Moved a sentence. Sentence refers to script, "this particular script" before it has been introduced. Moved sentence to after intro as it confused me. I though I'd missed something..
@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ It is expected that many Ansible users with a reasonable amount of physical hard
While primarily used to kickoff OS installations and manage DHCP and DNS, Cobbler has a generic
While primarily used to kickoff OS installations and manage DHCP and DNS, Cobbler has a generic
layer that allows it to represent data for multiple configuration management systems (even at the same time), and has
layer that allows it to represent data for multiple configuration management systems (even at the same time), and has
been referred to as a 'lightweight CMDB' by some admins. This particular script will communicate with Cobbler
been referred to as a 'lightweight CMDB' by some admins.
using Cobbler's XMLRPC API.
To tie Ansible's inventory to Cobbler (optional), copy `this script <https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/plugins/inventory/cobbler.py>`_ to /etc/ansible and `chmod +x` the file. cobblerd will now need
To tie Ansible's inventory to Cobbler (optional), copy `this script <https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/plugins/inventory/cobbler.py>`_ to /etc/ansible and `chmod +x` the file. cobblerd will now need
to be running when you are using Ansible and you'll need to use Ansible's ``-i`` command line option (e.g. ``-i /etc/ansible/cobbler.py``).
to be running when you are using Ansible and you'll need to use Ansible's ``-i`` command line option (e.g. ``-i /etc/ansible/cobbler.py``).
This particular script will communicate with Cobbler using Cobbler's XMLRPC API.
First test the script by running ``/etc/ansible/cobbler.py`` directly. You should see some JSON data output, but it may not have anything in it just yet.
First test the script by running ``/etc/ansible/cobbler.py`` directly. You should see some JSON data output, but it may not have anything in it just yet.
sam-at-github
11 years ago