Deploy a SimpleSwitch™ package#

When using the SDK, it is recommended to deploy using the

Using simpleswitch-deploy-package
Manually

simpleswitch-deploy-package simpleswitch-example <board_ip> -u --start

cd build
scp simpleswitch-example.ext4 root@<board_ip>:/apps
scp simpleswitch-example.simpleswitchpackage root@<board_ip>:/apps
ssh root@<board_ip> simpleswitch-install /apps/simpleswitch-example.simpleswitchpackage
ssh root@<board_ip> reboot

With QEMU#

When using QEMU, simply copy the SimpleSwitch™ package files in the apps folder instead

cd ${BUILD_DIR}/tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64
cp simpleswitch-example.ext4 <vm_name>_apps
cp simpleswitch-example.simpleswitchpackage <vm_name>_apps/simpleswitch-manifest.yaml
# Note ``<vm_name>_apps`` might be in a subdirectory if the tar.bz2 bundle was extracted in a subdirectory
sudo setfacl -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx <vm_name>_apps/simpleswitch-example.ext4
virsh -c qemu:///system reboot <vm_name>

Note

One can check how to bundle and use a QEMU VM from our libvirt VM bundle tool section.

Detailed usage of simpleswitch-deploy-package#

simpleswitch-deploy-package --help
Usage: simpleswitch-deploy-package [options] package target_address
Options:
        -u|--allow-update               # Allow to reuse files from the previous build.
        -w|--work-dir                   # Set the output directory.
        -s|--start                      # Start the application after deployment.