h1. Provisioning Email Reports

Some may find it useful to have a host email you a small report once it has been provisioned.  Cobbler does this out of the box.  This is how I made it work using Foreman.  

1.  Browse to More -> Provisioning Templates

2.  Click "New Template"

3.  Name the report 

4.  Choose "Finish" for the "Template kind"

5.  Paste the following in the box:

<pre>

#!/bin/sh

# Generate an email report once the host is provisioned

echo "

Foreman build report.

==========================================================

http://foreman.domain.com/

The system has been provisioned and is now ready for use.  Additional Puppet modules may be assigned from Foreman.

Hostname: <%= @host %> (<%= @host.ip %>)

Foreman Host-Group: <%= @host.hostgroup %>

MAC: <%= @host.mac %>

OS: <%= @host.os %> 

Puppet Master: <%= @host.puppetmaster %>

Puppet Environment: <%= @host.environment %>

==========================================================

Questions?  Contact EIT UNIX TEAM (eitunixteam@follett.com)" | mail -s "Linux Build Report (<%= @host %> [<%= @host.ip %>])" -r "Foreman (foreman@domain.com)" tunixteam@domain.com

</pre>

You can use other variables that Foreman makes available to you as well.  This email will be generated FROM the host that you are provisioning, not from the Foreman host.