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# 2 Build Client Management

You may set up clients to either netboot from the master (`connected` nodes) or have them either self-hosted or netboot from some other `pxe` host (`disconnected` nodes). In all cases they set themselves up at boot-time to prepare to build packages.

The cluster master `rsync`s the interesting data (ports and src trees, bindist tarballs, scripts, etc.) to disconnected nodes during the node-setup phase. Then, the disconnected portbuild directory is nullfs-mounted for jail builds.

The `portbuild` user can ssh(1) to the client nodes to monitor them. Use `sudo` and check the `portbuild.`hostname`.conf` for the user and access details.

The `scripts/allgohans` script can be used to run a command on all of the `${arch}` clients.

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