Bug 1038864 - [Doc] Update Foreman description to include provisioning modes
Summary: [Doc] Update Foreman description to include provisioning modes
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Installation_and_Configuration_Guide
Version: 4.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
medium
Target Milestone: z2
: 4.0
Assignee: Scott Radvan
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Blocks: 1049118
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Reported: 2013-12-06 00:49 UTC by Summer Long
Modified: 2015-04-07 03:21 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-03-04 00:04:52 UTC
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Description Summer Long 2013-12-06 00:49:20 UTC
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


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