cobbler does not recognise 12.04 server iso

[Pierre Amadio]

I installed cobbler on a kvm vm and wish to use it to deploy vm.

I try to deploy a ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64.iso system that i have imported in cobbler:

mkdir /home/ubuntu/iso
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop /home/ubuntu/ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64.iso /home/ubuntu/iso
sudo cobbler import --path=/home/ubuntu/iso/ --name=precise
sudo cobbler sync

I know the iso is ok because i used it to install the cobbler system itself.

Now, when i deploy a system with cobbler, it stop when trying to access a mirror.

/var/log/syslog of the failing system tells something like:

choose-mirror[3474] DEBUG command: wget -q http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//dists/precise/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
choose-mirror[3474] WARNING **: broken mirror: invalid Suite or Codename in Release file for $suite

Now, from the hypervisor, a tcpdump show that the vm was able to access http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//dists/precise/Release

##############################
GET /ubuntu//dists/precise/Release HTTP/1.1
Host: gb.archive.ubuntu.com
User-Agent: Wget
Connection: close

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
...
###############################

I can also wget it by hand on a console on the machine being installed, and the file i get actually contains lines such as:

Suite: precise
Codename: precise

Things works ok if I import an iso with "cobbler-ubuntu-import precise-amd64" though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cobbler (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 16 14:51:48 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: cobbler
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-14 (1 days ago)

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

I can reproduce within a precise amd64 cloud image using:

iso_url=http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64.iso
iso=${iso_url##*/}

pkgs="cobbler-web kvm"
v=$(uname -r) && [ "${v%-virtual}" != "${v}" ] &&
  pkgs="$pkgs linux-image-extra-virtual"

sudo apt-get install $pkgs

sudo modprobe kvm_intel
sudo modprobe kvm_amd
sudo chmod 666 /dev/kvm

wget "$iso_url" -O "$iso"
mkdir mp
sudo mount -o loop,ro "$iso" $PWD/mp
sudo cobbler import "--path=$PWD/mp" --name=precise
sudo umount $PWD/mp

qemu-img create -f qcow2 disk.img 4G
kvm -m 256 -boot n -display vnc=:1 \
   -drive file=disk.img,if=virtio \
   -net user,tftp=/var/lib/tftpboot,bootfile=/pxelinux.0 \
   -net nic,model=virtio

[truman plaisted (tplaisted3-14)]

I think i found a workaround here. I copied the file; /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/sample.seed to another file and configured that file to be the kickstart file. I then went down to the line that said "d-i mirror/suite string $suite" (ignore the spacing I put in, it was for illustrative purposes only). I then replaced "$suite" with "precise". Then I resynced cobbler and everything fell into place.

[Bryan Taylor (btaylor-b)]

Use the alternate build

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

I do not believe this is an issue with the Cobbler in 16.10. Please reopen if it is.