diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst index da2d85c38..f5132a607 100644 --- a/doc/source/install.rst +++ b/doc/source/install.rst @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ packaged, some of them - under its old name *ironic-discoverd*. .. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ironic-inspector +Note for Ubuntu users + Please beware :ref:`possible DNS issues ` when installing + Ironic-Inspector on Ubuntu. + Version Support Matrix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/doc/source/troubleshooting.rst b/doc/source/troubleshooting.rst index 7ff8519e0..39e3c8379 100644 --- a/doc/source/troubleshooting.rst +++ b/doc/source/troubleshooting.rst @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ see what is going on with the ramdisk. The ramdisk drops into emergency shell on failure, which you can use to look around. There should be file called ``logs`` with the current ramdisk logs. +.. _ubuntu-dns: + Troubleshooting DNS issues on Ubuntu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -111,3 +113,8 @@ before calling out to an external DNS server. When DNSmasq is installed and configured for use with ironic-inspector, it can cause problems by interfering with the local DNS cache. To fix this issue ensure that ``/etc/resolve.conf`` points to your external DNS servers and not to ``127.0.0.1``. + +On Ubuntu 14.04 this can be done by editing your +``/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head`` and adding your nameservers there. +This will ensure they will come up first when ``/etc/resolv.conf`` +is regenerated.