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From: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH pbs-docs 2/4] Correct erroneous instructions and add clarity
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:50:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200818105007.6797-1-d.whyte@proxmox.com> (raw)

This patch changes the following:
- Provide extra clarity to instruction and information where
  appropriate.
- Fix examples and content that would lead to erroneous behavior
  in a command.
- Insert section about installing on Debian into a caution block

Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
---
 docs/administration-guide.rst | 18 +++++++++++-------
 docs/installation.rst         | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/administration-guide.rst b/docs/administration-guide.rst
index 7bcefa9b..2be49575 100644
--- a/docs/administration-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/administration-guide.rst
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ following roles exist:
   Can view datastore settings and list content. But
   is not allowed to read the actual data.
 
-**DataStoreReader**
+**DatastoreReader**
   Can Inspect datastore content and can do restores.
 
-**DataStoreBackup**
+**DatastoreBackup**
   Can backup and restore owned backups.
 
 **DatastorePowerUser**
@@ -543,7 +543,9 @@ This will prompt you for a password and then uploads a file archive named
 
 The ``--repository`` option can get quite long and is used by all
 commands. You can avoid having to enter this value by setting the
-environment variable ``PBS_REPOSITORY``.
+environment variable ``PBS_REPOSITORY``. Note that if you would like this to remain set
+over multiple sessions, you should instead add the below line to your
+``.bashrc`` file.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
@@ -775,7 +777,9 @@ To set up a master key:
   backed up. It can happen, for example, that you back up an entire system, using
   a key on that system. If the system then becomes inaccessable for any reason
   and needs to be restored, this will not be possible as the encryption key will be
-  lost along with the broken system.
+  lost along with the broken system. In preparation for the worst case scenario,
+  you should consider keeping a paper copy of this key locked away in
+  a safe place.
 
 Restoring Data
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -900,8 +904,8 @@ file archive as a read-only filesystem to a mountpoint on your host.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-  # proxmox-backup-client mount host/backup-client/2020-01-29T11:29:22Z root.pxar /mnt
-  # ls /mnt
+  # proxmox-backup-client mount host/backup-client/2020-01-29T11:29:22Z root.pxar /mnt/mountpoint
+  # ls /mnt/mountpoint
   bin   dev  home  lib32  libx32      media  opt   root  sbin  sys  usr
   boot  etc  lib   lib64  lost+found  mnt    proc  run   srv   tmp  var
 
@@ -916,7 +920,7 @@ To unmount the filesystem use the ``umount`` command on the mountpoint:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-  # umount /mnt
+  # umount /mnt/mountpoint
 
 Login and Logout
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 8765e381..7d4055b6 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ does, please use the following:
 This will install all required packages, the Proxmox kernel with ZFS_
 support, and a set of common and useful packages.
 
-Installing `Proxmox Backup`_ on top of an existing Debian_ installation looks easy, but
-it presumes that the base system and local storage has been set up correctly.
-
-In general this is not trivial, especially when LVM_ or ZFS_ is used.
-
-The network configuration is completely up to you as well.
+.. caution:: Installing `Proxmox Backup`_ on top of an existing Debian_
+  installation looks easy, but it assumes that the base system and local
+  storage have been set up correctly. In general this is not trivial, especially
+  when LVM_ or ZFS_ is used. The network configuration is completely up to you
+  as well.
 
 .. note:: You can access the webinterface of the Proxmox Backup Server with
   your web browser, using HTTPS on port 8007. For example at
-- 
2.20.1





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