diff --git a/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml b/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml
index 400562b1f1..a4a7a76743 100644
--- a/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml
+++ b/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-distro_id: "alma-10.1-aarch64-default"
-distro_iso_image: "AlmaLinux-10.1-aarch64-dvd.iso"
+distro_iso_image: "AlmaLinux-10-latest-aarch64-dvd.iso"
diff --git a/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml b/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml
index 333e4e084b..f663a327fb 100644
--- a/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml
+++ b/docs/install/recipes/almalinux10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-distro_id: "alma-10.1-x86_64-default"
-distro_iso_image: "AlmaLinux-10.1-x86_64-dvd.iso"
+distro_iso_image: "AlmaLinux-10-latest-x86_64-dvd.iso"
diff --git a/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml b/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml
index 528d61924b..10228bdbbb 100644
--- a/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml
+++ b/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-aarch64-confluent-slurm.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-distro_id: "rocky-10.1-aarch64-default"
-distro_iso_image: "Rocky-10.1-aarch64-dvd1.iso"
+distro_iso_image: "Rocky-10-latest-aarch64-dvd.iso"
diff --git a/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml b/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml
index 77fa6887a0..c209a9fb17 100644
--- a/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml
+++ b/docs/install/recipes/rocky10-x86_64-confluent-slurm.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-distro_id: "rocky-10.1-x86_64-default"
-distro_iso_image: "Rocky-10.1-x86_64-dvd1.iso"
+distro_iso_image: "Rocky-10-latest-x86_64-dvd.iso"
diff --git a/docs/install/templates/base-os/proxy.md.j2 b/docs/install/templates/base-os/proxy.md.j2
index fa13a4b651..6dbdd53c03 100644
--- a/docs/install/templates/base-os/proxy.md.j2
+++ b/docs/install/templates/base-os/proxy.md.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ## Configure HTTPS Proxy (Optional)
 
 If your environment requires an HTTPS caching proxy for external network access,
-configure it here before installing any packages. The placeholder below marks
-where site-specific proxy setup should be injected by a pre-processing step.
+configure it here before installing any packages.
+
+{# The placeholder below marks where site-specific proxy setup should be injected by
+a pre-processing step. #}
 
 <!-- ohpc_begin -->
 <!-- ohpc_comment Configure HTTPS proxy for head node (site-specific) -->
diff --git a/docs/install/templates/distro/openeuler/repos.md.j2 b/docs/install/templates/distro/openeuler/repos.md.j2
index aaa132c926..a171447ec7 100644
--- a/docs/install/templates/distro/openeuler/repos.md.j2
+++ b/docs/install/templates/distro/openeuler/repos.md.j2
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ In addition to the OpenHPC package repository, the *head node* also requires
 access to the standard base OS distro repositories in order to resolve necessary
 dependencies. For {{ distro_full_name }}, the requirements are to have access to
 the OS, Everything, EPOL main, and EPOL update repositories. Note that the OS,
-Everything, and EPOL main repositories are typically enabled by default. To
-enable the EPOL update repository on {{ distro_full_name }}, you can run the
-following command:
+Everything, and EPOL main repositories are typically enabled by default. The
+OpenHPC COPR repository also provides additional required tools such as `yq`:
 
