What is a "blank" host?

[asteflova]

          What is a "blank" host?

Originally posted by @maximiliankolb in #2607 (comment)

[Lennonka]

BTW, if you meant a host that hasn't been provisioned yet, it can be either:

• an unknown host - a host that isn't in Foreman's inventory (I saw this used)
• a created host - a host that is in Foreman's inventory, but hasn't been built yet (not sure if this has been used)

Maybe this helps.

[Lennonka]

Or we could define what "blank host" means in the Glossary.

[ekohl]

Perhaps it's best to avoid the whole term and be explicit in what we mean.

[maximiliankolb]

My understanding would be "a host that I have provisioned and that's running (aka. I can SSH into it) but it does not have a purpose yet". Example: external DBs; I'd assume that they are setup on a "blank host"; meaning that you should not run external DBs on a host that acts as your mail server :D

I agree with Ewoud that we should be more specific.

[asteflova]

Separate glossaries (like the one in Plannning_for_Project) are not very useful and cause a poor user experience. This is also supported by RH d/s stats: the glossary part of the guide had very few page views the last time I checked.

So another +1 on finding a wording that's clear right at the moment when it's used.