update snippet to support preseed

Change-Id: I8442758ffaf3a55ec4773bf820bc4cdefb2e6452
2014-05-06 11:31:00 -07:00 · 2014-05-06 11:31:00 -07:00 · ae44332c69
parent a8aa336541
commit ae44332c69
65 changed files with 1651 additions and 446 deletions
--- a/chef/cookbooks/mysql/templates/default/grants.sql.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/mysql/templates/default/grants.sql.erb
@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '<%= node['mysql']['server_root_pas

 # remove remote access for root user and set password for local root user
 DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');
-UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('<%= node['mysql']['server_root_password'] %>') WHERE User='root';
 <% end %>
+UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('<%= node['mysql']['server_root_password'] %>') WHERE User='root';
+
 <% if node['mysql']['remove_anonymous_users'] -%>

 # Remove anonymous users
--- a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-block-storage/providers/volume.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-block-storage/providers/volume.rb
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def select_loop_device resource
  output = %x{losetup -a|grep "/mnt/cinder-volumes"}.split(':')
  if output.empty?
    used_loop_device = %x{losetup -a |cut -f 1 -d ':'}.split
-    total_loop_device = %x{ls /dev/loop*}.split
+    total_loop_device = %x{ls /dev/loop* | egrep 'loop[0-9]+'}.split
    available_loop = total_loop_device - used_loop_device
    if available_loop.nil?
      resource.partition = nil
--- a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/attributes/default.rb
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ when "ubuntu"
  default["openstack"]["dashboard"]["local_settings_path"] = "/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py"
  default["openstack"]["dashboard"]["static_path"] = "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/static"
  default["openstack"]["dashboard"]["platform"] = {
-    "horizon_packages" => ["lessc", "openstack-dashboard"],
+    "horizon_packages" => ["node-less", "openstack-dashboard"],
    "mysql_python_packages" => ["python-mysqldb"],
    "postgresql_python_packages" => ["python-psycopg2"],
    "memcache_python_packages" => ["python-memcache"],
--- a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/spec/server_spec.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/spec/server_spec.rb
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe "openstack-dashboard::server" do
    end

    it "installs packages" do
-      expect(@chef_run).to upgrade_package "lessc"
+      expect(@chef_run).to upgrade_package "node-less"
      expect(@chef_run).to upgrade_package "openstack-dashboard"
      expect(@chef_run).to upgrade_package "python-mysqldb"
    end
--- a/chef/databags/openstack/openstack.json
+++ b/chef/databags/openstack/openstack.json
@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
            }
        }
    },
-  "support_oses": [  "CentOS*" ],
+  "support_oses": [  "CentOS*", "Ubuntu*" ],
  "services" : { "compute" : { "name" : "nova",
          "status" : "enable"
        },
--- a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
+++ b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ bootloader --location=mbr
 # Clear MBR
 zerombr

-# Pre-clear Partition
-clearpart --all --initlabel
-
 # Use Text Mode
 text
-# cmdline

 # Disable Firewall
 firewall --disabled
@ -36,10 +32,9 @@ logging --level=info
 url --url=$tree


-$SNIPPET('network_config')
-
-# Repository Config
-repo --name=ppa_repo --baseurl=http://$server:$http_port/cobbler/repo_mirror/ppa_repo/
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_network_config')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_partition_disks')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_yum_repo_config')

 # Root Password
 #if $getVar('password', '') != ""
@ -67,21 +62,14 @@ install
 # Reboot After Installation
 reboot

-%include /tmp/part-include
-
 %pre
 $SNIPPET('log_ks_pre')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_start')
-$SNIPPET('pre_install_network_config')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_pre_install_network_config')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_pre_partition_disks')
+
 # Enable installation monitoring
-$SNIPPET('pre_anamon')
-# useful to debug pre/post
-# chvt 3
-# exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 2>/dev/tty3
-
-# get  the number of hard disks and their names
-
-$SNIPPET('partition_disks')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_pre_anamon')

 # Packages
 %packages --nobase
@ -98,29 +86,19 @@ liblogging
 rsyslog

 %post --log=/var/log/post_install.log
-$SNIPPET('post_install_network_config')
-
-cat << EOF > /etc/yum.conf
-$SNIPPET('yum.conf')
-EOF
-
-$SNIPPET('ssh')
-$SNIPPET('ntp')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_post_install_network_config')

 chkconfig iptables off
 chkconfig ip6tables off

-cat << EOF > /etc/security/limits.conf
-$SNIPPET('limits.conf')
-EOF
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_yum.conf')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_ssh')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_ntp')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_limits.conf')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_sysctl.conf')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_rsyslog.conf')
+#set $kickstart_tool = "kickstart_%s" % $tool
+$SNIPPET($kickstart_tool)

-cat << EOF > /etc/sysctl.conf
-$SNIPPET('sysctl.conf')
-EOF
-
-sysctl -p
-
-$SNIPPET($tool)
-
-$SNIPPET('post_anamon')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_post_anamon')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
--- a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.seed
+++ b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.seed
@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Mostly based on the Ubuntu installation guide
+# https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/
+
+## Figure out if we're kickstarting a system or a profile
+#if $getVar('system_name','') != ''
+#set $what = "system"
+#else
+#set $what = "profile"
+#end if
+
+# Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.
+d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
+d-i debian-installer/country string US
+d-i debian-installer/language string en
+
+# Keyboard selection.
+# Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection.
+d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
+d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us
+d-i console-setup/modelcode string  SKIP
+d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string us
+d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us
+d-i keyboard-configuration/model    select  Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
+d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap   select  us
+d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap   select  us
+
+d-i preseed/early_command string \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_pre_anamon') echo "processed preseed_pre_anamon" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_pre_install_network_config') echo "processed preseed_pre_install_network_config" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+wget -O- \
+http://$http_server/cblr/svc/op/script/$what/$name/?script=preseed_early_default | /bin/sh -s
+
+d-i partman/early_command string \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_pre_partition_disks') echo "processed preseed_pre_partition_disks" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+wget -O- \
+http://$http_server/cblr/svc/op/script/$what/$name/?script=partman_early_default | /bin/sh -s
+
+$SNIPPET('preseed_network_config')
+$SNIPPET('preseed_partition_disks')
+
+# NTP/Time Setup
+#if $getVar('timezone', '') != ""
+d-i time/zone string $timezone
+#else
+d-i time/zone string US/Pacific
+#end if
+d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
+d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
+d-i clock-setup/ntp-server  string ntp.ubuntu.com
+
+# Setup the installation source
+d-i mirror/country string manual
+d-i mirror/http/hostname string $http_server
+d-i mirror/http/directory string $install_source_directory
+#if $getVar('proxy', '') != ""
+d-i mirror/http/proxy string $proxy
+#end if
+
+#set $os_v = $getVar('os_version','')
+#if $os_v and $os_v.lower()[0] > 'p'
+# Required at least for 12.10+
+d-i live-installer/net-image string http://$http_server/cobbler/ks_mirror/$distro_name/install/filesystem.squashfs
+#end if
+
+# root account and password
+d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
+d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
+#if $getVar('password', '') != ""
+d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $password
+#else
+d-i passwd/root-password password root
+d-i passwd/root-password-again password root
+#end if
+
+$SNIPPET('preseed_apt_repo_config')
+
+# Individual additional packages to install
+# wget is REQUIRED otherwise quite a few things won't work
+# later in the build (like late-command scripts)
+d-i pkgsel/include string ntp ssh wget chef
+# Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.
+# Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
+d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none
+d-i popularity-contest/participate boolean false
+d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true
+d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
+
+# Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the
+# installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer).
+# Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically.
+d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string $kernel_options_post
+d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true
+
+# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
+d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
+
+# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
+# still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it
+# directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install
+# packages and run commands in the target system.
+# d-i preseed/late_command string [command]
+d-i preseed/late_command string \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_post_install_network_config') echo "processed preseed_post_install_network_config" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_ssh') echo "processed preseed_ssh" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_ntp') echo "processed preseed_ntp" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_post_apt_repo_config') echo "processed preseed_post_apt_repo_config" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+#set $preseed_tool = "preseed_%s" % $tool
+$SNIPPET($preseed_tool) echo "processed $preseed_tool" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_limits.conf') echo "processed preseed_limits.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_sysctl.conf') echo "processed preseed_sysctl.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_rsyslog.conf') echo "processed preseed_rsyslog.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_post_anamon') echo "processed preseed_post_anamon" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+wget -O- \
+   http://$http_server/cblr/svc/op/script/$what/$name/?script=preseed_late_default | \
+   chroot /target /bin/sh -s
--- a/cobbler/snippets/chef
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/chef
@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ cat << EOL > /etc/chef/client.rb
 $SNIPPET('client.rb')
 EOL

+## Generate first-boot.json
+cat << EOL > /etc/chef/first-boot.json
+$SNIPPET('first-boot.json')
+EOL
+
 ## Register Server in Rsyslog


@ -25,50 +30,17 @@ EOL
 service rsyslog restart


-cat << EOF > /etc/chef/firstrun.sh
-#raw
-#!/bin/bash
-touch /tmp/chef.log
-while true; do
-  echo "firstrun chef-client on `date`" &>> /tmp/chef.log
-  clients=\$(pgrep chef-client)
-  if [ "\$?" == "0" ]; then
-      echo "there are chef-clients '\$clients' running" &>> /tmp/chef.log
-      sleep 1m
-  else
-      chef-client -L /var/log/chef-client.log &>> /tmp/chef.log
-      if [ "\$?" != "0" ]; then
-          echo "chef-client run failed"  &>> /tmp/chef.log
-          sleep 1m
-      else
-          echo "chef-client run success" &>> /tmp/chef.log
-          break
-      fi
-  fi
-done
-#end raw
-EOF
-
 cat << EOF > /etc/chef/rerun.sh
 #raw
 #!/bin/bash
-echo "rerun chef-client on `date`" &>> /tmp/chef.log
-clients=\$(pgrep chef-client)
-if [ "\$?" == "0" ]; then
-    echo "there are chef-clients '\$clients' running" &>> /tmp/chef.log
-    exit 1
-fi
-chef-client &>> /tmp/chef.log
+pgrep chef-client
 if [ "\$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "chef-client run failed"  &>> /tmp/chef.log
-else
-    echo "chef-client run success" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+chef-client -p /var/run/chef-client.pid -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json &> /tmp/chef.log
 fi
 #end raw
 EOF

-chmod +x /etc/chef/firstrun.sh
-chmod +x /etc/chef/rerun.sh
+

 ## A self-destruct service to boot chef client and register cron job
 cat << EOF > /etc/init.d/chef
@ -76,15 +48,26 @@ cat << EOF > /etc/init.d/chef
 # chkconfig: 2345 95 20
 # description: Description of the script
 # processname: chef-agent
-/etc/chef/firstrun.sh
+#if $getVar('ntp_server', '') != ""
+echo "old date is: \`date\`" 2>&1 > /tmp/ntp.log
+echo "path: \$PATH" 2>71 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+/sbin/service ntpd stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+/usr/sbin/ntpdate $server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+/sbin/service ntpd start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+echo "new date is: \`date\`" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+#end if

