diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 9bd06a8c2..f773d9992 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ We're doing this for greater code-reuse (across Ansible playbooks, including our Some variable names will change during the transition to having more and more external (galaxy) roles. There's a new `custom/matrix_playbook_migration` role added to the playbook which will tell you about these changes each time you run the playbook. -From now on, every time you update the playbook (well, every time the `requirements.yml` file changes), it's best to run `make roles` to update the roles downloaded from other sources. +**From now on**, every time you update the playbook (well, every time the `requirements.yml` file changes), it's best to run `make roles` to update the roles downloaded from other sources. `make roles` is a shortcut (a `roles` target defined in [`Makefile`](Makefile) and executed by the [`make`](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) utility) which ultimately runs [ansible-galaxy](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-galaxy.html) to download Ansible roles. If you don't have `make`, you can also manually run the commands seen in the `Makefile`. # 2022-10-14 diff --git a/docs/installing.md b/docs/installing.md index 7c62cc393..19506e331 100644 --- a/docs/installing.md +++ b/docs/installing.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ If you've [configured your DNS](configuring-dns.md) and have [configured the playbook](configuring-playbook.md), you can start the installation procedure. -**Before installing** and each time you update the playbook in the future, you will need to update the Ansible roles in this playbook by running `make roles`. +**Before installing** and each time you update the playbook in the future, you will need to update the Ansible roles in this playbook by running `make roles`. `make roles` is a shortcut (a `roles` target defined in [`Makefile`](Makefile) and executed by the [`make`](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) utility) which ultimately runs [ansible-galaxy](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-galaxy.html) to download Ansible roles. If you don't have `make`, you can also manually run the commands seen in the `Makefile`. ## Playbook tags introduction diff --git a/docs/prerequisites.md b/docs/prerequisites.md index 74954648d..c0a906408 100644 --- a/docs/prerequisites.md +++ b/docs/prerequisites.md @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ If your distro runs within an [LXC container](https://linuxcontainers.org/), you - [`git`](https://git-scm.com/) is the recommended way to download the playbook to your computer. `git` may also be required on the server if you will be [self-building](self-building.md) components. +- [`make`](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) for running `make roles`, etc. (see [`Makefile`](../Makefile)), although you can also run these commands manually (without `make`) + - An HTTPS-capable web server at the base domain name (``) which is capable of serving static files. Unless you decide to [Serve the base domain from the Matrix server](configuring-playbook-base-domain-serving.md) or alternatively, to use DNS SRV records for [Server Delegation](howto-server-delegation.md). - Properly configured DNS records for `` (details in [Configuring DNS](configuring-dns.md)).