From 6151d4a10008b2b2392c6c317bb109612faf797a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Siodelski Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:59:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [#643,!421] Added a warning about misconfigurations when using server tags. --- doc/guide/config-backend.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guide/config-backend.xml b/doc/guide/config-backend.xml index 9783caa121..cbff721a4a 100644 --- a/doc/guide/config-backend.xml +++ b/doc/guide/config-backend.xml @@ -324,6 +324,22 @@ configuration in the database is shareable because all its pieces belong to "all" servers. + + + + Be very careful when associating the configuration elements with + different server tags. The configuration backend doesn't protect you + against some possible misconfigurations that may arise from the + wrong server tags' assignments. For example: if you assign a shared + network to one server and the subnets belonging to this shared network + to another server, the servers will fail upon trying to fetch and + use this configuration. The server fetching the subnets will be + aware that the subnets are associated with the shared network but + the shared network will not be found by this server as it doesn't + belong to it. In such case, both the shared network and the subnets + should be assigned to the same set of servers. + + -- 2.47.2