Command or scripts for some UI Functions in Terminal/Console

[yummiweb]

1. In CentOS, i install updates via “yum update” command.
   From my experience this had no side effects in Nethserver (since 17 months), but i have read here (somewhere) that the recommended way is always to use the UI.

2. In CentOS, the shutdown or reboot (if unavoidable) command is “shutdown -h/-r now”.
   I have read here (somewhere) that the recommended way is always to use the UI also.

Can we have please some simple commands or scripts to install Nethserver updates and/or shutdown/restart the Nethserver in a “Netherserver like” way without using the UI?

The Nethserver UI is very good and is really really improved but sometime a Terminal or ssh connection is easier to reach as using vpn and browser (for me).

Regards
yummiweb

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

The things done via UI are scripts already. You can manage what’s done in UI on command line. The settings are saved in dbs.

@yummiweb

install updates via “yum update”

It should work to update with yum and Software Center, I remember some problems (differences between use of yum and the software center python? yum library) but I think the goal is that both works.

Yum is extended to do the Nethserver preconfiguration:

https://docs.nethserver.org/projects/nethserver-devel/en/latest/yum_plugin.html

@yummiweb

i have read here (somewhere) that the recommended way is always to use the UI.

Please share the thread because it depends on the context.
I’d always recommend to use the UI because there we can manage things, follow concepts etc. So if we you do something in UI there’s a high chance that it works like what we define as our right way because we can validate fields etc.
I sometimes use Software Center, sometimes yum and never had unsolvable problems so I think it’s safe. It’s similar with reboot/shutdown IMO.

[yummiweb]

Thank yo very much. I have used the Terminal until now (most) but I always had a bad conscience with me. Its fine to hear that is o.k. to doing so.

Here are the links how I get it:

HowTo update Nethserver correctly via CLI?

Admin manual warns about this: When yum is run from the command line and the software origin is “locked”, EPEL and other repositories which are generically compatible with “7” are enabled That’s why you got additional updates from CLI. Developer manual gives some explanation. When NS Release Lock is enabled, CentOS repos are available but they point to a fixed CentOS release (/etc/yum.repos.d/NsReleaseLock.repo). Repos that don’t support lock to minor release (epel, centos-sclo-rh, centos…

https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/base_system.html#shutdown
Quote: “Always use this module to avoid bad shutdown which can cause data damages.”
(sometime i read the docs )

Regards
yummiweb

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

The different update between CLI and GUI problem was due to locked repositories. This feature was removed last year:

https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/release_notes.html#major-changes-on-2019-10-07

@yummiweb

Always use this module to avoid bad shutdown which can cause data damages.

I assume it means that you should not do an uncontrolled reset or poweroff as the NethServer may run databases.
AFAIK the server manager just triggers a reboot or poweroff like you would do it on command line.