1OSTREE(1)                           ostree                           OSTREE(1)
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NAME

6       ostree - Manage multiple bootable versioned filesystem trees
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SYNOPSIS

9       ostree {COMMAND} [OPTIONS...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       OSTree is a tool for managing multiple bootable versioned filesystem
13       trees, or just "tree" for short. In the OSTree model, operating systems
14       no longer live in the physical "/" root directory. Instead, they
15       parallel install to the new toplevel /ostree directory. Each installed
16       system gets its own /ostree/deploy/stateroot directory. (stateroot is
17       the newer term for osname).
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19       Unlike rpm or dpkg, OSTree is only aware of complete filesystem trees.
20       It has no built-in knowledge of what components went into creating the
21       filesystem tree.
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23       It is possible to use OSTree in several modes; the most basic form is
24       to replicate pre-built trees from a build server. Usually, these
25       pre-built trees are derived from packages. You might also be using
26       OSTree underneath a higher level tool which computes filesystem trees
27       locally.
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29       It must be emphasized that OSTree only supports read-only trees. To
30       change to a different tree (upgrade, downgrade, install software), a
31       new tree is checked out, and a 3-way merge of configuration is
32       performed. The currently running tree is not ever modified; the new
33       tree will become active on a system reboot.
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35       To see the man page for a command run man ostree COMMAND or man
36       ostree-admin COMMAND
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OPTIONS

39       The following options are understood:
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41       --repo
42           For most commands, a repository is required. If unspecified, the
43           current directory is used if it appears to be an OSTree repository.
44           If it isn't, either the OSTREE_REPO environment variable is used,
45           or the system repository located at /sysroot/ostree/repo.
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47       -v, --verbose
48           Produce debug level output.
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50       --version
51           Print version information, including the features enabled at
52           compile time, and exit.
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COMMANDS

55       System administrators will primarily interact with OSTree via the
56       subcommand ostree admin.
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58       ostree-admin-cleanup(1)
59            Delete untagged deployments and repository objects.
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61       ostree-admin-config-diff(1)
62            See changes to /etc as compared to the current default (from
63           /usr/etc).
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65       ostree-admin-deploy(1)
66            Takes a particular commit or revision, and sets it up for the next
67           boot.
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69       ostree-admin-init-fs(1)
70            Initialize a root filesystem in a specified path.
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72       ostree-admin-instutil(1)
73            Utility functions intended primarily for operating system
74           installation programs
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76       ostree-admin-os-init(1)
77            Initialize the deployment location for an operating system with a
78           specified name.
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80       ostree-admin-status(1)
81            Show and list the deployments.
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83       ostree-admin-switch(1)
84            Choose a different ref to track from the same remote as the
85           current tree.
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87       ostree-admin-undeploy(1)
88            Remove the previously INDEX deployed tree from the bootloader
89           configuration.
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91       ostree-admin-upgrade(1)
92            Download the latest version for the current ref, and deploy it.
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94       Both administrators and operating system builders may interact with
95       OSTree via the regular filesystem manipulation commands.
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97       ostree-cat(1)
98            Concatenate contents of files
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100       ostree-checkout(1)
101            Check out a commit into a filesystem tree.
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103       ostree-checksum(1)
104            Gives checksum of any file.
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106       ostree-commit(1)
107            Given one or more trees, create a new commit using those contents.
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109       ostree-config(1)
110            Change settings.
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112       ostree-create-usb(1)
113            Put the given refs on an external drive for P2P distribution.
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115       ostree-diff(1)
116            Concisely list differences between the given refs.
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118       ostree-find-remotes(1)
119            Find remotes to serve the given refs.
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121       ostree-fsck(1)
122            Check a repository for consistency.
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124       ostree-init(1)
125            Initialize a new repository.
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127       ostree-log(1)
128            Show revision log.
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130       ostree-ls(1)
131            List the contents of a given commit.
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133       ostree-prune(1)
134            Search for unreachable objects.
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136       ostree-pull-local(1)
137            Copy data from source-repo.
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139       ostree-pull(1)
140            Download data from remote repo. If you have libsoup.
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142       ostree-refs(1)
143            List refs.
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145       ostree-remote(1)
146            Manipulate remote archive configuration.
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148       ostree-reset(1)
149            Reset a ref to a previous commit.
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151       ostree-rev-parse(1)
152            Show the SHA256 corresponding to a given rev.
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154       ostree-show(1)
155            Given an OSTree SHA256 checksum, display its contents.
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157       ostree-static-delta(1)
158            Manage static delta files.
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160       ostree-summary(1)
161            Regenerate the repository summary metadata.
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163       ostree-trivial-httpd(1)
164            Simple webserver.
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EXAMPLES

167       For specific examples, please see the man page regarding the specific
168       ostree command. For example:
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170       man ostree init or man ostree-admin status
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GPG VERIFICATION

173       OSTree supports signing commits with GPG. Operations on the system
174       repository by default use keyring files in
175       /usr/share/ostree/trusted.gpg.d. Any public key in a keyring file in
176       that directory will be trusted by the client. No private keys should be
177       present in this directory.
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179       In addition to the system repository, OSTree supports two other paths.
180       First, there is a gpgkeypath option for remotes, which must point to
181       the filename of an ASCII-armored GPG key, or a directory containing
182       ASCII-armored GPG keys to import. Multiple file and directory paths to
183       import from can be specified, as a comma-separated list of paths. This
184       option may be specified by using --set in ostree remote add.
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186       Second, there is support for a per-remote remotename.trustedkeys.gpg
187       file stored in the toplevel of the repository (alongside objects/ and
188       such). This is particularly useful when downloading content that may
189       not be fully trusted (e.g. you want to inspect it but not deploy it as
190       an OS), or use it for containers. This file is written via ostree
191       remote add --gpg-import.
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SEE ALSO

194       ostree.repo(5)
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