Chapter 4. Listing RPM update package contents
You can preview the contents of a MicroShift RPM package update before installing.
4.1. Listing the contents of the MicroShift RPM release package
To see the images included with a MicroShift release, you can list the contents of the microshift-release-info
RPM by downloading and unpacking the RPM.
Prerequisites
- You are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or an operating system with an RPM package manager.
- Your MicroShift repositories are enabled.
Procedure
Optional: List which versions of the MicroShift RPM are available for download by running the following command:
$ sudo dnf repoquery microshift-release-info-0:4.17.* 1
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- Replace the example value
4.17.*
with the major and minor release numbers you are interested in.
Example output
Updating Subscription Management repositories. microshift-release-info-0:4.17.1-202406281132.p0.g8babeb9.assembly.4.17.1.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.10-202408291007.p0.g6e4ee4d.assembly.4.17.10.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.2-202407040825.p0.g2e0407e.assembly.4.17.2.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.3-202407111123.p0.ge4206d3.assembly.4.17.3.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.4-202407191908.p0.g057a9af.assembly.4.17.4.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.5-202407250951.p0.g0afcb57.assembly.4.17.5.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.6-202408010822.p0.gc4ded66.assembly.4.17.6.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.7-202408081107.p0.g0597bb8.assembly.4.17.7.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.8-202408150851.p0.gc8a3bb1.assembly.4.17.8.el9.noarch microshift-release-info-0:4.17.9-202408220842.p0.gefa92a2.assembly.4.17.9.el9.noarch
Download the RPM package you want by running the following command:
$ sudo dnf download microshift-release-info-<release_version> 1
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- Replace
<release_version>
with the numerical value of the release you are deploying, using the entire version number, for example,4.17.1
.
Example output
microshift-release-info-4.17.1.-202311101230.p0.g7dc6a00.assembly.4.17.1.el9.noarch.rpm 1
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- Your output should contain the date and commit ID.
Unpack the RPM package without installing it by running the following command:
$ rpm2cpio <microshift_release_info> | cpio -idmv 1
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- Replace
<microshift_release_info>
with the name of the RPM package from the previous step. For example,microshift-release-info-4.17.10-202408291007.p0.g6e4ee4d.assembly.4.17.10.el9.noarch.rpm
.
Example output
./usr/share/microshift ./usr/share/microshift/blueprint ./usr/share/microshift/blueprint/blueprint-aarch64.toml ./usr/share/microshift/blueprint/blueprint-x86_64.toml ./usr/share/microshift/release ./usr/share/microshift/release/release-aarch64.json ./usr/share/microshift/release/release-x86_64.json
List the contents by running the following command:
$ cat ./usr/share/microshift/release/release-x86_64.json
Example output
{ "release": { "base": "4.17.10" }, "images": { "cli": ".... # ...