I am trying to deploy new BM’s using Foreman. but while creating host in foreman getting the below error. can you please let me know how can fix this?
Failed to generate PXELinux template: undefined method `root_pass’ for #<Nic::Managed:0x007f1e69b90710>
I provisioned 2 VM’s with same setup last week. did not see this error earlier.
Appreciate any help
Thanks,
Chittu
Hey @cs123,
Could you share the version of foreman and the smart proxy, as well as share the content of this failing template?
This info will help us greatly to identify the root cause.
Kind regards,
Arend
Hi Arend,
Thanks for getting back.
I am using Foreman 1.9.3. somehow I am seeing this issue for all kick start templates when I select “Managed Interface”. of course without having managed interface it doesn’t create tftpboot file.
foreman-1.9.3
Here is my kickstart template…
I didn’t make much changes apart from yum update
<%#
kind: provision
name: Kickstart default
oses:
- CentOS 4
- CentOS 5
- CentOS 6
- CentOS 7
- Fedora 16
- Fedora 17
- Fedora 18
- Fedora 19
- Fedora 20
%>
<%#
This template accepts the following parameters:
- lang: string (default="en_US.UTF-8")
- keyboard: string (default="us")
- time-zone: string (default="PST")
- http-proxy: string (default="")
- http-proxy-port: string (default="")
- force-puppet: boolean (default=false)
- enable-puppetlabs-repo: boolean (default=false)
- salt_master: string (default=undef)
- ntp-server: string (default="0.fedora.pool.ntp.org")
- selinux: string (default="enforcing")
%>
<%
rhel_compatible = @host.operatingsystem.family == 'Redhat' && @host.operatingsystem.name != 'Fedora'
os_major = @host.operatingsystem.major.to_i
realm_compatible = (@host.operatingsystem.name == 'Fedora' && os_major >= 20) || (rhel_compatible && os_major >= 7)
# safemode renderer does not support unary negation
pm_set = @host.puppetmaster.empty? ? false : true
proxy_uri = @host.params['http-proxy'] ? "http://#{@host.params['http-proxy']}:#{@host.params['http-proxy-port']}" : nil
proxy_string = proxy_uri ? " --proxy=#{proxy_uri}" : ''
puppet_enabled = pm_set || @host.params['force-puppet'] && @host.params['force-puppet'] == 'true'
salt_enabled = @host.params['salt_master'] ? true : false
chef_enabled = @host.respond_to?(:chef_proxy) && @host.chef_proxy
section_end = (rhel_compatible && os_major <= 5) ? '' : '%end'
%>
install
<%= @mediapath %><%= proxy_string %>
lang <%= @host.params['lang'] || 'en_US.UTF-8' %>
selinux --enforcing
keyboard <%= @host.params['keyboard'] || 'us' %>
skipx
<% subnet = @host.subnet -%>
<% if subnet.respond_to?(:dhcp_boot_mode?) -%>
<% dhcp = subnet.dhcp_boot_mode? && !@static -%>
<% else -%>
<% dhcp = !@static -%>
<% end -%>
network --bootproto <%= dhcp ? 'dhcp' : "static --ip=#{@host.ip} --netmask=#{subnet.mask} --gateway=#{subnet.gateway} --nameserver=#{[subnet.dns_primary, subnet.dns_secondary].select(&:present?).join(',')}" %> --hostname <%= @host %><%= os_major >= 6 ? " --device=#{@host.mac}" : '' -%>
rootpw --iscrypted <%= root_pass %>
firewall --<%= os_major >= 6 ? 'service=' : '' %>ssh
authconfig --useshadow --passalgo=sha256 --kickstart
timezone --utc <%= @host.params['time-zone'] || 'UTC' %>
<% if rhel_compatible && os_major > 4 -%>
services --disabled gpm,sendmail,cups,pcmcia,isdn,rawdevices,hpoj,bluetooth,openibd,avahi-daemon,avahi-dnsconfd,hidd,hplip,pcscd
<% end -%>
<% if realm_compatible && @host.info['parameters']['realm'] && @host.otp && @host.realm && @host.realm.realm_type == 'Active Directory' -%>
realm join --one-time-password='<%= @host.otp %>' <%= @host.realm %>
<% end -%>
<% if @host.operatingsystem.name == 'Fedora' -%>
repo --name=fedora-everything --mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-<%= @host.operatingsystem.major %>&arch=<%= @host.architecture %><%= proxy_string %>
<% if puppet_enabled && @host.params['enable-puppetlabs-repo'] && @host.params['enable-puppetlabs-repo'] == 'true' -%>
repo --name=puppetlabs-products --baseurl=http://yum.puppetlabs.com/fedora/f<%= @host.operatingsystem.major %>/products/<%= @host.architecture %><%= proxy_string %>
repo --name=puppetlabs-deps --baseurl=http://yum.puppetlabs.com/fedora/f<%= @host.operatingsystem.major %>/dependencies/<%= @host.architecture %><%= proxy_string %>
<% end -%>
<% elsif rhel_compatible && os_major > 4 -%>
repo --name="EPEL" --mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-<%= @host.operatingsystem.major %>&arch=<%= @host.architecture %><%= proxy_string %>
