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wwbootstrap(1) General Commands Manual wwbootstrap(1)

NAME

wwbootstrap - create Warewulf bootstrap images

SYNOPSIS

wwbootstrap [options] name

DESCRIPTION

This command will create the bootstrap images that nodes use to bootstrap the provisioning process.

OPTIONS

wwbootstrap options:

-c, --chroot

Look into this chroot directory to find the kernel.

-r, --root

Alias for --chroot

-h, --help

Usage and help summary

--config

What configuration file should be used (don't use full path, rather just the relative name as would be found in $sysconfigdir/warewulf/bootstrap/) otherwise the default bootstrap.conf is used.

-o, --output

Output the bootstrap image to a file at the specified path location (default automatically imports the file into Warewulf instead of writing to disk).

-n, --name

Specify the name to import this bootstrap into the data store with (note: only used when automatically importing into the data store)

EXAMPLES

# wwbootstrap 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
# wwbootstrap --config=testbootstrap 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
# wwbootstrap --chroot=/path/to/chroot 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
# wwbootstrap --output=test-bootstrap.wwbs 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
Dec 21 2017 Warewulf 3.8