Merge pull request #311 from dellhpc/release

Merge `release` branch (version 1.0.1) into `devel`

appliance/appliance_config.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public_nic: "em2"
 # This is the  path where user has kept the iso image that needs to be provisioned in target nodes.
 # The iso file should be CentOS7-2009-minimal edition.
 # Other iso file not supported.
-iso_file_path: "" 
+iso_file_path: ""
 
 # The mapping file consists of the MAC address and its respective IP address and hostname.
 # The format of mapping file should be MAC,hostname,IP and must be a CSV file.
@@ -47,3 +47,9 @@ mapping_file_path: ""
 # Example: 10.1.23.1
 dhcp_start_ip_range: ""
 dhcp_end_ip_range: ""
+
+# This is the timezone that will be set during provisioning of OS
+# Available timezone are provided in list appliance/common/files/timezone.txt
+# Default timezone will be set to "GMT"
+# Some of the other available timezone are EST,CET,MST,CST6CDT,PST8PDT
+timezone: "GMT"

appliance/roles/common/files/timezone.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,593 @@
+Africa/Abidjan
+Africa/Accra
+Africa/Addis_Ababa
+Africa/Algiers
+Africa/Asmara
+Africa/Asmera
+Africa/Bamako
+Africa/Bangui
+Africa/Banjul
+Africa/Bissau
+Africa/Blantyre
+Africa/Brazzaville
+Africa/Bujumbura
+Africa/Cairo
+Africa/Casablanca
+Africa/Ceuta
+Africa/Conakry
+Africa/Dakar
+Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
+Africa/Djibouti
+Africa/Douala
+Africa/El_Aaiun
+Africa/Freetown
+Africa/Gaborone
+Africa/Harare
+Africa/Johannesburg
+Africa/Juba
+Africa/Kampala
+Africa/Khartoum
+Africa/Kigali
+Africa/Kinshasa
+Africa/Lagos
+Africa/Libreville
+Africa/Lome
+Africa/Luanda
+Africa/Lubumbashi
+Africa/Lusaka
+Africa/Malabo
+Africa/Maputo
+Africa/Maseru
+Africa/Mbabane
+Africa/Mogadishu
+Africa/Monrovia
+Africa/Nairobi
+Africa/Ndjamena
+Africa/Niamey
+Africa/Nouakchott
+Africa/Ouagadougou
+Africa/Porto-Novo
+Africa/Sao_Tome
+Africa/Timbuktu
+Africa/Tripoli
+Africa/Tunis
+Africa/Windhoek
+America/Adak
+America/Anchorage
+America/Anguilla
+America/Antigua
+America/Araguaina
+America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
+America/Argentina/Catamarca
+America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
+America/Argentina/Cordoba
+America/Argentina/Jujuy
+America/Argentina/La_Rioja
+America/Argentina/Mendoza
+America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
+America/Argentina/Salta
+America/Argentina/San_Juan
+America/Argentina/San_Luis
+America/Argentina/Tucuman
+America/Argentina/Ushuaia
+America/Aruba
+America/Asuncion
+America/Atikokan
+America/Atka
+America/Bahia
+America/Bahia_Banderas
+America/Barbados
+America/Belem
+America/Belize
+America/Blanc-Sablon
+America/Boa_Vista
