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README.md

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 # smartos-netboot-updater
-Automatically update the SmartOS platform served for netbooting
+I run this script as a nightly cron job on my netboot server so that I always have a current SmartOS platform version to boot.
+Inspired by Alain O'Dea's article @ http://blog.alainodea.com/en/ipxe-smartos

smartos.ipxe.tpl

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+#!ipxe
+# /var/lib/tftpboot/smartos.ipxe.tpl
+kernel /smartos/$release/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix -B smartos=true
+initrd /smartos/$release/platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive
+boot

update_smartos_platform.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SmartOS platform image updater for netboot environments | tamas@gerczei.eu
+ME=$(basename ${0%.sh})
+DESTDIR="/var/tmp/"
+LOCATION="us-east"
+FILENAME="platform-latest.tgz"
+TFTPROOT="/var/lib/tftpboot"
+URL="https://${LOCATION}.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/${FILENAME}"
+REPLY=$(curl ${URL} -z ${DESTDIR:-/var/tmp}/${FILENAME} -o ${DESTDIR:-/var/tmp}/${FILENAME} -s -L -w %{http_code} -C - 2>/dev/null)
+
+case $REPLY in
+		200)
+			# OK, new image downloaded
+			# extract it
+			tar xf ${DESTDIR:-/var/tmp}/${FILENAME} -C ${TFTPROOT}/smartos --transform 's!^platform-!!' 2>/dev/null
+
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+				then
+					# failed to extract, force the process to repeat next time and bail out
+					rm ${DESTDIR:-/var/tmp}/${FILENAME}
+					exit 1
+			fi
+
+			# determine which one it is
+			shopt -s extglob
+			LASTDIR="$(ls -dt ${TFTPROOT}/smartos/+([0-9])T+([0-9])Z | head -1)"
+
+			# re-organize it slightly
+			mkdir ${LASTDIR}/platform
+			mv ${LASTDIR}/i86pc ${LASTDIR}/platform
+
+			# set ownership
+			chown -R tftp:tftp ${LASTDIR}
+
+			# generate iPXE configuration
+			TODAY="$(date '+%d%m%y')"
+			if [ -f ${TFTPROOT}/smartos.ipxe ]
+				then
+					# secure a copy of the previous configuration file
+					cp ${TFTPROOT}/smartos.ipxe ${TFTPROOT}/smartos.ipxe.${TODAY}
+			fi
+			sed -e "s/\$release/$(basename ${LASTDIR})/g" < ${TFTPROOT}/smartos.ipxe.tpl > ${TFTPROOT}/smartos.ipxe
+
+			# housekeeping and logging
+			logger -t $ME -p user.debug created ${LASTDIR} and ${TFTPROOT}/smartos.ipxe
+			logger -t $ME -p user.debug removed $(find ${TFTPROOT}/smartos -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime +${KEEPDAYS:-28} -printf '%f ' -exec rm -r {} \;)
+			;;
+
+		304)
+			# NOT MODIFIED, no update
+			;;
+		*)
+			# WTF
+			echo "server returned $REPLY, I cannot handle that"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+esac
+
+exit 0