Update description of rebuild process
Change-Id: I03afadd835a04b7facadb79d665146600c7f5c88
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa4ab50..39b1c2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,8 +88,24 @@
ansible-playbook -i inventory/frontend deploy-xos-playbook.yml
```
-Assuming it runs without error, you can then explore the environment you've set
-up. When you're ready to tear down your environment, run:
+Setting up the initial environment, and launching XOS for the first time,
+will take about 30 minutes. You can then explore the environment you've set up.
+
+Suppose you've made a change to your code and want the changes reflected
+in the running XOS containers. To get there, run:
+
+```
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/frontend redeploy-xos-playbook.yml
+```
+
+Rebuilding and redeploying containers using this method will usually take much
+less time than the initial setup phase. All changes to the local environment's
+source tree should be reflected in the redeployed containers. Note that
+running the above playbook will preserve the existing database.
+
+When you're ready to tear down your environment, for example to switch
+to another profile, or to launch the current profile again from a fresh
+database, run:
```
ansible-playbook -i inventory/frontend teardown-playbook.yml
diff --git a/redeploy-xos-playbook.yml b/redeploy-xos-playbook.yml
index 1e0a026..464baad 100644
--- a/redeploy-xos-playbook.yml
+++ b/redeploy-xos-playbook.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# This playbook is used for development. It walks through CORD's
# fetch -> build -> deploy container pipeline to rebuild and redeploy
-# containers annotated with "rebuild: true".
+# containers. It assumes that the environment has already been set up.
- name: Include vars
hosts: all
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
- "profile_manifests/{{ cord_profile }}.yml"
- profile_manifests/local_vars.yml
-# pull / build base XOS images
-- include: ../../orchestration/xos/pull-xos-playbook.yml
+# rebuild XOS images
- include: ../../orchestration/xos/build-xos-playbook.yml
# build XOS core