updatenode <noderange> -S can be used to push out software updates to the nodes after they have been installed.
More information is available here: https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/updatenode.html From: Lachlan Simpson <lachlan.simp...@unsw.edu.au> To: "xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net" <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: 01/26/2021 11:56 PM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [xcat-user] Updating processes and set ups? As a follow up, if I have updated the pkgdir list on an osimage, how do I push out the new conf? Is it as easy as updatenode <noderange> -F? No, when I run that there's no addition to the target /etc/yum.repos.d/ ... It is possible or is xcat designed that if you are going to update you may as well rebuild? cheers L. On Wed, 2021-01-27 at 03:44 +0000, Lachlan Simpson wrote: > Hi All, > > The latest security issue with sudo ( https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0221 ) is making > me > look at how we distribute updates with xcat. > > I'd appreciate hearing how others do this to keep it timely without necessarily re-building the > entire fleet or needing to go into maintenance mode. > > We have an osimage list and within most of those we have a set of pkgdir set: > > pkgdir=/install/centos7.8/x86_64,/install/epel/7/x86_64,/install/centos-updates/7.8/x86_64 > > (our last maintenance window was the day before 7.9 was released. Timing was not excellent) > > > I'm wondering if it wouldn't be smarter to just have these repos instead: > > /install/centos/7/x86_64 > /install/epel/7/x86_64 > /install/centos-updates/7/x86_64 > > so we don't need to change our osimage defs all the time? > > Today's security issue has created a lot more work than I'd strictly like - in situations like > this > I'd like to be able to sync my repos, and then `xdsh yum update -y sudo` and leave it at that. > > > How does everyone else manage this? > > cheers > L. > > -- > Lachlan Simpson > > Research Technology Services > > UNSW Research Technology Services > Level 3, Chemical Sciences Building F10 > UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA > E: lachlan.simp...@unsw.edu.au > W: https://research.unsw.edu.au > T: (+612) 9065 4056 > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user -- Lachlan Simpson Research Technology Services UNSW Research Technology Services Level 3, Chemical Sciences Building F10 UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA E: lachlan.simp...@unsw.edu.au W: https://research.unsw.edu.au T: (+612) 9065 4056 _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
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