Task #5882
Updated by Nico Schottelius about 6 years ago
* How we create it * How we deploy it h2. Introduction The netboot images are basically a Devuan filesystem that is created by **debootstrap**. To be able to boot the servers, the kernel is extracted and the root filesystem is put into an cpio archive. h2. How to build / update a netboot image * Login to netboot-build.ungleich.ch * Go to /srv * /srv/devuan contains the current version * /srv/devuan-VERSION.gz contains the available root filesystem * /srv/kernel-VERSION To update / make changes: * chroot /srv/devuan * [work work work] <pre> VERSION=your-version-name cd /srv/devuan printf "\\\\n \\\\l: version $VERSION\\n\\n" $VERSION\\n" > etc/issue find . -print0 | cpio --null -ov --format=newc | gzip -9 > /srv/initramfs-${VERSION} cp vmlinuz /srv/kernel-${VERSION} </pre> h2. How to deploy a new netboot image * Copy the rootfs and the kernel on the respective routers: ** router{1..2}.placeY.ungleich.ch:/var/www/html/ ** initramfs.igz == production image ** kernel == production kernel h2. Upcoming improvements / things to be checked * Use cdist preos for chroot building * Ensure that the image cannot be downloaded publicly ** Our password hash is visible otherwise * Ensure that there is a menu for booting ** production kernel selected by default ** other kernels/setups for testing