+America/Bogota
+America/Boise
+America/Buenos_Aires
+America/Cambridge_Bay
+America/Campo_Grande
+America/Cancun
+America/Caracas
+America/Catamarca
+America/Cayenne
+America/Cayman
+America/Chicago
+America/Chihuahua
+America/Coral_Harbour
+America/Cordoba
+America/Costa_Rica
+America/Creston
+America/Cuiaba
+America/Curacao
+America/Danmarkshavn
+America/Dawson
+America/Dawson_Creek
+America/Denver
+America/Detroit
+America/Dominica
+America/Edmonton
+America/Eirunepe
+America/El_Salvador
+America/Ensenada
+America/Fort_Nelson
+America/Fort_Wayne
+America/Fortaleza
+America/Glace_Bay
+America/Godthab
+America/Goose_Bay
+America/Grand_Turk
+America/Grenada
+America/Guadeloupe
+America/Guatemala
+America/Guayaquil
+America/Guyana
+America/Halifax
+America/Havana
+America/Hermosillo
+America/Indiana/Indianapolis
+America/Indiana/Knox
+America/Indiana/Marengo
+America/Indiana/Petersburg
+America/Indiana/Tell_City
+America/Indiana/Vevay
+America/Indiana/Vincennes
+America/Indiana/Winamac
+America/Indianapolis
+America/Inuvik
+America/Iqaluit
+America/Jamaica
+America/Jujuy
+America/Juneau
+America/Kentucky/Louisville
+America/Kentucky/Monticello
+America/Knox_IN
+America/Kralendijk
+America/La_Paz
+America/Lima
+America/Los_Angeles
+America/Louisville
+America/Lower_Princes
+America/Maceio
+America/Managua
+America/Manaus
+America/Marigot
+America/Martinique
+America/Matamoros
+America/Mazatlan
+America/Mendoza
+America/Menominee
+America/Merida
+America/Metlakatla
+America/Mexico_City
+America/Miquelon
+America/Moncton
+America/Monterrey
+America/Montevideo
+America/Montreal
+America/Montserrat
+America/Nassau
+America/New_York
+America/Nipigon
+America/Nome
+America/Noronha
+America/North_Dakota/Beulah
+America/North_Dakota/Center
+America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
+America/Nuuk
+America/Ojinaga
+America/Panama
+America/Pangnirtung
+America/Paramaribo
+America/Phoenix
+America/Port-au-Prince
+America/Port_of_Spain
+America/Porto_Acre
+America/Porto_Velho
+America/Puerto_Rico
+America/Punta_Arenas
+America/Rainy_River
+America/Rankin_Inlet
+America/Recife
+America/Regina
+America/Resolute
+America/Rio_Branco
+America/Rosario
+America/Santa_Isabel
+America/Santarem
+America/Santiago
+America/Santo_Domingo
+America/Sao_Paulo
+America/Scoresbysund
+America/Shiprock
+America/Sitka
+America/St_Barthelemy
+America/St_Johns
+America/St_Kitts
+America/St_Lucia
+America/St_Thomas
+America/St_Vincent
+America/Swift_Current
+America/Tegucigalpa
+America/Thule
+America/Thunder_Bay
+America/Tijuana
+America/Toronto
+America/Tortola
+America/Vancouver
+America/Virgin
+America/Whitehorse
+America/Winnipeg
+America/Yakutat
+America/Yellowknife
+Antarctica/Casey
+Antarctica/Davis