+/etc/chef/rerun.sh
+
+chmod +x /etc/chef/rerun.sh
 crontab -l  > mycron
-echo "*/30 * * * *  /etc/chef/rerun.sh" >> mycron
+echo "*/1 * * * *  /etc/chef/rerun.sh" >> mycron
 crontab mycron
 rm mycron
 chkconfig chef off
-mv /etc/init.d/chef /tmp/chef
+rm -rf /etc/init.d/chef
 EOF

+
 chmod +x /etc/init.d/chef
 chkconfig --level 2345 chef on
--- a/cobbler/snippets/client.rb
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/client.rb
@ -1,26 +1,15 @@
 log_level        :info
-log_location     '/dev/null'
+log_location     '/var/log/chef-client.log'
 #if $getVar('chef_url', '') != ""
 chef_server_url  '$chef_url'
 #end if
 #if $getVar('proxy', '') != "" 
 http_proxy       '$proxy'
 https_proxy      '$proxy'
-ENV['http_proxy'] = '$proxy'
-ENV['https_proxy'] = '$proxy'
-ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] = '$proxy'
-ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = '$proxy'
 #end if
 #if $getVar('ignore_proxy', '') != ""
 no_proxy         '$ignore_proxy'
-ENV['no_proxy'] = '$ignore_proxy'
-ENV['NO_PROXY'] = '$ignore_proxy'
-#end if
-#if $getVar('chef_node_name', '') != ""
-node_name        '$chef_node_name'
 #end if
 validation_client_name 'chef-validator'
-json_attribs nil
-pid_file '/var/run/chef-client.pid'
 # Using default node name (fqdn) 
-no_lazy_load true
+
--- a/cobbler/snippets/hosts
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/hosts
@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-127.0.0.1   $system_name localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
-::1         $system_name localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
-# #for $iname, $idata in $interfaces.items()
-#     #set $ip = $idata.get("ip_address", "")
-#     #if $hostname != "" and $ip != ""
-#         $ip $hostname
-#     #end if 
-# #end for 
-# # $compass_ip $compass_hostname
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+mkdir -p /etc/chef
+
+## Generate chef rsyslog conf
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_chef_rsyslog.conf')
+
+## Generate validation.pem
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_chef-validator.pem')
+## Generate client.rb
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_client.rb')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_chef_firstrun.sh')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_chef_rerun.sh')
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_chef_init')
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef-validator.pem
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef-validator.pem
@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#if $getVar('chef_validation_file', '') == ""
+    #set chef_validation_file = '/etc/chef-server/chef-validator.pem'
+#end if
+#set f = $open($chef_validation_file)
+cat << EOL > /etc/chef/validation.pem
+#echo $f.read()
+EOL
+#silent $f.close()
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_firstrun.sh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_firstrun.sh
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+cat << EOF > /etc/chef/firstrun.sh
+#raw
+#!/bin/bash
+touch /tmp/chef.log
+while true; do
+  echo "firstrun chef-client on \`date\`" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+  clients=\$(pgrep chef-client)
+  if [ "\$?" == "0" ]; then
+      echo "there are chef-clients '\$clients' running" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+      sleep 1m
+  else
+      chef-client -L /var/log/chef-client.log &>> /tmp/chef.log
+      if [ "\$?" != "0" ]; then
+          echo "chef-client run failed"  &>> /tmp/chef.log
+          sleep 1m
+      else
+          echo "chef-client run success" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+          break
+      fi
+  fi
+done
+#end raw
+EOF
+chmod +x /etc/chef/firstrun.sh
+
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_init
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_init
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## A self-destruct service to boot chef client and register cron job
+cat << EOF > /etc/init.d/chef
+#raw
+#!/bin/bash
+# chkconfig: 2345 99 20
+# description: Description of the script
+# processname: chef-agent
+rm -rf /var/lib/rsyslog/firstboot_log
+service rsyslog restart
+/etc/chef/firstrun.sh
+
+crontab -l  > /tmp/mycron
+echo "*/30 * * * *  /etc/chef/rerun.sh" >> /tmp/mycron
+crontab /tmp/mycron
+rm /tmp/mycron
+chkconfig chef off
+mv /etc/init.d/chef /tmp/chef
+#end raw
+EOF
+
+chmod +x /etc/init.d/chef
+chkconfig chef on
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_rerun.sh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_rerun.sh
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+cat << EOF > /etc/chef/rerun.sh
+#raw
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "rerun chef-client on \`date\`" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+clients=\$(pgrep chef-client)
+if [ "\$?" == "0" ]; then
+    echo "there are chef-clients '\$clients' running" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+    exit 1
+fi
+chef-client &>> /tmp/chef.log
+if [ "\$?" != "0" ]; then
+    echo "chef-client run failed"  &>> /tmp/chef.log
+else
+    echo "chef-client run success" &>> /tmp/chef.log
+fi
+#end raw
+EOF
+chmod +x /etc/chef/rerun.sh
+
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_rsyslog.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_rsyslog.conf
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cat << EOL > /etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf
+\\$ModLoad imfile
+\\$InputFileName /var/log/chef-client.log
+\\$InputFileReadMode 0
+\\$InputFileTag
+\\$InputFileStateFile firstboot_log
+\\$InputFileSeverity notice
+\\$InputFileFacility local3
+\\$InputRunFileMonitor
+\\$InputFilePollInterval 1
+local3.info @$server:514
+EOL
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_client.rb
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_client.rb
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+cat << EOL > /etc/chef/client.rb
+log_level        :info
+log_location     '/dev/null'
+#if $getVar('chef_url', '') != ""
+chef_server_url  '$chef_url'
+#end if
+#if $getVar('proxy', '') != "" 
+http_proxy       '$proxy'
+https_proxy      '$proxy'
+ENV['http_proxy'] = '$proxy'
+ENV['https_proxy'] = '$proxy'
+ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] = '$proxy'
+ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = '$proxy'
+#end if
+#if $getVar('ignore_proxy', '') != ""
+no_proxy         '$ignore_proxy'
+ENV['no_proxy'] = '$ignore_proxy'
+ENV['NO_PROXY'] = '$ignore_proxy'
+#end if
+#if $getVar('chef_node_name', '') != ""
+node_name        '$chef_node_name'
+#end if
+validation_client_name 'chef-validator'
+json_attribs nil
+pid_file '/var/run/chef-client.pid'
+# Using default node name (fqdn) 
+no_lazy_load true
+EOL
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_hosts
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_hosts
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cat << EOL > /etc/hosts
+127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
+::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
+#for $iname, $idata in $interfaces.items()
+    #if $hostname and $idata["management"] and $idata["static"] and $idata.get("ip_address", "") != ""
+$idata["ip_address"] $hostname
+    #end if 
+#end for
+#import os
+#set $server_name = $os.uname[1]
+$server $server_name
+EOL
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_limits.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_limits.conf
@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+cat << EOF > /etc/security/limits.conf
+#raw
 # /etc/security/limits.conf
 #
-#Each line describes a limit for a user in the form:
+# Each line describes a limit for a user in the form:
 #
 #<domain>        <type>  <item>  <value>
 #
@ -39,7 +41,6 @@
 #<domain>      <type>  <item>         <value>
 #

