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For some background, see:
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- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/AtomicWorkstation
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- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WorkstationOstree
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(Note also this repo obsoletes https://pagure.io/atomic-ws)
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High level design
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-----------------
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The goal of the system is to be a workstation, using
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rpm-ostree for the base OS, and a combination of
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Docker and Flatpak containers, as well as virtualization
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tools such as Vagrant.
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Status
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------
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This project is actively maintained and is ready for use
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by sophisticated and interested users, but not ready
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for widespread promotion.
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Updates not currently generated for Fedora 26
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--------------------------------------------------------
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If you choose Fedora 26, note that Fedora is not currently
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shipping updates. For that, see [atomic-ws](https://pagure.io/atomic-ws).
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Installing (do not use partitioning defaults!)
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----------
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Important! *Don't* choose auto-partitioning in the below installer ISO; you
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currently can't use a separate `/home` partition, and Anaconda defaults to that.
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This will be fixed in Fedora 27; see
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this [known issue](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382873) as
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well as [this anaconda PR](https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/1124).
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There are ISOs available for [Fedora 26](https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose//branched/)
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[direct link](https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose//branched/Fedora-26-20170707.n.0/compose/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-ostree-x86_64-26-20170707.n.0.iso)
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and [rawhide](https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose//rawhide/).
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Important issues:
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-----------------------
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- [Anaconda autopartitoning](https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/issues/800) - be sure to use `/var/home` instead of `/home`
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- [flatpak system repo](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/113#issuecomment-247022006)
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Installing *inside* an existing system
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---------------------------------------
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A really neat feature of OSTree is that you can
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*parallel install* inside your existing OS. Let's try that, we
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first make sure we have the ostree packages:
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```
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yum -y install ostree ostree-grub2
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```
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Next, we add `/ostree/repo` to the filesystem:
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```
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ostree admin init-fs /
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```
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Add a remote which points to the Fedora Rawhide content:
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```
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ostree remote add --set=gpg-verify=false fedora-ws-rawhide https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/ostree/rawhide/
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```
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Pull down the content (you can interrupt and restart this):
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```
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ostree --repo=/ostree/repo pull fedora-ws-rawhide:fedora/rawhide/x86_64/workstation
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```
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Initialize an "os" for this, which acts as a state root.
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```
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ostree admin os-init fedora
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```
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**For EFI systems**: currently ostree uses the presence of /boot/grub2/grub.cfg to detect a BIOS system,
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but that can be present on systems booted with EFI as well. If you boot with EFI
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(/sys/firmware/efi exists), then you need to move /boot/grub2/grub.cfg aside:
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```
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mv /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.bak
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```
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Since this file is not used on a EFI system, this won't break the operation of your current system. While you are at it, back up your existing grub config:
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```
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cp /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg.bak
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```
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Deploy; we use `enforcing=0` to avoid SELinux issues for now.
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```
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ostree admin deploy --os=fedora --karg-proc-cmdline --karg=enforcing=0 fedora-ws-rawhide:fedora/rawhide/x86_64/workstation
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```
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To initialize this root, you'll need to copy over your `/etc/fstab`, `/etc/locale.conf`, `/etc/default/grub` at least, along with the ostree remote that we added:
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for i in /etc/fstab /etc/default/grub /etc/locale.conf /etc/ostree/remotes.d/fedora-ws-rawhide.conf ; do cp $i /ostree/deploy/fedora/deploy/$checksum.0/$i; done
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```
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If you have a separate `/home` mount point, you'll need to change
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that `fstab` copy to refer to `/var/home`.
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You'll also need to copy your user entry from `/etc/passwd`, `/etc/group`,
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and `/etc/shadow` into the new `/etc/`, and add yourself to the wheel group
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in `/etc/group`. Don't copy just copy these files literally, however, since
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the system users and groups won't be the same.
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**For BIOS systems**: while ostree regenerated the bootloader configuration,
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it writes config into `/boot/loader/grub.cfg`. On a current `grubby`
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system, you'll need to copy that version over:
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```
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cp /boot/loader/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
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```
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Migrating between OSTree repos
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Enable the 26/27 remotes:
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```
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ostree remote add --if-not-exists --gpg-import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary fedora-ws-26 https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/ostree/26
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ostree remote add --if-not-exists --gpg-import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-27-primary fedora-ws-27 https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/ostree/rawhide
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```
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Rebase to rawhide:
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```
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rpm-ostree rebase fedora-ws-27:fedora/rawhide/x86_64/workstation
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```
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Using the system
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--------------------
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First, try out `rpm-ostree install` to layer additional packages. For example,
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`rpm-ostree install powerline`.
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Next, let's try flatpak. Before you do: There's a known flatpak issue on
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AtomicWS - run [this workaround](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/113#issuecomment-247022006),
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which you only need to do once. After that, [try flatpak](http://flatpak.org/apps.html).
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If you are a developer for server applications,
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try [oc cluster up](https://github.com/openshift/origin/blob/master/docs/cluster_up_down.md) to
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create a local OpenShift v3 cluster.
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Finally, you'll likely want to make one or more "pet" Docker containers,
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potentially privileged, and use `dnf/yum` inside these. You can use e.g. `-v
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/srv:/srv` so these containers can share content with your host (such as git
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repositories). Note that if you want to share content between multiple Docker
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containers and the host (e.g. your desktop session), you should execute (once):
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```
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sudo chcon -R -h -t container_file_t /var/srv
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```
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Future work
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-----------
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- GNOME Software support for both rpm-ostree/flatpak and possibly docker
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- automated tests that run on this content
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