Howto create own archlinux distro

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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/archlive
mount /dev/mapper/nbd0p1 /mnt/archlive
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/archlive/dev
mount -o bind /proc /mnt/archlive/proc

enter enviroment with arch-chroot: 

arch-chroot /mnt/archlive

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 archlive
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 sshd

configure hostname: 

echo "archlive" > /etc/hostname

configure timezone: 

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Puerto_Rico /etc/localtime

stop and disable systemd-resolved: 

systemctl disable 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 --noconfirm vim screen nano net-tools bind-tools networkmanager ethtool wget unzip socat 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

exit chroot: 

exit

umount qcow2 image: 

umount /mnt/archlive/proc
umount /mnt/archlive/dev
umount /mnt/archlive 
nbd-client -d /dev/nbd0
dmsetup remove /dev/mapper/nbd0p1

enable chaotic repo

install chaotic repo: 

pacman-key --recv-key 3056513887B78AEB --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB
pacman -U --noconfirm 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' \
'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'

run the following command to add chaotic repo to /etc/pacman.conf: 

cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[chaotic-aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
EOF

install yay: 

pacman -Sy yay --noconfirm

configure archiso

install archiso: 

pacman -S archiso-git --noconfirm

copy releng directory: 

cp -rf /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/ /root/archlive

retreive the following packages file from vidalinux repo: 

cd /root/archlive
cp packages.x86_64 packages.x86_64.default
wget -O packages.x86_64

enable services at boot: 

cp NetworkManager.service /root/archlive/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/
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