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diff --git a/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst b/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst index fbbe00ff2..962ece762 100644 --- a/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst +++ b/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst @@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ The port used for conductor's HTTP server is controlled via ironic_http_port: "8089" +Configure Ironic Python Agent NTP server (optional) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The Ironic Python Agent requires that the system clock is set correctly for +the heartbeat mechanism to work. One way of achieving this is to pass +the address of an NTP server via the kernel commandline, which is then +used to set the system clock when IPA first starts. This is not a hard +requirement, and you may use other methods. For example DHCP, or functionality +built into the BMC. + +If you wish to use this option you can set ``ironic_ntp_server`` in +``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``. Eg. + +.. code-block:: yaml + + ironic_ntp_server: "192.168.33.3" + Revert to plain PXE (not recommended) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starting with Yoga, Ironic has changed the default PXE from plain PXE to iPXE. |