repo files allows for several customization options
which could not be set by kiwi through the current
repository schema. As the options used do not follow
any standard and are not compatible between package
managers and distributions the only generic way to
handle this is through a script which is invoked
with the repo file as parameter for each file created
to describe a repo for the selected package manager.
This allows users to update/change the repo file content
on their individual needs. In the kiwi description the
path to the custom script can be specified as follows
<repository ... customize="/path/to/custom_script">
<source path="..."/>
</repository>
This Fixes#1896
This commit adds the `<installinitrd>` element in kiwi schema to
facilitate the dracut modules configuration for the installation initrds
on OEM images. Within installinitrd element is possible list the dracut
modules to append, to omit or to just set an static list of dracut
modules to include.
Fixes#1676Fixes#1683
This commits adds the attribute 'arch' to preferences. It works
as any other 'arch' attribute within the schema. Preferences defined
with architectures that do not match the host are ignored. If no 'arch'
is provided it matches all any host architecture.
Fixes#1640
Added a new element <oem-swapname> below the <oemconfig>
section which allows to specify a name for the swap volume
in case the LVM volume manager is used. The default if
not specified continuous to stay at: LVSwap. This
Fixes#1638
A vmx image is the same disk as an oem just without the dracut
repart/resize feature. This difference is better handled with
an oemconfig parameter <oem-resize> which allows to switch resize
on or off. The extra image type vmx will be dropped and an XSLT
stylesheet automatically transforms a vmx description to be a
oem image with the resize feature switched off.
This Fixes#1425
The bootloader settings are handled through attributes in the
type element. Over the years some attributes were added and
there are requests for more settings. Therefore the bootloader
setup deservers its own section. With this commit the schema
changes from v7.1 to v7.2 and moves bootloader, bootloader_console
boottimeout and zipl_targettype into a new bootloader subsection
below type. The commit also adds an auto transformation template
such that customers don't have to change their image descriptions.
This is related to Issue #1401
Added new type attribute:
```xml
<type ... spare_part_fs_attributes="..."/>
```
which can be a comma separated list of the following currently
supported filesystem attributes:
* no-copy-on-write
* synchronous-updates
See chattr and filesystem manual pages for details on those
attributes. More attributes for the spare part context can be
added on request. This Fixes#1233
In an OEM deployment that requested the creation of a swap
partition via <oem-swap> that swap partition was created
at first boot and was always the last partition on the disk.
This was required because it could not be placed before
any other partition without destroying those partition
contents. This process leaves the system in an inflexible
condition if the storage device can change its geometry
dynamicly as it's the case for SAN systems. The typical
deployment target for OEM images are SAN storage clusters
and it's cumbersome to resize the root partition if swap
is last.
This commit Fixes#1231 and changes the handling of swap if
requested via <oem-swap> as follows:
1. The swap space is created as part of the image build process
and no longer on first boot of the image via dracut code.
This increases the size of the non compressed .raw disk image
by the configured swap space size or the default. The
compressed versions are not affected since zero initialized
swap space compresses to almost no space. Deployment of
the image however also deploys the swap partition which
increases deployment time. For big swap configurations
it's advisable to switch off image verification via
oem-skip-verify. For very big swap configurations it's
also recommended to prevent kiwi from adding them as part
of the image and let them be created on first boot via
a systemd service that e.g places a swap file, or creates
a swap volume when possible such that the fexibility to
resize the rootfs is still available.
2. The setup of the swap space is now explicit. It's no longer
calculated by twice times RAM size because on newer machines
this could lead to huge numbers. Either the kiwi encoded
default swap size applies or the user configured value.
3. LVM based oem disks creates the swap space as logical volume.
The volume is created as part of the image build process
and no longer on first boot. The swap volume at build time
of the image is of a minimal size and gets resized on first
boot.
4. The move of the swap creation into the builder code also
handles swap per configured device persistency schema like
any other devices. This means by default swap is mounted
via by-uuid name and thus also Fixes#1259
This commit makes home attribute of users definition optional. This way
the home directory is created according to the distribution defaults.
Note that `-m` option is passed to user add, thus the home directory is
requested to be created even without having an explicit home path
defined.
Fixes#1025
The message that display the selected source type was
using the former metalink text which is wrong. This
patch corrects the message and only display it if a
sourcetype was specified
Along with the fsmountoptions attribute there is now also the
fscreateoptions attribute which allows to control the options
used for creating the filesystem. Please note, it's not kiwi's
task to validate that the given option string is supported
by the selected filesystem. This means providing wrong values
here will cause the build to fail at the time the filesystem
gets created. This Fixes#1109
In the preferences section the following optional subsection
can be configured:
<rpm-locale-filtering>true|false</rpm-locale-filtering>
If set to true the default locales POSIX, C, and C.UTF-8 are
applied as rpm install_lang macro. If the locale section is
configured in addition the list is extended by that information
too
During the image build the custom rpm macro %_install_langs
is configured with the <locale> setup from the KIWI XML
description. This allows to filter language specific packages
on the rpm level and Fixes#771
This commit adds the history section in contianerconfig. With it
'author', 'created_by' and 'comment' can be customized. In addition
'created' is always included with the image creation date time.
