Re: [systemd-devel] openSUSE MicroOS/Tumbleweed with systemd-boot available
Ludwig Nussel wrote: JFYI openSUSE now has a MicroOS (transactional system with read-only /) qcow image¹ suitable for use in qemu that uses systemd-boot. The image is part of the Tumbleweed development process and automatically released (ie potentially daily). It's fully integrated with btrfs snapshots and rollback. As a special gimmick the image automatically encrypts itself on first boot. Optionally the image can also leverage a TPM or FIDO2 key to unlock the volume. Still quite WIP so I wouldn't recommend this for production use. Nevertheless worth trying out to see how a mainstream distro may leverage the technology. The image implements what I talked about at ASG². A more detailed article is available on news.o.o³. Some screenshots in the wiki⁴ and a video⁵ from openQA for the impatient :-) A Tumbleweed image with traditional writable file system will follow soon. That one will be more convenient for development. The Tumbleweed image is now released as well: http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/appliances/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-sdboot.qcow2 cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.com/ SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH; GF: Ivo Totev, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich; HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg)
Re: openSUSE MicroOS/Tumbleweed with systemd-boot available
On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 14:26, Ludwig Nussel wrote: > > Hi! > > JFYI openSUSE now has a MicroOS (transactional system with read-only /) > qcow image¹ suitable for use in qemu that uses systemd-boot. The image > is part of the Tumbleweed development process and automatically released > (ie potentially daily). It's fully integrated with btrfs snapshots and > rollback. As a special gimmick the image automatically encrypts itself > on first boot. Optionally the image can also leverage a TPM or FIDO2 key > to unlock the volume. Still quite WIP so I wouldn't recommend this for > production use. Nevertheless worth trying out to see how a mainstream > distro may leverage the technology. > > The image implements what I talked about at ASG². A more detailed > article is available on news.o.o³. Some screenshots in the wiki⁴ and a > video⁵ from openQA for the impatient :-) > > A Tumbleweed image with traditional writable file system will follow > soon. That one will be more convenient for development. > > cu > Ludwig > > [1] > http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/appliances/openSUSE-MicroOS.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-sdboot.qcow2 > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drgo6pvn5hI > [3] https://news.opensuse.org/2023/12/20/systemd-fde/ > [4] https://en.opensuse.org/Systemd-boot#Pre-built_MicroOS > [5] https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/5e1a934d915f > > -- > (o_ Ludwig Nussel > //\ > V_/_ http://www.suse.com/ > SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH; GF: Ivo Totev, Andrew > McDonald, Werner Knoblich; HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg) That's really cool, thanks for sharing
openSUSE MicroOS/Tumbleweed with systemd-boot available
Hi! JFYI openSUSE now has a MicroOS (transactional system with read-only /) qcow image¹ suitable for use in qemu that uses systemd-boot. The image is part of the Tumbleweed development process and automatically released (ie potentially daily). It's fully integrated with btrfs snapshots and rollback. As a special gimmick the image automatically encrypts itself on first boot. Optionally the image can also leverage a TPM or FIDO2 key to unlock the volume. Still quite WIP so I wouldn't recommend this for production use. Nevertheless worth trying out to see how a mainstream distro may leverage the technology. The image implements what I talked about at ASG². A more detailed article is available on news.o.o³. Some screenshots in the wiki⁴ and a video⁵ from openQA for the impatient :-) A Tumbleweed image with traditional writable file system will follow soon. That one will be more convenient for development. cu Ludwig [1] http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/appliances/openSUSE-MicroOS.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-sdboot.qcow2 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drgo6pvn5hI [3] https://news.opensuse.org/2023/12/20/systemd-fde/ [4] https://en.opensuse.org/Systemd-boot#Pre-built_MicroOS [5] https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/5e1a934d915f -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.com/ SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH; GF: Ivo Totev, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich; HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg)
