[Fai-commit] r5212 - in trunk: debian doc

[lange at alioth.debian.org]

Author: lange
Date: 2008-10-27 19:46:32 +0000 (Mon, 27 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 5212

Modified:
   trunk/debian/changelog
   trunk/doc/fai-guide.sgml
Log:
fai-guide.sgml: document behaviour of LOGSERVER (closes: #361524)

Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2008-10-26 19:40:52 UTC (rev 5211)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2008-10-27 19:46:32 UTC (rev 5212)
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+fai (3.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * fai-guide.sgml: document behaviour of LOGSERVER (closes: #361524)
+
+ -- Thomas Lange <lange at debian.org>  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:44:14 +0100
+
 fai (3.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * lib/setup-storage/Commands.pm: fixed dependency error in vgcreate

Modified: trunk/doc/fai-guide.sgml
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/fai-guide.sgml	2008-10-26 19:40:52 UTC (rev 5211)
+++ trunk/doc/fai-guide.sgml	2008-10-27 19:46:32 UTC (rev 5212)
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 <!entity faiver "3.2.12">
 <!entity faiverdate "15 Oct 2008">
 
-<!entity version "2.8.1">
-<!entity date    "14 Oct 2008">
+<!entity version "2.8.2">
+<!entity date    "27 Oct 2008">
 
 <!entity faisetup           system "entities/faisetup.sgml">
 <!entity bootexample        system "entities/bootexample.sgml">
@@ -1194,7 +1194,13 @@
 directory.</p> </footnote> on the new system and to the account on the
 install server if <var>$LOGUSER</var> is defined in &fc;. It is also
 possible to specify another host as log saving destination through
-the variable <var>$LOGSERVER</var>. Additionally, two symlinks will
+the variable <var>$LOGSERVER</var>. If <var>LOGSERVER</var> is not
+defined, FAI uses the variable <var>SERVER</var> which is only defined
+during an initial installation (by get-boot-info). Make sure to set
+<var>LOGSERVER</var> in a <tt>class/*.var</tt> script if you are using
+the action <tt>softupdate</tt>.
+
+ Additionally, two symlinks will
 be created to indicated the last directory written to.
 By default log files will be copied to the log server using scp.
 
@@ -2708,6 +2714,9 @@
 
 If you want to use softupdates on a system not installed with fai, 
 the first time you need to run fai with the -N switch: <tt>fai -N softupdate</tt> - see <manref name="fai" section="8"> for details.
+
+Make sure to set the variable <var>LOGSERVER</var> (done in a <tt>class/*.var</tt>
+file) if fai should save the log files to a remote machine.
 </p>
 
 <sect2 id=startsoftupdate>How to do mass softupdates