Description of problem: There is no reason now why we can't run the beaker-import script from a different host. This is handy if we are mirroring from a NAS or some other server than the lab controller. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.9.3
http://gerrit.beaker-project.org/#/c/1408/
Verified. # beaker-import --lab-controller=http://localhost:8001 http://download.bne.redhat.com/nightly/RHEL-7.0-20121101.n.0/compose/Server/x86_64/os/ Importing: http://download.bne.redhat.com/nightly/RHEL-7.0-20121101.n.0/compose/Server/x86_64/os/ 'failed to add RedHatEnterpriseLinux-7.0 to beaker: [Errno 111] Connection refused' The above lab controller was non-existent. So looks like it obeys the option.
This has now been released