Skip to content

dell-dsu-mirror-url

The base URL that the Dell System Update yum repos live at.

The Dell System Update (DSU) repositories contain BIOS and firmware updates for all supported Dell servers (in the os_independent repo) as well as OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) (in the os_dependent repo).

You can find more information on DSU and the update process we take advantage of at https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/

By default the Dell DSU mirroring tasks will utilize the dell-dsu-base-url Param to define where to pull the upstream Mirror contents from. However, this Param is also used by Machines in their Hardware Lifecycle Management (HWLC) updates to get Firmware/Flash and other packages from.

To independently Mirror an upstream Repo separately from controlling your downstream Machine Repo access, use this Param to direct the Mirroring process to use a different upstream Mirror.

This Param if set, will override the Mirroring behavior of using the dell-dsu-base-url value setting.

Typically this would be set to the Dell upstream site as the official source of the Repostiory to mirror. However, it can point to any other trusted Mirror reference that matches how the Dell DSU repos are structured.

This Param is used in the dell-dsu-repo-mirror Task.

The Mirror structure must match the same layout as found at:

  • https://linux.dell.com/repo

This Param has an empty value by default. To use it; and set it to the upstream default Repository mirror for Dell, set it to:

  • https://linux.dell.com/repo

If the site does not have valid TLS Certificates (eg using "self-signed"), and if the operator trusts the site, the dell-dsu-mirror-insecure must be set to true to pass appropriate options to trust invalid TLS certificates in the upstream mirror.