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Create bootable systemd-nspawn containers with Alpine, Arch Linux or Ubuntu
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#!/bin/bash -e | |
# Creates a systemd-nspawn container with Alpine | |
MIRROR=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine | |
VERSION=${VERSION:-v3.20} | |
APKTOOLS_VERSION=2.14.4-r0 | |
wget_or_curl () { | |
if command -v wget >/dev/null; then | |
wget -qO- "$1" | |
elif command -v curl >/dev/null; then | |
curl -Ls "$1" | |
else | |
echo "missing either curl or wget" >&2 | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
} | |
if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "run this script as root" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
dest="$1" | |
if [ -z "$dest" ]; then | |
echo "Usage: $0 <destination>" >&2 | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
if [ -e "$dest/usr/bin" ]; then | |
echo "destination already seems to contain a root file system" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [[ "$(uname -m)" =~ ^i[3456]86|x86 ]]; then | |
toolarch=x86 | |
guestarch=$toolarch | |
[ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ] && guestarch=x86_64 | |
elif [[ "$(uname -m)" =~ ^arm|aarch64 ]]; then | |
toolarch=armv7 | |
guestarch=$toolarch | |
[ "$(uname -m)" = aarch64 ] && guestarch=aarch64 | |
else | |
echo "unsupported architecture" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
apkdir=$(mktemp -d) | |
trap 'rm -rf $apkdir' EXIT | |
wget_or_curl "$MIRROR/latest-stable/main/$toolarch/apk-tools-static-$APKTOOLS_VERSION.apk" \ | |
| tar -xz -C $apkdir || \ | |
{ echo "couldn't download apk-tools, the version might have changed..." >&2; exit 1; } | |
$apkdir/sbin/apk.static \ | |
-X $MIRROR/$VERSION/main -U --arch $guestarch \ | |
--allow-untrusted --root "$dest" \ | |
--initdb add alpine-base | |
mkdir -p "$dest"/{etc/apk,root} | |
# configure mirror | |
printf '%s/%s/main\n%s/%s/community\n' "$MIRROR" $VERSION "$MIRROR" $VERSION >"$dest"/etc/apk/repositories | |
for i in $(seq 0 10); do # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/852 | |
echo "pts/$i" >>"$dest/etc/securetty" | |
done | |
# make console work | |
sed '/tty[0-9]:/ s/^/#/' -i "$dest"/etc/inittab | |
printf 'console::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console\n' >>"$dest"/etc/inittab | |
# minimal boot services | |
for s in hostname bootmisc syslog; do | |
ln -s /etc/init.d/$s "$dest"/etc/runlevels/boot/$s | |
done | |
for s in killprocs savecache; do | |
ln -s /etc/init.d/$s "$dest"/etc/runlevels/shutdown/$s | |
done | |
echo "" | |
echo "Alpine $VERSION $guestarch container was created successfully." |
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#!/bin/bash -e | |
# Creates a systemd-nspawn container with Arch Linux | |
MIRROR=http://mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net/archlinux | |
ISO_DATE=latest | |
PKG_GROUPS="base" | |
wget_or_curl () { | |
if command -v wget >/dev/null; then | |
wget "$1" -O "$2" | |
elif command -v curl >/dev/null; then | |
curl -L "$1" -o "$2" | |
else | |
echo "missing either curl or wget" >&2 | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
} | |
if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "run this script as root" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
dest="$1" | |
if [ -z "$dest" ]; then | |
echo "Usage: $0 <destination>" >&2 | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
if [ -e "$dest/usr/bin" ]; then | |
echo "destination already seems to contain a root file system" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
[ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ] || { echo "unsupported architecture" >&2; exit 1; } | |
tarfile=$(mktemp) | |
trap 'rm $tarfile' EXIT | |
wget_or_curl "$MIRROR/iso/$ISO_DATE/archlinux-bootstrap-x86_64.tar.zst" $tarfile | |
mkdir -p "$dest" | |
tar -xaf $tarfile -C "$dest" --strip-components=1 --numeric-owner | |
# configure mirror | |
printf 'Server = %s/$repo/os/$arch\n' "$MIRROR" >"$dest"/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | |
sed '/^root:/ s|\*||' -i "$dest/etc/shadow" # passwordless login | |
rm "$dest/etc/resolv.conf" # systemd configures this | |
# https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/852 | |
[ -f "$dest/etc/securetty" ] && \ | |
printf 'pts/%d\n' $(seq 0 10) >>"$dest/etc/securetty" | |
# seems to be this bug https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/3611 | |
systemd-machine-id-setup --root="$dest" | |
# install the packages | |
systemd-nspawn -q -D "$dest" sh -c " | |
pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate | |
pacman -Sy --noconfirm --needed ${PKG_GROUPS} | |
" | |
echo "" | |
echo "Arch Linux container was created successfully (bootstrapped from $ISO_DATE)" |
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#!/bin/bash -e | |
# Creates a systemd-nspawn container with Ubuntu | |
CODENAME=${CODENAME:-noble} | |
wget_or_curl () { | |
if command -v wget >/dev/null; then | |
wget "$1" -O "$2" | |
elif command -v curl >/dev/null; then | |
curl -L "$1" -o "$2" | |
else | |
echo "missing either curl or wget" >&2 | |
return 1 | |
fi | |
} | |
if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "run this script as root" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
dest="$1" | |
if [ -z "$dest" ]; then | |
echo "Usage: $0 <destination>" >&2 | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
if [ -e "$dest/usr/bin" ]; then | |
echo "destination already seems to contain a root file system" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ]; then | |
guestarch=amd64 | |
elif [ "$(uname -m)" = aarch64 ]; then | |
guestarch=arm64 | |
else | |
echo "unsupported architecture" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
rootfs=$(mktemp) | |
trap 'rm $rootfs' EXIT | |
wget_or_curl "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/${CODENAME}/current/${CODENAME}-server-cloudimg-${guestarch}-root.tar.xz" $rootfs | |
mkdir -p "$dest" | |
tar -xaf $rootfs -C "$dest" --numeric-owner | |
sed '/^root:/ s|\*||' -i "$dest/etc/shadow" # passwordless login | |
rm "$dest/etc/resolv.conf" # systemd configures this | |
# https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/852 | |
[ -f "$dest/etc/securetty" ] && \ | |
printf 'pts/%d\n' $(seq 0 10) >>"$dest/etc/securetty" | |
# container needs no mounts | |
>"$dest/etc/fstab" | |
# disable services and uninstall packages | |
systemd-nspawn -q -D "$dest" sh -c ' | |
[ -s /etc/environment ] && . /etc/environment | |
for unit in ssh.service ssh.socket systemd-timesyncd systemd-networkd-wait-online systemd-resolved; do | |
systemctl is-enabled "$unit" && systemctl disable "$unit" | |
done | |
apt-get -qq satisfy -y --purge "Conflicts: lxcfs, lxd, snapd, cloud-init" || \ | |
apt-get -qq purge --autoremove snapd lxcfs lxd cloud-init | |
' | |
echo "" | |
echo "Ubuntu $CODENAME $guestarch container was created successfully" |
Thanks for this script! Building my own based on yours :)
Thanks for this script! Building my own based on yours :)
heh ;)
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Thank you so much for this! I hope you don't mind me using bits of your scripts here: https://github.com/X0RW3LL/XenSpawn
Linked to this gist in the references section <3