pushupdate - update the image of one or more remote clients

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 updateclient command)

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

This manual page documents briefly the pushupdate command.

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.

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 pushupdate to use www1, www2, and www3 as host names. If no -range is given with -client, then 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.

updateclient(8)

More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.

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