SI_PUSHUPDATE

Name

si_pushupdate -- update the image of one or more remote clients

Synopsis

si_pushupdate [-help] [-version] [-client HOSTNAME] [-range X-Y] [ -domain DOMAINNAME ] [-clients-file FILE] [ -concurrent-processes N ] [-ssh-user] [-continue-install] [-reboot]

Options for updateclient: (The following options will be passed on to the si_updateclient command)

[-server HOSTNAME] [-image IMAGENAME] [ -directory DIRECTORY ] [-nolilo] [-autoinstall] [ -configure-from DEVICE ] [-reboot] [-log "STRING"]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the si_pushupdate command.

si_pushupdate is a tool for updating the image on one or more client nodes. It relies on the availability of ssh as a transport layer for communicating with client nodes.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-help

Show summary of options

-version

Display version and copyright information

-client HOSTNAME

Host name of the client you want to update. When used with -continue-install, the name of the client to autoinstall.

-range X-Y

Number range used to create a series of host names based on the -client option. For example, "-client www -range 1-3" will cause si_pushupdate to use www1, www2, and www3 as host names. If no -range is given with -client, then si_pushupdate assumes that only one client is to be updated.

-domain DOMAINNAME

If this option is used, DOMAINNAME will be appended to the client host name(s).

-clients-file FILE

Read host names and images to process from FILE.

-concurrent-processes N

Number of concurrent process to run. If this option is not used, N will default to 1.

-ssh-user

Username for ssh connection to client.

-continue-install

Hosts should be treated as autoinstall clients waiting for further instruction.

-server HOSTNAME

Hostname or IP address of the imageserver. (-imageserver is a deprecated option and will go away soon.)

-image IMAGENAME

Image from which the client should be updated

-directory DIRECTORY

Absolute path of the directory to be updated (defaults to "/")

-nolilo

Don't run lilo after update completes. (lilo is always run unless specified)

-autoinstall

Autoinstall this client the next time it reboots. (can't be run with -nolilo)

-configure-from DEVICE

Only used with -autoinstall. Stores the network configuration for DEVICE in the /local.cfg file so that the same settings will be used during the autoinstall process.

-reboot

Reboot client after update completes

-log "STRING"

Quoted string for log file format. See the rsyncd.conf man page for options.

SEE ALSO

si_updateclient(8)

More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.

AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled by dann <> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).