https://github.com/dunedan/circleci-vmdebootrap-poc

POC if it's possible to use CircleCI to build Debian images
https://github.com/dunedan/circleci-vmdebootrap-poc

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POC if it's possible to use CircleCI to build Debian images

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dunedan/circleci-vmdebootrap-poc
• Owner: Dunedan
• Created: 2016-10-09T14:30:05.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-29T03:57:49.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-06T21:47:39.090Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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This repositoriy contains a proof of concept if it's possible to use

[CircleCI](https://circleci.com/) to build Debian images using `vmdebootstrap`.

As of now it doesn't work, because `vmdebootstrap` tries to create device nodes

via `mknod` through `kpartx`, which isn't permitted in the CircleCI build

environment.

While replacing that code, so it uses loop devices would be possible, the

`loop` kernel driver isn't available there either.

Beside this essential problem the partitioning of the created disk image is

already pretty slow and takes several minutes, which would be at least a minor

annoyance.

If somebody stumbles over this and finds a way to get it working it'd

appreciate a comment via an issue or pull request.