Daily *Nix

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#!/bin/env python
import sys
import re
import xmlrpclib
import cobbler.api as capi
 
automagick = xmlrpclib.Server("http://automagick01vm.ewr1.pokkari.net/cobbler_api")
 
#Get required information from user for vm creation:
if len(sys.argv) < 3:
  print ("usage: sys.argv[0] hostname")
  sys.exit(1)
 
def check_hostname (hostname):
  if len(automagick.find_system({"hostname":hostname})) == 0:
    return hostname
  else:
    print "already exists. please pass switch to reinstall"
    sys.exit(1)
 
vm_hostname = check_hostname(sys.argv[1])
print vm_hostname
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