'created_by' entry is set to 'KIWI __version__' by default if nothing
is provided.
Fixes#852
This commit adds a new `uninstall` type for packages. Packages listed
with this type will be removed by the package manager cleaning also any
unneeded dependency. The removal is executed after running `config.sh`.
Also in this commit `delete` type for packages is now executed after
`uninstall` packages, meaing it also happens after `config.sh`.
Fixes#625
With this commit the profile can include other profiles as a dependency.
This way it is possible build an image defined by multiple profiles by just
calling a single composed profile from the command line.
Fixes#658
The new rule allows to check for required attributes for a specific
image type and is used for the filesystem attribute which is required
for the image type oem, vmx and pxe. This Fixes#476
Make sure the default initrd_system is set to dracut
for the vmx image type and to kiwi if no initrd_system
is specified. This allows to simplify other code parts
as we can trust there is a value set
Custom disk format options passed in the formatoptions
attribute were not handled. In addition options with a
value passed to qemu were handled in the wrong way.
This commit addresses both problems and Fixes#463
This commit rearranges some method and variable names and includes
a new runtimecheck to ensure the mediacheck attribute is not set
when building non x86 images.
Patch related to bsc#1049304
Updates all XML descriptions to latest schema version and
also includes adaptions to the test XML descriptions for
testing the new Xen guest and server setup
This commit fixes#395, with it, using --ignore-repos, does not
delete imageonly repositories from the description file. This way
imageonly is prepared to be used in the buildservice even when using
the 'obsrepositories:/' reference style.
This commit adds support for the rpm-check-signatures flag, which
sets the package manager to verify or not each package signature.
By default KIWI assumes no gpg checks are done.
This commit adds the possibility of clearing asny subcommand or
entrypoint. This is relevant for docker derived images, as they
inherit the configuration and it might lead to some bad behavior.
This commit includes the root import feature. A `derived_from`
attribute has been included with the <type> section to make
reference to the image file to import. The image format to import
is assumed to be the same as the build type to import.
The current format supported is docker
Instead of creating a simple tarball the tools umoci and skopeo
from the docker tool chain are used to create official docker
images. Along with those tools more information to describe a
container has been added to the schema. A complete container
setup now consists of the following elements
<type image="docker">
<containerconfig name="..." maintainer="..." user="..." workingdir="...">
<entrypoint execute="command">
<argument name="option"/>
...
</entrypoint>
<subcommand execute="command">
<argument name="option"/>
...
</subcommand>
<expose>
<port number="..."/>
...
</expose>
<volumes>
<volume name="..."/>
...
</volumes>
<environment>
<env name="variable" value="value"/>
...
</environment>
<labels>
<label name="..." value="..."/>
...
</labels>
</containerconfig>
</type>
spare_part receives a size value with an optional unit (M|G)
and is used for disk images to allow the creaton of a spare
partition of the configured size. Issue #234
The packages subsection <ignore> only accepted a package
name to become ignored. However a <package> subsection
to install a package allows for an arch selection. The
same should apply to ignore a package. In addition the
allowed content for the arch attribute has been changed
from simple text to a regular expression. Allowed is a
comma seperated list of reserved architecture words like
they are displayed by uname -m
Zypper supports the al (add lock) command which allows to ignore
a package in the dependecny resolution process. This is useful
to prevent installation of a package which was pulled in by e.g
a recommendation flag from the spec file. Packages marked to be
ignored are not handled for apt and yum right now. Using this
feature together with an unsupported package manager backend
results in a warning to the user
This commit ensure that the arch attribute of each package section
is parsed as a comma separated list. This way, as in previous kiwi
versions, each package might be suitable for one or more specified
architectures.
This addresses the following issues
* An image based on btrfs using the entire boot as a subvolume
causes grub to be unable to find its config file. Thus kiwi
now raises an exception in this situation
* Don't prefix the bootpath with the snapshot path if the
btrfs root is placed in a snapshot. Instead the file
etc/default/grub must be written/updated with the
SUSE_BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_BOOTING variable set to true. Once
this is done the bootpath is consistently set to /boot
no matter which snapshot is active
Some attributes needed to be changed in the test xmls. With this
commit all the description files are consistent with the new co-
occurrence constraints.
As part of the machine section it is possible to setup a custom
entry which is stored in the machine configuration file. The
evaluation of such an entry for the vmdk (.vmx) config file
was still missing. This Fixes#122
