Description of problem: 1) The values in the answer file are all none instead of the values entered in the installation. There is not much point of making the user edit and the file and figure out which value should be used. If I understand correctly, STOP_ENGINE=No will break the installation - so why giving that option ? was checked over 2 setups, clean installation + update, before and after dwh installation # rhevm-dwh-setup --gen-answer-file=a1 Answer file generated at a1 # cat a1 [general] REMOTE_DB_PORT=None CREATE_READONLY_USER=None STOP_ENGINE=None REMOTE_DB_HOST=None READONLY_SECURE=None REMOTE_DB_PASSWORD=None REMOTE_DB_USER=None READONLY_USER=None BACKUP_DB=None READONLY_PASS=None 2) coukd be nice if the answer file would be generated automatically like in the engine setup Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): is23 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. install engine + dwh 2. run the command rhevm-dwh-setup -g=answerfile 3. Actual results: useless answer file and no auto generated one Expected results: answer file containing entered answers, relevant keys and no auto generated one Additional info:
Since the answer file handling was added for QA automation I think we can postpone this to 3.4 when the migration to otopi will join engine-setup answerfile and dwh answer file in the same one.
@Barak I think you misinterpreting the purpose of the answer file. The *sole* purpose of the generated answerfile is to provide you with the possible options that can be set in it. Then you would you this file to perform an unattended installation. The dwh/reports setup do not touch the answerfile after it's created. So I don't think this bug is valid.
@Alex I don't see anywhere that the dwh/reports setup touched the answer file, on the contrary, I'd expect it to recreate one during the installation - as the engine setup does. Second, I don't understand what is the point of manually generating list of options with none values. Such a file can be packed in the beginning. When a user Performs an action after the installation, he might expect that his values will be generated as well - like the new engine setup does. If this is too complicated to be done in the current version, you can accept Sandro's suggestion to delay it to the next one.
@Sandro This bug is a check point for implementing post-install answer file in dwh/reports with otopi.
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Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2014-0601.html