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+# Notes
+
+Using this folder to hold notes about the lab environment that do no belong in the lab materials.
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+# Disabling Autosync
+
+1. Disable Autosync on `bootstrap` inside of the main Gitops
+2. Edit `ApplicationSet/tenants` on the openshift-gitops namespace to turn off autosync
+   1. `oc patch applicationset tenants --type='merge' -p '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"syncPolicy": {"automated": {"selfHeal": false}}}}}}' -n openshift-gitops`
+3. Disalbe Autosync on `composer-ai-config`
+4. Then you should be able to disable autosync on any of the other composer items
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+# Issues and Fixes
+
+A list of possible known issues and fixes
+
+## ElasticSearch Issue
+
+Rarely the elastic search install will run into errors figuring out who is the main node. Easiest way to fix this is delete the entire `Elasticsearch` kubernetes object and let the Argo Recreate, then rerun the ingestion pipeline.