Glossary

local

A local ostree repository is stored in Pulp’s content storage location.

remote

A remote repository is external to Pulp and is identified by its URL.

remote_id

Uniquely identifies an external ostree repository. It is the digest of its URL.

digest

A SHA256 HEX digest of an object.

refs

The references section of an ostree repository defines branches and commit (hash) that defines the branch head:

-rw-rw-r--   1 root pulp  124 Sep 11 15:25 config
drwxrwxr-x   1 root pulp 4096 Aug 27 16:02 objects
drwxrwxr-x   4 root pulp 4096 Aug 27 15:55 refs  <------------- HERE
drwxrwxr-x   2 root pulp 4096 Aug 27 15:55 remote-cache
drwxrwxr-x   2 root pulp 4096 Sep  2 13:04 tmp
drwxrwxr-x   2 root pulp 4096 Aug 27 15:55 uncompressed-objects-cache

tree

An named ostree branch

branch

A specific version of a filesystem tree.

snapshot

After all branches have been pulled during repository synchronization with a remote, a unit is created containing the refs.