Man page for snappy
Bill Merriam
lists at billmerriam.com
Mon Aug 31 20:02:39 UTC 2015
On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 09:45 -0700, Manik Taneja wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Bill Merriam <lists at billmerriam.com>
> wrote:
> I notice there is no "man snappy" available. Is there a
> snappy
> equivalent, something that explains the snappy commands and
> the various
> options? Can someone make a snappy application that explains
> the snappy
> command?
> Are you looking at any commands in particular? snappy --help or
> snappy <cmd> --help will help
>
> explain the command and its options!
>
I tried "snappy help", I didn't think to try "snappy --help".
Part of my confusion was the snappy command is either used on a desktop
to build snappy apps, or, as was my case, on a snappy appliance to
install apps.
I don't really have an objective with Snappy, I am just exploring new
technology.
I just bought a Beagle Bone Black to try Snappy Core. I installed to a
32GB SDHC card. The BBB has a 4GB eMMC which has Angstrom installed.
Rather than modifying anything on the eMMC I used the tiny boot button
to boot snappy. It runs great but is only using 4GB on the SDHC card
and I quickly run out of room installing docker images. I could,
perhaps, put the SDHC card in another machine and enlarge the fourth,
OEM, partition on the card, to use for experimenting.
I was thinking I was going to use the BBB to build snappy apps but I
think I have that wrong. I now think I am supposed to use a desktop
system to build my app. To distribute an appliance I would think I
would want to move snappy and my app from the SDHC card to the eMMC on
the BBB.
I have asked no questions so far. I will ask one. Should I build a
"native snappy app" or build a docker image for it?
Can I run a VPN like openVPN or Strongswan on snappy? What should I be
reading to help me understand these issues?
Thanks.
Bill
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