-#raw
 #*               soft    core            0
 #*               hard    rss             10000
 #@student        hard    nproc           20
@ -48,6 +49,6 @@
 #ftp             hard    nproc           0
 #@student        -       maxlogins       4
 *                -       nofile          100000 
-#end raw
-
 # End of file
+#end raw
+EOF
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_network_config
@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## start of cobbler network_config generated code
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+# Using "new" style networking config, by matching networking information to the physical interface's 
+# MAC-address
+%include /tmp/pre_install_network_config
+#end if
+## end of cobbler network_config generated code
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_ntp
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_ntp
@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#if $getVar('ntp_server', '') != ""
+
+chkconfig ntpd on
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/ntp.conf
+# For more information about this file, see the man pages
+# ntp.conf(5), ntp_acc(5), ntp_auth(5), ntp_clock(5), ntp_misc(5), ntp_mon(5).
+
+# Include the option tinker panic 0 at the top of your ntp.conf file. 
+# By default, the NTP daemon sometimes panics and exits if the underlying clock
+# appears to be behaving erratically. This option causes the daemon to keep 
+# running instead of panicking. 
+tinker panic 0
+
+driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift
+
+# Permit time synchronization with our time source, but do not
+# permit the source to query or modify the service on this system.
+restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
+restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
+
+# Permit all access over the loopback interface.  This could
+# be tightened as well, but to do so would effect some of
+# the administrative functions.
+restrict 127.0.0.1 
+restrict -6 ::1
+
+# Hosts on local network are less restricted.
+# restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap
+
+# Use public servers from the pool.ntp.org project.
+# Please consider joining the pool (http://www.pool.ntp.org/join.html).
+# server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org
+# server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org
+# server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org
+#if $getVar('ntp_server', '') != ""
+server $ntp_server
+#end if
+
+# broadcast 192.168.1.255 autokey	# broadcast server
+# broadcastclient			# broadcast client
+# broadcast 224.0.1.1 autokey		# multicast server
+# multicastclient 224.0.1.1		# multicast client
+# manycastserver 239.255.254.254		# manycast server
+# manycastclient 239.255.254.254 autokey # manycast client
+
+# Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup
+# and when no outside source of synchronized time is available. 
+server	127.127.1.0	# local clock
+
+# Enable public key cryptography.
+# crypto
+
+includefile /etc/ntp/crypto/pw
+
+# Key file containing the keys and key identifiers used when operating
+# with symmetric key cryptography. 
+keys /etc/ntp/keys
+
+# Specify the key identifiers which are trusted.
+# trustedkey 4 8 42
+
+# Specify the key identifier to use with the ntpdc utility.
+# requestkey 8
+
+# Specify the key identifier to use with the ntpq utility.
+# controlkey 8
+
+# Enable writing of statistics records.
+# statistics clockstats cryptostats loopstats peerstats
+EOF
+
+chkconfig ntpd on
+echo "old date is: `date`" 2>&1 > /tmp/ntp.log
+echo "path: \$PATH" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+/sbin/service ntpd stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+/usr/sbin/ntpdate $ntp_server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+/sbin/service ntpd start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+echo "new date is: `date`" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_partition_disks
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_partition_disks
@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## start of cobbler network_config generated code
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+%include /tmp/part-include
+#end if
+## end of cobbler network_config generated code
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_anamon
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_anamon
@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#if $str($getVar('anamon_enabled','')) == "1"
+
+## install anamon script
+wget -O /usr/local/sbin/anamon "http://$server:$http_port/cobbler/aux/anamon"
+## install anamon system service
+cat << EOF > /etc/init.d/anamon.init
+#raw
+#!/bin/bash
+## BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: anamon.init
+# Default-Start: 3 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 4 6
+# Required-Start:
+# Should-Start: $network
+# Short-Description: Starts the cobbler anamon boot notification program
+# Description: anamon runs the first time a machine is booted after
+#              installation.
+## END INIT INFO
+
+#
+# anamon.init: Starts the cobbler post-install boot notification program
+#
+# chkconfig: 35 95 95
+#
+# description: anamon runs the first time a machine is booted after
+#              installation.
+#
+#end raw
+/usr/local/sbin/anamon --watchfile "/var/log/boot.log /var/log/messages /var/log/dmesg" --name $name --server $server --port $http_port --exit
+chkconfig anamon.init off
+mv /etc/init.d/anamon.init /tmp/anamon.init
+EOF
+
+## adjust permissions
+chmod 755 /etc/init.d/anamon.init /usr/local/sbin/anamon
+test -d /selinux && restorecon /etc/init.d/anamon.init /usr/local/sbin/anamon
+
+## enable the script
+chkconfig anamon.init on
+
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_install_network_config
@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+# Start post_install_network_config generated code
+#if $getVar('promisc_nics', '') != ""
+    #set promisc_interfaces = [promisc.strip() for promisc in $promisc_nics.split(',') if promisc.strip()]
+#else
+    #set promisc_interfaces = []
+#end if
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+    ## this is being provisioned by system records, not profile records
+    ## so we can do the more complex stuff
+    ## get the list of interface names
+    #set ikeys = $interfaces.keys()
+    #set osversion = $getVar("os_version","")
+    #import re
+    #set $vlanpattern = $re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]+[\.:][0-9]+")
+    ## Determine if we should use the MAC address to configure the interfaces first
+    ## Only physical interfaces are required to have a MAC address
+    ## Also determine the number of bonding devices we have, so we can set the
+    ## max-bonds option in modprobe.conf accordingly. -- jcapel
+    #set $configbymac = True
+    #set $numbondingdevs = 0
+    #set $enableipv6 = False
+    ## =============================================================================
+    #for $iname in $ikeys
+        ## look at the interface hash data for the specific interface
+        #set $idata = $interfaces[$iname]
+        ## do not configure by mac address if we don't have one AND it's not for bonding/vlans
+        ## as opposed to a "real" physical interface
+        #if $idata.get("mac_address", "") == "" and not $vlanpattern.match($iname) and not $idata.get("interface_type", "").lower() in ("master","bond","bridge"):
+                ## we have to globally turn off the config by mac feature as we can't
+                ## use it now
+                #set $configbymac = False
+        #end if
+        ## count the number of bonding devices we have.
+        #if $idata.get("interface_type", "").lower() in ("master","bond","bonded_bridge_slave")
+            #set $numbondingdevs += 1
+        #end if
+        ## enable IPv6 networking if we set an ipv6 address or turn on autoconfiguration
+        #if $idata.get("ipv6_address", "") != "" or $ipv6_autoconfiguration == True
+            #set $enableipv6 = True
+        #end if
+    #end for
+    ## end looping through the interfaces to see which ones we need to configure.
+    ## =============================================================================
+    #set $i = 0
+    ## setup bonding if we have to
+    #if $numbondingdevs > 0
+
+# we have bonded interfaces, so set max_bonds
+if [ -f "/etc/modprobe.conf" ]; then
+    echo "options bonding max_bonds=$numbondingdevs" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
+fi
+    #end if
+    ## =============================================================================
+    ## create a staging directory to build out our network scripts into
+    ## make sure we preserve the loopback device
+
+# create a working directory for interface scripts
+mkdir /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler
+cp /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/
+    ## =============================================================================
+    ## configure the gateway if set up (this is global, not a per-interface setting)
+    #if $gateway != ""
+
+# set the gateway in the network configuration file
+grep -v GATEWAY /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+echo "GATEWAY=$gateway" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network
+mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
+    #end if
+    ## =============================================================================
+    ## Configure the system's primary hostname. This is also passed to anaconda, but
+    ## anaconda doesn't seem to honour it in DHCP-setups.
+    #if $hostname != ""
+
+# set the hostname in the network configuration file
+grep -v HOSTNAME /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+echo "HOSTNAME=$hostname" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network
+mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
+
+# Also set the hostname now, some applications require it
+# (e.g.: if we're connecting to Puppet before a reboot).
+/bin/hostname $hostname
+    #end if
+
+$SNIPPET('kickstart_hosts')
+
+    #if $enableipv6 == True
+grep -v NETWORKING_IPV6 /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+echo "NETWORKING_IPV6=yes" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network
+mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
+        #if $ipv6_autoconfiguration != ""
+grep -v IPV6_AUTOCONF /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+            #if $ipv6_autoconfiguration == True
+echo "IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+            #else
+echo "IPV6_AUTOCONF=no" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+            #end if
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network
+mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
+        #end if
+        #if $ipv6_default_device != ""
+grep -v IPV6_DEFAULTDEV /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+echo "IPV6_DEFAULTDEV=$ipv6_default_device" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network
+mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
+        #end if
+    #end if
+    ## =============================================================================
+    ## now create the config file for each interface
+    #for $iname in $ikeys
+
+# Start configuration for $iname
+        ## create lots of variables to use later
+        #set $idata                = $interfaces[$iname]
+        #set $mac                  = $idata.get("mac_address", "").upper()
+        #set $mtu                  = $idata.get("mtu", "")
+        #set $static               = $idata.get("static", "")
+        #set $ip                   = $idata.get("ip_address", "")
+        #set $netmask              = $idata.get("netmask", "")
+        #set $if_gateway           = $idata.get("if_gateway", "")
+        #set $static_routes        = $idata.get("static_routes", "")
+        #set $iface_type           = $idata.get("interface_type", "").lower()
+        #set $iface_master         = $idata.get("interface_master", "")
+        #set $bonding_opts         = $idata.get("bonding_opts", "")
+        #set $bridge_opts          = $idata.get("bridge_opts", "").split(" ")
+        #set $ipv6_address         = $idata.get("ipv6_address", "")
+        #set $ipv6_secondaries     = $idata.get("ipv6_secondaries", "")
+        #set $ipv6_mtu             = $idata.get("ipv6_mtu", "")
+        #set $ipv6_default_gateway = $idata.get("ipv6_default_gateway", "")
+        #set $ipv6_static_routes   = $idata.get("ipv6_static_routes", "")
+        #set $devfile              = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/ifcfg-" + $iname
+        #set $routesfile           = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/route-" + $iname
+        #set $ipv6_routesfile      = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/route6-" + $iname
+        ## determine if this interface is for a VLAN
+        #if $vlanpattern.match($iname)
+            #set $is_vlan = "true"
+        #else
+            #set $is_vlan = "false"
+        #end if
+        ## slave interfaces are assumed to be static
+        #if $iface_type in ("slave","bond_slave","bridge_slave","bonded_bridge_slave")
+            #set $static = 1
+        #end if 
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Things every interface get, no matter what
+        ## ===================================================================
+echo "DEVICE=$iname" > $devfile
+echo "ONBOOT=yes" >> $devfile
+            #if $mac != "" and $iface_type not in ("master","bond","bridge","bonded_bridge_slave")
+            ## virtual interfaces don't get MACs
+echo "HWADDR=$mac" >> $devfile
+IFNAME=\$(ip -o link | grep -i '$mac' | sed -e 's/^[0-9]*: //' -e 's/:.*//')
+            ## Rename this interface in modprobe.conf
+            ## FIXME: if both interfaces startwith eth this is wrong
+if [ -f "/etc/modprobe.conf" ] && [ \$IFNAME ]; then
+    grep \$IFNAME /etc/modprobe.conf | sed "s/\$IFNAME/$iname/" >> /etc/modprobe.conf.cobbler
+    grep -v \$IFNAME /etc/modprobe.conf >> /etc/modprobe.conf.new
+    rm -f /etc/modprobe.conf
+    mv /etc/modprobe.conf.new /etc/modprobe.conf
+fi
+            #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Actions based on interface_type
+        ## ===================================================================
+        #if $iface_type in ("master","bond","bonded_bridge_slave")
+            ## if this is a bonded interface, configure it in modprobe.conf
+            #if $osversion == "rhel4"
+if [ -f "/etc/modprobe.conf" ]; then
+    echo "install $iname /sbin/modprobe bonding -o $iname $bonding_opts" >> /etc/modprobe.conf.cobbler
+fi
+            #else
+            ## Add required entry to modprobe.conf
+if [ -f "/etc/modprobe.conf" ]; then
+    echo "alias $iname bonding" >> /etc/modprobe.conf.cobbler
+fi
+            #end if
+            #if $bonding_opts != ""
+cat >> $devfile << EOF
+BONDING_OPTS="$bonding_opts"
+EOF
+            #end if
+        #elif $iface_type in ("slave","bond_slave") and $iface_master != ""
+echo "SLAVE=yes" >> $devfile
+echo "MASTER=$iface_master" >> $devfile
+echo "HOTPLUG=no" >> $devfile
+        #end if
+        #if $iface_type == "bridge"
+echo "TYPE=Bridge" >> $devfile
+        #for $bridge_opt in $bridge_opts
+            #if $bridge_opt.strip() != ""
+echo "$bridge_opt" >> $devfile
+            #end if
+        #end for
+        #elif ($iface_type == "bridge_slave" or $iface_type == "bonded_bridge_slave") and $iface_master != ""
+echo "BRIDGE=$iface_master" >> $devfile
+echo "HOTPLUG=no" >> $devfile
+        #end if
+        #if $iface_type != "bridge"
+echo "TYPE=Ethernet" >> $devfile
+        #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Actions based on static/dynamic configuration
+        ## ===================================================================