+Antarctica/DumontDUrville
+Antarctica/Macquarie
+Antarctica/Mawson
+Antarctica/McMurdo
+Antarctica/Palmer
+Antarctica/Rothera
+Antarctica/South_Pole
+Antarctica/Syowa
+Antarctica/Troll
+Antarctica/Vostok
+Arctic/Longyearbyen
+Asia/Aden
+Asia/Almaty
+Asia/Amman
+Asia/Anadyr
+Asia/Aqtau
+Asia/Aqtobe
+Asia/Ashgabat
+Asia/Ashkhabad
+Asia/Atyrau
+Asia/Baghdad
+Asia/Bahrain
+Asia/Baku
+Asia/Bangkok
+Asia/Barnaul
+Asia/Beirut
+Asia/Bishkek
+Asia/Brunei
+Asia/Calcutta
+Asia/Chita
+Asia/Choibalsan
+Asia/Chongqing
+Asia/Chungking
+Asia/Colombo
+Asia/Dacca
+Asia/Damascus
+Asia/Dhaka
+Asia/Dili
+Asia/Dubai
+Asia/Dushanbe
+Asia/Famagusta
+Asia/Gaza
+Asia/Harbin
+Asia/Hebron
+Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
+Asia/Hong_Kong
+Asia/Hovd
+Asia/Irkutsk
+Asia/Istanbul
+Asia/Jakarta
+Asia/Jayapura
+Asia/Jerusalem
+Asia/Kabul
+Asia/Kamchatka
+Asia/Karachi
+Asia/Kashgar
+Asia/Kathmandu
+Asia/Katmandu
+Asia/Khandyga
+Asia/Kolkata
+Asia/Krasnoyarsk
+Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
+Asia/Kuching
+Asia/Kuwait
+Asia/Macao
+Asia/Macau
+Asia/Magadan
+Asia/Makassar
+Asia/Manila
+Asia/Muscat
+Asia/Nicosia
+Asia/Novokuznetsk
+Asia/Novosibirsk
+Asia/Omsk
+Asia/Oral
+Asia/Phnom_Penh
+Asia/Pontianak
+Asia/Pyongyang
+Asia/Qatar
+Asia/Qostanay
+Asia/Qyzylorda
+Asia/Rangoon
+Asia/Riyadh
+Asia/Saigon
+Asia/Sakhalin
+Asia/Samarkand
+Asia/Seoul
+Asia/Shanghai
+Asia/Singapore
+Asia/Srednekolymsk
+Asia/Taipei
+Asia/Tashkent
+Asia/Tbilisi
+Asia/Tehran
+Asia/Tel_Aviv
+Asia/Thimbu
+Asia/Thimphu
+Asia/Tokyo
+Asia/Tomsk
+Asia/Ujung_Pandang
+Asia/Ulaanbaatar
+Asia/Ulan_Bator
+Asia/Urumqi
+Asia/Ust-Nera
+Asia/Vientiane
+Asia/Vladivostok
+Asia/Yakutsk
+Asia/Yangon
+Asia/Yekaterinburg
+Asia/Yerevan
+Atlantic/Azores
+Atlantic/Bermuda
+Atlantic/Canary
+Atlantic/Cape_Verde
+Atlantic/Faeroe
+Atlantic/Faroe
+Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
+Atlantic/Madeira
+Atlantic/Reykjavik
+Atlantic/South_Georgia
+Atlantic/St_Helena
+Atlantic/Stanley
+Australia/ACT
+Australia/Adelaide
+Australia/Brisbane
+Australia/Broken_Hill
+Australia/Canberra
+Australia/Currie
+Australia/Darwin
+Australia/Eucla
+Australia/Hobart
+Australia/LHI
+Australia/Lindeman
+Australia/Lord_Howe
+Australia/Melbourne
+Australia/NSW
+Australia/North
+Australia/Perth
+Australia/Queensland
+Australia/South
+Australia/Sydney
+Australia/Tasmania
+Australia/Victoria
+Australia/West
+Australia/Yancowinna
+Brazil/Acre
+Brazil/DeNoronha
+Brazil/East
+Brazil/West
+CET
+CST6CDT
+Canada/Atlantic
+Canada/Central
+Canada/Eastern
+Canada/Mountain
+Canada/Newfoundland
+Canada/Pacific
+Canada/Saskatchewan
+Canada/Yukon
+Chile/Continental
+Chile/EasterIsland
+Cuba
+EET
+EST
+EST5EDT
+Egypt
+Eire
+Etc/GMT
+Etc/GMT+0
+Etc/GMT+1
+Etc/GMT+10
