-Multi boot/distro bare metal provisioning
+PXE install w multi-boot, btrfs & Libreboot support
-Some things are specific to my home network. Also provisions vms.
+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 arch, debian stable,
-& debian testing all on the same btrfs filesystem, smartly utilizing
-multiple disks, with scripts to automatically decrypt on reboots. Other
-debian based distros should work fine, and I'm planning to add Fedora
+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.
+
+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 os raid is partitioned into boot, swap, and root,
-(only boot is unencrypted) and there are scripts to resize those
-partitions post-install if needed.
+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
+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 supports running a fai
+server on debian within android via Maru.
-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 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.
Since fai requires a debian server as the fai server, there are also
scripts from https://iankelling.org/git, and of course there are some
hostnames that are specific to my network.
-Main scripts meant to be called interactively:
+All scripts meant to be used directly are listed here:
+
+
+# Scripts to setup the environment for the install
+
+arch-pxe # Setup arch pxe boot server from an arch base image
+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
+wrt-setup-remote # setup my router in general: dhcp, dns, etc.
+
+
+# Script to do a distro install
+
+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
+
+
+# Scripts to call after a distro install for various reasons
-arch-init-remote # install arch (after it's been booted into it's setup env)
chboot # Set grub to boot into a different distro (installed earlier)
-dsfull # install & setup a new fai distro (if data partition already synced)
-fai-revm # test fai on a fresh vm
-faiserver-revm # create a vm which is a fai server
-faiserver-uninstall
+install-chboot # reinstall chboot to /boot subvols, for chboot updates.
+eboot # reboot without automatic disk decryption
+fai-wrapper # use fai classes outside of fai. sourced, not called.
+faiserver-disable # Disable the fai nfs server exports
fresize # resize swap or boot partitions in a host
-pxe-server # temporarily enable (usually) fai or arch boot server
-wrt-setup-remote # setup my router
+
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 rebase off their 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.
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