cobbler setup for automated installation 12.04

README

bdir=/archive/local/cobbler
pydir=/usr/share/pyshared/cobbler/utils/;
snipdir=/var/lib/cobbler/snippets/

mkdir -p $pydir
for f in $bdir/snippets/*; do ln -sf $f $snipdir/${f##*/}; done
for f in $bdir/pyshared/*; do ln -sf $f $pydir/${f##*/}; done


for p in precise-i386 precise-x86_64; do
  sudo cobbler profile add --name smlocal-$p --parent=$p --kickstart=$bdir/kickstarts/smlocal.preseed;
done

runcmd.py

from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
from cStringIO import StringIO
from gzip import GzipFile

_LATE_COMMAND_TEMPLATE = (
    "in-target sh -c '"
        "f=$1; "
        "shift; "
        "echo $0 | base64 --decode | gunzip > $f "
        "&& chmod u+x $f "
        "&& $f $* > $f.output 2>&1"
    "' %s /root/%s-late-command")

def base64_gzip(content):
    gzipped = StringIO()
    gzip_file = GzipFile(fileobj=gzipped, mode="wb", compresslevel=9)
    gzip_file.write(content)
    gzip_file.close()
    return b64encode(gzipped.getvalue())

def run_late_in_target(command, name="noname"):
    return _LATE_COMMAND_TEMPLATE % (base64_gzip(command), name)

smlocal.preseed

# Ubuntu Server Quick Install
# by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
#  * Documentation: http://bit.ly/uquick-doc

d-i     debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i     debian-installer/splash boolean false
d-i     console-setup/ask_detect        boolean false
d-i     console-setup/layoutcode        string us
d-i     console-setup/variantcode       string 
d-i     netcfg/get_nameservers  string 
d-i     netcfg/get_ipaddress    string 
d-i     netcfg/get_netmask      string 255.255.255.0
d-i     netcfg/get_gateway      string 
d-i     netcfg/confirm_static   boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i     partman-auto/method string regular
d-i     partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i     partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i     partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i     partman/choose_partition        select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i     partman/confirm boolean true
d-i     partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i     partman/default_filesystem string ext3
d-i     clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/ntp-server  string ntp.ubuntu.com
d-i     base-installer/kernel/image     string linux-server
d-i     passwd/root-login       boolean false
d-i     passwd/make-user        boolean true
d-i     passwd/user-fullname    string ubuntu
d-i     passwd/username string ubuntu
# this password is 'ubuntu'
d-i     passwd/user-password-crypted    password $6$.1eHH0iY$ArGzKX2YeQ3G6U.mlOO3A.NaL22Ewgz8Fi4qqz.Ns7EMKjEJRIW2Pm/TikDptZpuu7I92frytmk5YeL.9fRY4.
d-i     passwd/user-uid string 
d-i     user-setup/allow-password-weak  boolean false
d-i     user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
d-i     passwd/user-default-groups      string adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
d-i     apt-setup/services-select       multiselect security
d-i     apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com
d-i     apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu
d-i     debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated  string false
d-i     pkgsel/upgrade  select safe-upgrade
d-i     pkgsel/language-packs   multiselect 
d-i     pkgsel/update-policy    select none
d-i     pkgsel/updatedb boolean true
d-i     grub-installer/skip     boolean false
d-i     lilo-installer/skip     boolean false
d-i     grub-installer/only_debian      boolean true
d-i     grub-installer/with_other_os    boolean true
d-i     finish-install/keep-consoles    boolean false
d-i     finish-install/reboot_in_progress       note 
d-i     cdrom-detect/eject      boolean true
d-i     debian-installer/exit/halt      boolean false
d-i     debian-installer/exit/poweroff  boolean false
d-i     pkgsel/include string openssh-server

d-i     mirror/country string manual
d-i     mirror/http/hostname string archive.ubuntu.com
d-i     mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i     mirror/http/proxy string http://nelson:3128/

d-i   preseed/late_command string true && \
      $SNIPPET('smlocal_disable_pxe') && \
      $SNIPPET('smlocal_late_command') \
      true

smlocal_disable_pxe

wget "http://$http_server:$http_port/cblr/svc/op/nopxe/system/$system_name" -O /dev/null \

smlocal_late_command

#import orchestra.utils.runcmd
$orchestra.utils.runcmd.run_late_in_target_file("/archive/local/cobbler/misc/smoser-late-command", "cobbler-late-command") \

smoser-late-command

#!/bin/bash
## this file is read from /var/lib/cobbler/snippets/smoser_late_command

export LANG=C
#environment contains 'DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1'
unset DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND DEBIAN_FRONTEND DEBCONF_REDIR DEBCONF_OLD_FD_BASE
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

echo 'Acquire { HTTP { Proxy "http://nelson:3128/"; }; };' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99smoser-home
echo "force-unsafe-io" > /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/force-unsafe-io

apt-get update --assume-yes ;
apt-get dist-upgrade --assume-yes ;
apt-get install --assume-yes \
   bzr pastebinit ubuntu-dev-tools ccache bzr-builddeb vim-nox lftp \
   build-essential euca2ools cloud-utils python-software-properties \
   virt-host^ git-core byobu

( umask 226 && cat > /etc/sudoers.d/90-ubuntu-user ) <<EOF
# ubuntu gets passwordless sudo functionality.
ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
EOF

sudo -Hu ubuntu sh <<"ENDEND"
mkdir ~/bin
cat >> ~/.profile <<"EOF"
export EDITOR=vi
export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=4
export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH
EOF
echo "set -o vi" >> ~/.bashrc
ssh-import-id smoser
ENDEND

adduser ubuntu kvm
adduser ubuntu libvirtd
#adduser ubuntu admin

# smoser
cat >>/etc/default/grub <<EOF

#smoser. no fancy boot.
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
unset GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET
unset GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"
GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 # not necessary, because TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=10
EOF


echo "==== date: $(date -R) ===="
echo "==== uptime: $(uptime) ===="
cat /proc/uptime

Hi, This is very good preseed!
Where is orchestra.utils.runcmd library? I can't found in cobbler or python library.
Thanks.