[openstack-dev] [Ironic] Suggestion to split install guide

Jeff Peeler jpeeler at redhat.com
Fri Sep 11 14:47:51 UTC 2015


On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Jim Rollenhagen <jim at jimrollenhagen.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:56:07AM +0200, Dmitry Tantsur wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Our install guide is huge, and I've just approved even more text for it.
> > WDYT about splitting it into "Basic Install Guide", which will contain
> bare
> > minimum for running ironic and deploying instances, and "Advanced Install
> > Guide", which will the following things:
> > 1. Using Bare Metal service as a standalone service
> > 2. Enabling the configuration drive (configdrive)
> > 3. Inspection
> > 4. Trusted boot
> > 5. UEFI
> >
> > Opinions?
>
> +1, our guide is impossibly long. I like the idea of splitting out the
> optional bits so folks don't think that it's all required.
>

I agree as well! As somebody who is currently going through the install
guide, I might add that changing the ordering would be nice. Specifically
putting the image requirements and flavor creation last since they sort of
interrupt further server setup instructions.
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