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@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ # BootcBlade -Ansible automation for deploying a KVM hypervisor using bootc and Fedora Server. +Ansible automation for deploying a KVM hypervisor using bootc and CentOS Stream.  This Ansible automation uses bootc to create "the perfect" KVM hypervisor with ZFS, NFS + Samba, Cockpit, and Sanoid + Syncoid. ## Usage - deploy on top of existing system -1. Install a fresh Fedora Server or CentOS Stream to the desired host - use the latest minimal install to save disk space on the resulting deployed machine +1. Install a fresh CentOS Stream to the desired host - use the latest minimal install to save disk space on the resulting deployed machine 2. Install ```podman``` on the host 3. Generate an SSH key 4. Create inventory using the example in the ```docs``` folder @@ -58,11 +58,20 @@ will need to be run, either remotely or as localhost, and the required variables ### ```/root/bootcblade.containerfile``` is gone: You can use ```update.yml``` to recreate this, assuming you have the correct inventory. +### Cockpit wont work +Currently there is a known issue, ```cockpit-ws``` is having issues installing properly inside the container during the build. On a reboot, you will have to do the following commands as sudo: +```$ bootc usr-overlay ; dnf -y reinstall cockpit-ws ; systemctl restart cockpit.socket``` + ### BootcBlade will no longer build -By default the ```latest``` tag is used for ```fedora-bootc``` - its possible that there was a kernel update, or a release update, that breaks ZFS. Usually these issues are transient and resolve on their own. If you need a build now (perhaps for a fresh system) you can try and see if there is an older release (tag) from the upstream repo, and adjust it using the ```bootc_image_tag``` variable. +The default tag used for ```centos-bootc``` is referenced in ```templates/bootcblade.containerfile.j2``` - its possible that there was a kernel update, or a release update, that breaks ZFS. Usually these issues are transient and resolve on their own. If you need a build now (perhaps for a fresh system) you can try and see if there is an older release (tag) from the upstream repo, and adjust it using the ```bootc_image_tag``` variable. +[https://quay.io/repository/centos-bootc/centos-bootc?tab=tags&tag=latest](https://quay.io/repository/centos-bootc/centos-bootc?tab=tags&tag=latest) [https://quay.io/repository/fedora/fedora-bootc?tab=tags](https://quay.io/repository/fedora/fedora-bootc?tab=tags) +## Tweaking +### Fedora +You can use the branch ```fedora``` to deploy or build Fedora Server. + ## Variable Usage This is a description of each variable, what it does, and a table to determine when it is needed. |