+        #if $static
+            #if $mac == "" and $iface_type == ""
+# WARNING! Configuring interfaces by their names only
+#          is error-prone, and can cause issues if and when
+#          the kernel gives an interface a different name
+#          following a reboot/hardware changes.
+            #end if
+echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $devfile
+            #if $ip != "" and $iface_type not in ("slave","bond_slave","bridge_slave","bonded_bridge_slave")
+                ## Only configure static networking if an IP-address is configured
+                ## and if the interface isn't slaved to another interface (bridging or bonding)
+                #if $iname in $promisc_interfaces
+echo "PROMISC=yes" >> $devfile
+                #else
+                    #if $ip != ""
+echo "IPADDR=$ip" >> $devfile
+                    #end if
+                    #if $if_gateway != ""
+echo "GATEWAY=$if_gateway" >> $devfile
+                    #end if
+                    #if $netmask == ""
+                        ## Default to 255.255.255.0?
+                        #set $netmask = "255.255.255.0"
+                    #end if
+echo "NETMASK=$netmask" >> $devfile
+                #end if
+            #end if
+            #if $enableipv6 == True and $ipv6_autoconfiguration == False
+                #if $ipv6_address != ""
+echo "IPV6INIT=yes" >> $devfile
+echo "IPV6ADDR=$ipv6_address" >> $devfile
+                #end if
+                #if $ipv6_secondaries != ""
+                    #set ipv6_secondaries = ' '.join(ipv6_secondaries)
+                    ## The quotes around the ipv6 ip's need to be here
+echo "IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES=\"$ipv6_secondaries\"" >> $devfile
+                #end if
+                #if $ipv6_mtu != ""
+echo "IPV6MTU=$ipv6_mtu" >> $devfile
+                #end if
+                #if $ipv6_default_gateway != ""
+echo "IPV6_DEFAULTGW=$ipv6_default_gateway" >> $devfile
+                #end if
+            #end if
+        #else
+            ## this is a DHCP interface, much less work to do
+echo "BOOTPROTO=dhcp" >> $devfile
+            #if $len($name_servers) > 0
+echo "PEERDNS=no" >> $devfile
+            #end if
+        #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## VLAN configuration
+        ## ===================================================================
+        #if $is_vlan == "true"
+echo "VLAN=yes" >> $devfile
+echo "ONPARENT=yes" >> $devfile
+        #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Optional configuration stuff
+        ## ===================================================================
+        #if $mtu != ""
+echo "MTU=$mtu" >> $devfile
+        #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Non-slave DNS configuration, when applicable
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## If the interface is anything but a slave then add DNSn entry
+        #if $iface_type.lower() not in ("slave","bond_slave","bridge_slave","bonded_bridge_slave")
+            #set $nct = 0
+            #for $nameserver in $name_servers
+                #set $nct = $nct + 1
+echo "DNS$nct=$nameserver" >> $devfile
+            #end for
+        #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Interface route configuration
+        ## ===================================================================
+        #for $route in $static_routes
+            #set routepattern = $re.compile("[0-9/.]+:[0-9.]+")
+            #if $routepattern.match($route)
+                #set $routebits = $route.split(":")
+                #set [$network, $router] = $route.split(":")
+echo "$network via $router" >> $routesfile
+            #else
+# Warning: invalid route "$route"
+            #end if
+        #end for
+        #if $enableipv6 == True
+            #for $route in $ipv6_static_routes
+                #set routepattern = $re.compile("[0-9a-fA-F:/]+,[0-9a-fA-F:]+")
+                #if $routepattern.match($route)
+                    #set $routebits = $route.split(",")
+                    #set [$network, $router] = $route.split(",")
+echo "$network via $router dev $iname" >> $ipv6_routesfile
+                #else
+# Warning: invalid ipv6 route "$route"
+                #end if
+            #end for
+        #end if
+        ## ===================================================================
+        ## Done with this interface
+        ## ===================================================================
+        #set $i = $i + 1
+# End configuration for $iname
+    #end for
+    ## =============================================================================
+    ## Configure name server search path in /etc/resolv.conf
+    #set $num_ns = $len($name_servers)
+    #set $num_ns_search = $len($name_servers_search)
+    #if $num_ns_search > 0
+
+sed -i -e "/^search /d" /etc/resolv.conf
+echo -n "search " >>/etc/resolv.conf
+        #for $nameserversearch in $name_servers_search
+echo -n "$nameserversearch " >>/etc/resolv.conf
+        #end for
+echo "" >>/etc/resolv.conf
+    #end if
+    ## =============================================================================
+    ## Configure name servers in /etc/resolv.conf
+    #if $num_ns > 0
+
+sed -i -e "/^nameserver /d" /etc/resolv.conf
+        #for $nameserver in $name_servers
+echo "nameserver $nameserver" >>/etc/resolv.conf
+        #end for
+    #end if
+
+## Disable all eth interfaces by default before overwriting
+## the old files with the new ones in the working directory
+## This stops unneccesary (and time consuming) DHCP queries
+## during the network initialization
+sed -i 's/ONBOOT=yes/ONBOOT=no/g' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*
+
+## Move all staged files to their final location
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
+mv /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/* /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
+rm -r /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler
+if [ -f "/etc/modprobe.conf" ]; then
+cat /etc/modprobe.conf.cobbler >> /etc/modprobe.conf
+rm -f /etc/modprobe.conf.cobbler
+fi
+#end if
+# End post_install_network_config generated code
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_pre_anamon
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_pre_anamon
@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#if $str($getVar('anamon_enabled','')) == "1"
+wget -O /tmp/anamon "http://$server:$http_port/cobbler/aux/anamon"
+python /tmp/anamon --name "$name" --server "$server" --port "$http_port"
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_pre_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_pre_install_network_config
@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+# Start pre_install_network_config generated code
+#raw
+# generic functions to be used later for discovering NICs
+mac_exists() {
+  if which ip 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    ip -o link | grep -i "$1" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+    return $?
+  elif which esxcfg-nics 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    esxcfg-nics -l | grep -i "$1" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+    return $?
+  else
+    ifconfig -a | grep -i "$1" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+    return $?
+  fi
+}
+get_ifname() {
+  if which ip 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    IFNAME=$(ip -o link | grep -i "$1" | sed -e 's/^[0-9]*: //' -e 's/:.*//')
+  elif which esxcfg-nics 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    IFNAME=$(esxcfg-nics -l | grep -i "$1" | cut -d " " -f 1)
+  else
+    IFNAME=$(ifconfig -a | grep -i "$1" | cut -d " " -f 1)
+    if [ -z $IFNAME ]; then
+      IFNAME=$(ifconfig -a | grep -i -B 2 "$1" | sed -n '/flags/s/:.*$//p')
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+#end raw
+    #set ikeys = $interfaces.keys()
+    #import re
+    #set $vlanpattern = $re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]+[\.:][0-9]+")
+    #set $routepattern = $re.compile("[0-9/.]+:[0-9.]+")
+    ##
+    #for $iname in $ikeys
+#  Start $iname
+        #set $idata         = $interfaces[$iname]
+        #set $mac           = $idata["mac_address"]
+        #set $static        = $idata["static"]
+        #set $management    = $idata["management"]
+        #set $ip            = $idata["ip_address"]
+        #set $netmask       = $idata["netmask"]
+        #set $iface_type    = $idata["interface_type"]
+        #set $iface_master  = $idata["interface_master"]
+        #set $static_routes = $idata["static_routes"]
+        #if not $management or $mac == ""
+            #continue
+        #end if
+# Configuring $iname ($mac)
+if mac_exists $mac
+then
+  get_ifname $mac
+        #if $static and $ip != ""
+            #if $netmask == ""
+                ## Netmask not provided, default to /24.
+                #set $netmask = "255.255.255.0"
+            #end if
+            #set $netinfo = "--bootproto=static --ip=%s --netmask=%s" % ($ip, $netmask)
+            #if $gateway != ""
+	        #set $netinfo = "%s --gateway=%s" % ($netinfo, $gateway)
+    	    #end if
+    	    #if $len($name_servers) > 0
+    	        #set $netinfo = "%s --nameserver=%s" % ($netinfo, $name_servers[0])
+            #end if
+        #else if not $static
+            #set $netinfo = "--bootproto=dhcp"
+        #else
+            ## Skip this interface, it's set as static, but without
+            ## networking info.
+#  Skipping (no configuration)...
+            #continue
+        #end if
+        #if $hostname != ""
+            #set $netinfo = "%s --hostname=%s" % ($netinfo, $hostname)
+        #end if
+  echo "network --device=\$IFNAME $netinfo" >> /tmp/pre_install_network_config
+        #for $route in $static_routes
+            #if $routepattern.match($route)
+                #set $routebits = $route.split(":")
+                #set [$network, $router] = $route.split(":")
+  ip route add $network via $router dev \$IFNAME
+            #else
+  # Warning: invalid route "$route"
+            #end if
+        #end for
+fi
+   #end for
+# End pre_install_network_config generated code
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_pre_partition_disks
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_pre_partition_disks
@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#set hostname=$getVar('hostname',None)
+#set partition = $getVar('partition', None)
+
+#if $hostname == None
+#set $vgname = "VolGroup00"
+#else
+#set $vgname = $hostname.split('.')[0]
+#end if
+
+set \$(list-harddrives)
+let disk_nums=\$#/2
+let disk_offset=0
+let found_disk_offset=0
+while [ \$disk_offset -lt \$disk_nums ];
+do
+#if $getVar('partitions_only','') != ""
+let found_disk=0
+    #for $partition_only in $partitions_only.split(',')
+if expr match "\$1" "$partition_only"; then
+    disks[found_disk_offset]=\$1
+    let found_disk=1
+fi
+    #end for
+if [ \$found_disk -gt 0 ]; then
+    let found_disk_offset=\$found_disk_offset+1
+fi
+#else
+    disks[found_disk_offset]=\$1
+    let found_disk_offset=\$found_disk_offset+1
+#end if
+let disk_offset=\$disk_offset+1
+shift 2
+done
+let disk_nums=\$found_disk_offset
+
+echo "clearpart --all --initlabel" > /tmp/part-include
+
+#if $getVar('keep_old_partitions', '0') != "0"
+    #if $getVar('partitions_only','') != ""
+echo "ignoredisk --only-use=$partitions_only" >> /tmp/part-include
+    #end if
+#end if
+
+echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=\${disks[0]}  --asprimary" >> /tmp/part-include
+echo "part swap --recommended --maxsize=128000 --ondisk=\${disks[0]}" >> /tmp/part-include
+
+vggroup=''
+let disk_offset=0
+while [ \$disk_offset -lt \$disk_nums ];
+do
+let pv_id=\$disk_offset+1
+partname="pv.0\$pv_id"
+echo "part \$partname --size=1 --grow --ondisk=\${disks[\$disk_offset]}" >> /tmp/part-include
+vggroup="\$vggroup \$partname"
+let disk_offset=\$disk_offset+1;
+done
+
+echo "volgroup $vgname \$vggroup" >> /tmp/part-include
+
+echo "logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=$vgname --size=1 --grow --name=rootvol" >> /tmp/part-include
+
+#if $partition != None
+    #set vol_sizes = [part.strip() for part in $partition.split(';') if part.strip()]
+    #for vol_and_size in vol_sizes
+        #set vol, vol_size = $vol_and_size.split(' ', 1)
+        #set vol = $vol.strip()
+        #set vol_size = $vol_size.strip()
+        #if $vol.startswith('/')
+            #set volname = $vol[1:]
+            #if $vol_size.endswith('%'):
+                #set vol_percent = vol_size[:-1]
+echo "logvol $vol --fstype ext3 --vgname=$vgname --size=1 --grow --percent=$vol_percent --name=${volname}vol" >> /tmp/part-include
+            #else
+echo "logvol $vol --vgname=$vgname --fstype ext3 --size=$vol_size --name=${volname}vol" >> /tmp/part-include      
+            #end if
+        #else
+# $vol is not starts with / 
+        #end if
+    #end for
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_rsyslog.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_rsyslog.conf
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+cat << EOL > /etc/rsyslog.conf
+#### MODULES ####
+\\$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command)
+\\$ModLoad imfile
+
+\\$WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog
+\\$ActionQueueType LinkedList
+\\$ActionQueueFileName srvrfwd
+\\$ActionResumeRetryCount -1
+\\$ActionQueueSaveOnShutDown on
+*.* @@$server:514
+
+# Provides UDP syslog reception
+\\$ModLoad imudp
+\\$UDPServerRun 514
+
+# Provides TCP syslog reception
+\\$ModLoad imtcp
+\\$InputTCPServerRun 514
+#set system_name = $getVar('system_name','')
+\\$LocalHostName $system_name
+
+#### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES ####
+
+# Use default timestamp format
+\\$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
+
+# File syncing capability is disabled by default. This feature is usually not required,
+# not useful and an extreme performance hit
+#$ActionFileEnableSync on
+
+# Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/
+\\$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
+
+
+#### RULES ####
+
+mail.*                                                  -/var/log/maillog
+
+# Log cron stuff
+cron.*                                                  /var/log/cron
+
+# Everybody gets emergency messages
+*.emerg                                                 *
+
+# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
+uucp,news.crit                                          /var/log/spooler
+
+# Save boot messages also to boot.log
+local7.*                                                /var/log/boot.log
+
+EOL
+chkconfig rsyslog on
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_ssh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_ssh
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+mkdir -p /root/.ssh
+chmod 700 -R /root/.ssh
+#if $getVar("push_ssh_keys", "") != ""
+    #set $ssh_keys = $push_ssh_keys.split(',')
+    set $firstline = True
+    #for $ssh_key in $ssh_keys 
+        #if not $ssh_key
+            #continue
+        #end if
+        #set f = open($ssh_key)
+        #if $firstline
+cat << EOL > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+#echo $f.read()
+EOL
+        #else
+cat << EOL >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+#echo $f.read()
+EOL
+        #end if
+        #silent $f.close()
+        #set $firstline = False
+    #end for
+chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_sysctl.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_sysctl.conf
@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+cat << EOF > /etc/sysctl.conf
+#raw
 # Kernel sysctl configuration file for Red Hat Linux
 #
 # For binary values, 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled.  See sysctl(8) and
@ -65,3 +67,6 @@ net.core.somaxconn = 8192

