rPath Appliance Platform Agent:XML-RPC for Segmented Updates

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Use XML-RPC methods provided by rPath Appliance Platform Agent (rAPA) to develop a an XML-RPC client that uses the functions of the rAPA plugins.

Starting with version 2.1.3, rPath Appliance Platform Agent provides a segmented update system through XML-RPC. Segmented updates may reduce testing costs through ensuring a standard upgrade path from one version to the next. For example, updating a product from version 1.0 to 3.0 with segmented updates allows the version update path to start with upgrading version 1.0 to version 2.0, followed by a restart. Then, the version 2.0 to version 3.0 update may continue, also followed by a restart.

The segmented updates function is available ONLY in rPath Appliance Platform Agent version 2.1.3 and above.

Segmented Updates can be performed utilizing the following python script. Substitute your appliance IP Address for 192.168.X.X, and replace group-foo=1.0.3 and group-foo=1.0.6 to indicate the group update path for your appliance:

 
#!/usr/bin/python
import xmlrpclib
import time
 
url = 'https://admin:password@192.168.X.X:8003/xmlrpc-request'
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url)
updateProxy = server.updatetroves.UpdateTroves
schedId = updateProxy.callSegmentedCheck([['group-foo=1.0.3'], ['group-foo=1.0.6']])
time.sleep(5)
running = updateProxy.callGetRunStatus()
while running['schedId'] != -1:
    running = updateProxy.callGetRunStatus()
    time.sleep(.1)
 
updates = updateProxy.callGetAvailableUpdates()
updateId = updates[0]['updateId']
 
updateProxy.callDownload(updateId)
time.sleep(5)
running = updateProxy.callGetRunStatus()
while running['schedId'] != -1:
    running = updateProxy.callGetRunStatus()
    time.sleep(.1)
updates = updateProxy.callGetAvailableUpdates()
updateId = updates[0]['updateId']
updateProxy.callUpdate(updateId)
time.sleep(3)
running = updateProxy.callGetRunStatus()
while running['schedId'] != -1:
    running = updateProxy.callGetRunStatus()
    time.sleep(.1)