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| author | mdehaan@mdehaan.rdu.redhat.com <> | 2007-02-14 12:24:42 -0500 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-02-14 12:24:42 -0500 |
| commit | 09c6c7cc22dddc4354082b82d5eda447a0bdfb03 (patch) | |
| tree | 90344cb74ad36d6c7b0a2e062ad3ef8ce88ee56b /cobbler.pod | |
| parent | d5971f58acb88a3c379debf18c30fe3afe98e09f (diff) | |
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Run check in post to ensure cobbler tree setup, such that distros/systems/profiles can be added immediately, without the need to run "sync" to create the base directories.
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diff --git a/cobbler.pod b/cobbler.pod index 2b4abb9..07c2e96 100644 --- a/cobbler.pod +++ b/cobbler.pod @@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ B<cobbler system remove --name=string> B<cobbler remove repo --name=string> -=head2 APPLYING CONFIGURATIONS +=head2 REBUILDING CONFIGURATIONS B<cobbler sync> -Cobbler sync must be run after changing /var/lib/cobbler/settings or manually editing kickstart templates or other internal files in /var/lib/cobbler. Cobbler sync's job is to make sure that the provisionable entities and the cobbler internal configuration are in sync. +Cobbler sync is used to repair or rebuild the contents /tftpboot or /var/www/cobbler when something has changed behind the scenes. It brings the filesystem up to date with the configuration as understood by cobbler. + +Sync should be run whenever files in /var/www/cobbler are manually edited or when making changes to kickstart files. In practice, this should not happen often, though running sync too many times does not cause any adverse effects. =head1 EXAMPLES @@ -308,8 +310,6 @@ B<cobbler system add --name=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FE --profile=rhel4u3-dbservers> B<cobbler report> -B<cobbler sync> - =head2 REPOSITORY MIRRORING WORKFLOW The following example shows how to set up a repo mirror for two repositories, and create a profile @@ -327,8 +327,6 @@ B<cobbler reposync> B<cobbler profile add --name=p1 --distro=existing_distro_name --kickstart=/etc/cobbler/kickstart_fc6.ks --repos="magicfooi386 magicbari386"> -B<cobbler sync> - See the expanded description towards the bottom of this manpage for further information about repo management. @@ -497,6 +495,8 @@ Enterprising users can edit the files in /var/lib/cobbler directly versus using mechanism for user error here is to delete the files in /var/lib/cobbler. There are also a few configuration files in /etc/cobbler that can be edited. +Running "cobbler sync" is required to apply any changes that are made manually. + =head2 API Cobbler also makes itself available as a Python API for use by higher level management software. |