show that bob is available on lxsup00.psi.ch

admin-guide/deployment/sample.rst

@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ The informations we need are:
   - the sysdb environment: ``daas``
   - optional the group inside the sysdb environment (``default`` if not specified): ``logging``
 
-On our laptop, where we have a local copy of `bob`, we first setup
-some environment variables to have shorter commands: ::
+Setting up bob
+--------------
+
+The `bob` tool is already set up on `lxsup00.psi.ch`.
+You might connect with `ssh` and use it from there.
+
+Altenatively you many have on your workstation a local copy of `bob`,
+where we suggest to setup some environment variables to have shorter commands: ::
 
   export PSI_BOB_URL=https://boot00-test.psi.ch/sysdb
   export PSI_BOB_USER=talamo_i
@@ -26,7 +32,10 @@ some environment variables to have shorter commands: ::
 The $PSI_BOB_USER is needed because our local user is different from
 the one on sysdb. It could also be specified on the command line or
 let `bob` take the local username.
-  
+
+Sysdb configuration
+-------------------
+
 We then create a deployment environment::
 
   bob env add daas talamo_i daas-admins 'DaaS Cluster'

admin-guide/operations/deployment.rst

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ generated by sysdb.
 Registration with sysdb
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The easiest way to interact with sysdb is to use bob, a command-line client
-written in Python. Alternatively it is possible to use the web API directly.
+The easiest way to interact with sysdb is to use `bob`, a command-line client, set up ready to use on `lxsup00.psi.ch`.
+Alternatively it is possible to use the web API directly.
 
 First, add the new node::
 
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ parameters::
   bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_role=role::server
   bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_group=default
 
-  
+
 Redeployment
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 After the initial installation the boot mode has been reset from netboot to local
-so it will then always boot from the local disk. For a redeployment the netboot 
+so it will then always boot from the local disk. For a redeployment the netboot
 needs to be set anew::
 
   bob node netboot $FQDN
-  
+
 and after redo the PXE boot.