<% if puppet_enabled && @host.params['enable-puppetlabs-repo'] && @host.params['enable-puppetlabs-repo'] == 'true' -%>
repo --name=puppetlabs-products --baseurl=http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/<%= @host.operatingsystem.major %>/products/<%= @host.architecture %><%= proxy_string %>
repo --name=puppetlabs-deps --baseurl=http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/<%= @host.operatingsystem.major %>/dependencies/<%= @host.architecture %><%= proxy_string %>
<% end -%>
<% end -%>
<% if @host.operatingsystem.name == 'Fedora' and os_major <= 16 -%>
# Bootloader exception for Fedora 16:
bootloader --append="nofb quiet splash=quiet <%=ks_console%>" <%= grub_pass %>
part biosboot --fstype=biosboot --size=1
<% else -%>
bootloader --location=mbr --append="nofb quiet splash=quiet" <%= grub_pass %>
<% end -%>
<% if @dynamic -%>
%include /tmp/diskpart.cfg
<% else -%>
<%= @host.diskLayout %>
<% end -%>
text
reboot
%packages
yum
dhclient
ntp
wget
screen
bash-completion
bind-utils
net-tools
yum-utils
@Core
<% if os_major >= 6 -%>
redhat-lsb-core
<% end -%>
<% if rhel_compatible && os_major > 4 -%>
epel-release
<% end -%>
<% if puppet_enabled %>
puppet
<% if @host.params['enable-puppetlabs-repo'] && @host.params['enable-puppetlabs-repo'] == 'true' -%>
puppetlabs-release
<% end -%>
<% end -%>
<% if salt_enabled %>
salt-minion
<% end -%>
<%= section_end -%>
<% if @dynamic -%>
%pre
<%= @host.diskLayout %>
<%= section_end -%>
<% end -%>
%post --nochroot
exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3
#changing to VT 3 so that we can see whats going on....
/usr/bin/chvt 3
(
cp -va /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/sysimage/etc/resolv.conf
/usr/bin/chvt 1
) 2>&1 | tee /mnt/sysimage/root/install.postnochroot.log
<%= section_end -%>
%post
logger "Starting anaconda <%= @host %> postinstall"
exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3
#changing to VT 3 so that we can see whats going on....
/usr/bin/chvt 3
(
<% if subnet.respond_to?(:dhcp_boot_mode?) -%>
<%= snippet 'kickstart_networking_setup' %>
<% end -%>
#update local time
echo "updating system time"
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -sub <%= @host.params['ntp-server'] || '0.fedora.pool.ntp.org' %>
/usr/sbin/hwclock --systohc
<% if @host.info['parameters']['realm'] && @host.otp && @host.realm && @host.realm.realm_type == 'FreeIPA' -%>
<%= snippet 'freeipa_register' %>
<% end -%>
<% if proxy_uri -%>
# Yum proxy
echo 'proxy = <%= proxy_uri %>' >> /etc/yum.conf
<% end -%>
# update all the base packages from the updates repository
#yum -t -y -e 0 update
<% if chef_enabled %>
echo "Bootstraping chef"
<%= respond_to?(:chef_bootstrap) ? chef_bootstrap(@host) : snippet_if_exists("chef-client omnibus bootstrap") %>
<% end%>
<% if puppet_enabled %>
echo "Configuring puppet"
cat > /etc/puppet/puppet.conf << EOF
<%= snippet 'puppet.conf' %>
EOF
# Setup puppet to run on system reboot
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 puppet on
/usr/bin/puppet agent --config /etc/puppet/puppet.conf -o --tags no_such_tag <%= @host.puppetmaster.blank? ? '' : "--server #{@host.puppetmaster}" %> --no-daemonize
<% end -%>
<% if salt_enabled %>
cat > /etc/salt/minion << EOF
<%= snippet 'saltstack_minion' %>
EOF
# Setup salt-minion to run on system reboot
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 salt-minion on
# Running salt-call to trigger key signing
salt-call --no-color --grains >/dev/null
<% end -%>
sync
# Inform the build system that we are done.
echo "Informing Foreman that we are built"
wget -q -O /dev/null --no-check-certificate <%= foreman_url %>
) 2>&1 | tee /root/install.post.log
exit 0Foreman 1.9.3 is over 3 years old. It contains multiple bugs including several known security issues, and is no longer supported.
I highly recommend upgrading to a more recent version, such as 1.21.0 which has been released last week.
You can try sharing the full stacktrace from /var/log/foreman/production.log, but most chances are if this is bug that it has been fixed a long time ago.
In the meantime, I suggest to check if your template is the correct type. This sounds like you are trying to put kickstart content into PXELinux template.
Failed to generate PXELinux template: undefined method `root_pass’
PXELinux template should never render a root password.
Thank you lzap. yep, I selected wrong template after changing template to right-one I am able to see tftpboot file. thank you so much and you have great day.