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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt index 75349b3a3..923dafefb 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt @@ -211,6 +211,16 @@ Once line per file download needed. Packages/config.xml will be reloaded at this time, so any source specification changes (new or modified sources in this file) will be reflected by the server at this point. +Soft reload +----------- + +.. versionadded:: 1.1.0 + +A soft reload can be performed to reread the configuration file and download only missing sources.:: + + [0:3711] bcfg2-admin xcmd Packages.Reload + True + Availability ============ @@ -241,6 +251,35 @@ need to use :ref:`BoundEntries <boundentries>` like below <BoundPackage name="mem-agent" priority="1" version="auto" type="yum" verify="false"/> +Generating Client APT/Yum Configurations +======================================== + +.. versionadded:: 1.1.0 + +Client repository information can be generated automatically from software sources using +:doc:`./tgenshi/index` or :doc:`./tcheetah`. A list of source urls are exposed in the client's metadata as +metadata.Packages.sources. + +An example :doc:`./tgenshi/index` APT template:: + + # bcfg2 maintained apt + + {% for s in metadata.Packages.sources %}\ + deb ${s.url}${s.version} ${s.groups[0]} {% for comp in s.components %}$comp {% end %} + + {% end %}\ + +An example :doc:`./tgenshi/index` YUM template:: + + # bcfg2 maintained yum + + % for s in metadata.Packages.sources %}\ + [${s.groups[0]}_${s.component}] + name=${s.groups[0]}_${s.component} + baseurl=${s.url} + + {% end %}\ + Debugging unexpected behavior ============================= |