CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL_STAGE(7)

NAME

cdist-type__install_stage - download and unpack a stage file

DESCRIPTION

Downloads a operating system stage using curl and unpacks it to /target using tar. The stage tarball is expected to be gzip compressed.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

uri The uri from which to fetch the tarball. Can be anything understood by curl, e.g: | http://path/to/stage.tgz | tftp:///path/to/stage.tgz | file:///local/path/stage.tgz

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

target
    where to unpack the tarball to. Defaults to /target.

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

insecure
    run curl in insecure mode so it does not check the servers ssl certificate

EXAMPLES

__install_stage --uri tftp:///path/to/stage.tgz
__install_stage --uri http://path/to/stage.tgz --target /mnt/foobar
__install_stage --uri file:///path/to/stage.tgz --target /target
__install_stage --uri https://path/to/stage.tgz --target /mnt/foobar --insecure

AUTHORS

Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011 - 2013 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT
ungleich GmbH 2019