From 2f4f666d3ad1539bae85c545f50814108274f64c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael DeHaan Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:32:53 -0400 Subject: Removing docs on yum_core_mirror_from_server (off by default), now explaining yum_post_install_mirror (which is on by default, and only slightly different). --- docs/cobbler.pod | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/cobbler.pod b/docs/cobbler.pod index 0ca8d85..5d53811 100644 --- a/docs/cobbler.pod +++ b/docs/cobbler.pod @@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ somewhat experimental. This name is used as the save location for the mirror. If the mirror represented, say, Fedora Core 6 i386 updates, a good name would be "fc6i386updates". Again, be specific. -This name corresponds with values given to the --repos parameter of "cobbler profile add". If a profile has a --repos value that matches the name given here, that repo can be automatically set up during provisioning (when supported) and installed systems will also use the boot server as a mirror (unless "yum_core_mirror_from_server" is disabled in the settings file). +This name corresponds with values given to the --repos parameter of "cobbler profile add". If a profile has a --repos value that matches the name given here, that repo can be automatically set up during provisioning (when supported) and installed systems will also use the boot server as a mirror (unless "yum_post_install_mirror" is disabled in the settings file). By default the provisioning server +will act as a mirror to systems it installs, which may not be desirable for laptop configurations, etc. Distros that can make use of yum repositories during kickstart include FC6 and later, RHEL 5 and later, and derivative distributions. @@ -625,7 +626,7 @@ B When updating repos by name, a repo will be updated even if it is set to be not updated during a regular reposync operation (ex: cobbler repo edit --name=reponame1 --keep-updated=0). -Note that if a cobbler import provides enough information to use the boot server as a yum mirror for core packages, cobbler can set up kickstarts to use the cobbler server as a mirror instead of the outside world. If this feature is desirable, it can be turned on by setting yum_core_mirror_from_server to 1 in /var/lib/cobbler/settings (and rerunning "cobbler sync"). You should not enable this feature if machines are provisioned on a different VLAN/network than production. +Note that if a cobbler import provides enough information to use the boot server as a yum mirror for core packages, cobbler can set up kickstarts to use the cobbler server as a mirror instead of the outside world. If this feature is not desirable, it can be turned on by setting yum_post_install_mirror to 0 in /var/lib/cobbler/settings (and rerunning "cobbler sync"). You should disable this feature if machines are provisioned on a different VLAN/network than production, or if you are provisioning laptops that will want to acquire updates on multiple networks. =head2 PXE BOOT LOOP PREVENTION -- cgit