addkit - Adds product software Kits to an xCAT cluster environment.
addkit [-?|-h|--help] [-v|--version]
addkit [-i|--inspection] kitlist
addkit [-V|--verbose] [-p|--path path] kitlist
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.
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 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.
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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1. To add kits from tarball files:
addkit kit-test1.tar.bz2,kit-test2.tar.bz2
2. To add kits from directories:
addkit kit-test1,kit-test2
3. To add kits from tarball kit-test1.tar.bz2 to target path /install/test:
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:
addkit -i kit-test1.tar.bz2
lskit(1), rmkit(1), addkitcomp(1), rmkitcomp(1), chkkitcomp(1)