pmx-setup - Administer your PureMessage Installation
pmx-setup [options] [puremessage-installer.sh]
pmx-setup
allows you to perform various administration activities for
your installation, such as installing additional components, creating and
restoring snapshots, upgrading PureMessage packages and licenses, and
uninstalling PureMessage.
When manually running the installer before the install has completed, the
shell installer must be passed as the final argument.
The following option can be applied to pmx-setup
:
The following options apply to snapshots
:
- --ss-list|L
-
Display a list of available snapshots.
- --ss-create|C <snapshot name>
-
Create a new snapshot.
- --ss-restore|R <snapshot name or number>
-
Restores a snapshot specified either by the snapshot name, or by the
number returned by the
--ss-list
option.
If run from an interactive terminal, questions will be asked about
what to do with file conflicts.
- --ss-delete|E <snapshot name or number>
-
Deletes a snapshot specified either by the snapshot name, or by the
number returned by the
--ss-list
option.
- --v[erbose]
-
Verbose printing when creating and restoring snapshots.
The following installation options can be used with pmx-setup
:
- --a[uto] FILE
-
This option can be used to perform automated installs. The specified
file will be used for the installation. See the PureMessage installation
guide for more information on auto-installs.
You can generate an install.conf file to use for auto-installation by proceeding
through the installer menus (Full Install or Custom Install), and then choose ``Save and Exit''
at the review menu. You can then use the saved etc/install.conf for auto-installs.
- --accept-eula
-
Use this option when performing an auto-install to avoid displaying
the end user license agreement. By using this option, you agree
that you have read and accept the PureMessage license agreement.
- --r[epo] REPO
-
Set the PureMessage repository to REPO.
- --u[pgrade] [dump | all | package]
-
With no arguments, the
--upgrade
option will open the installer
directly to the upgrade menu. If ``dump'' is specified, then the
list of packages that need updates will be displayed. If 'all'
or a package name is specified, packages will be updated.
- --force
-
Force an update of the packages selected by
--upgrade
.
- --install-license
-
Extract the license information from the specified license installer.
- --check-validator
-
Verify the authenticity of the PureMessage validation program itself prior
to upgrading.
- etc/snapshot.conf
-
Configure various snapshot options, including where snapshots should
be stored, and what kind of snapshots should be made.
- etc/data/snapshot/flavour.conf
-
Configure what is included in a snapshot, and what options to use for
those files. The format and content of this file may change in future
PureMessage versions.
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