mfsbsd_install_via_linux_lite

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MfsBSD. Installing and booting MfsBSD from running Linux, via grub. Feel free to share your feedback and report issues.
Contributions are welcome.

Synopsis

This role acts as a runner for a single install_mfsbsd_iso.sh script.
(That's why there is lite in the role name too)
This script to fetch MfsBSD ISO to boot partition of Linux.
It also modifies the grub settings so that the machine can start MfsBSD on its own after a reboot.
The script itself determines the network settings of the machine and transfers them during the subsequent reboot.

Variables

See the defaults/main.yml and examples in vars.

Workflow

1. Install the role

shell> ansible-galaxy role install click0.mfsbsd_install_via_linux_lite

2. Look variables, e.g. in defaults/main.yml

You can override them in the playbook and inventory.

4. Create playbook and inventory

shell> cat install_mfsbsd_via_linux.yml

- hosts: linux_server
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
#   mil_mfsbsd_iso_url: '' # 'https://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/iso/12/amd64/mfsbsd-12.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso'
#   mil_mfsbsd_iso_hash: '' # '00eba73ac3a2940b533f2348da88d524'
#   mil_mfsbsd_password: '' # default - 'mfsroot'
#   mil_iface: '' # vtnet0 or em0, default in MfsBSD - ext1
#   mil_need_free_space: '' # default '80'	# in megabytes!
#   mil_hostname: 'mfsbsd-' # 'YOURHOSTNAME'
  
  roles:
    - click0.mfsbsd_install_via_linux_lite

Commented options you may need.

shell> cat hosts
[linux_server]
<linux_server-ip-or-fqdn>
[linux_server:vars]
# ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
# ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q my-bastion-host"'
# or
# ansible_ssh_common_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null'

Dependencies

None.

Further use

You may need another role to install FreeBSD on the root with ZFS.

License

BSD 3-Clause

Author:

• Vladislav V. Prodan <github.com/click0>

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to check issues page.

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