Description of problem: Provisioning vs non-provisioning modes should be made explicit in the overview section for Foreman. The customer should be given the system prereqs. Additional Info: > > 3) What is the expectation for where the actual RPMs come from? Are > > customers expected to initially provision systems via Satellite and then > > Foreman helps install the rest of the content? RHN? From Mike Orazi: > There are really 2 modes you can set up Foreman to use: > - Provisioning mode is where foreman will pxe boot machines from > scratch and apply all the puppet magic to realize the machine as a > member of the correct host group. This can consume content from either > RHN or Satellite > > - Non-provisioning mode where the end user is expected to provision > the machine and register it back to the correct host group in Foreman > and then applies all the correct puppet magic to the existing machine. > Non-provisioning mode likewise can pull content from either RHN or > Satellite depending on how the machine is initially provisioned. > > NOTE: Non-provisioning mode is easier to develop and debug against so > we typically run through those scenarios a lot more frequently than > provisioning mode