diff --git a/guides/doc-Provisioning_Guide/topics/proc_creating-discovery-rules.adoc b/guides/doc-Provisioning_Guide/topics/proc_creating-discovery-rules.adoc index 3fc11501fb..07b61bbdbd 100644 --- a/guides/doc-Provisioning_Guide/topics/proc_creating-discovery-rules.adoc +++ b/guides/doc-Provisioning_Guide/topics/proc_creating-discovery-rules.adoc @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ For example: `cpu_count > 8`. . From the *Host Group* list, select the host group to use as a template for this host. . In the *Hostname* field, enter the pattern to determine host names for multiple hosts. This uses the same ERB syntax that provisioning templates use. -The host name can use the `@host` attribute for host-specific values and the `rand` function for a random number. -For more information about provisioning templates, see xref:provisioning-templates_provisioning[]. +The host name can use the `@host` attribute for host-specific values and the `rand` macro for a random number or the `sequence_hostgroup_param_next` macro for incrementing the value. +For more information about provisioning templates, see xref:provisioning-templates_provisioning[] and the API documentation. + * `myhost-<%= sequence_hostgroup_param_next("EL7/MyHostgroup", 10, "discovery_host") %>` * `myhost-<%= rand(99999) %>`