NetOTA provides a pair of utilities for working with SysOTA repositories.
The repository is stored in $SNAP_COMMON/repository, or
/var/snap/netota/common/repository. Upon installation, a sample repository
with a single package and several streams is copied there for to illustrate
the data structures. The repository should be removed and replaced with a git
checkout. Updates to the repository should be performed by pulling changes.
This allows working with changes more easily, including reverting faulty
updates.
The systemd service snap.netota.netotad.service can be restarted to verify
changes to the repository and serve new content. Alternatively, the SIGHUP
signal may be sent to the service to achieve in-place replacement without
downtime. If the new repository is malformed, old repository is served and
an error is logged to the system journal.
The address at which NetOTA listens on is managed by the snap configuration
system. By default that is localhost and port 8000.
To use NetOTA without a reverse proxy you must set the IP to listen to to the desired IP (or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all the interfaces). This can be done with
snap set netota address=...
Please make sure to include the port to listen on as well.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR). The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the prerequisites installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
If AppArmor is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install netota, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install netota
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
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