Environment variables for the el7toel8 repository¶

Actors in the el7toel8 repository use environment variables specified below. All these envars use the suggested prefixes specified in the best practices document for the leapp project to distinguish their purpose: production or devel use.

If the argument for envars below is not specified, it is expected to set 0 (false) or 1 (true).

LEAPP_GRUB_DEVICE¶

Overrides the automatically detected storage device with GRUB core (e.g. /dev/sda).

LEAPP_NO_RHSM¶

If set to 1, Leapp does not use Red Hat Subscription Management for the upgrade. It‘s equivalent to the --no-rhsm leapp option.

LEAPP_OVL_SIZE¶

For any partition that uses XFS with the ftype option set to 0, Leapp is creating a file of a specific size in order to proceed with the upgrade. By default, the size of that file is 2048 MB. In case the size needs to be increased, Leapp informs you in the pre-upgrade report that the environment variable needs to be specified.

LEAPP_DEBUG¶

Enables debug logging. Equivalent to --debug, which takes precedence.

LEAPP_VERBOSE¶

Enables debug logging. Equivalent to --verbose, which takes precedence.

LEAPP_CONFIG¶

Overrides the default location of leapp.conf. If not specified, leapp/leapp.conf is used when the command is executed inside a leapp repository, otherwise the default /etc/leapp/leapp.conf is used.

LEAPP_LOGGER_CONFIG¶

Overrides the default location of logger.conf. If not specified, the default /etc/leapp/logger.conf is used.

LEAPP_ENABLE_REPOS¶

Specify repositories (repoids) split by comma, that should be used during the in-place upgrade to the target system. It‘s overwritten automatically in case the --enablerepo option of the leapp utility is used. It‘s recommended to use the --enablerepo option instead of the envar.

LEAPP_SERVICE_HOST¶

Overrides the host of the service to which leapp connects to fetch necessary data files in case they are missing. The used protocol (http:// or https://) must be specified. Defaults to https://cert.cloud.redhat.com.

LEAPP_PROXY_HOST¶

If set, leapp will use this proxy to fetch necessary data files in case they are missing. The used protocol (http:// or https://) must be specified.

LEAPP_TARGET_PRODUCT_CHANNEL¶

The alternative to the --channel leapp option. As a parameter accepts a channel acronym. E.g. eus or e4s. For more info, see the leapp preupgrade --help. In case the beta channel is required, use the LEAPP_DEVEL_TARGET_PRODUCT_TYPE envar instead.

LEAPP_NO_NETWORK_RENAMING¶

If set to 1, the actor responsible to handle NICs names ends without doing anything. The actor usually creates UDEV rules to preserve original NICs in case they are changed. However, in some cases it‘s not wanted and it leads in malfunction network configuration (e.g. in case the bonding is configured on the system). It‘s expected that NICs have to be handled manually if needed.

LEAPP_DATABASE_FORCE_SYNC_ON¶

If set to 1, Leapp will explicitly enable synchronization on the SQLite database. Enabling the synchronization has negative impact on the performance (sometimes very negative). However, it is more reliable in case of extreme situations (e.g. lost power). Note the synchronization is nowadays switched off by default only during the phases executed before the reboot of the system to the upgrade environment, which we consider safe. As a result, we do not expect that someone would want to use this option now.

LEAPP_NO_INSIGHTS_REGISTER¶

If set to 1, Leapp does not register the system into Red Hat Insights automatically. It‘s equivalent to the --no-insights-register leapp option.

LEAPP_NO_RHSM_FACTS¶

If set to 1, Leapp does not store migration information using Red Hat Subscription Manager. It‘s equivalent to the --no-rhsm-facts leapp option.

LEAPP_NOGPGCHECK¶

Set to 1 to disable RPM GPG checks (same as yum/dnf –nogpgckeck option). It‘s equivalent to the --nogpgcheck leapp option.

LEAPP_TARGET_ISO¶

Set the path to the target OS ISO image that should be used for the IPU. It‘s equivalent to the --iso leapp option.

LEAPP_UNSUPPORTED¶

Necessary to use in case you use any envar with the LEAPP_DEVEL prefix (see the list below). And in case you use the –whitelist-experimental option for the Leapp tool.

Development environment variables for the el7toel8 repository¶

LEAPP_DEVEL_RPMS_ALL_SIGNED¶

Leapp will consider all installed pkgs to be signed by RH - that affects the upgrade process as by default Leapp upgrades only pkgs signed by RH. Leapp takes care of the RPM transaction (and behaviour of applications) related to only pkgs signed by Red Hat. What happens with the non-RH signed RPMs is undefined.

LEAPP_DEVEL_TARGET_RELEASE¶

Change the default target RHEL 8 minor version.

LEAPP_DEVEL_SKIP_CHECK_OS_RELEASE¶

Do not check whether the source RHEL 7 version is the supported one. E.g. right now Leapp does not allow you to proceed with the upgrade when you’re not on RHEL 7.9.

LEAPP_DEVEL_DM_DISABLE_UDEV¶

Setting the environment variable provides a more convenient way of disabling udev support in libdevmapper, dmsetup and LVM2 tools globally without a need to modify any existing configuration settings. This is mostly useful if the system environment does not use udev.

LEAPP_DEVEL_SOURCE_PRODUCT_TYPE¶

By default the upgrade is processed from the GA (general availability) system using GA repositories. In case you need to do the in-place upgrade from a Beta system, use the variable to tell which of those you would like to use. The value is case insensitive and the default value is ga. Expected values: ga, beta.

LEAPP_DEVEL_TARGET_PRODUCT_TYPE¶

LEAPP_DEVEL_TARGET_PRODUCT_TYPE is an analogy to LEAPP_DEVEL_SOURCE_PRODUCT_TYPE for the target system and an extension to LEAPP_TARGET_PRODUCT_CHANNEL. If used, it replaces any value set via the --channel option or through the LEAPP_TARGET_PRODUCT_CHANNEL environment variable . It consumes the same set of values as the --channel option, and can be extended with the value beta. This is the only way how to perform the inplace upgrade to a beta version of the target system using the subscription-manager.

LEAPP_DEVEL_USE_PERSISTENT_PACKAGE_CACHE¶

Caches downloaded packages when equal to 1. This will reduce the time needed by leapp, when executed multiple times, because it will not have to download already downloaded packages. However, this can lead to a random issues in case the data is not fresh or changes of settings and repositories. The environment variable is meant to be used only for the part before the reboot and has no effect or use otherwise.

LEAPP_DEVEL_DATABASE_SYNC_OFF¶

If set to 1, leapp will disable explicit synchronization on the SQLite database. The positive effect is significant speed up of the leapp execution, however it comes at the cost of risking a corrupted database, so it is currently used for testing / development purposes, only.

LEAPP_DEVEL_INITRAM_NETWORK¶

You can specify one of the following values: ‘network-manager‘, ‘scripts‘. The ‘scripts‘ value is used for a legacy dracut module when the network is not handled by NetworkManager. Using the option allows experimental upgrades, bringing up the networking inside the upgrade initramfs environment (upgrade phases after the first reboot). It also allows the upgrade e.g. when a network based storage is used on the system. Currently it works only for the most simple configurations (e.g. when only 1 NIC is present, no rdma, no bonding, ...). Network based storage is not handled anyhow during the upgrade, so it‘s possible that the network based storage will not be correctly initialized and usable as expected).

LEAPP_DEVEL_KEEP_DISK_IMGS¶

If set to 1, leapp will skip removal of disk images created for source OVLs. This is handy for debugging and investigations related to created containers (the scratch one and the target userspace container).