--- prelude: > The StarlingX Update project is a new repository that provides Software Patch (bug fix) management and deployment, and also Software Release Upgrade management. features: - | Provides the ability to deploy software updates for corrective content and/or new functionality - | Consistent mechanism for patching all layers of the infrastructure stack -- kernel all the way up to the openstack services layer - | Rolling update strategy across nodes - Nodes can be updated in parallel when constraints are not violated - | In-service and reboot required patches supported - Reboot required for kernel replacement etc. - For patches that require a reboot, VMs are live migrated off of node - | Comprehensive patch status at node and system level - | REST API, Horizon GUI and “sw-patch” CLI command suite