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authorAdrian Vovk <adrianvovk@gmail.com>2023-07-14 02:23:12 +0200
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sysupdate: Implement updatectl
This is the command-line tool to manage systemd-sysudpated Co-authored-by: Tom Coldrick <thomas.coldrick@codethink.co.uk> Co-authored-by: Abderrahim Kitouni <abderrahim.kitouni@codethink.co.uk>
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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="updatectl" conditional='ENABLE_SYSUPDATE'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>updatectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>updatectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>updatectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the system update service</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>updatectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choise="opt" rep="repeat">TARGET</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>updatectl</command> may be used to check for and install system updates managed by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysupdated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list</command> [<replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>[@<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>]]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show information about targets and their versions.</para>
+
+ <para>When no <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable> is specified, this command lists all
+ available targets. When a <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable> is specified without a
+ <replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>, this command lists all known versions of the
+ specified target. If a <replaceable>VERSION</replaceable> is specified, this command
+ lists all known information about the specific version.</para>
+
+ <para>See the example below for details of the output.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>check</command> [<replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>…]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Check if any updates are available for the specified targets. If no targets
+ are specified, all available targets will be checked for updates.</para>
+
+ <para>See the example below for details of the output.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>update</command> [<replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>[@<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>]…]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Update the specified targets to the specified versions. If a target
+ is specified without a version, then it will be updated to the latest version. If no targets are
+ specified, then all available targets will be updated to the latest version.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>vacuum</command> [<replaceable>TARGET</replaceable>…]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Clean up old versions of the specified targets. If no targets are specified,
+ all available targets will be vacuumed.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--reboot</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <command>update</command> command, reboots the system
+ after updates finish applying. If any update fails, the system will not reboot.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--offline</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <command>list</command> command, disables fetching
+ metadata from the network. This makes the <command>list</command> command only return
+ information that is available locally (i.e. about versions already installed on the system).
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v257"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="common-variables.xml" />
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>Note that these examples are just here for demonstration purposes, and the output of these commands
+ is free to change. These commands are intended for display to a user. If you'd like machine-readable
+ output, use the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.sysupdate1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ D-Bus API directly.</para>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Output from <command>list</command></title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ <command>updatectl list</command>
+TARGET VERSION PATH
+host 48 sysupdate.d
+machine:fedora 38 /var/lib/machines/fedora.raw
+component:shim 15.7 sysupdate.shim.d
+$ <command>updatectl list host</command>
+ VERSION STATUS
+↻ 50 candidate
+ 49 available
+● 48 current
+ 47 available
+ 46 available
+ 45 available
+[...]
+× 25 available+obsolete
+× 24 available+obsolete
+× 23 available+obsolete
+[...]
+$ <command>updatectl list host@49</command>
+↻ Version: 50
+ State: candidate
+ ChangeLog: https://vendor.com/os/v50.html
+
+TYPE PATH PTUUID PTFLAGS SHA256
+url-file http://dl.vendor.com/os/uki_50 - - 90f6534282dd720f7a222fa781086990dc9c83e5c7499f085970a8e75e3ac349
+url-file http://dl.vendor.com/os/usr_50_981a5b84-a301-c819-f681-3e575fe16f16 981a5b84-a301-c819-f681-3e575fe16f16 - c0596ab1095258ec6f16c7c281a50d71c419a9f587c1ef858cfbbb69fb0a16f3
+url-file http://dl.vendor.com/os/verity_50_2f8d0f3b-f80a-6ddc-a556-3722bfbb5b79 2f8d0f3b-f80a-6ddc-a556-3722bfbb5b79 - e1e90a128e038b3a53455e55d1ca717c743aba31fe6b4b4624109df0243c6338
+url-file http://dl.vendor.com/os/verity_sig_50 - - ca3d163bab055381827226140568f3bef7eaac187cebd76878e0b63e9e442356
+</programlisting>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Checking for and installing updates</title>
+
+ <programlisting>$ <command>updatectl check</command>
+TARGET UPDATE
+host 48 → 50
+machine:fedora 38 → 40
+$ <command>updatectl update host machine:fedora@39</command>
+[...]
+✓ host@50
+✓ machine:fedora@39</programlisting>
+ </example>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysupdate</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysupdated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysupdate.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>