X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3e6123b51c2ef09566d1c740010769115b7c0bad;hb=5f680f6bea2faae10ca8e5ccea0d08d18ccc9aa1;hp=5745f030bdaa9de637f58ab70c1395d30f373350;hpb=4029016168015c3aa0accc909c3cff28cf87b929;p=automated-distro-installer diff --git a/README b/README index 5745f03..3e6123b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,20 +6,18 @@ not added a pxe rom, I use a minimal debian stable subvolume which acts like a pxe rom). I use this for bare metal and vms, and two scripts which can run post boot so I use them on vps distributed image as well. -Features people may find useful: installs encrypted trisquel belenos, , -debian jessie, debian stretch, ubuntu 16.04, and arch (havne't done -recently, probably a bit broken), in a multi-boot setup using multiple -subvolumes of a single btrfs filesystem. Utilizes multiple disks, with -scripts to automatically decrypt on intentional reboots, but not after -shutdown or power loss. +Features people may find useful: installs encrypted trisquel, debian, +ubuntu, and arch (havne't done recently, probably a bit broken), in a +multi-boot setup using multiple subvolumes of a single btrfs filesystem. +Utilizes multiple disks, with scripts to automatically decrypt on +intentional reboots, but not after shutdown or power loss. The partititioning and filesystem script is at -fai/config/hooks/partition.DEFAULT. Other debian based distros at least -as new as ubuntu 14.04 should work fine, and I'm planning to add Fedora -support. Disks are grouped as ssd or hdd and raided in raid 1 or raid 0 -per configuration. The base partitions are divided into boot, swap, and -root, (only boot is unencrypted). There are scripts to resize those -partitions post-provision and while the system is running. +fai/config/hooks/partition.DEFAULT. Disks are grouped as ssd or hdd and +raided in raid 1 or raid 0 per configuration. The base partitions are +divided into boot, swap, and root, (only boot is unencrypted). There are +scripts to resize those partitions post-provision and while the system +is running. People who use fai may find these things as useful examples: it uses dnsmasq (on a openwrt machine) for dhcp instead of the isc @@ -55,19 +53,23 @@ fai-redep # Deploy fai configuration to host "faiserver" faiserver-revm # using pxe & preseed, create a vm which is a fai server faiserver-uninstall # uninstall fai-server faiserver-setup # install fai-server on the current machine -myfai-chboot # setup fai tftp and nfs. useful with pxe-kexec -pxe-server # disable/enable pxe dhcp, tfp, and nfs +myfai-chboot # setup fai tftp and nfs. useful for doing pxe-kexec +pxe-server # disable/enable pxe dhcp, tfp, and nfs. calls myfai-chboot wrt-setup-remote # setup my router in general: dhcp, dns, etc. -# Scripts to do a distro install +# Script to do a distro install -arch-init-remote # install arch after it's been booted into it's setup env dsfull # install & post-install a new fai distro +arch-init-remote # install arch after it's been booted into it's setup env fai-kexec # Kexec this or a remote machine using host faiserver +live-kexec # fai kexec from upstream live cds, e.g. curl live-kexec|bash + + +# Test scripts + arch-revm # test arch install on a fresh vm fai-revm # test fai install on a fresh vm -live-kexec # fai kexec from upstream live cds, e.g. curl live-kexec|bash # Scripts to call after a distro install for various reasons @@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ fresize # resize swap or boot partitions in a host License stuff: -The license for the project is GPLv2 or later, mostly because fai is -and I periodically rebase off their example setup for debian. Also, -there is a modified encrypt.upstream, which is from the cryptsetup -package in arch, which is under the same license. +The license for the project is GPLv2 or later, mostly because fai is and +I periodically merge the upstream example config, which contains small +scripts. Also, there is a modified encrypt.upstream, which is from the +cryptsetup package in arch, which is under the same license.