+Etc/GMT+11
+Etc/GMT+12
+Etc/GMT+2
+Etc/GMT+3
+Etc/GMT+4
+Etc/GMT+5
+Etc/GMT+6
+Etc/GMT+7
+Etc/GMT+8
+Etc/GMT+9
+Etc/GMT-0
+Etc/GMT-1
+Etc/GMT-10
+Etc/GMT-11
+Etc/GMT-12
+Etc/GMT-13
+Etc/GMT-14
+Etc/GMT-2
+Etc/GMT-3
+Etc/GMT-4
+Etc/GMT-5
+Etc/GMT-6
+Etc/GMT-7
+Etc/GMT-8
+Etc/GMT-9
+Etc/GMT0
+Etc/Greenwich
+Etc/UCT
+Etc/UTC
+Etc/Universal
+Etc/Zulu
+Europe/Amsterdam
+Europe/Andorra
+Europe/Astrakhan
+Europe/Athens
+Europe/Belfast
+Europe/Belgrade
+Europe/Berlin
+Europe/Bratislava
+Europe/Brussels
+Europe/Bucharest
+Europe/Budapest
+Europe/Busingen
+Europe/Chisinau
+Europe/Copenhagen
+Europe/Dublin
+Europe/Gibraltar
+Europe/Guernsey
+Europe/Helsinki
+Europe/Isle_of_Man
+Europe/Istanbul
+Europe/Jersey
+Europe/Kaliningrad
+Europe/Kiev
+Europe/Kirov
+Europe/Lisbon
+Europe/Ljubljana
+Europe/London
+Europe/Luxembourg
+Europe/Madrid
+Europe/Malta
+Europe/Mariehamn
+Europe/Minsk
+Europe/Monaco
+Europe/Moscow
+Europe/Nicosia
+Europe/Oslo
+Europe/Paris
+Europe/Podgorica
+Europe/Prague
+Europe/Riga
+Europe/Rome
+Europe/Samara
+Europe/San_Marino
+Europe/Sarajevo
+Europe/Saratov
+Europe/Simferopol
+Europe/Skopje
+Europe/Sofia
+Europe/Stockholm
+Europe/Tallinn
+Europe/Tirane
+Europe/Tiraspol
+Europe/Ulyanovsk
+Europe/Uzhgorod
+Europe/Vaduz
+Europe/Vatican
+Europe/Vienna
+Europe/Vilnius
+Europe/Volgograd
+Europe/Warsaw
+Europe/Zagreb
+Europe/Zaporozhye
+Europe/Zurich
+GB
+GB-Eire
+GMT
+GMT+0
+GMT-0
+GMT0
+Greenwich
+HST
+Hongkong
+Iceland
+Indian/Antananarivo
+Indian/Chagos
+Indian/Christmas
+Indian/Cocos
+Indian/Comoro
+Indian/Kerguelen
+Indian/Mahe
+Indian/Maldives
+Indian/Mauritius
+Indian/Mayotte
+Indian/Reunion
+Iran
+Israel
+Jamaica
+Japan
+Kwajalein
+Libya
+MET
+MST
+MST7MDT
+Mexico/BajaNorte
+Mexico/BajaSur
+Mexico/General
+NZ
+NZ-CHAT
+Navajo
+PRC
+PST8PDT
+Pacific/Apia
+Pacific/Auckland
+Pacific/Bougainville
+Pacific/Chatham
+Pacific/Chuuk
+Pacific/Easter
+Pacific/Efate
+Pacific/Enderbury
+Pacific/Fakaofo
+Pacific/Fiji
+Pacific/Funafuti
+Pacific/Galapagos
+Pacific/Gambier
+Pacific/Guadalcanal
+Pacific/Guam
+Pacific/Honolulu
+Pacific/Johnston
+Pacific/Kiritimati
+Pacific/Kosrae
+Pacific/Kwajalein
+Pacific/Majuro
+Pacific/Marquesas
+Pacific/Midway
+Pacific/Nauru
+Pacific/Niue
+Pacific/Norfolk
+Pacific/Noumea
+Pacific/Pago_Pago
+Pacific/Palau
+Pacific/Pitcairn
+Pacific/Pohnpei
+Pacific/Ponape
+Pacific/Port_Moresby
+Pacific/Rarotonga
+Pacific/Saipan
+Pacific/Samoa
+Pacific/Tahiti
+Pacific/Tarawa
+Pacific/Tongatapu
+Pacific/Truk
+Pacific/Wake
+Pacific/Wallis
+Pacific/Yap
+Poland
+Portugal
+ROC
+ROK
+Singapore
+Turkey
+UCT
+US/Alaska
+US/Aleutian
+US/Arizona
+US/Central
+US/East-Indiana
+US/Eastern
+US/Hawaii
+US/Indiana-Starke
+US/Michigan
+US/Mountain
+US/Pacific
+US/Samoa
+UTC
+Universal
+W-SU
+WET
+Zulu

