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| author | nl6720 <nl6720@gmail.com> | 2021-03-22 15:43:01 +0200 |
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| committer | nl6720 <nl6720@gmail.com> | 2021-04-30 20:51:24 +0300 |
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diff --git a/README.profile.rst b/README.profile.rst deleted file mode 100644 index a8c4487..0000000 --- a/README.profile.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,144 +0,0 @@ -======= -profile -======= - -An archiso profile consists of several configuration files and a directory for files to be added to the resulting image. - -.. code:: plaintext - - profile/ - ├── airootfs/ - ├── efiboot/ - ├── syslinux/ - ├── packages.arch - ├── pacman.conf - └── profiledef.sh - -The required files and directories are explained in the following sections. - -profiledef.sh -============= - -This file describes several attributes of the resulting image and is a place for customization to the general behavior -of the image. - -The image file is constructed from some of the variables in ``profiledef.sh``: ``<iso_name>-<iso_version>-<arch>.iso`` -(e.g. ``archlinux-202010-x86_64.iso``). - -* ``iso_name``: The first part of the name of the resulting image (defaults to ``mkarchiso``) -* ``iso_label``: The ISO's volume label (defaults to ``MKARCHISO``) -* ``iso_publisher``: A free-form string that states the publisher of the resulting image (defaults to ``mkarchiso``) -* ``iso_application``: A free-form string that states the application (i.e. its use-case) of the resulting image (defaults - to ``mkarchiso iso``) -* ``iso_version``: A string that states the version of the resulting image (defaults to ``""``) -* ``install_dir``: A string (maximum eight characters long, which **must** consist of ``[a-z0-9]``) that states the - directory on the resulting image into which all files will be installed (defaults to ``mkarchiso``) -* ``bootmodes``: A list of strings, that state the supported boot modes of the resulting image. Only the following are - understood: - - - ``bios.syslinux.mbr``: Syslinux for x86 BIOS booting from a disk - - ``bios.syslinux.eltorito``: Syslinux for x86 BIOS booting from an optical disc - - ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp``: systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from a disk - - ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito``: systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from an optical disc - Note that BIOS El Torito boot mode must always be listed before UEFI El Torito boot mode. -* ``arch``: The architecture (e.g. ``x86_64``) to build the image for. This is also used to resolve the name of the packages - file (e.g. ``packages.x86_64``) -* ``pacman_conf``: The ``pacman.conf`` to use to install packages to the work directory when creating the image (defaults to - the host's ``/etc/pacman.conf``) -* ``airootfs_image_type``: The image type to create. The following options are understood (defaults to ``squashfs``): - - - ``squashfs``: Create a squashfs image directly from the airootfs work directory - - ``ext4+squashfs``: Create an ext4 partition, copy the airootfs work directory to it and create a squashfs image from it - - ``erofs``: Create an EROFS image for the airootfs work directory -* ``airootfs_image_tool_options``: An array of options to pass to the tool to create the airootfs image. ``mksquashfs`` and - ``mkfs.erofs`` are supported. See ``mksquashfs --help`` or ``mkfs.erofs --help`` for all possible options -* ``file_permissions``: An associative array that lists files and/or directories who need specific ownership or - permissions. The array's keys contain the path and the value is a colon separated list of owner UID, owner GID and - access mode. E.g. ``file_permissions=(["/etc/shadow"]="0:0:400")``. When directories are listed with a trailing backslash (``/``) **all** files and directories contained within the listed directory will have the same owner UID, owner GID, and access mode applied recursively. - -packages.arch -============= - -All packages to be installed into the environment of the image have to be listed in an architecture specific file (e.g. -``packages.x86_64``), which resides top-level in the profile. - -Packages have to be listed one per line. Lines starting with a `#` and blank lines are ignored. - - .. note:: - - The **mkinitcpio** and **mkinitcpio-archiso** packages are mandatory (see `#30 - <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/30>`_). - -pacman.conf -=========== - -A configuration for pacman is required per profile. - -Some configuration options will not be used or will be modified: - -* ``CacheDir``: the profile's option is **only** used if it is not the default (i.e. ``/var/cache/pacman/pkg``) and if it is - not the same as the system's option. In all other cases the system's pacman cache is used. -* ``HookDir``: it is **always** set to the ``/etc/pacman.d/hooks`` directory in the work directory's airootfs to allow - modification via the profile and ensure interoparability with hosts using dracut (see `#73 - <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/73>`_) -* ``RootDir``: it is **always** removed, as setting it explicitely otherwise refers to the host's root filesystem (see - ``man 8 pacman`` for further information on the ``-r`` option used by ``pacstrap``) -* ``LogFile``: it is **always** removed, as setting it explicitely otherwise refers to the host's pacman log file (see - ``man 8 pacman`` for further information on the ``-r`` option used by ``pacstrap``) -* ``DBPath``: it is **always** removed, as setting it explicitely otherwise refers to the host's pacman database (see - ``man 8 pacman`` for further information on the ``-r`` option used by ``pacstrap``) - -airootfs -======== - -This optional directory may contain files and directories that will be copied to the work directory of the resulting -image's root filesystem. -The files are copied before packages are being installed to work directory location. -Ownership and permissions of files and directories from the profile's ``airootfs`` directory are not preserved. The mode -will be ``644`` for files and ``755`` for directories, all of them will be owned by root. To set custom ownership and/or -permissions, use ``file_permissions`` in ``profiledef.sh``. - -With this overlay structure it is possible to e.g. create users and set passwords for them, by providing -``airootfs/etc/passwd``, ``airootfs/etc/shadow``, ``airootfs/etc/gshadow`` (see ``man 5 passwd``, ``man 5 shadow`` and ``man 5 gshadow`` respectively). -If user home directories exist in the profile's ``airootfs``, their ownership and (and top-level) permissions will be -altered according to the provided information in the password file. - -Boot loader configuration -========================= - -A profile may contain configuration for several boot loaders. These reside in specific top-level directories, which are -explained in the following subsections. - -The following *custom template identifiers* are understood and will be replaced according to the assignments of the -respective variables in ``profiledef.sh``: - -* ``%ARCHISO_LABEL%``: Set this using the ``iso_label`` variable in ``profiledef.sh``. -* ``%INSTALL_DIR%``: Set this using the ``iso_label`` variable in ``profiledef.sh``. -* ``%ARCH%``: Set this using the ``arch`` variable in ``profiledef.sh``. - - -efiboot -------- - -This directory is mandatory when the ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp`` or ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito`` bootmodes are -selected in ``profiledef.sh``. It contains configuration for `systemd-boot -<https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/systemd-boot/>`_. - - .. note:: - - The directory is a top-level representation of the systemd-boot configuration directories and files found in the - root of an EFI system partition. - -The *custom template identifiers* are **only** understood in the boot loader entry `.conf` files (i.e. **not** in -``loader.conf``). - -syslinux --------- - -This directory is mandatory when the ``bios.syslinux.mbr`` or the ``bios.syslinux.eltorito`` bootmodes are selected in -``profiledef.sh``. -It contains configuration files for `syslinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=SYSLINUX>`_ or `isolinux -<https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISOLINUX>`_ , or `pxelinux -<https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX>`_ used in the resuling image. - -The *custom template identifiers* are understood in all `.cfg` files in this directory. |