 # avoid caching tcp network transfer statistics 
 net.ipv4.route.flush=1
+#end raw
+EOF
+sysctl -p
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum.conf
@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+cat << EOF > /etc/yum.conf
+[main]
+cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
+#if $getVar('proxy', '') != ""
+proxy=$proxy
+#end if
+keepcache=0
+debuglevel=2
+logfile=/var/log/yum.log
+exactarch=1
+obsoletes=1
+gpgcheck=1
+plugins=1
+installonly_limit=5
+bugtracker_url=http://bugs.centos.org/set_project.php?project_id=16&ref=http://bugs.centos.org/bug_report_page.php?category=yum
+distroverpkg=centos-release
+
+#  This is the default, if you make this bigger yum won't see if the metadata
+# is newer on the remote and so you'll "gain" the bandwidth of not having to
+# download the new metadata and "pay" for it by yum not having correct
+# information.
+#  It is esp. important, to have correct metadata, for distributions like
+# Fedora which don't keep old packages around. If you don't like this checking
+# interupting your command line usage, it's much better to have something
+# manually check the metadata once an hour (yum-updatesd will do this).
+# metadata_expire=90m
+
+# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
+# in /etc/yum.repos.d
+EOF
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum_repo_config
@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Repository Config
+#set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
+#for $repo in $repo_data
+#if $repo.mirror_locally
+repo --name=${repo.name} --baseurl=http://$http_server/cobbler/repo_mirror/${repo.name}/
+#else
+repo --name=${repo.name} --baseurl=${repo.mirror}
+#end if
+#end for
+
+
--- a/cobbler/snippets/late_apt_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/late_apt_repo_config
@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# start late_apt_repo_config
-cat<<EOF>/etc/apt/sources.list
-deb http://$http_server/cblr/links/$distro_name $os_version main
-#set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
-#for $repo in $repo_data
- #for $dist in $repo.apt_dists
- #set $comps = " ".join($repo.apt_components)
- #if $repo.comment != ""
-# ${repo.comment}
- #end if
- #if $repo.arch == "x86_64"
- #set $rarch = "[arch=amd64]"
- #else
- #set $rarch = "[arch=%s]" % $repo.arch
- #end if
- #if $repo.mirror_locally
-deb ${rarch} http://$http_server/cblr/repo_mirror/${repo.name} $dist $comps
- #else
-deb ${rarch} ${repo.mirror} $dist $comps
- #end if
- #end for
-#end for
-EOF
-# end late_apt_repo_config
--- a/cobbler/snippets/main_partition_select
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/main_partition_select
@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# partition selection
-%include /tmp/partinfo
-
--- a/cobbler/snippets/network_config_esx
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/network_config_esx
@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#import re
-
-#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
-    #set ikeys = $interfaces.keys()
-    #set $vlanpattern = $re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]+[\.:][0-9]+")
-    #for $iname in $ikeys
-        #set $idata    = $interfaces[$iname]
-        #set $mac      = $idata["mac_address"]
-        #set $static   = $idata["static"]
-        #set $ip       = $idata["ip_address"]
-        #set $netmask  = $idata["netmask"]
-        #set $type     = $idata["interface_type"]
-        #if $vlanpattern.match($iname) or $type in ("master","bond","bridge")
-            ## If this is a VLAN interface, skip it, anaconda doesn't know
-            ## about VLANs.
-            #set $is_vlan = "true"
-        #else
-            #set $is_vlan = "false"
-        #end if
-        #if $mac != "" or $ip != "" and $is_vlan == "false"
-            #if $static == True:
-                #set $network_str = "--bootproto=static"
-                #if $ip != "":
-                    #set $network_str = $network_str + " --ip=" + $ip
-                    #if $netmask != "":
-                        #set $network_str = $network_str + " --netmask=" + $netmask
-                    #end if
-                    #if $gateway != "":
-                        #set $network_str = $network_str + " --gateway=" + $gateway
-                    #end if
-                    #if $name_servers and $name_servers[0] != "":
-                        ## Anaconda only allows one nameserver
-                        #set $network_str = $network_str + " --nameserver=" + $name_servers[0]
-                    #end if
-                #end if
-            #else
-                #set $network_str = "--bootproto=dhcp"
-            #end if
-            #if $hostname != ""
-                #set $network_str = $network_str + " --hostname=" + $hostname
-            #end if
-        #else
-            #set $network_str = "--bootproto=dhcp"
-        #end if
-network $network_str --device=$mac
-    #end for
-#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/network_config_esxi
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/network_config_esxi
@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#import re
-
-#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
-    #set ikeys = $interfaces.keys()
-    #set $vlanpattern = $re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]+[\.:][0-9]+")
-    #for $iname in $ikeys
-        #set $idata    = $interfaces[$iname]
-        #set $mac      = $idata["mac_address"]
-        #set $static   = $idata["static"]
-        #set $ip       = $idata["ip_address"]
-        #set $netmask  = $idata["netmask"]
-        #set $type     = $idata["interface_type"]
-        #set $vlanid   = ""
-        #if $vlanpattern.match($iname) or $type in ("master","bond","bridge")
-            ## If this is a VLAN interface, skip it, anaconda doesn't know
-            ## about VLANs.
-            #set $is_vlan = "true"
-            #set $vlanid = " --vlanid=" + $iname.split('.')[1]
-            #set $iname = $iname.split('.')[0]
-        #else
-            #set $is_vlan = "false"
-        #end if
-        #if $mac != "" or $ip != "" and $is_vlan == "false"
-            #if $static == True:
-                #set $network_str = "--bootproto=static"
-                #if $ip != "":
-                    #set $network_str = $network_str + " --ip=" + $ip
-                    #if $netmask != "":
-                        #set $network_str = $network_str + " --netmask=" + $netmask
-                    #end if
-                    #if $gateway != "":
-                        #set $network_str = $network_str + " --gateway=" + $gateway
-                    #end if
-                    #if $name_servers and $name_servers[0] != "":
-                        #set $network_str = $network_str + " --nameserver=" + $name_servers[0]
-                        #if len($name_servers) > 1 and $name_servers[1] != "":
-                            #set $network_str += "," + $name_servers[1]
-                        #end if
-                    #end if
-                #end if
-            #else
-                #set $network_str = "--bootproto=dhcp"
-            #end if
-            #if $hostname != ""
-                #set $network_str = $network_str + " --hostname=" + $hostname
-            #end if
-        #else
-            #set $network_str = "--bootproto=dhcp"
-
-        #end if
-        #if $vlanid != ""
-            #set $network_str = $network_str + $vlanid
-        #end if
-network $network_str --device=$iname
-    #end for
-#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/ntp
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/ntp
@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-chkconfig ntpd on
-
-cat << EOF > /etc/ntp.conf
-$SNIPPET('ntp.conf')
-EOF
-
-#if $getVar('ntp_server', '') != ""
-echo "old date is: \`date\`" 2>&1 > /tmp/ntp.log
-echo "path: \$PATH" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
-/sbin/service ntpd stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
-/usr/sbin/ntpdate $ntp_server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
-/sbin/service ntpd start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
-echo "new date is: \`date\`" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
-#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/ntp.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/ntp.conf
@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 # For more information about this file, see the man pages
 # ntp.conf(5), ntp_acc(5), ntp_auth(5), ntp_clock(5), ntp_misc(5), ntp_mon(5).