appliance/roles/common/tasks/docker_volume.yml

@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 - name: Create a docker volume
   docker_volume:
     name: "{{ docker_volume_name }}"
-
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"

appliance/roles/common/tasks/password_config.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
       public_nic | length < 1 or
       iso_file_path | length < 1 or
       dhcp_start_ip_range | length < 1 or
-      dhcp_end_ip_range | length < 1
+      dhcp_end_ip_range | length < 1 or
+      timezone | length < 1
 
 - name: Save input variables from file
   set_fact:
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     dhcp_end_ip: "{{ dhcp_end_ip_range | ipv4 }}"
     mapping_file: false
     path_for_mapping_file: "{{ mapping_file_path }}"
+    ks_timezone: "{{ timezone }}"
   no_log: true
 
 - name: Get the system hpc ip
@@ -243,6 +245,18 @@
     fail_msg: "{{ fail_dhcp_range }}"
   register: dhcp_end_ip_check
 
+- name: Check timezone file
+  command: grep -Fx "{{ ks_timezone }}" {{ role_path }}/files/timezone.txt
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  register: timezone_out
+
+- name: Assert timezone
+  assert:
+    that: ks_timezone in timezone_out.stdout
+    success_msg: "{{ success_timezone }}"
+    fail_msg: "{{ fail_timezone }}"
+  register: timezone_check
+
 - name: Create ansible vault key
   set_fact:
     vault_key: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null chars=ascii_letters') }}"
@@ -334,4 +348,4 @@
   command: >-
     ansible-vault encrypt {{ role_path }}/../../../{{ config_filename }}
     --vault-password-file {{ role_path }}/../../../{{ config_vaultname }}
-  changed_when: false
+  changed_when: false

appliance/roles/common/vars/main.yml

@@ -92,3 +92,5 @@ fail_msg_mariadb_password: "Failed. Incorrect mariadb_password format provided i
 success_msg_mariadb_password: "mariadb_password validated"
 success_msg_k8s_cni: "Kubernetes CNI Validated"
 fail_msg_k8s_cni: "Failed. Kubernetes CNI is incorrect in omnia_config.yml"
+success_timezone: "timezone validated"
+fail_timezone: "Failed. Incorrect timezone provided. Please check the file timezone.txt in appliance/roles/common/files/ folder"

appliance/roles/provision/files/temp_centos7.ks

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rootpw --iscrypted password
 services --enabled="chronyd"
 
 # System timezone
-timezone Asia/Kolkata --isUtc
+timezone --utc ks_timezone
 
 # System bootloader configuration
 bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda
@@ -60,5 +60,4 @@ reboot
 %packages
 @core
 net-tools
-%end
-
+%end

appliance/roles/provision/tasks/check_prerequisites.yml

@@ -44,12 +44,16 @@
     name: cobbler
   register: cobbler_image_result
   tags: install
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
 
 - name: Check cobbler status on the machine
   docker_container_info:
     name: cobbler
   register: cobbler_result
   tags: install
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
 
 - name: Update cobbler image status
   set_fact:

appliance/roles/provision/tasks/cobbler_image.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
       network: host
     state: present
   tags: install
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
 
 - name: Run cobbler container
   command: "{{ cobbler_run_command }}"

appliance/roles/provision/tasks/provision_password.yml

@@ -87,3 +87,10 @@
     regexp: '^network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=nic --onboot=on'
     replace: 'network  --bootproto=dhcp --device={{ nic }} --onboot=on'
   tags: install
+
+- name: Configure kickstart file- timezone
+  replace:
+    path: "{{ role_path }}/files/centos7.ks"
+    regexp: '^timezone --utc ks_timezone'
+    replace: 'timezone --utc {{ ks_timezone }}'
+  tags: install

appliance/roles/web_ui/tasks/check_awx_status.yml

@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@
     name: awx_task
   register: awx_task_result
   tags: install
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
 
 - name: Check awx_web status on the machine
   docker_container_info:
     name: awx_web
   register: awx_web_result
   tags: install
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
 
 - name: Update awx status
   set_fact:

docs/INSTALL_OMNIA.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following sections provide details on installing Omnia using CLI. If you wan
 
 1. Clone the Omnia repository:
 ``` 
-git clone https://github.com/dellhpc/omnia.git 
+git clone -b release https://github.com/dellhpc/omnia.git 
 ```
 __Note:__ After the Omnia repository is cloned, a folder named __omnia__ is created. Ensure that you do not rename this folder.
 