 <!-- ohpc_begin -->
-<!-- ohpc_comment Install EPOL -->
+<!-- ohpc_comment Enable OpenHPC COPR repository -->
 
 ```bash
 {{ pkg_add_repo }} {{ openeuler_ohpc_repo_server }}\
diff --git a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/add-nodes.md.j2 b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/add-nodes.md.j2
index d8f7926770..5cf3e356c6 100644
--- a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/add-nodes.md.j2
+++ b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/add-nodes.md.j2
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ network services like DNS and DHCP. These tasks are accomplished as follows:
 <!-- ohpc_comment Complete networking setup, associate provisioning image -->
 ```bash
 # Associate desired provisioning image for computes
-nodedeploy -n compute -p {{ distro_id }}
+nodedeploy -n compute -p ${distro_id}
 ```
 <!-- ohpc_end -->
diff --git a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/init-os-images.md.j2 b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/init-os-images.md.j2
index 3601b188a5..513e065372 100644
--- a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/init-os-images.md.j2
+++ b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/init-os-images.md.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ initialize -i`
 <!-- ohpc_comment Initialize OS images for use with Confluent -->
 ```bash
 osdeploy initialize -${initialize_options:-usklpta}
-osdeploy import ${iso_path:-{{ distro_iso_image }}}
+: "${iso_path:={{ distro_iso_image }}}"
+distro_id=$(osdeploy importcheck "${iso_path}" 2>&1 \
+	| sed -En 's/Detected distribution name: (.*)/\1-default/p')
+osdeploy import "${iso_path}"
 restorecon -Rv /var/lib/confluent/
 ```
 <!-- ohpc_end -->
@@ -36,10 +39,12 @@ You could also add `debug` here as well to increase debug messages.
 
 <!-- ohpc_begin -->
 ```bash
-# Update kernel arguments
-yq -i '.kernelargs = "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 rd.shell"' \
-  /var/lib/confluent/public/os/{{ distro_id }}/profile.yaml
-osdeploy updateboot {{ distro_id }}
+# Update kernel arguments: drop quiet, add serial console
+yq -i '.kernelargs |= sub("quiet ?", "")' \
+  /var/lib/confluent/public/os/${distro_id}/profile.yaml
+yq -i ".kernelargs += \" console=tty0 console={% if is_aarch64 %}ttyAMA0{% else %}ttyS0{% endif %},115200 rd.shell\"" \
+  /var/lib/confluent/public/os/${distro_id}/profile.yaml
+osdeploy updateboot ${distro_id}
 ```
 <!-- ohpc_end -->
 
@@ -53,6 +58,6 @@ command should be run.
 <!-- ohpc_comment Sync the hosts file in cluster -->
 ```bash
 echo "/etc/hosts -> /etc/hosts" >> \
-	/var/lib/confluent/public/os/{{ distro_id }}/syncfiles
+	/var/lib/confluent/public/os/${distro_id}/syncfiles
 ```
 <!-- ohpc_end -->
diff --git a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/post-add-user.md.j2 b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/post-add-user.md.j2
index 4dab6435b1..23d2a8d5fb 100644
--- a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/post-add-user.md.j2
+++ b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/confluent/post-add-user.md.j2
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ credential files on *compute* nodes:
 ```bash
 # Create a sync file for pushing user credentials to the nodes
 echo "/etc/passwd -> /etc/passwd" >> \
-	/var/lib/confluent/public/os/{{ distro_id }}/syncfiles
+	/var/lib/confluent/public/os/${distro_id}/syncfiles
 echo "/etc/group -> /etc/group" >> \
-	/var/lib/confluent/public/os/{{ distro_id }}/syncfiles
+	/var/lib/confluent/public/os/${distro_id}/syncfiles
 
 # Use Confluent to distribute credentials to nodes
 nodeapply -F compute
diff --git a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/openchami/compute-image-build.md.j2 b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/openchami/compute-image-build.md.j2
index 7b5bc09c24..d899c78114 100644
--- a/docs/install/templates/provisioner/openchami/compute-image-build.md.j2
+++ b/docs/install/templates/provisioner/openchami/compute-image-build.md.j2
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ repos:
   - alias: 'OpenHPC'
     url: '{{ ohpc_repo_server }}/OpenHPC/{{ ohpc_version_tree }}/{{ ostree }}'
     gpg: 'file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-OpenHPC-{{ ohpc_version_tree }}'
+  - alias: 'OpenHPC-updates'
+    url: '{{ ohpc_repo_server }}/OpenHPC/{{ ohpc_version_tree }}/updates/{{ ostree }}'
+    gpg: 'file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-OpenHPC-{{ ohpc_version_tree }}'
 copyfiles:
   - src: '/data/hosts'
     dest: '/etc/hosts'