" or "delete/remove" are saved in /var/lib/cobbler. These changes are not applied until 'cobbler sync' is run. Any errors in the configuration that must be corrected (such as missing files) will be reported during the sync process. +Cobbler sync must be run after changing /var/lib/cobbler/settings or manually editing kickstart templates or other internal files in /var/lib/cobbler. Cobbler sync's job is to make sure that the provisionable entities and the cobbler internal configuration are in sync. =head1 EXAMPLES @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ The --ksmeta options above require more explanation. If and only if --kickstart options reference filesystem URLs, --ksmeta allows for templating of the kickstart files to achieve advanced functions. If the --ksmeta option for a profile read --ksmeta="foo=7 bar=llama", anywhere -in the kickstart file where the string "TEMPLATE::bar" appeared would be replaced with the string "llama". +in the kickstart file where the string "TEMPLATE::bar" appeared would be replaced with the string "llama". (Actually $bar is also replaced, if you prefer that syntax). To apply these changes, "cobbler sync" must be run to generate custom kickstarts for each profile/system. @@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ For NFS and HTTP URLs, the "--ksmeta" options will have no effect. This is a goo cobbler manage your kickstart files, though the URL functionality is provided for integration with legacy infrastructure, possibly including web apps that already generate kickstarts. +Templated kickstart files are processed by the templating program/package Cheetah, so anything you can do in a Cheetah template can be done to a kickstart template. Learn more at http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/learn.html + =head2 DHCP CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT By default, cobbler does not write a dhcpd.conf and leaves configuration |