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diff --git a/unsorted/archauto/README b/unsorted/archauto/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e81df79 --- /dev/null +++ b/unsorted/archauto/README @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +Requirements +------------ + +pacman -S archiso qemu syslinux darkhttpd + +ArchISO and optional local cache +-------------------------------- + +# We build a live Arch boot CD. + +export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.12:3128 +mkdir archlive +cp -r /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/* archlive/. +cd archlive + +# always had problem with keys, switch of signing (not good, I know) +sed -i 's/^SigLevel.*/SigLevel = Never/g' pacman.conf + +# build the live CDs, this take quite a while +./build.sh -v build single + +cd .. + +# We mount it and make it accessible over a webserver: + +mount -o loop,ro archlive/out/archlinux-2014.05.18-dual.iso archiso +darkhttpd . --port 8080 & + +# copy packages from host system (there is no need to build a full-fledged +# mirror now) +./copy_local_packages.sh + +TFTP root +-------- + +Copy PXE bootstrap files to a TFTP root: + +cp archiso/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz tftproot/boot/x86_64/ +cp archiso/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img tftproot/boot/x86_64/ + +cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/pxelinux.0 tftproot +cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/ldlinux.c32 tftproot + +Custom software from AUR +------------------------ + +Build the following packages from AUR: + +rm -rf INSTALL +mkdir INSTALL +cd install +yaourt -G qdbm +cd qdbm +makepkg --asroot -if +cd .. +yaourt -G cfengine +cd cfengine +makepkg --asroot -if +cd .. + +Put them into a local repository 'aba': + +mkdir -p aba/os/x86_64/ +cp INSTALL/*/*pkg.tar.xz aba/os/x86_64/. + +mkdir -p aba/os/x86_64/ +repo-add aba/os/x86_64/aba.db.tar.gz aba/os/x86_64/* + +Install Archlinux +----------------- + +Create a Qemu image with Archlinux (automatically). The main +work is done by the 'archauto.sh' script which is given to +the archiso kernel as script to execute after auto-login: + +qemu-img create arch.img 4G + +qemu-system-x86_64 -hda arch.img -net nic \ + -net user,tftp=$PWD/tftproot,bootfile=pxelinux.0 \ + -m 386 \ + -machine accel=kvm -redir tcp:222::22 \ + -display curses +# -nographic + +# remote install (manually), then follow docu +# (this gives a rough idea of what should be automatized) +passwd +systemctl start sshd + +# automatic installation frameworks for ArchLinux +# - AIF +# - ArchBlocks +# - ArchBang +# - backpac: snapshots, not really the cfengine philosophy +# load them after boot of base system or customize the installation medium? + +# EFI, later +# wget 'http://wiki.qemu.org/download/efi-bios.tar.bz2' +# qemu with efi +# efi partition etc + +# manual minimal installation or "what's needed in a CFengine bootstrap +# script"? +# - boot loader +# - grub2 +# - virtio ramdisk hooks +# - partitioning +# - sgdisk scripting (ArchBlocks does it nicely) +# - RAID, LVM, LUKS and friends +# - size, swap, filesystem, chunking +# - file system layout + +# via cfengine + +# packages net-tools gdisk + |