-# Include the option tinker panic 0 at the top of your ntp.conf file. 
-# By default, the NTP daemon sometimes panics and exits if the underlying clock
-# appears to be behaving erratically. This option causes the daemon to keep 
-# running instead of panicking. 
-tinker panic 0
-
 driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift

 # Permit time synchronization with our time source, but do not
@ -42,6 +36,7 @@ server $ntp_server
 # Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup
 # and when no outside source of synchronized time is available. 
 server	127.127.1.0	# local clock
+fudge	127.127.1.0 stratum 10	

 # Enable public key cryptography.
 # crypto
@ -64,3 +59,5 @@ keys /etc/ntp/keys
 # Enable writing of statistics records.
 # statistics clockstats cryptostats loopstats peerstats

+# make ntpdate using the server in conf to update the system time.
+NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes
--- a/cobbler/snippets/partition_disks
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/partition_disks
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#set hostname=$getVar('hostname',None)
-#set partition = $getVar('partition', None)
+#set hostname=$getVar('$hostname',None)
+#set partition = $getVar('$partition', None)

 #if $hostname == None
 #set $vgname = "VolGroup00"
@ -8,56 +8,22 @@
 #end if

 set \$(list-harddrives)
-let disk_nums=\$#/2
-let disk_offset=0
-let found_disk_offset=0
-while [ \$disk_offset -lt \$disk_nums ];
-do
-#if $getVar('partitions_only','') != ""
-let found_disk=0
-    #for $partition_only in $partitions_only.split(',')
-if [[ "\$1" =~ "$partition_only" ]]; then
-    disks[found_disk_offset]=\$1
-    let found_disk=1
-fi
-    #end for
-if [ \$found_disk -gt 0 ]; then
-    let found_disk_offset=\$found_disk_offset+1
-fi
-#else
-    disks[found_disk_offset]=\$1
-    let found_disk_offset=\$found_disk_offset+1
-#end if
-let disk_offset=\$disk_offset+1
-shift 2
-done
-let disk_nums=\$found_disk_offset
+let numd=\$#/2
+d1=\$1
+d2=\$3

 echo "clearpart --all --initlabel" > /tmp/part-include
+echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=\$d1  --asprimary" >> /tmp/part-include
+echo "part swap --recommended --ondisk=\$d1" >> /tmp/part-include
+echo "part pv.01 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=\$d1" >> /tmp/part-include
+# if [ "$numd" == "2" ]
+#     echo "part pv.02 --size=1 --glow --ondisk=\$d2" >> /tmp/part-include
+#     echo "volgroup $vgname pv.01 pv.02" >> /tmp/part-include
+# else
+    echo "volgroup $vgname pv.01" >> /tmp/part-include
+# fi

