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profile
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An archiso profile consists of several configuration files and a directory for files to be added to the resulting image.
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2020-10-28 21:57:15 +01:00
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.. code:: bash
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profile
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|- airootfs/
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|- efiboot/
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|- isolinux/
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|- syslinux/
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|- packages.arch
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|- pacman.conf
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\- profiledef.sh
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The required files and directories are explained in the following sections.
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profiledef.sh
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=============
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This file describes several attributes of the resulting image and is a place for customization to the general behavior
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of the image.
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The image file is constructed from some of the variables in **profiledef.sh**: `<iso_name>-<iso_version>-<arch>.iso`
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(e.g. `archlinux-202010-x86_64.iso`).
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* `iso_name`: The first part of the name of the resulting image (defaults to `mkarchiso`)
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* `iso_label`: The ISO's volume label (defaults to `MKARCHISO`)
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* `iso_publisher`: A free-form string that states the publisher of the resulting image (defaults to `mkarchiso`)
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* `iso_application`: A free-form string that states the application (i.e. its use-case) of the resulting image (defaults
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to `mkarchiso iso`)
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* `iso_version`: A string that states the version of the resulting image (defaults to `""`)
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* `install_dir`: A string (maximum eight characters long, which **must** consist of `[a-z0-9]`) that states the
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directory on the resulting image into which all files will be installed (defaults to `mkarchiso`)
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* `bootmodes`: A list of strings, that state the supported boot modes of the resulting image. Only the following are
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understood:
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- `bios.syslinux.mbr`: Syslinux for x86 BIOS booting from a disk
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- `bios.syslinux.eltorito`: Syslinux for x86 BIOS booting from an optical disc
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- `uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp`: Systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from a disk
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- `uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito`: Systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
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Note that BIOS El Torito boot mode must always be listed before UEFI El Torito boot mode.
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* `arch`: The architecture (e.g. `x86_64`) to build the image for. This is also used to resolve the name of the packages
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file (e.g. `packages.x86_64`)
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* `pacman_conf`: The `pacman.conf` to use to install packages to the work directory when creating the image (defaults to
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the host's `/etc/pacman.conf`)
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* `airootfs_image_type`: The image type to create. The following options are understood (defaults to `squashfs`):
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- `squashfs`: Create a squashfs image directly from the airootfs work directory
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- `ext4+squashfs`: Create an ext4 partition, copy the airootfs work directory to it and create a squashfs image from it
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* `airootfs_image_tool_options`: An array of options to pass to the tool to create the airootfs image. Currently only
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`mksquashfs` is supported - see `mksquashfs --help` for all possible options (defaults to `('-comp' 'xz')`).
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packages.arch
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=============
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All packages to be installed into the environment of the image have to be listed in an architecture specific file (e.g.
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`packages.x86_64`), which resides top-level in the profile.
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Packages have to be listed one per line. Lines starting with a `#` and blank lines are ignored.
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.. note::
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The **mkinitcpio** and **mkinitcpio-archiso** packages are mandatory (see `#30
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<https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/30>`_).
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pacman.conf
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===========
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A configuration for pacman is required per profile.
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Some configuration options will not be used or will be modified:
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* `CacheDir`: the profile's option is **only** used if it is not the default (i.e. `/var/cache/pacman/pkg`) and if it is
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not the same as the system's option. In all other cases the system's pacman cache is used.
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* `HookDir`: it is **always** set to the `/etc/pacman.d/hooks` directory in the work directory's airootfs to allow
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modification via the profile and ensure interoparability with hosts using dracut (see `#73
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<https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/73>`_)
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* `RootDir`: it is **always** removed, as setting it explicitely otherwise refers to the host's root filesystem (see
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`man 8 pacman` for further information on the `-r` option used by `pacstrap`)
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* `LogFile`: it is **always** removed, as setting it explicitely otherwise refers to the host's pacman log file (see
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`man 8 pacman` for further information on the `-r` option used by `pacstrap`)
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* `DBPath`: it is **always** removed, as setting it explicitely otherwise refers to the host's pacman database (see
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`man 8 pacman` for further information on the `-r` option used by `pacstrap`)
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airootfs
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========
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This - optional - directory may contain files and directories that will be copied to the work directory of the resulting
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image's root filesystem.
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The files are copied before packages are being installed to work directory location.
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Ownership of files and directories from the profile's `airootfs` directory are not preserved (permissions are currently
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the same as in the profile's `airootfs` - see `#61 <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/73>`_).
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With this overlay structure it is possible to e.g. create users and set passwords for them, by providing
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`airootfs/etc/passwd`, `airootfs/etc/shadow`, `airootfs/etc/gshadow` (see `man 5 passwd`, `man 5 shadow` and `man 5
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gshadow` respectively).
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If user home directories exist in the profile's `airootfs`, their ownership and (and top-level) permissions will be
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altered according to the provided information in the password file.
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Boot loader configuration
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=========================
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A profile may contain configuration for several boot loaders. These reside in specific top-level directories, which are
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explained in the following subsections.
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The following *custom template identifiers* are understood and will be replaced according to the assignments of the
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respective variables in **profiledef.sh**:
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* `%ARCHISO_LABEL%`: Set this using the `iso_label` variable in **profiledef.sh**
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* `%INSTALL_DIR%`: Set this using the `iso_label` variable in **profiledef.sh**
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* `%ARCH%`: Set this using the `arch` variable in **profiledef.sh**
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efiboot
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-------
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This directory is mandatory when the `uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp` or `uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito` bootmodes are
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selected in **profiledef.sh**. It contains configuration for `systemd-boot
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<https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/systemd-boot/>`_.
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.. note::
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The directory is a top-level representation of the systemd-boot configuration directories and files found in the
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root of an EFI system partition.
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The *custom template identifiers* are **only** understood in the boot loader entry `.conf` files (i.e. **not** in
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`loader.conf`).
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isolinux
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--------
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This directory is mandatory when the `bios.syslinux.eltorito` bootmode is selected in **profiledef.sh**.
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It contains configuration for `isolinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISOLINUX>`_ used in the resuling
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image.
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The *custom template identifiers* are understood in all `.cfg` files in this directory.
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syslinux
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This directory is mandatory when the `bios.syslinux.mbr` or the `bios.syslinux.eltorito` bootmodes are selected in
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**profiledef.sh**.
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It contains configuration files for `syslinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=SYSLINUX>`_ or `pxelinux
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<https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX>`_ used in the resuling image.
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The *custom template identifiers* are understood in all `.cfg` files in this directory.
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