---
name: "update-cluster-add"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "update-cluster"
version: "0.41.5-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-cluster-add"
---

# update-cluster-add(8)

adds a node to the cluster database

## NAME

update-cluster-add - adds a node to the cluster database

## SYNOPSIS

**update-cluster-add \[options\] ...**

## DESCRIPTION

**update-cluster-add** adds an information for one machine to the machine list database.

## OPTIONS

- **--ip \[***IP address***\]**

  Specifies the IP address of the added node.

- **--mac \[***MAC address***\]**

  Specifies the MAC address of the added node.

- **--hostname \[***hostname***\]**

  Specifies the hostname of the added node.

- **--bootmaster \[***bootmaster IP***\]**

  Specifies the IP of the bootmaster of this node.

- **--notes \[***master***\]**

  Adds a note for the added node, use  **--notes master** to specify that this node is the master node.

- **--nfsroot \[***nfsroot***\]**

  Specifies the NFS root directory for this system.

- **--clusterxml \[***clusterxml***\]**

  Specifies the cluster.xml file to use instead of default.

## EXAMPLES

- **update-cluster-add --ip 192.168.1.1 -mac ab:cd:ef:11:22:33 --hostname beonode**

  Adds one node to the cluster database.

## FILES

- */etc//update-cluster/cluster.xml*

  The information of the new node is added to this file.

- */usr/share/update-cluster/cluster.dtd*

  The DTD for the xml database.

## NOTES

Please see the sample files, and read the **README.Debian** file included.

## AUTHOR

Written by **Junichi Uekawa \<dancer@debian.org\>, \<dancer@netfort.gr.jp\>, \<dancer@mikilab.doshisha.ac.jp\>** for the Debian Project.

## SEE ALSO

update-cluster-parseconfig (*1*),  update-cluster-remove (*1*),  update-cluster-regenerate (*8*)