Updates

List packages that have newer versions available in the configured repositories:

$ osapi client node package updates --target web-01

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  NAME    CURRENT      NEW
  nginx   1.24.0-2     1.26.0-1
  curl    8.5.0-2      8.7.1-1

Broadcast to check for updates across all hosts:

$ osapi client node package updates --target _all

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  NAME    CURRENT      NEW
  web-01    nginx   1.24.0-2     1.26.0-1
  web-01    curl    8.5.0-2      8.7.1-1
  web-02    nginx   1.24.0-2     1.26.0-1

When some hosts are skipped, STATUS and ERROR columns appear alongside data columns:

$ osapi client node package updates --target _all

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  STATUS   ERROR                 NAME    CURRENT      NEW
  web-01    ok                              nginx   1.24.0-2     1.26.0-1
  mac-01    skipped  unsupported platform

JSON Output

Use --json to get the full API response:

$ osapi client node package updates --target web-01 --json
{"results":[{"hostname":"web-01","updates":[{"name":"nginx",
"current_version":"1.24.0-2","new_version":"1.26.0-1"}],
"status":"ok"}],"job_id":"..."}

Flags

Flag	Description	Default
-T, --target	Target: _any, _all, hostname, or label (group:web)	_all
-j, --json	Output raw JSON response