diff --git a/docs/quickstart/install.md b/docs/quickstart/install.md index 6a605a2c5..39530e572 100644 --- a/docs/quickstart/install.md +++ b/docs/quickstart/install.md @@ -538,13 +538,12 @@ running the `tanzu plugin search`, `tanzu plugin group search`, and The "Central Configuration" refers to an asynchronously updatable, centrally-hosted CLI configuration. Deployed CLIs regularly read this Central Configuration and take action on specific changes. -To get the latest version of the Central Configuration in an air-gapped/internet-restricted environment, the -operator can run `tanzu plugin download-bundle/upload-bundle` specifying any plugin group to fetch and then -upload the latest configuration. This can be done periodically or whenever the operator wants the latest state -of the Central Configuration. - -Trick: use the very small `vmware-tanzucli/essentials` plugin group if you only want to update the Central Configuration, -i.e, `tanzu plugin download-bundle --group vmware-tanzucli/essentials --to-tar update_config.tar` +Whenever an air-gap environment operator uses the `tanzu plugin download-bundle/upload-bundle` commands to add more plugin +versions to the air-gap repository, the latest version of the Central Configuration will automatically be updated as well. +If the operator wants to update the content of the Central Configuration without having to also upload new +plugin versions, the new `tanzu plugin download-bundle --refresh-configuration-only` command can be used followed by a +standard `tanzu plugin upload-bundle`. Running both of these commands to refresh the Central Configuration only takes a +few seconds. ### Interacting with a central repository hosted on a registry with self-signed CA or with expired CA