WWCTL(1)

📦 version 4.7.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 WWCTL-UPGRADE-NODES 💅

okay so real talk, this is a page from WWCTL(1) — the Warewulf command-line situation — and it's honestly kind of a glow-up page. sit down bestie, we're upgrading.

✨ NAME ✨

wwctl-upgrade-nodes — upgrade an existing nodes.conf, no cap 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

wwctl upgrade nodes [OPTIONS]

that's it, that's the whole entrance. iconic. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: this command upgrades nodes.conf from a previous version of Warewulf 4 into a format that the current version actually supports. it's giving "your old file is cute but it needs a makeover" energy 💖

fr fr, that's the entire job. it takes the legacy file and brings it into the present. main character energy for your config.

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • --add-defaults[=false] — sets up a default profile and sets default node values. like laying out the whole aesthetic before you start accessorizing ✨
  • -h, --help[=false] — shows the help for nodes. your friendly lil "what does stuff do" button 💅
  • -i, --input-path="" — the path to a legacy nodes.conf. this is the file you're upgrading, the before picture 📸
  • -o, --output-path="" — the path to write the upgraded nodes.conf to. the after picture, and honestly? slay 🌸
  • --replace-overlays[=false] — replaces the 'wwinit' and 'generic' overlays with their split replacements. out with the old, in with the split 🦋
  • --with-warewulfconf="" — the path to a legacy warewulf.conf. bring your old config along for the ride too 🎀

👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

these are the hand-me-downs, and they still eat 💜

  • -d, --debug[=false] — run with debugging messages enabled. for when you need to see everything 👀
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — run with increased verbosity. more words, more knowledge, no notes 💀
  • --warewulfconf="" — set the warewulf configuration file. you get to pick which one, bestie 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

  • 16-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra. the robots did this one, not me 🧚
💀 quick vibe check: 16-Sep-2026 is literally the date printed in the original, bestie — don't come for me, I'm just the messenger.

and that's the whole page! ✨ this lil beauty was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, Sep 2026, and it lives its life as WWCTL(1). mwah, go upgrade those nodes 💋🎀🦋

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