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Cross-Platform Linux Live Image Builder
https://github.com/antonym/squashible

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# squashible



### Cross-Platform Linux Live Image Builder



## What is this?



Squashible is a tool created to generate a bootable LiveOS rapidly and consistently

across multiple operating systems.  It primarily relies on dracut to boot the

LiveOS.



It utilizes docker to create enough operating system for Ansible to function and

apply all configuration changes from that point.  It then packages up the build into

a vmlinuz, an initrd.img, and a rootfs.img.



This is a work in progress.  Things will probably blow up.

Pull requests and issues welcome!



## Getting Started



### Requirements



Recommended Build Server Versions:



    Fedora 23

    Ubuntu 15.10



Required Packages:



    Ansible >= 2.0.1.0

    Docker



### Building an image



Edit the group_vars/all file and set the appropriate settings.  Recommended

settings to change are:



|variable|description|

|--------|-----------|

| live_os | set to one of the listed supported_live_os |

| user_ssh_keys | set the public ssh keys you'd like to inject |



To run squashible:



    ansible-playbook -i hosts_generator.py 



Available playbooks to run:



|type|description|

|----|-----------|

| squashible.yml | minimal install |

| squashible_kvm.yml | minimal install + kvm + nova compute |

| squashible_xen.yml | minimal install + xen + nova compute |



Output of the build will be put into {{ outputpath }} which by default is

./live_output directory.



### Booting the images



Here are some examples for booting the image once you've generated one:



#### iPXE



    kernel http://$deployment_server/images/images/fedora-23-kvm/vmlinuz

    module http://$deployment_server/images/images/fedora-23-kvm/initrd.img

    imgargs vmlinuz root=live:http://$deployment_server/images/fedora-23-kvm/rootfs.img ip=dhcp nameserver=8.8.8.8 nomodeset rd.writable.fsimg rd.info rd.shell



#### kexec



    kexec -l vmlinuz —initrd=initrd.img \

    —command-line=“root=live:http://$deployment_server/images/fedora-23-kvm/rootfs.img \

    ip=dhcp nameserver=8.8.8.8 rd.writable.fsimg rd.info rd.shell”

    kexec -e



### Logging into the image



You can use the user live and the password live from the console.  The user is disabled from remote ssh access.  If you want to log in remotely, be sure to set a

public ssh key in group_vars/all.



### Known Issues



OpenSUSE currently has issues booting due to the DHCP daemon it uses.



### Test using iPXE Squashible Boot Images



These iPXE disks will automatically load into boot.squashible.com.  These contain live images that have been generated for demonstration puposes.  Make sure you

assign 4GB to 8GB of RAM for the images to load properly.  If you run into any errors or kernel panics, usually the cause is not enough memory being available.



| Type | Bootloader | Description |

|------|------------|-------------|

|ISO| [boot.squashible.com.iso](http://boot.squashible.com/ipxe/boot.squashible.com.iso)| Used for CD/DVD, Virtual CDs like DRAC/iLO, VMware, Virtual Box|

|USB| [boot.squashible.com.usb](http://boot.squashible.com/ipxe/boot.squashible.com.usb)| Used for creation of USB Keys|

|Kernel| [boot.squashible.com.lkrn](http://boot.squashible.com/ipxe/boot.squashible.com.lkrn)| Used for booting from GRUB/EXTLINUX|

|DHCP| [boot.squashible.com.kpxe](http://boot.squashible.com/ipxe/boot.squashible.com.kpxe)| DHCP boot image file, uses built-in iPXE NIC drivers|

|DHCP-undionly | [boot.squashible.com-undionly.kpxe](http://boot.squashible.com/ipxe/boot.squashible.com-undionly.kpxe)| DHCP boot image file, use if you have NIC issues|



You can also chainload into boot.squashible.com if you already have [netboot.xyz](http://netboot.xyz):



    chain --autofree http://boot.squashible.com