kw-deploy

SYNOPSIS

kw (d | deploy) [--remote <remote>:<port> | --local | --vm]

[-r | --reboot] [-m | --modules] [-s | --ls-line] [-l | --list] [(-u | --uninstall) <kernel-name>[,…]] [--alert=(s | v | (sv | vs) | n)]

DESCRIPTION

If you are in a kernel directory, this command will try to install the current kernel version in your target machine (remote, host, and VM). If you want to install a kernel version in a remote machine, the following steps will be executed:

1. Prepare a local directory with all the required files;

2. Send all the files to the target machine; and

3. Execute the operations that will update the target machine.

You can specify the deploy target via command line by using the flag --remote <remote>:<port> (e.g., --remote 172.16.254.1:22); however, if you do this frequently you will probably prefer to add this information to your local kworkflow.config. See the example below:

default_deploy_target=remote
ssh_user=root
ssh_ip=172.16.254.1
ssh_port=22

If you want to install a new kernel version in your host machine, you can use the flag --local; you will need to use your root password.

Another typical operation when deploying a new kernel to a test machine, it is the reboot after the update. You can explicitly say it for kw by adding the flag --reboot, add this to the kworkflow.config with:

reboot_after_deploy=yes

This can be used with conjunction the build command by invoking kw bd.

OPTIONS

--remote <remote>:<port>:

Deploy the Kernel image and modules to a machine in the network.

--local:

Deploy the Kernel image and modules in the host machine, you will need root access. kw deploy --local should not be executed with sudo or root.

--vm:

Deploy the Kernel image and modules to QEMU vm.

-r, --reboot:

Reboot machine after deploy.

-m, --modules:

Only install/update modules.

-l, --list:

List available kernels in a single column the target.

-s, --ls-line:

List available kernels separated by comma.

-u <kernel-name>[,…], --uninstall <kernel-name>[,…]:

Remove a single kernel or multiple kernels; for removing multiple kernels it is necessary to separate them with comma.

--alert=(s | v | (sv | vs) | n):

Defines the alert behaviour upon the command completion.

s enables sound notification.

v enables visual notification.

sv or vs enables both.

n (or any other option) disables notifications (this is the default).

Note

Only run commands related to VM after you turn it off. Under the hood, it executes the mount operation, followed by make modules_install with a specific target, and finally umounts the QEMU image.

EXAMPLES

For these examples, we suppose the fields in your kworkflow.config file are already configured.

First, if you are working in a specific kernel module, and if you want to install your recent changes in your VM you can use:

cd <kernel-path>
kw d --vm --modules

Note

Turn off your VM before use the install command.

For building and installing a new module version based on the current kernel version, you can use:

cd <kernel-path>
kw bd