1.\" $OpenBSD: sysupgrade.8,v 1.13 2022/06/08 09:03:11 mglocker Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Florian Obser <florian@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: June 8 2022 $ 18.Dt SYSUPGRADE 8 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm sysupgrade 22.Nd upgrade system to the next release or a new snapshot 23.Sh SYNOPSIS 24.Nm 25.Op Fl fkn 26.Op Fl r | s 27.Op Fl b Ar base-directory 28.Op Ar installurl 29.Sh DESCRIPTION 30.Nm 31is a utility to upgrade 32.Ox 33to the next release or a new snapshot if available. 34.Pp 35.Nm 36downloads the necessary files to 37.Pa /home/_sysupgrade , 38verifies them with 39.Xr signify 1 , 40and copies bsd.rd to 41.Pa /bsd.upgrade . 42.Pp 43.Nm 44by default then reboots the system. 45The bootloader will automatically choose 46.Pa /bsd.upgrade , 47triggering a one-shot upgrade using the files in 48.Pa /home/_sysupgrade . 49.Pp 50The options are as follows: 51.Bl -tag -width Ds 52.It Fl b Ar base-directory 53Download files to 54.Ar base-directory Ns / Ns Pa _sysupgrade 55instead of 56.Pa /home/_sysupgrade . 57.It Fl f 58Force an already applied upgrade. 59The default is to upgrade to latest snapshot only if available. 60This option has no effect on releases. 61.It Fl k 62Keep the files in 63.Pa /home/_sysupgrade . 64By default they will be deleted after the upgrade. 65.It Fl n 66Fetch and verify the files and create 67.Pa /bsd.upgrade 68but do not reboot. 69.It Fl r 70Upgrade to the next release. 71This is the default if the system is currently running a release. 72.It Fl s 73Upgrade to a snapshot. 74This is the default if the system is currently running a snapshot. 75.El 76.Pp 77See 78.Xr upgrade.site 5 79for how to customize the upgrade process. 80.Sh FILES 81.Bl -tag -width "/auto_upgrade.conf" -compact 82.It Pa /auto_upgrade.conf 83Response file for the ramdisk kernel. 84.It Pa /bsd.upgrade 85The ramdisk kernel to trigger an unattended upgrade. 86.It Pa /etc/installurl 87.Ox 88mirror top-level URL for fetching an upgrade. 89.It Pa /home/_sysupgrade 90Directory the upgrade is downloaded to. 91.El 92.Sh SEE ALSO 93.Xr signify 1 , 94.Xr installurl 5 , 95.Xr upgrade.site 5 , 96.Xr autoinstall 8 , 97.Xr release 8 98.Sh HISTORY 99.Nm 100first appeared in 101.Ox 6.6 . 102