Terraform-file to add five systems within Cobbler.

cobbler-debian8.tf

provider "cobbler" {
  username = "${var.cobbler_username}"
  password = "${var.cobbler_password}"
  url      = "${var.cobbler_url}"
}

####[ NOTE ]##########################################
# Dir /var/www is used by Cobbler on CentOS / Red Hat.
# Cobbler on Debian uses /srv/www instead.
######################################################
/*resource "cobbler_distro" "debian8" {
  name       = "debian8"
  breed      = "debian"
  os_version = "jessie"
  arch       = "x86_64"
  kernel     = "/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/debian8-x86_64/install.amd/vmlinuz"
  initrd     = "/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/debian8-x86_64/install.amd/initrd.gz"
}

resource "cobbler_profile" "debian-jessie" {
  name                = "debian-jessie"
  distro              = "debian8"
  kickstart           = "/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/debian8-virtual.seed"
  ks_meta             = "release=8"
  kernel_options      = "ipv6.disable=1"
  name_servers        = ["192.168.0.3", "8.8.8.8"] # Should be a list
  name_servers_search = ["internal"]
  repos               = ["debian8-x86_64"]
}*/

resource "cobbler_system" "server" {
  count               = "5"
  name                = "linux01${count.index}"
  profile             = "debian8-x86_64"
  hostname            = "linux01${count.index}"
  gateway             = "192.168.0.1"
  kickstart           = "/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/debian8-virtual.seed"
  ks_meta             = "fs=xfs machinetype=vmware"
  status              = "testing"
  netboot_enabled     = "1"
  virt_type           = "vmware"
  power_type          = "vmware_soap"

  interface {
    name        = "eth0"
    mac_address = "00:de:ad:00:00:5${count.index}"
    ip_address  = "192.168.0.15${count.index}"
    netmask     = "255.255.255.0"
    gateway     = "192.168.0.1"
    management  = true # Not working...
    dns_name    = "linux01${count.index}.internal"
    static      = true
  }
}

resource "cobbler_snippet" "partitioning" {
  name = "/var/lib/cobbler/snippets/partitioning"
  body = <<EOF
#if $machinetype == 'kvm'
#set $disk='vda'
#else if $machinetype == 'xen'
#set $disk = 'xvda'
#else
#set $disk = 'sda'
#end if
d-i partman-auto/select_disk string /dev/$disk
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
      boot-root ::                                            \
              512 1000 512 ext4                               \
                      $primary{ } $bootable{ }                \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
              .                                               \
              100 10000 1000000000 $fs                        \
                      method{ lvm }                           \
                      use_filesystem{ }                       \
                      format{ }                               \
                      vg_name{ rootVG }                       \
              .                                               \
              4096 2000 4096 $fs                              \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      in_vg{ rootVG }                         \
                      lv_name{ root }                         \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ $fs }     \
                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
              .                                               \
              1024 1000 1024 $fs                              \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      in_vg{ rootVG }                         \
                      lv_name{ home }                         \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ $fs }     \
                      mountpoint{ /home }                     \
              .                                               \
              512 1000 512 $fs                                \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      in_vg{ rootVG }                         \
                      lv_name{ tmp }                          \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ $fs }     \
                      mountpoint{ /tmp }                      \
              .                                               \
              1024 1000 1024 linux-swap                       \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ swap } format{ }                \
                      in_vg{ rootVG }                         \
                      lv_name{ swap }                         \
              .                                               \
              100 1000 1000000000 $fs                         \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      in_vg{ rootVG }                         \
                      lv_name{ var }                          \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ $fs }     \
                      mountpoint{ /var }                      \
              .
d-i partman/default_filesystem string $fs
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/unknown_label boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_new_label boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
EOF
}

resource "cobbler_kickstart_file" "debian8-virtual" {
  name = "/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/debian8-virtual.seed"
  body = <<EOF
#### Contents of the preconfiguration file
### Localization
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string NL
d-i debian-installer/locale select en_US.UTF-8

--- cut --- 8< ---

## Figure out if we're kickstarting a system or a profile
#if $getVar('system_name','') != ''
#set $what = "system"
#else
#set $what = "profile"
#end if

### Finishing up the installation
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i preseed/late_command string wget -O- \
    http://$http_server/cblr/svc/op/script/$what/$name/?script=preseed_late_default | \
    chroot /target /bin/sh -s
EOF
}

terraform.tfvars

cobbler_username = "cobbler"
cobbler_password = "p4ssw0rd"
cobbler_url      = "http://cobbler.internal/cobbler_api"

variables.tf

variable "cobbler_username" {
  description = "Cobbler admin user"
  default     = "some_user"
}

variable "cobbler_password" {
  description = "Password for the Cobbler admin"
  default     = "some_password"
}

variable "cobbler_url" {
  description = "Where to reach the Cobbler API"
  default     = "http://some_server/cobbler_api"
}