CLI kernel management

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The following is a list of kernel tasks that you can perform with the MAAS CLI.

Six questions you may have:

  1. What should I know about Ubuntu kernels on MAAS?
  2. What kernel boot options are available?
  3. How do I get started with the MAAS CLI?
  4. How do I set a minimum kernel for enlistment and commissioning?
  5. How to I set a minimum deploy kernel for a machine?
  6. How do I set a specific kernel during machine deployment?

Set a default minimum kernel for enlistment and commissioning

To set a default minimum kernel for all new and commissioned machines:

maas $PROFILE maas set-config name=default_min_hwe_kernel value=$KERNEL

For example, to set it to the 16.04 GA kernel:

maas $PROFILE maas set-config name=default_min_hwe_kernel value=ga-16.04

The command option default_min_hwe_kernel appears to apply to only HWE kernels but this is not the case.

Set a minimum deploy kernel for a machine

To set the minimum deploy kernel on a per-machine basis:

maas $PROFILE machine update $SYSTEM_ID min_hwe_kernel=$HWE_KERNEL

For example, to set it to the HWE 16.04 kernel:

maas $PROFILE machine update $SYSTEM_ID min_hwe_kernel=hwe-16.04

The command option default_min_hwe_kernel appears to apply to only HWE kernels but this is not the case.

Set a specific kernel during machine deployment

To set a specific kernel during the deployment of a machine:

maas $PROFILE machine deploy $SYSTEM_ID distro_series=$SERIES hwe_kernel=$KERNEL

The operation will fail if the kernel specified by hwe_kernel is older than the kernel (possibly) given by default_min_hwe_kernel. Similarly, it will not work if the kernel is not available for the given distro series (such as ‘hwe-16.10’ for ‘xenial’).

For example, to deploy a Xenial node with the HWE 16.04 edge kernel:

maas $PROFILE machine deploy $SYSTEM_ID distro_series=xenial hwe_kernel=hwe-16.04-edge

The command option hwe_kernel appears to apply to only HWE kernels but this is not the case.