Scripts

There are some scripts in the scripts/installation directory that can be used to install and update OpenKAT on Debian and will do all the steps described on the Debian installation page.

Installation

The openkat-install.sh script installs OpenKAT. Change the permissions on the file to 755:

chmod 755 openkat-install.sh

usage: ./openkat-install.sh [OpenKAT version] [no_super_user]

Parameters:

  • openKAT version: optional parameter, e.g. 1.10.0. If not supplied latest version is used.

  • no_super_user: optional parameter used for re-installs and won’t create superuser account

Example for initial install of KAT version 1.10.0 (including creatng the super user):

./openkat-install.sh 1.10.0

and re-installing KAT version 1.10.0rc1 without super user account:

./openkat-_install.sh 1.10.0rc1 no_super_user

Update

The openkat-update.sh script updates OpenKAT. Change the permissions on the file to 755:

chmod 755 openkat-update.sh

Usage:

./openkat-update.sh [openKAT version]

Parameters:

  • openKAT version: optional parameter, e.g. 1.10.0. If not supplied latest version is used.

Example to update a previous openKAT installation to version 1.10.0:

./openkat-update.sh 1.10.0

Status and logs

openkat-status.sh shows you the status of all OpenKAT related processes from systemctl.

openkat-show-journal.sh shows the journalctl -n of all OpenKAT related processes.

Starting, stopping, restarting

openkat-start.sh starts all OpenKAT processes.

openkat-stop.sh stops all OpenKAT processes.

openkat-restart.sh restarts all OpenKAT processes.

Empty queue

openkat-empty-job-queue.sh stops your OpenKAT processes, empties the job queue and starts all processes.