SuMa5 proxy hardware requirements: inconsistent directory names?

[jmozd]

https://documentation.suse.com/suma/5.0/en/suse-manager/installation-and-upgrade/hardware-requirements.html#_proxy_requirements

In the documentation describing storage requirements for suma5 proxy, two different references to the same storage area seem to be made.

Documentation Update Required

Evalute which one is the actual directory name, "/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/uyuni-proxy-squid-cache/" or "/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/var-cache/" and correct the according references. If both are actually correct, update the docs to explain the difference.

What does the documentation say now?

By default the SUSE Manager Proxy container caches packages in the /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/uyuni-proxy-squid-cache/ directory. If there is not enough space available, the proxy will remove old, unused packages and replace them with newer packages.

As a result of this behavior:

The larger /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/var-cache/ directory is on the proxy, the less traffic will be between the proxy and the SUSE Manager Server.

By making the /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/var-cache/ directory on the proxy the same size as /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/var-spacewalk/ on the SUSE Manager Server, you avoid a large amount of traffic after the first synchronization.

The /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/var-cache/ directory can be small on the SUSE Manager Server compared to the proxy. For a guide to size estimation, see the [Server Requirements](https://documentation.suse.com/suma/5.0/en/suse-manager/installation-and-upgrade/hardware-requirements.html#server-hardware-requirements) section.

What change is required?

Evalute which one is the actual directory name, "/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/uyuni-proxy-squid-cache/" or "/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/var-cache/" and correct the according references. If both are actually correct, update the docs to explain the difference.

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

SuMa / SMLM engineering