addkit.1¶
NAME¶
addkit - Install a kit on the xCAT management node
SYNOPSIS¶
addkit [-? | -h | --help] [-v | --version]
addkit [-i | --inspection] kitlist
addkit [-V | --verbose] [-p | --path path] kitlist
DESCRIPTION¶
The addkit command install a kit on the xCAT management node from a kit tarfile or directory, creating xCAT database definitions for kit, kitrepo, kitcomponent.
Note: The xCAT support for Kits is only available for Linux operating systems.
OPTIONS¶
-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 dirs 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 and kit_deploy_dirs that are to be added to the xCAT cluster. Each entry can be an absolute or relative path. For kit_tarball_files, these must be valid kits tarfiles added. For kit_deploy_dirs, these must be fully populated directory structures that are identical to the contents of an expanded kit_tarball_file.
EXAMPLES¶
- To add two kits from tarball files.
addkit kit-test1.tar.bz2,kit-test2.tar.bz2
Output is similar to:
Kit /kit/kit-test1.tar.bz2,/kit/kit-test2.tar.bz2 was successfully added.
- To add two kits from directories.
addkit kit-test1,kit-test2
Output is similar to:
Kit /kit/kit-test1,/kit/kit-test2 was successfully added.
- To add a kit from tarball file to /install/test directory.
addkit -p /install/test kit-test1.tar.bz2
Output is similar to:
Kit /kit/kit-test1.tar.bz2 was successfully added.
- To read the general infomration of the kit, without adding the kits to xCAT DB
addkit -i kit-test1.tar.bz2
Output is similar to:
kitname=xlc-12.1.0.0-Linux description=XLC12 for Linux version=12.1.0.0 ostype=Linux
SEE ALSO¶
lskit(1)|lskit.1, rmkit(1)|rmkit.1, addkitcomp(1)|addkitcomp.1, rmkitcomp(1)|rmkitcomp.1, chkkitcomp(1)|chkkitcomp.1