16.72. cdist-type__install_stage(7)

16.72.1. NAME

cdist-type__install_stage - download and unpack a stage file

16.72.2. DESCRIPTION

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

16.72.3. 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

16.72.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

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

16.72.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

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

16.72.6. 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

16.72.7. AUTHORS

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

16.72.8. 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.