Multi-boot/distro btrfs provisioning
-Some things are specific to my home network. Uses pxe or pxe-kexec (for
-systems like libreboot with no pxe rom, we boot into a live cd or distro
-for bootsraping). Works for bare-metal or vms.
-
-Features people may find useful: installs encrypted trisquel belanos,
-arch, debian stable, & debian testing all on the same btrfs filesystem.
-Smartly utilizes multiple disks, with scripts to automatically decrypt
-on reboots. The partititioning and filesystem script is at
+Some things are specific to my home network, and uses files with secrets
+that are not in this repo. Uses pxe or pxe-kexec (on libreboot, I have
+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 belanos, ,
+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.
+
+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
root, (only boot is unencrypted). There are scripts to resize those
partitions post-provision and while the system is running.
-The repo name fai is copied from the debian project of the same name,
-meaning "fully automated installer."
+People who use fai may find these things as useful examples: it uses
+dnsmasq (on a openwrt machine) for dhcp instead of the isc
+dhcp. fai-wrapper is a small script to use basic fai classes outside of
+fai. It does not use the fai partitioning tool, but the script is
+inspired from it and works outside of fai.
-It also fully automates configuration of an openwrt router after manual
+It also automates configuration of an openwrt router after manual
initial installation.
-After provisionining is done, I sync files using unison, then automate
-further setup using a different set of scripts,
+After provisionining is done, I sync files using btrfs, or unison for
+vps, then automate further setup using a different set of scripts,
https://iankelling.org/git/?p=distro-setup;a=tree.
My network is a wndr3700v2 router with openwrt on it and a few pcs/laptops.
dsfull # install & setup a new fai distro (if data partition already synced)
eboot # reboot without automatic disk decryption
fai-kexec # kexec to fai tftp server that pxe would normally point to
+fai-redep # Deploy fai configuration to host "faiserver"
fai-revm # test fai on a fresh vm
+fai-wrapper # Evaluate and use fai classes outside of fai.
faiserver-revm # create a vm which is a fai server using pxe & preseed file
faiserver-uninstall # uninstall fai-server
faiserver-setup # install fai-server on the current machine
iankelling.org / git / automated-distro-installer / blobdiff