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96 lines
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rpm-ostree
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==========
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This tool takes a set of packages, and commits them to an
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[OSTree](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/OSTree) repository. At the
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moment, it is intended for use on build servers.
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Using rpm-ostree
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For example, this invocation:
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rpm-ostree --repo=repo --enablerepo=fedora --os=fedora --os-version=20 create my-server-packages @standard kernel ostree fedora-release lvm2 e2fsprogs btrfs-progs httpd
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Will create a ref named "fedora/20/my-server-packages", containing a
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complete bootable root filesystem of those packages. As you can see
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from the example above, the package set is fairly minimal, we're just
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adding on "httpd".
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Now, if you export the repo via any plain HTTP server, clients using
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OSTree can then replicate this tree, and boot it, tracking updates you
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make over time.
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Pulling and booting from a client machine
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First, install the ostree package, of course; make sure you have
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ostree 2013.7 or newer.
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yum install ostree
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Now, this bit of one time initialization will both
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create `/ostree` for you, as well as `/ostree/deploy/fedora`.
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ostree admin os-init fedora
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This step tells OSTree how to find the repository you built on
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the server. You only need to do this once.
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ostree remote add myserver https://mycorp.example.com/repo
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Now, since we did not GPG sign our repo above, we need to disable GPG
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verification. Add `gpg-verify=false` in the `[remote]` section.
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nano /ostree/repo/config
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This step downloads that ref into `/ostree/repo`:
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ostree pull myserver fedora/20/my-server-packages
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This step extracts the root filesystem, and updates the bootloader
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configuration:
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ostree admin deploy --os=fedora fedora/20/my-server-packages
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We need to do some initial setup before we actually boot the system.
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Copy in the storage configuration:
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cp /etc/fstab /ostree/deploy/fedora/current
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And set a root password:
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chroot /ostree/deploy/fedora/current passwd
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And there is one final (manual) step: You must copy your system's
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kernel arguments from `/boot/grub2/grub.cfg` and add them to
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`/boot/loader/entries/ostree-fedora-0.conf`, on the `options`
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line. This step may be automated further in the future.
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Booting the system
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Remember, at this point there is no impact on your installed system
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except for additional disk space in the `/boot/loader` and `/ostree`
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directories.
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Reboot, and get a GRUB prompt. At the prompt, press `c`. Now, enter:
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insmod blscfg
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bls_import
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Then press `Esc`. You should have an additional boot menu entry,
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named `ostree:fedora:0`. Nagivate to it and press `Enter`.
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Inside the system
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-----------------
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To upgrade, run as root:
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ostree admin upgrade
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Note that in our demo so far, we did not install `yum` (or even
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`rpm`). Getting these to work fully is the next phase of the
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`yum-ostree` development.
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