-#if $getVar('keep_old_partitions', '0') != "0"
-    #if $getVar('partitions_only','') != ""
-echo "ignoredisk --only-use=$partitions_only" >> /tmp/part-include
-    #end if
-#end if
-
-echo "part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=\${disks[0]}  --asprimary" >> /tmp/part-include
-echo "part swap --recommended --maxsize=128000 --ondisk=\${disks[0]}" >> /tmp/part-include
-
-vggroup=''
-let disk_offset=0
-while [ \$disk_offset -lt \$disk_nums ];
-do
-let pv_id=\$disk_offset+1
-partname="pv.0\$pv_id"
-echo "part \$partname --size=1 --grow --ondisk=\${disks[\$disk_offset]}" >> /tmp/part-include
-vggroup="\$vggroup \$partname"
-let disk_offset=\$disk_offset+1;
-done
-
-echo "volgroup $vgname \$vggroup" >> /tmp/part-include
-
-echo "logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=$vgname --size=1 --grow --name=rootvol" >> /tmp/part-include
+echo "logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=$vgname --size=1 --grow --percent=30 --name=rootvol" >> /tmp/part-include

 #if $partition != None
    #set vol_sizes = [part.strip() for part in $partition.split(';') if part.strip()]
--- a/cobbler/snippets/post_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/post_install_network_config
@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
 # (e.g.: if we're connecting to Puppet before a reboot).
 /bin/hostname $hostname
    #end if
-
-cat << EOL > /etc/hosts
-$SNIPPET('hosts')
-EOL
-
    #if $enableipv6 == True
 grep -v NETWORKING_IPV6 /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
 echo "NETWORKING_IPV6=yes" >> /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
@ -212,7 +207,7 @@ echo "TYPE=Ethernet" >> $devfile
 #          the kernel gives an interface a different name
 #          following a reboot/hardware changes.
            #end if
-echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $devfile
+echo "BOOTPROTO=none" >> $devfile
            #if $ip != "" and $iface_type not in ("slave","bond_slave","bridge_slave","bonded_bridge_slave")
                ## Only configure static networking if an IP-address is configured
                ## and if the interface isn't slaved to another interface (bridging or bonding)
--- a/cobbler/snippets/pre_partition_select
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/pre_partition_select
@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# partition details calculation
-
-# Determine how many drives we have
-set \$(list-harddrives)
-let numd=\$#/2
-d1=\$1
-d2=\$3
-
-# Determine architecture-specific partitioning needs
-EFI_PART=""
-PPC_PREP_PART=""
-BOOT_PART=""
-
-case \$(uname -m) in
-    ia64)
-        EFI_PART="part /boot/efi --fstype vfat --size 200 --recommended"
-        ;;
-    ppc*)
-        PPC_PREP_PART="part None --fstype 'PPC PReP Boot' --size 8"
-        BOOT_PART="part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 200 --recommended"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        BOOT_PART="part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 200 --recommended"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-cat << EOF > /tmp/partinfo
-\$EFI_PART
-\$PPC_PREP_PART
-\$BOOT_PART
-part / --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --grow --ondisk=\$d1 --asprimary
-part swap --recommended --ondisk=\$d1 --asprimary
-EOF
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_apt_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_apt_repo_config
@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror
+d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
+
 # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
 #set $cur=0
 #set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
@ -6,7 +9,7 @@
 #set $comps = " ".join($repo.apt_components)
 d-i apt-setup/local${cur}/repository string \
 #if $repo.mirror_locally
-      http://$http_server/cblr/repo_mirror/${repo.name} $dist $comps
+      http://$http_server/cobbler/repo_mirror/${repo.name} $dist $comps
 #else
      ${repo.mirror} $dist $comps
 #end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mkdir -p /target/etc/chef; \
+## Generate validation.pem
+$SNIPPET('preseed_chef-validator.pem') echo "processed preseed_chef-validator.pem" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+## Generate client.rb
+$SNIPPET('preseed_client.rb') echo "processed preseed_client.rb" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+## Generate chef rsyslog conf
+$SNIPPET('preseed_chef_rsyslog.conf') echo "processed preseed_chef_rsyslog.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_chef_firstrun.sh') echo "processed preseed_chef_firstrun.sh" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_chef_rerun.sh') echo "processed preseed_chef_rerun.sh" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+$SNIPPET('preseed_chef_init') echo "processed preseed_chef_init" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef-validator.pem
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef-validator.pem
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#if $getVar('chef_validation_file', '') == ""
+    #set chef_validation_file = '/etc/chef-server/chef-validator.pem'
+#end if
+#set $firstline = True
+#set $f = $open($chef_validation_file)
+#for $line in $f
+    #set $line = $line.rstrip('\n')
+    #if $firstline
+echo "$line" > /target/etc/chef/validation.pem; \
+    #else
+echo "$line" >> /target/etc/chef/validation.pem; \
+    #end if
+    #set $firstline = False
+#end for
+#silent $f.close()
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_firstrun.sh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_firstrun.sh
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+echo "#!/bin/bash" > /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "touch /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "while true; do" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "  echo \"firstrun.sh chef-client on \`date\`\" &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "  clients=\\$(pgrep chef-client)" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "  if [ \"\\$?\" == \"0\" ]; then" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "      echo \"there are chef-clients '\\$clients' running\" &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "      sleep 1m" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "  else" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "      chef-client -L /var/log/chef-client.log &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "      if [ \"\\$?\" != \"0\" ]; then" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "          echo \"chef-client run failed\"  &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "          sleep 1m" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "      else" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "          echo \"chef-client run success\" &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "          break" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "      fi" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "  fi" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+echo "done" >> /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
+chmod +x /target/etc/chef/firstrun.sh; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_init
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_init
@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+## A self-destruct service to boot chef client and register cron job
+echo "#!/bin/bash" > /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "rm -rf /var/lib/rsyslog/firstboot_log" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "service rsyslog restart" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "/etc/chef/firstrun.sh" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "crontab -l  > /tmp/mycron" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "echo \"*/30 * * * *  /etc/chef/rerun.sh\" >> /tmp/mycron" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "crontab /tmp/mycron" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "rm /tmp/mycron" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "update-rc.d -f chef remove" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+echo "mv /etc/init.d/chef /tmp/chef" >> /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+chmod +x /target/etc/init.d/chef; \
+chroot /target update-rc.d chef defaults 99 20; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_rerun.sh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_rerun.sh
@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+echo "#!/bin/bash" > /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "echo \"rerun chef-client on \`date\`\" &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "clients=\\$(pgrep chef-client)" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "if [ \"\\$?\" == \"0\" ]; then" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "    echo \"there are chef-clients '\\$clients' running\" &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "    exit 1" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "fi" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "chef-client &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "if [ \"\\$?\" != \"0\" ]; then" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "    echo \"chef-client run failed\"  &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "else" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "    echo \"chef-client run success\" &>> /tmp/chef.log" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+echo "fi" >> /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
+chmod +x /target/etc/chef/rerun.sh; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_rsyslog.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_rsyslog.conf
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+echo "\\$ModLoad imfile" > /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFileName /var/log/chef-client.log" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFileReadMode 0" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFileTag" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFileStateFile firstboot_log" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFileSeverity notice" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFileFacility local3" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputRunFileMonitor" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputFilePollInterval 1" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
+echo "local3.info @$server:514" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.d/chef.conf; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_client.rb
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_client.rb
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+echo "log_level        :info" > /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "log_location     '/dev/null'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+#if $getVar('chef_url', '') != ""
+echo "chef_server_url  '$chef_url'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+#end if
+#if $getVar('proxy', '') != "" 
+echo "http_proxy       '$proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "https_proxy      '$proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "ENV['http_proxy'] = '$proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "ENV['https_proxy'] = '$proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] = '$proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = '$proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+#end if
+#if $getVar('ignore_proxy', '') != ""
+echo "no_proxy         '$ignore_proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "ENV['no_proxy'] = '$ignore_proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "ENV['NO_PROXY'] = '$ignore_proxy'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+#end if
+#if $getVar('chef_node_name', '') != ""
+echo "node_name        '$chef_node_name'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+#end if
+echo "validation_client_name 'chef-validator'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "json_attribs nil" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "pid_file '/var/run/chef-client.pid'" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "# Using default node name (fqdn)" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
+echo "no_lazy_load true" >> /target/etc/chef/client.rb; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_hosts
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_hosts
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+echo "127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4" > /target/etc/hosts; \
+echo "::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6" >> /target/etc/hosts; \
+#for $iname, $idata in $interfaces.items()
+    #if $hostname and $idata["management"] and $idata["static"] and $idata.get("ip_address", "") != "" 
+echo "$idata["ip_address"] $hostname" >> /target/etc/hosts; \
+    #end if 
+#end for
+#import os
+#set $server_name = $os.uname[1]
+echo "$server $server_name" >> /target/etc/hosts; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_limits.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_limits.conf
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo "*                -       nofile          100000" > /target/etc/security/limits.conf; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_network_config
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+d-i netcfg/link_detection_timeout string 0
+d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 0
+d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 0
+d-i netcfg/enable boolean true
+d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
+d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note
+d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually
+d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
+d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
+    #if $hostname != ""
+d-i netcfg/get_hostname string $hostname
+d-i netcfg/hostname string $hostname
+    #end if
+    #if $gateway != ""
+d-i netcfg/get_gateway string $gateway
+    #end if
+    #if $len($name_servers) > 0
+d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string $name_servers[0]
+    #end if
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ntp
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ntp
@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#if $getVar('ntp_server', '') != ""
+echo "driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift" > /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "#statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "server $ntp_server" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "restrict 127.0.0.1" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "restrict ::1" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+echo "server  127.127.1.0     # local clock" >> /target/etc/ntp.conf; \
+chroot /target update-rc.d ntp defaults 58 74; \
+chroot /target service ntp stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log; \
+chroot /target ntpdate $ntp_server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log; \
+chroot /target service ntp start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log; \
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_partition_disks
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_partition_disks
@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#set hostname=$getVar('hostname',None)
+#set partition = $getVar('partition', None)
+#if $hostname == None
+#set $vgname = "VolGroup00"
+#else
+#set $vgname = $hostname.split('.')[0]
+#end if
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition string custom
+d-i partman-auto/automatically_partition string custom
+d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
+d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
+d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string $vgname
+d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
+d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm_span boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
+d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
+d-i partman/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext3
+d-i partman/mount_style select uuid
+d-i partman/confirm_write_changes_to_disks_and_configure_lvm boolean true
+d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
+d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select boot-root
+d-i mdadm/boot_degraded boolean true
+d-i partman-auto-lvm/no_boot boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/vgcreate string $vgname
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_anamon
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_anamon
@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#if $str($getVar('anamon_enabled','')) == "1"
+wget -O /target/usr/local/sbin/anamon "http://$server:$http_port/cobbler/aux/anamon"; \
+## A self-destruct service to boot anamon
+echo "#!/bin/bash" > /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init; \
+echo "cd /var/log/installer" >> /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init; \
+echo "gunzip initial-status.gz" >> /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init; \
+echo "/usr/local/sbin/anamon --watchfile \"/var/log/installer/syslog /var/log/installer/hardware-summary /var/log/installer/initial-status /var/log/installer/status /var/log/messages /var/log/dmesg\" --name $name --server $server --port $http_port --exit" >> /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init; \
+echo "update-rc.d -f anamon remove" >> /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init; \
+echo "mv /etc/init.d/anamon.init /tmp/anamon.init" >> /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init; \
+chmod 755 /target/etc/init.d/anamon.init /target/usr/local/sbin/anamon; \
+chroot /target update-rc.d anamon.init defaults 95 95; \
+#end if
+
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse" > /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-proposed main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+#set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
+#for $repo in $repo_data
+    #for $dist in $repo.apt_dists
+        #set $comps = " ".join($repo.apt_components)
+        #if $repo.comment != ""
+echo "# ${repo.comment}" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+        #end if
+        #if $repo.arch == "x86_64"
+            #set $rarch = "[arch=amd64]"
+        #else
+            #set $rarch = "[arch=%s]" % $repo.arch
+        #end if
+        #if $repo.mirror_locally
+echo "deb ${rarch} http://$http_server/cblr/repo_mirror/${repo.name} $dist $comps" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+        #else
+echo "deb ${rarch} ${repo.mirror} $dist $comps" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+        #end if
+    #end for
+#end for
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_install_network_config
@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-# Start post_install_network_config generated code 
+## Start post_install_network_config generated code
+#if $getVar('promisc_nics', '') != ""
+    #set promisc_interfaces = [promisc.strip() for promisc in $promisc_nics.split(',') if promisc.strip()]
+#else
+    #set promisc_interfaces = []
+#end if
 #if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
    ## this is being provisioned by system records, not profile records
    ## so we can do the more complex stuff
@ -47,11 +52,9 @@
    ## end looping through the interfaces to see which ones we need to configure.
    ## =============================================================================
    ## Rewrite the interfaces file and make sure we preserve the loopback device
-rm -f /etc/network/interfaces 
-touch /etc/network/interfaces 
-echo "auto lo" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-echo "iface lo inet loopback" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-echo "" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
+echo "auto lo" > /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+echo "   iface lo inet loopback" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+echo "" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
    ## =============================================================================
    ## now create the config file for each interface
    #for $iname in $ikeys
@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ echo "" >> /etc/network/interfaces
        #set $mac                  = $idata.get("mac_address", "").upper()
        #set $mtu                  = $idata.get("mtu", "")
        #set $static               = $idata.get("static", "")
+        #set $management           = $idata.get("management", "")
        #set $ip                   = $idata.get("ip_address", "")
        #set $netmask              = $idata.get("netmask", "")
        #set $if_gateway           = $idata.get("if_gateway", "")
@ -73,9 +77,9 @@ echo "" >> /etc/network/interfaces
        #set $ipv6_mtu             = $idata.get("ipv6_mtu", "")
        #set $ipv6_default_gateway = $idata.get("ipv6_default_gateway", "")
        #set $ipv6_static_routes   = $idata.get("ipv6_static_routes", "")
-        #set $devfile              = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/ifcfg-" + $iname
-        #set $routesfile           = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/route-" + $iname
-        #set $ipv6_routesfile      = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/route6-" + $iname
+        #set $devfile              = "/target/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/ifcfg-" + $iname
+        #set $routesfile           = "/target/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/route-" + $iname
+        #set $ipv6_routesfile      = "/target/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cobbler/route6-" + $iname
        ## determine if this interface is for a VLAN
        #if $vlanpattern.match($iname)
            #set $is_vlan = "true"
@ -89,35 +93,31 @@ echo "" >> /etc/network/interfaces
        ## ===================================================================
        ## Things every interface get, no matter what