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ Commands to install JupyterHub and Kubeflow:
 * `ansible-playbook platforms/jupyterhub.yml -i inventory -e "ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python2"`
 * `ansible-playbook platforms/kubeflow.yml -i inventory -e "ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python2" `
 
-__Note:__ When the Internet connectivity is unstable or slow, it may take more time to pull the images to create the Kubeflow containers. If the time limit is exceeded, the **Apply Kubeflow configurations** task may fail. To resolve this issue, you must redeploy Kubernetes cluster and reinstall Kubeflow by completing the following steps:
+__Note:__ When the Internet connectivity is unstable or slow, it may take more time to pull the images to create the Kubeflow containers. If the time limit is exceeded, the Apply Kubeflow configurations task may fail. To resolve this issue, you must redeploy Kubernetes cluster and reinstall Kubeflow by completing the following steps:
 * Format the OS on manager and compute nodes.
-* In the `omnia_config.yml` file, change the k8s_cni variable value from calico to flannel.
+* In the omnia_config.yml file, change the k8s_cni variable value from calico to flannel.
 * Run the Kubernetes and Kubeflow playbooks.
 
 ## Add a new compute node to the cluster

docs/INSTALL_OMNIA_APPLIANCE.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 1. On the management node, change the working directory to the directory where you want to clone the Omnia Git repository.
 2. Clone the Omnia repository:
 ``` 
-git clone https://github.com/dellhpc/omnia.git 
+git clone -b release https://github.com/dellhpc/omnia.git 
 ```
 3. Change the directory to __omnia__: `cd omnia`
 4. Edit the `omnia_config.yml` file to:
@@ -36,18 +36,20 @@ __Note:__
 	
 	e. Provide valid DHCP range for HPC cluster under the variables `dhcp_start_ip_range` and `dhcp_end_ip_range`. 
 	
-7. Run `ansible-vault view appliance_config.yml --vault-password-file .vault_key` to view the set passwords of __appliance_config.yml__.
-
+	f. **GMT** is the default configured time zone set during the provisioning of OS on compute nodes. To change the time zone, edit the `timezone` variable and enter a time zone. You can set the time zone to **EST**, **CET**, **MST**, **CST6CDT**, or **PST8PDT**. For a list of available time zones, see the `appliance/common/files/timezone.txt` file. 
+	
 Omnia considers the following usernames as default:  
 * `cobbler` for Cobbler Server
 * `admin` for AWX
 * `slurm` for MariaDB
 
-9. Run `ansible-playbook appliance.yml -e "ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python2"` to install Omnia appliance.
 
-   
+7. Run `ansible-playbook appliance.yml` to install the Omnia appliance.  
+
 Omnia creates a log file which is available at: `/var/log/omnia.log`.
 
+**Note**: If you want to view the Cobbler and AWX passwords provided in the **appliance_config.yml** file, run `ansible-vault view appliance_config.yml --vault-password-file .vault_key`.  
+
 ## Provision operating system on the target nodes 
 Omnia role used: *provision*  
 Ports used by Cobbler:  
@@ -183,6 +185,6 @@ The following __Slurm__ roles are provided by Omnia when __omnia.yml__ file is r
 	- Slurm exporter is a package for exporting metrics collected from Slurm resource scheduling system to prometheus.
 	- Slurm exporter is installed on the host like Slurm, and Slurm exporter will be successfully installed only if Slurm is installed.
 
-## Add a new compute node to the Cluster
+## Add a new compute node to the cluster
 
 If a new node is provisioned through Cobbler, the node address is automatically displayed on the AWX dashboard. The node is not assigned to any group. You can add the node to the compute group along with the existing nodes and run `omnia.yml` to add the new node to the cluster and update the configurations in the manager node.