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addkit.1
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.. highlight:: perl


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NAME
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\ **addkit**\  - Adds product software Kits to an xCAT cluster environment.


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SYNOPSIS
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\ **addkit**\  [\ **-? | -h | -**\ **-help**\ ] [\ **-v | -**\ **-version**\ ]

\ **addkit**\  [\ **-i | -**\ **-inspection**\ ] \ *kitlist*\ 

\ **addkit**\  [\ **-V | -**\ **-verbose**\ ] [\ **-p | -**\ **-path**\  \ *path*\ ] \ *kitlist*\ 


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DESCRIPTION
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The \ **addkit**\  command installs a kit on the xCAT management node from a kit tarfile or directory.
It creates xCAT database definitions for the kit, kitrepo, and kitcomponent.

\ **Note:**\  xCAT Kit support is ONLY available for Linux operating systems.


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OPTIONS
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\ **-h|-**\ **-help**\ 
 
 Display usage message.
 


\ **-V|-**\ **-verbose**\ 
 
 Verbose mode.
 


\ **-v|-**\ **-version**\ 
 
 Command version.
 


\ **-i|-**\ **-inspection**\ 
 
 Show the summary of the given kits
 


\ **-p|-**\ **-path**\  \ *path*\ 
 
 The destination directory to which the contents of the kit tarfiles and/or kit deploy directories will be copied.  When this option is not specified, the default destination directory will be formed from the installdir site attribute with ./kits subdirectory.
 


\ *kitlist*\ 
 
 A comma delimited list of kit_tarball_files or kit_deploy_directories to be added to the xCAT environment. Each entry can be an absolute or relative path.  See xCAT documentation for more information on building kits.
 



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RETURN VALUE
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0  The command completed successfully.

1  An error has occurred.


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EXAMPLES
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1. To add kits from tarball files:


.. code-block:: perl

  addkit kit-test1.tar.bz2,kit-test2.tar.bz2


2. To add kits from directories:


.. code-block:: perl

  addkit kit-test1,kit-test2


3. To add kits from tarball \ *kit-test1.tar.bz2*\  to target path \ */install/test*\ :


.. code-block:: perl

  addkit -p /install/test kit-test1.tar.bz2


4. To see general information about kit \ *kit-test1.tar.bz2*\  without adding the kit to xCAT:


.. code-block:: perl

  addkit -i kit-test1.tar.bz2



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SEE ALSO
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lskit(1)|lskit.1, rmkit(1)|rmkit.1, addkitcomp(1)|addkitcomp.1, rmkitcomp(1)|rmkitcomp.1, chkkitcomp(1)|chkkitcomp.1