addkit - Install a kit on the xCAT management node
addkit [-?|-h|--help] [-v|--version]
addkit [-i|--inspection] kitlist
addkit [-V|--verbose] [-p|--path path] kitlist
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.
Display usage message.
Verbose mode.
Command version.
Show the summary of the given kits
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.
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.
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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
lskit(1), rmkit(1), addkitcomp(1), rmkitcomp(1), chkkitcomp(1)