IPC(1)

💖 NAME 💖

so like, bestie, meet ipc — the SWUpdate IPC tool, no cap. ✨

swupdate-ipc sends a specific command to SWUpdate. and here's the lil squad of commands it has enabled, okay:

• AES — send a new aes key to SWUpdate 🔐
• SETVERSION — sends a range of versions that can be accepted.
• GETHAWKBIT — return status of the connection to Hawkbit.
• SENDTOHAWKBIT — send data to the Hawkbit Server. a typical use case is acknowledgement for activation by an application or operator after a new software has been installed. the tool can forward the result for the activation to the hawkBit server. 👑
• SYSRESTART — send a restart command after a network update.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

swupdate-ipc <cmd> [option]

where cmd is one of the listed above. yes gorl, one of those. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this is the part where we go option by option, and I will NOT be skipping a single one, because every single one matters. periodt.

• aes <key> <ivt> — AES key to be used for decryption 🔑
• setversion <min> <max> <current> — configure the accepted range of versions 📈
• hawkbitcfg — configuration for Hawkbit Module
• -h — help
• -p — allows one to set the polling time (in seconds) ⏱️
• -e — enable suricatta mode
• -d — disable suricatta mode
• swupdate-sendtohawkbit <action id> <status> <finished> <execution> <detail 1> <detail 2> .. — Send Acknowledge to Hawkbit server after an update if SWUpdate is set to wait for.
• sysrestart — Used with SWU handler, allow one to perform a network restart 🔄
• -r — optionally reboot the target after a successful update
• -w — waits for a SWUpdate connection instead of exit with error
• -s <path> — path to progress IPC socket 🦋

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🎀 Copyright 🎀

2013-2026, Stefano Babic 🫶

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okay that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 💅 the doc itself is version 2026.05, dated Oct 03, 2026, and it lives in the IPC(1) manual. mwah, go forth and talk to SWUpdate 🌈💖