Adding proxy configuration in the updates documentation #327
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Signed-off-by: David Morel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Morel <[email protected]>
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| @@ -30,6 +30,31 @@ If your version is lower than `8.2`, it will not receive updates anymore. To kee | |||
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| Your dom0 system must either have access to the internet, or to a local mirror. In the second case, make sure to update the `baseurl` values in `/etc/yum.repos.d/xcp-ng.repo` to make them point at the local mirror, and keep the mirror regularly synced. | |||
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| #### Proxy configuration | |||
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| If your hosts need to use a proxy to be able to access the repositories, there are multiple ways to configure it depending on your use case: | |||
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| If your hosts need to use a proxy to be able to access the repositories, there are multiple ways to configure it depending on your use case: | |
| If your hosts need a proxy to access the repositories, there are a few ways to set it up depending on what you need: |
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| - Set `proxy=<proxy_url>` in the repository section of your choice in files present in `/etc/yum.repos.d` | ||
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| Set a system-wide proxy that will be used for everything, not only yum: | ||
| - Add you can export lines for `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` variables in `/etc/environment` |
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| - Add you can export lines for `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` variables in `/etc/environment` | |
| - Export the `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` variables in `/etc/environment`: |
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| - Add you can export lines for `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` variables in `/etc/environment` | |
| Add these export lines for `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` variables in `/etc/environment` |
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| There are caveats for each methods: |
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| There are caveats for each methods: | |
| Each method has its own quirks: |
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| There are caveats for each methods: | |
| Each method has its caveat: |
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| - Updating the `yum` package may overwrite `/etc/yum.conf` | ||
| - Updating the `xcp-ng-release` package may overwrite files in `/etc/yum.repos.d/` | ||
| - Updating the `setup` package may overwrite `/etc/environment` | ||
| - Environmentn variables won't be taken into account when updating through Xen Orchestra |
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| - Environmentn variables won't be taken into account when updating through Xen Orchestra | |
| - Environment variables won't be used when updating through Xen Orchestra |
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| - Environment variables won't be taken into account when updating through Xen Orchestra |
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Adding some explanations about how to configure proxies in order to be able to update when a proxy is needed to reach the repositories.