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On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Amir Sagie <arig-disc...@taproot.org.il>wrote: > Hello Arig'tizens! > > On this most special solstice I'm happy to present you with the first > (alpha) version the Arig Image Builder [1,2]. The Arig Image Builder > (AIB) is set to be a web service where non-technical users may obtain an > Arig community customized firmware image, making it easier for them to > join the network. What is it not? well it's not intended to become a > fully-featured web-frontend for various OS's image generation tools, i.e > a make-config web GUI facade (that being said, serving make-config like > tools console sessions over http should make for a very cool project > indeed). > > A word about the design: AIB takes a user filled form, validates it and > then forwards it to a Jenkins build server which invokes the OpenWRT > image builder script. The script is called with a profile argument > corresponding to the supplied vendor-product-model-version parameters, > along with Arig specific image customizations. AIB is still in alpha > stage, and will likely prove useful currently only for people willing to > help with it's development. Expect service hiccups, failed builds, > faulty images and of course the un-expected in these early days... > > How to move forward? well the simplest thing one can do is make sure his > router's OpenWRT profile mapping appears here [3], and if not, find > which openwrt image-builder [4] profile should be used with it and make > sure we map to it from the appropriate vendor model info. HW board data > is currently driven by a simple cvs file, which obviously won't scale, > but should suffice for the time being, especially if focus on the most > common .il router models. > > In parallel we can *finally* start tweeking the OpenWRT firmware to our > needs! experiment with IPv6 geo-addressing, add support for a voluntary > network-martic submission, add post image-build first-boot report > submission, etc. etc. Also possible is adding support for Debian image > generation - this could be used for generating virtualized node images > for network testing. On the less techi side, we can also pick up where > we left on the 'joining the network video' previously discussed, where > show how to get from a brand-new-in-the-box router to a flashed > Arig-OpenWRT image running device. > > Stay tuned & help tune! > Happy Hacking, > Amir > > ps. if you're hit with a SSL error when accessing the form on the wiki, > GET the frame URL directly. > > [1] http://arig.org.il/wiki/Arig_Image_Builder > [2] http://arig.org.il/wiki/טופס_מחולל_הקושחה > [3] > http://git.taproot.org.il/?p=arig/web-module/imagebuilder/org.arig.imagebuilder.openwrt;a=blob;f=res/data/hw-data_to_openwrt-img-builder_parameter-map.csv;hb=refs/heads/development > [4] http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/obtain.firmware.generate > > > _______________________________________________ > arig-discuss mailing list > arig-discuss@lists.subsignal.org > https://lists.subsignal.org/mailman/listinfo/arig-discuss > > -- yair99@gmail 050-6301212 tlv, israel
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