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.
Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.
You need first add the snappy repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.
Tumbleweed:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
Leap 15.x:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
If needed, Swap out openSUSE_Leap_15. for, openSUSE_Leap_16.0 if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.
With the repository added, import its GPG key:
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new snappy repository:
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
Snap can now be installed with the following:
sudo zypper install snapd
You then need to either reboot, logout/login or source /etc/profile to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the snapd and the snapd.apparmor services with the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
To install netota, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install netota
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