config

Central configuration folder

This folder is the single place to create your configuration files for the toolbox. Deploy and lifecycle make targets automatically sync files from here to the locations where the scripts and playbooks actually read them; make sync-config runs the sync explicitly. A file is only copied when it is missing at the destination or the config/ copy is newer, so editing the canonical locations directly still works as before.

Only templates and examples are tracked in git; the .gitignore in this folder prevents your real config files (including the pull secret) from ever being committed.

Files

Create this file	Used by	Synced to	How to create
instance.env	AWS hypervisor (all make instance targets)	deploy/aws-hypervisor/instance.env	cp config/instance.env.template config/instance.env
pull-secret.json	dev-scripts and kcli deployments	deploy/openshift-clusters/roles/dev-scripts/install-dev/files/pull-secret.json and deploy/openshift-clusters/roles/kcli/kcli-install/files/pull-secret.json	Paste your pull secret from https://cloud.redhat.com/openshift/install/pull-secret
config_arbiter.sh	dev-scripts arbiter topology	deploy/openshift-clusters/roles/dev-scripts/install-dev/files/config_arbiter.sh	cp config/config_arbiter_example.sh config/config_arbiter.sh
config_fencing.sh	dev-scripts fencing topology	deploy/openshift-clusters/roles/dev-scripts/install-dev/files/config_fencing.sh	cp config/config_fencing_example.sh config/config_fencing.sh
config_sno.sh	dev-scripts SNO topology	deploy/openshift-clusters/roles/dev-scripts/install-dev/files/config_sno.sh	cp config/config_sno_example.sh config/config_sno.sh
config_baremetal_fencing.sh	dev-scripts baremetal fencing topology	deploy/openshift-clusters/roles/dev-scripts/install-dev/files/config_baremetal_fencing.sh	Generated by make baremetal-adopt, or copy from canonical location
kcli.yml	kcli deployment (optional overrides)	deploy/openshift-clusters/vars/kcli.yml	cp config/kcli.yml.template config/kcli.yml
assisted.yml	assisted installer spoke deployment	deploy/openshift-clusters/vars/assisted.yml	cp config/assisted.yml.template config/assisted.yml
init-host.yml.local	external host initialization (optional RHSM overrides)	deploy/openshift-clusters/vars/init-host.yml.local	cp deploy/openshift-clusters/vars/init-host.yml config/init-host.yml.local

Syncing

The sync runs automatically as a Makefile prerequisite before deploy and cluster targets. To run it on its own (for example before invoking ansible-playbook directly):

cd deploy/
make sync-config

Scripts run directly (bypassing make) do not auto-sync — run make sync-config first, or use make targets.