Added kickstart validation code to cobbler + documentation.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cobbler/api.py b/cobbler/api.py
index 58f1046..a061b68 100644
--- a/cobbler/api.py
+++ b/cobbler/api.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import action_enchant
 import action_import
 import action_reposync
 import action_status
+import action_validate
 
 class BootAPI:
 
@@ -117,6 +118,18 @@ class BootAPI:
         check = action_check.BootCheck(self._config)
         return check.run()
 
+    def validateks(self):
+        """
+        Use ksvalidator (from pykickstart, if available) to determine
+        whether the cobbler kickstarts are going to be (likely) well
+        accepted by Anaconda.  Presence of an error does not indicate
+        the kickstart is bad, only that the possibility exists.  ksvalidator
+        is not available on all platforms and can not detect "future"
+        kickstart format correctness.
+        """
+        validator = action_validate.Validate(self._config)
+        return validator.run()
+
     def sync(self):
         """
         Take the values currently written to the configuration files in