BEgridProblems

Problems encountered during initial testing of the Centralised BEGrid QUATTOR Repository:

Issue:

• aii-shellfe --configure fails when using 'extended' partition
  • Symptoms: when using an 'extended partition' in /system/filesystems, aii-shellfe fails with

[DEBUG] aii-osinstall: opening node's CCM: /tmp/aii/kg-wn01.cc.kuleuven.ac.be
[DEBUG] aii-osinstall: processing the configuration template
[ERROR] in (/usr/lib/aii/osinstall/i386_sl3_ks.conf) line 122: /system/filesystems/disks/hda/hda3/mountpoint is not defined or is not a Property
[ERROR] aii-osinstall: error processing the configuration template
[ERROR] aii-osinstall: failed to add new KickStart config files

• aii-shellfe --configure fails with:

# aii-shellfe --configure wn1
[ERROR] in (/usr/lib/aii/osinstall/i386_sl3_ks.conf) line 216: Profile inconsistent : repository is missing for package rpm.
[ERROR] aii-osinstall: error processing the configuration template
[ERROR] aii-osinstall: failed to add new KickStart config files
[WARN] aii-shellfe: error executing aii-osinstall module
[ERROR] aii-shellfe: failed to configure OS installer

Solution: this has been fixed since aii-server 1.0.41. Upgrade with

apt-get update
apt-get install panc aii-server

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Issue:

• aii-shellfe --configure fails with:

# aii-shellfe --configure wn1 --debug 5
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: locking application
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: reading cmd line or input files
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: new entry: "configure" host "wn1"
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: host "wn1" has FQDN "wn1.grid.ing.ha.be"
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: reading profiles from CDB ...
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: fetching profile for wn1
fetch: can't get: <http://gridmaster.grid.ing.ha.be/profiles/wn1.xml>: Not Found (404)
[ERROR] aii-shellfe: error running: /usr/sbin/ccm-fetch --config=/tmp/aii/wn1.grid.ing.ha.be.conf --profile=http://gridmaster.grid.ing.ha.be/profiles/wn1.xml
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: nothing to do with respect to DHCP
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: nothing to do with respect to NBP
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: nothing to do with respect to OS installer
[DEBUG] aii-shellfe: unlocking application

Solution: Add this line to /etc/aii-shellfe.conf

profile_prefix = profile_

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Issue:

• aii-shellfe --configure fails with:

[WARN] aii-shellfe: invalid hostname (node11-1.wn.iihe.ac.be) for operation 'configure'

Solution: Make sure that the dom0 is configured as the default DNS server for the domU. Check the content of the file /etc/resolv.conf and see if it contains the dom0 as the first server. Example of a valid file for IIHE cluster (193.190.246.188 is the dom0, 193.190.247.71 is the 'normal' DNS)

search iihe.ac.be
nameserver 193.190.246.188
nameserver 193.190.247.71

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