-Multi-boot/distro btrfs provisioning
+PXE install w multi-boot, btrfs & Libreboot support
-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.
+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,
-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
+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
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 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 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.
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:
-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)
-eboot # reboot and keep disks encrypted
-fai-kexec # kexec to fai tftp server that pxe would normally point to
-fai-revm # test fai on a fresh vm
-faiserver-revm # create a vm which is a fai server using pxe & preseed file
+
+# 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
+
+chboot # Set grub to boot into a different distro (installed earlier)
+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
-myfai-chboot # Sets up tftp pxe config on fai server
-pxe-server # temporarily enable (usually) fai or arch boot server
-wrt-setup-remote # setup my router
-ubuntu-xenial-live-fai-kexec # do fai install from xenial live cd using kexec
-myfai-chboot # use instead of pxe-server for fai kexec based install
+
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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