beaker-import: Import distros¶

Synopsis¶

Description¶

Imports a distro from the given distro_url. A valid distro_url is nfs://, http:// or ftp://. Multiple distro_url can be specified with the primary distro_url being either http:// or ftp://.

In order for an import to succeed, a .treeinfo or a .composeinfo must be present at the supplied distro_url. Alternatively, you can also do what is called a “naked” import by specifying --family, --version, --name, --arch, --kernel, --initrd. Only one tree can be imported at a time when doing a naked import.

Options¶

-j, --json¶

Prints the tree to be imported, in JSON format

-c <cmd>, --add-distro-cmd <cmd>¶

Command to run to add a new distro. By default this is /var/lib/beaker/addDistro.sh

-n <name>, --name <name>¶

Alternate name to use, otherwise we read it from .treeinfo

-t <tag>, --tag <tag>¶

Additional tags to add to the distro.

-r, --run¶

Run automated Jobs

-v, --debug¶

Show debug messages

--dry-run¶

Do not actually add any distros to beaker

-q, --quiet¶

Less messages

--family <family>¶

Specify family

--variant <variant>¶

Specify variant. Multiple values are valid when importing a compose>=RHEL7.

--version <version>¶

Specify version

--kopts <kernel options>¶

Add kernel options to use for install

--kopts-post <post install kernel options>¶

Add kernel options to use post install

--ks-meta <ksmeta variables>¶

Add variables to use in kickstart templates

--preserve-install-options¶

Do not overwrite the ‘Install Options’ (Kickstart Metadata, Kernel Options, & Kernel Options Post) already stored for the distro. This option can not be used with any of –kopts, –kopts-post, or –ks-meta

--buildtime <buildtime>¶

Specify build time

--arch <arch>¶

Specify arch. Multiple values are valid when importing a compose

--ignore-missing-tree-compose¶

If a specific tree within a compose is missing, do not print any errors

Exit status¶

Non-zero on error, otherwise zero.

If --ignore-missing-tree-compose is not specified, a non-zero exit status will be returned if any of the trees cannot be imported.

Examples¶

When .composeinfo and .treeinfo are available:

$ beaker-import \
    http://mymirror.example.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/ \
    ftp://mymirror.example.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/  \
    nfs://mymirror.example.com:/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/

Naked import:

$ beaker-import \
   http://mymirror.example.com/FedoraNew/ \
    --family FedoraNew \
    --name FedoraNew-atomic \
    --arch x86_64 \
    --version 1 \
    --initrd=images/pxeboot/initrd.img \
    --kernel=images/pxeboot/vmlinuz \

The above command will import the distro tree at the given URL with the supplied meta-data. The locations of the “initrd” and the “kernel” are relative to this URL.