        ## ===================================================================
-echo "auto $iname" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-        ## ===================================================================
-        ## Actions based on interface_type
-        ## ===================================================================
-        #if $iface_type in ("master","bond","bonded_bridge_slave")
-          #pass
-        #elif $iface_type in ("slave","bond_slave") and $iface_master != ""
-          #pass
-        #elif $iface_type == "bridge"
-          #set $slave_ports = " ".join($bridge_slaves.get($iname,[]))
-          #if $slave_ports != ""
-echo "  bridge_ports $slave_ports" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-          #end if
-          #for $bridge_opt in $bridge_opts
-            #if $bridge_opt.strip() != ""
-echo "  $bridge_opt" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-            #end if
-          #end for
-        #end if
+echo "auto $iname" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
        ## ===================================================================
        ## Actions based on static configuration
        ## ===================================================================
        #if $static
-            #if $ip != "" and $iface_type not in ("slave","bond_slave","bridge_slave","bonded_bridge_slave")
-echo "iface $iname inet static" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-echo "   hwaddress $mac" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-echo "   address $ip" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
-                #if $netmask != ""
-echo "   netmask $netmask" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
+            #if $iface_type not in ("slave","bond_slave","bridge_slave","bonded_bridge_slave")
+echo "iface $iname inet static" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+                #if $mac != ""
+echo "   hwaddress $mac" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+                #end if
+                #if $iname in $promisc_interfaces
+echo "   up ifconfig $iname promisc up" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+echo "   down ifconfig $iname promisc down" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+                #else
+                    #if $ip != ""
+echo "   address $ip" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+                    #end if
+                    #if $if_gateway != ""
+echo "   gateway $if_gateway" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+                    #end if
+                    #if $netmask == ""
+                        ## Default to 255.255.255.0?
+                        #set $netmask = "255.255.255.0"
+                    #end if
+echo "   netmask $netmask" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
                #end if
                #if $iface_type in ("master","bond")
                  #set $bondslaves = ""
@ -129,34 +129,20 @@ echo "   netmask $netmask" >> /etc/network/interfaces
                         #set $bondslaves += $bondiname + " "
                      #end if
                  #end for
-echo "   bond-slaves $bondslaves" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-		  #for $bondopts in $bonding_opts.split(" ")
-		      #set [$bondkey, $bondvalue] = $bondopts.split("=")
-echo "   bond-$bondkey $bondvalue" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-                  #end for
+echo "   bond-slaves $bondslaves" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+		    #for $bondopts in $bonding_opts.split(" ")
+		        #set [$bondkey, $bondvalue] = $bondopts.split("=")
+echo "   bond-$bondkey $bondvalue" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+                    #end for
                #end if
            #else
-echo "iface $iname inet manual" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
+echo "iface $iname inet manual" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
            #end if
            #if $iface_type in ("slave","bond_slave") and $iface_master != ""
-echo "bond-master $iface_master" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-            #end if
-            #if $enableipv6 == True and $ipv6_autoconfiguration == False
-                #if $ipv6_address != ""
-                  #pass
-                #end if
-                #if $ipv6_secondaries != ""
-                    #set ipv6_secondaries = ' '.join(ipv6_secondaries)
-                #end if
-                #if $ipv6_mtu != ""
-                  #pass
-                #end if
-                #if $ipv6_default_gateway != ""
-                  #pass
-                #end if
+echo "bond-master $iface_master" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
            #end if
        #else
-echo "iface $iname inet dhcp" >> /etc/network/interfaces 
+echo "iface $iname inet dhcp" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
        #end if
        ## ===================================================================
        ## VLAN configuration
@ -167,11 +153,8 @@ echo "iface $iname inet dhcp" >> /etc/network/interfaces
        ## ===================================================================
        ## Optional configuration stuff
        ## ===================================================================
-        #if $if_gateway != ""
-echo "   gateway $if_gateway" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-        #end if
        #if $mtu != ""
-echo "   mtu $mtu" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+echo "   mtu $mtu" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
        #end if
        ## ===================================================================
        ## Interface route configuration
@ -180,9 +163,9 @@ echo "   mtu $mtu" >> /etc/network/interfaces
            #set routepattern = $re.compile("[0-9/.]+:[0-9.]+")
            #if $routepattern.match($route)
                #set [$network, $router] = $route.split(":")
-echo "   up ip route add $network via $router dev $iname || true" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+echo "   up ip route add $network via $router dev $iname || true" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
            #else
-echo "   # Warning: invalid route: $route" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+echo "   # Warning: invalid route: $route" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
            #end if
        #end for
        #if $enableipv6 == True
@ -190,12 +173,28 @@ echo "   # Warning: invalid route: $route" >> /etc/network/interfaces
                #set routepattern = $re.compile("[0-9a-fA-F:/]+,[0-9a-fA-F:]+")
                #if $routepattern.match($route)
                    #set [$network, $router] = $route.split(",")
-echo "   up ip -6 route add $network via $router dev $iname || true" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+echo "   up ip -6 route add $network via $router dev $iname || true" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
                #else
-echo "   # Warning: invalid route: $route" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+echo "   # Warning: invalid route: $route" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
                #end if
            #end for
        #end if
+        #if $management
+            #if $gateway != "" and $if_gateway == ""
+echo "   gateway $gateway" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+            #end if
+            ## =============================================================================
+            ## Configure name server search path in /target/etc/resolv.conf
+            #set $nameservers = ' '.join($name_servers)
+            #set $nameserver_search = ' '.join($name_servers_search)
+            #if $nameservers != ""
+echo "   dns-nameservers $nameservers" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+            #end if
+            #if $nameserver_search != ""
+echo "   dns-search $nameserver_search" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
+            #end if
+        #end if
+echo "" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
        ## ===================================================================
        ## Done with this interface
        ## ===================================================================
@ -204,28 +203,8 @@ echo "   # Warning: invalid route: $route" >> /etc/network/interfaces
    ## Configure the system's primary hostname. This is also passed to anaconda, but
    ## anaconda doesn't seem to honour it in DHCP-setups.
    #if $hostname != ""
-echo "$hostname" > /etc/hostname 
-/bin/hostname $hostname 
-    #end if
-    ## =============================================================================
-    ## Configure name server search path in /etc/resolv.conf
-    #set $num_ns = $len($name_servers)
-    #set $num_ns_search = $len($name_servers_search)
-    #if $num_ns_search > 0
-sed -i -e "/^search /d" /etc/resolv.conf 
-echo -n "search " >>/etc/resolv.conf 
-        #for $nameserversearch in $name_servers_search
-echo -n "$nameserversearch " >>/etc/resolv.conf 
-        #end for
-echo "" >>/etc/resolv.conf 
-    #end if
-    ## =============================================================================
-    ## Configure name servers in /etc/resolv.conf
-    #if $num_ns > 0
-sed -i -e "/^nameserver /d" /etc/resolv.conf 
-        #for $nameserver in $name_servers
-echo "nameserver $nameserver" >>/etc/resolv.conf 
-        #end for
+echo "$hostname" > /target/etc/hostname; \
    #end if
+$SNIPPET('preseed_hosts') echo "processed preseed_hosts" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
 #end if
-# End post_install_network_config generated code 
+## End post_install_network_config generated code 
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_pre_anamon
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_pre_anamon
@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#if $str($getVar('anamon_enabled','')) == "1"
+wget -O /tmp/anamon "http://$server:$http_port/cobbler/aux/anamon" ; \
+python /tmp/anamon --name "$name" --watchfiles "/var/log/syslog /var/log/partman /var/log/hareware_summary /var/log/status /tmp/preseed.log" --server "$server" --port "$http_port"; \
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_pre_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_pre_install_network_config
@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+mac_exists() { \
+    ip -o link | grep -i "$1" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; \
+    return $?; \
+}; \
+get_ifname() { \
+    IFNAME=\$(ip -o link | grep -i "$1" | sed -e 's/^[0-9]*: //' -e 's/:.*//'); \
+}; \
+    #set ikeys = $interfaces.keys()
+    #import re
+    #set $vlanpattern = $re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]+[\.:][0-9]+")
+    #set $routepattern = $re.compile("[0-9/.]+:[0-9.]+")
+    #for $iname in $ikeys
+        #set $idata         = $interfaces[$iname]
+        #set $mac           = $idata["mac_address"]
+        #set $static        = $idata["static"]
+        #set $management    = $idata["management"]
+        #set $ip            = $idata["ip_address"]
+        #set $netmask       = $idata["netmask"]
+        #set $iface_type    = $idata["interface_type"]
+        #set $iface_master  = $idata["interface_master"]
+        #set $static_routes = $idata["static_routes"]
+        #if not $management or $mac == ""
+            #continue
+        #end if
+if mac_exists $mac; then \
+    get_ifname $mac; \
+    echo "d-i netcfg/choose_interface string \$IFNAME" >> /tmp/pre_install_network_config; \
+        #if $static and $ip != ""
+    echo "d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string $ip" >> /tmp/pre_install_network_config; \
+            #if $netmask == ""
+                #set $netmask = "255.255.255.0"
+            #end if
+    echo "d-i netcfg/get_netmask string $netmask" >> /tmp/pre_install_network_config; \
+        #else
+            #continue
+        #end if
+fi; \
+    #end for
+#end if
+debconf-set-selections /tmp/pre_install_network_config; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_pre_partition_disks
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_pre_partition_disks
@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#set hostname=$getVar('hostname',None)
+#set partition = $getVar('partition', None)
+#if $hostname == None
+#set $vgname = "VolGroup00"
+#else
+#set $vgname = $hostname.split('.')[0]
+#end if
+#if $getVar("system_name","") != ""
+first_found_disk=""; \
+disks_str=""; \
+found_disks_str=""; \
+for disk in \$(list-devices disk); do \
+    if [[ x"\$disk" == x"" ]]; then \
+        continue; \
+    fi; \
+#if $getVar('partitions_only','') != ""
+    let found_disk=0; \
+    #for $partition_only in $partitions_only.split(',')
+        #if not $partition_only
+            #continue
+        #end if
+    if expr match "\$disk" "$partition_only"; then \
+        let found_disk=1; \
+    fi; \
+    #end for
+#else
+    let found_disk=1; \
+#end if
+    if [ \$found_disk -gt 0 ]; then \
+        if [ -z \$found_disks_str ]; then \
+            found_disks_str="\$disk"; \
+            first_found_disk="\$disk"; \
+        else \
+            found_disks_str="\${found_disks_str} \$disk"; \
+        fi; \
+    fi; \
+    if [ -z \$disks_str ]; then \
+        disks_str="\$disk"; \
+    else \
+        disks_str="\${disks_str} \$disk"; \
+    fi; \
+done; \
+logger "partition disks: \${found_disks_str}"; \
+#if $getVar('keep_old_partitions', '0') != "0"
+remove_disks_str=\${found_disks_str}; \
+#else
+remove_disks_str=\${disks_str}; \
+#end if
+logger "remove disks \${remove_disks_str}"; \
+## vgremove -f $vgname; \
+## logger "vgremove $vgname"; \
+disk_partitions=\$(pvs --noheadings --rows | head -n1); \
+for disk_partition in \${disk_partitions}; do \
+    if [[ x"\$disk_partition" == x"" ]]; then \
+        continue; \
+    fi; \
+    vg=\$(pvs --noheadings --separator : \${disk_partition} | cut -d: -f2); \
+    remove_vg=""; \
+    for remove_disk in \${remove_disks_str}; do \
+        if [[ x"\$remove_disk" == x"" ]]; then \
+            continue; \
+        fi; \
+        if expr match "\${disk_partition}" "\${remove_disk}.*"; then \
+            remove_vg="\$vg"; \
+            logger "partition \${disk_partition} matches \${remove_disk}.*"; \
+            logger "set remove_vg to \$vg"; \
+        else \
+            logger "partition \${disk_partition} does not match \${remove_disk}.*"; \
+        fi; \
+    done; \
+    if [[ x"\$remove_vg" != x"" ]]; then \
+        vgremove -f \$remove_vg; \
+        logger "vgremove \${remove_vg} for \${disk_partition}"; \
+    else \
+        logger "\${disk_partition} is not in vgremove list"; \
+    fi; \
+done; \
+for remove_disk in \${remove_disks_str}; do \
+    if [[ x"\$remove_disk" == x"" ]]; then \
+        continue; \
+    fi; \
+    pvremove -ff -y \${remove_disk}*; \
+    logger "pvremove \${remove_disk}*"; \
+done; \
+remove_disks=\$(echo \${remove_disks_str} | sed -e 's/ /,/g'); \
+echo "d-i partman-auto/select_disks multiselect \${remove_disks}" >> /tmp/part-include; \
+echo "d-i partman-auto/disk string \${found_disks_str}" >> /tmp/part-include; \
+recipe="boot-root :: \
+100 100 100 ext3 \
+\\$primary{ } \\$bootable{ } method{ format } \
+format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
+mountpoint{ /boot } device{ \$first_found_disk } \
+. \
+200% 200% 200% linux-swap \
+\\$primary{ } method{ swap } format{ } \
+device{ \$first_found_disk } \
+. \
+#if $partition != None
+    #set vol_sizes = [part.strip() for part in $partition.split(';') if part.strip()]
+    #for vol_and_size in vol_sizes
+        #set vol, vol_size = $vol_and_size.split(' ', 1)
+        #set vol = $vol.strip()
+        #set vol_size = $vol_size.strip()
+        #if $vol.startswith('/')
+            #set volname = $vol[1:]
+${vol_size} ${vol_size} ${vol_size} ext3 \
+\\$lvmok{ } method{ format } format{ } \
+use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
+in_vg{ $vgname } lv_name{ ${volname}vol } \
+mountpoint{ $vol } \
+. \
+        #else
+            #continue
+        #end if
+    #end for
+#end if
+1 2 100% ext3 \
+\\$lvmok{ } method{ format } \
+format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
+in_vg{ $vgname } lv_name{ rootvol } \
+mountpoint{ / } \
+. \
+"; \
+pv_offset=1; \
+for found_disk in \${found_disks_str}; do \
+    recipe="\$recipe \
+1 1 -1 ext3 \
+\\$defaultignore{ } \\$primary{ } device{ \${found_disk} } \
+method{ lvm } vg_name{ $vgname } \
+. \
+"; \
+let pv_offset=\${pv_offset}+1; \
+done; \
+echo "d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \$recipe" >> /tmp/part-include; \
+debconf-set-selections /tmp/part-include; \
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_rsyslog.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_rsyslog.conf
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+echo "\\$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command)" > /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ModLoad imklog   # provides kernel logging support (previously done by rklogd)" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ModLoad immark  # provides --MARK-- message capability" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ActionQueueType LinkedList" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ActionQueueFileName srvrfwd" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ActionResumeRetryCount -1" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ActionQueueSaveOnShutDown on" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "*.* @@$server:514"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ModLoad imudp"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$UDPServerRun 514"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ModLoad imtcp"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$InputTCPServerRun 514"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+#set system_name = $getVar('system_name','')
+echo "\\$LocalHostName $system_name"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "\\$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf"  >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none                /var/log/messages" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "mail.*                                                  -/var/log/maillog" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "cron.*                                                  /var/log/cron" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "*.emerg                                                 *" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "uucp,news.crit                                          /var/log/spooler" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+echo "local7.*                                                /var/log/boot.log" >> /target/etc/rsyslog.conf; \
+chroot /target update-rc.d rsyslog defaults 12 88; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ssh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ssh
@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+mkdir -p /target/root/.ssh; \
+chmod 700 -R /target/root/.ssh; \
+#if $getVar("push_ssh_keys", "") != ""
+    #set $ssh_keys = $push_ssh_keys.split(',')
+    #set $firstline = True
+    #for $ssh_key in $ssh_keys
+        #if not $ssh_key
+            #continue
+        #end if
+        #set $f = open($ssh_keys)
+        #for $line in $f
+            #set $line = $line.rstrip('\n')
+            #if $firstline
+echo "$line" > /target/root/.ssh/authorized_keys; \
+            #else
+echo "$line" >> /target/root/.ssh/authorized_keys; \
+            #end if
+            #set $firstline = False
+        #end for
+        #silent $f.close()
+    #end for
+chmod 600 /target/root/.ssh/authorized_keys; \
+#end if
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_sysctl.conf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_sysctl.conf
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+echo "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0" > /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "kernel.sysrq = 0" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "kernel.core_uses_pid = 1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "kernel.msgmnb = 65536" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "kernel.msgmax = 65536" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "kernel.shmmax = 68719476736" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "kernel.shmall = 4294967296" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.core.rmem_max = 16777216" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.core.wmem_max = 16777216" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 30000" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 4096" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=htcp" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing=1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 15000 61000" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=30" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.core.somaxconn = 8192" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
+echo "net.ipv4.route.flush=1" >> /target/etc/sysctl.conf; \
--- a/cobbler/snippets/rsyslogconf
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/rsyslogconf
@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 # Provides TCP syslog reception
 \\$ModLoad imtcp
 \\$InputTCPServerRun 514
-#set system_name = $getVar('system_name','')
-\\$LocalHostName $system_name
+

 #### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES ####

--- a/cobbler/snippets/ssh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/ssh
@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-mkdir -p /root/.ssh
-chmod 700 -R /root/.ssh
-touch /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-#if $getVar("push_ssh_keys", "") != ""
-cat << EOL >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-$SNIPPET('id_rsa.pub')
-EOL
-#end if
				`@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`echo "* - nofile 100000" > /target/etc/security/limits.conf; \`