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# Go Omaha
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[](https://travis-ci.org/coreos/go-omaha)
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[](https://godoc.org/github.com/coreos/go-omaha/omaha)
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Implementation of the [omaha update protocol](https://github.com/google/omaha) in Go.
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## Status
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This code is targeted for use with CoreOS's [CoreUpdate](https://coreos.com/products/coreupdate/) product and the Container Linux [update_engine](https://github.com/coreos/update_engine).
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As a result this is not a complete implementation of the [protocol](https://github.com/google/omaha/blob/master/doc/ServerProtocolV3.md) and inherits a number of quirks from update_engine.
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These differences include:
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- No offline activity tracking.
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The protocol's ping mechanism allows for tracking application usage, reporting the number of days since the last ping and how many of those days saw active usage.
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CoreUpdate does not use this, instead assuming update clients are always online and checking in once every ~45-50 minutes.
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Each check in should include a ping and optionally an update check.
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- Various protocol extensions/abuses.
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update_engine, likely due to earlier limitations of the protocol and Google's server implementation, uses a number of non-standard fields.
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For example, packing a lot of extra attributes such as the package's SHA-256 hash into a "postinstall" action.
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As much as possible the code includes comments about these extensions.
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- Many data fields not used by CoreUpdate are omitted.
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