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Download packages for CAP upgrade from CAPsMAN

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🛈 This script can not be used on its own but requires the base installation. See main README for details.

Description

CAPsMAN can upgrate CAP devices. If CAPsMAN device and CAP device(s) are differnet architecture you need to store packages for CAP device's architecture on local storage.

This script automatically downloads these packages.

Requirements and installation

Just install the script on CAPsMAN device:

$ScriptInstallUpdate capsman-download-packages;

Optionally add a scheduler to run after startup:

/ system scheduler add name=capsman-download-packages on-event="/ system script run capsman-download-packages;" start-time=startup;

Only packages available in older version are downloaded. For initial setup place the required packages to CAPsMAN package path (see / caps-man manager). The packages can be downloaded from device with function $DownloadPackage, use something like this to download latest packages to directory routeros:

$DownloadPackage system "" arm routeros;
$DownloadPackage security "" arm routeros;
[...]
$DownloadPackage system "" mipsbe routeros;
$DownloadPackage security "" mipsbe routeros;
[...]

Usage and invocation

Run the script manually:

/ system script run capsman-download-packages;

... or from scheduler.

After package download all out-of-date CAP devices are upgraded automatically. For a rolling upgrade install extra script capsman-rolling-upgrade.

See also


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