Howto create own archlinux distro
configure os
download latest archlinux cloud image:
wget https://linuximages.de/openstack/arch/arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap.qcow2
make sure we have libguestfs installed:
pacman -S libguestfs guestfs-tools
resize image:
cp arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap.qcow2 arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap_100G.qcow2 qemu-img resize arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap_100G.qcow2 +99G
expand image:
virt-resize --expand /dev/sda1 arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap.qcow2 arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap_100G.qcow2
change password:
virt-sysprep -a arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap_100G.qcow2 -q --root-password password:vidalinux
uninstall cloud-init:
virt-sysprep -a arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap_100G.qcow2 --run-command "pacman -R cloud-init --noconfirm"
on centos copy the image to this directory:
cd /var/lib/libvirt/images/
mount image:
qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 arch-openstack-LATEST-image-bootstrap_100G.qcow2 kpartx -a /dev/nbd0 mkdir /mnt/archlinux mount /dev/mapper/nbd0p1 /mnt/archlinux mount -o bind /dev /mnt/archlinux/dev mount -o bind /proc /mnt/archlinux/proc
enter enviroment with arch-chroot:
arch-chroot /mnt/archlinux
initialize the pacman keyring and populate signing keys:
pacman-key --init pacman-key --populate archlinux
configure /etc/hosts:
cat > /etc/hosts << EOF 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.44.1.44 archlinux EOF
edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
sed -i 's/#PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
enable sshd service:
systemctl enable --now sshd
configure hostname:
hostnamectl set-hostname archlive
configure timezone:
timedatectl set-timezone America/Puerto_Rico
stop and disable systemd-resolved:
systemctl disable systemd-resolved && systemctl stop systemd-resolved
nameserver configuration:
rm /etc/resolv.conf echo "nameserver 4.2.2.1" > /etc/resolv.conf echo "nameserver 4.2.2.2" >> /etc/resolv.conf
update entire os:
pacman -Syuu --noconfirm
install packages:
pacman -Sy curl vim screen nano net-tools bind-tools networkmanager ebtables ethtool wget unzip socat conntrack-tools parted gptfdisk lvm2 git
configure networkmanager:
cat > /root/net << EOF systemctl start NetworkManager && systemctl enable NetworkManager nmcli con del eth0 nmcli con del Wired\ connection\ 1 nmcli con add con-name eth0 ipv4.method manual type ethernet ifname eth0 ipv4.addresses 10.44.1.44/24 ipv4.gateway 10.44.1.1 ipv4.dns 4.2.2.1,4.2.2.2 autoconnect yes EOF
install chrony:
pacman -S chrony --noconfirm
enable and start chrony:
systemctl enable chronyd
umount qcow2 image:
umount /mnt/archlinux/proc umount /mnt/archlinux/dev umount /mnt/archlinux nbd-client -d /dev/nbd0 dmsetup remove /dev/mapper/nbd0p1