gluon-firmware/docs/features/autoupdater.rst

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Autoupdater
===========
Gluon contains an automatic update system which can be configured in the site configuration.
Building Images
---------------
By default, the autoupdater is disabled (as it is usually not helpful to have unexpected updates
during development), but it can be enabled by setting the variable GLUON_BRANCH when building
to override the default branch set in the site configuration.
A manifest file for the updater can be generated with `make manifest`. A signing script (using
``ecdsautils``) can be found in the `contrib` directory. When creating the manifest, the
``PRIORITY`` value may be defined by setting ``GLUON_PRIORITY`` on the command line or in ``site.mk``.
``GLUON_PRIORITY`` defines the maximum number of days that may pass between releasing an update and installation
of the images. The update probability will start at 0 after the release time declared in the manifest file
by the variable DATE and then slowly rise up to 1 when ``GLUON_PRIORITY`` days have passed. The autoupdater checks
for updates hourly (at a random minute of the hour), but usually only updates during its run between
4am and 5am, except when the whole ``GLUON_PRIORITY`` days and another 24 hours have passed.
``GLUON_PRIORITY`` may be an integer or a decimal fraction.
If ``GLUON_RELEASE`` is passed to ``make`` explicitly or it is generated dynamically
in ``site.mk``, care must be taken to pass the same ``GLUON_RELEASE`` to ``make manifest``,
as otherwise the generated manifest will be incomplete.
Automated nightly builds
------------------------
A fully automated nightly build could use the following commands:
::
git pull
(git -C site pull)
make update
make clean GLUON_TARGET=ar71xx-generic
NUM_CORES_PLUS_ONE=$(expr $(nproc) + 1)
make -j$NUM_CORES_PLUS_ONE GLUON_TARGET=ar71xx-generic GLUON_BRANCH=experimental
make manifest GLUON_BRANCH=$GLUON_BRANCH GLUON_RELEASE=$GLUON_RELEASE
contrib/sign.sh $SECRETKEY output/images/sysupgrade/experimental.manifest
rm -rf /where/to/put/this/experimental
cp -r output/images /where/to/put/this/experimental
Infrastructure
--------------
We suggest to have following directory tree accessible via http:
::
firmware/
stable/
sysupgrade/
factory/
snapshot/
sysupgrade/
factory/
experimental/
sysupgrade/
factory/
The server must be available via IPv6.
Command Line
------------
These commands can be used on a node:
::
# Update with some probability
autoupdater
::
# Force update check, even when the updater is disabled
autoupdater -f
::
# If fallback is true the updater will perform an update only if the timespan
# PRIORITY days (as defined in the manifest) and another 24h have passed
autoupdater --fallback