Bug 2217011

Summary:	[DDF] ACS is a rather unfortunately named feature. We now have several "sources" (no pun intended) of naming-related
Product:	Red Hat Satellite	Reporter:	Direct Docs Feedback <ddf-bot>
Component:	Alternate Content Sources	Assignee:	satellite6-bugs <satellite6-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Satellite QE Team <sat-qe-bz-list>
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Version:	6.13.0	CC:	agadhave, bangelic
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Description Direct Docs Feedback 2023-06-23 14:12:32 UTC

ACS is a rather unfortunately named feature. We now have several "sources" (no pun intended) of naming-related confusion for a few different Satellite features:

1. An Alternate Content Source, defined here, has nothing to do with a host's "content source."
2. A host's "content source" refers to the Capsule (downstream name) or Smart Proxy with Content (upstream name) from which the host gets its content. There is a "Change Content Source" feature which refers to this content source, but again, has nothing to do with ACSs.
3. Before the Change Content Source feature launched, a host's content source was referred to as its "Registered-through Capsule" or "Registered-through Smart Proxy." This nomenclature still exists in the UI on the legacy content host details page > "Registered Through."

I think notes should be added here and also in the Capsule documentation (or Change Content Source documentation?) that help differentiate between Alternate Content Sources and Content Sources.


Reported by: rhn-engineering-jlenz

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.13/html/managing_content/managing_alternate_content_sources_content-management#annotations:7ed3724f-2715-4cd8-94d2-2f48c5d61743