Assumptions: You have a host with Ansible and a network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Download the Gentoo iso from here<\/a>. Once booted, set a password and start the ssh daemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unmount the ISO. CD to your playbook role directory. This will take ~3 hours to complete the base system. Timings are based on a VM (i7 6700K x4, 16Gb RAM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to change any settings, edit: Now go outside and get some fresh air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Partition the HDD: SCP the stage3 and portage files to the VM<\/p>\n\n\n\n wget https:\/\/distfiles.gentoo.org\/releases\/amd64\/autobuilds\/current-stage3-amd64-systemd\/stage3-amd64-systemd-20240616T153408Z.tar.xz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n wget https:\/\/gentoo.osuosl.org\/snapshots\/portage-latest.tar.xz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n mirrorselect -i -o >> \/mnt\/gentoo\/etc\/portage\/make.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Assumptions: You have a host with Ansible and a network. Download the Gentoo iso from here.Download the role from here. You will need to edit:gentoobase\/vars\/main.yml - encrypt password Boot with the ISO (cached), ensuring that networking is present. Once booted, set a password and start the ssh daemon. Unmount the ISO. SSH as the root … Continue reading Gentoo Install with LVM\/EFI via Ansible<\/span>
Download the role from here<\/a>.
You will need to edit:
gentoobase\/vars\/main.yml - encrypt password
Boot with the ISO (cached), ensuring that networking is present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SSH as the root user to the target server.
mkdir .ssh
Copy the pubkey of the user executing the playbook into \/root\/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unpack the role tarball
Create the playbook below.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPlaybook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
---
- name: Base Gentoo Installation
gather_subset: min
hosts: vms
tasks:
- import_role:
name: gentoobase
...<\/pre>\n\n\n\n ansible-playbook -u root gentoo_install_base.yml<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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roles\/gentoobase\/vars\/main.yml
<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe below is to understand the build process.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Manual Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
gdisk \/dev\/Xda
part1 = 512M 8300 [boot]
part2 = 100M ef00 efi [efi]
part3 = LVM 8e00 [LVM]
part4 = 4G 8200 [swap]<\/p>\n\n\n\nCreate LVMs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
pvcreate \/dev\/Xda2\nvgcreate vg00 \/dev\/Xda2\nlvcreate -L 20G -n root vg00\nlvcreate -L 10G -n home vg00<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nFormat FileSystems:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
mke2fs -t ext4 -L BOOT \/dev\/Xda1\nmkfs.vfat -F 32 -n EFI \/dev\/Xda2\nmke2fs -t ext4 -L ROOT \/dev\/mapper\/vg00-root\nmke2fs -t ext4 -L HOME \/dev\/mapper\/vg00-home<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nMount FileSystems:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
mount -t ext4 \/dev\/mapper\/vg00-root \/mnt\/gentoo\nmkdir -p \/mnt\/gentoo\/boot\/EFI\nmount -t ext4 \/dev\/vda1 \/mnt\/gentoo\/boot\nmount -t vfat \/dev\/vda2 \/mnt\/gentoo\/boot\/EFI\nmount swap if configured<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nDownload Tarballs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Unpack files:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
tar xpf stage3...xz -C \/mnt\/gentoo\ntar xpf portage-latest...xz -C \/mnt\/gentoo\/usr\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nMount Some More FileSystems:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
mount -t proc \/proc \/mnt\/gentoo\/proc\nmount --rbind \/sys \/mnt\/gentoo\/sys\nmount --make-rslave \/mnt\/gentoo\/sys\nmount --rbind \/dev \/mnt\/gentoo\/dev\nmount --make-rslave \/mnt\/gentoo\/dev\nmount --rbind \/run \/mnt\/gentoo\/run\nmount --make-rslave \/mnt\/gentoo\/run\ntest -L \/dev\/shm && rm \/dev\/shm && mkdir \/dev\/shm\nmount -t tmpfs -o nosuid,nodev,noexec shm \/dev\/shm\nchmod 1777 \/dev\/shm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSetup Rsync Mirror:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
DNS:
cp -L \/etc\/resolv.conf \/mnt\/gentoo\/etc\/resolv.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSetup Portage:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
mkdir \/mnt\/gentoo\/var\/db\/repos\/gentoo\nmkdir \/mnt\/gentoo\/etc\/portage\/repos.conf\nnano -w \/mnt\/gentoo\/etc\/portage\/repos.conf\/gentoo.conf\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n[DEFAULT]
main-repo = gentoo
[gentoo]
location = \/usr\/portage
sync-type = rsync
sync-uri = rsync:\/\/rsync.europe.gentoo.org\/gentoo-portage<\/pre>\n\n\n\nChroot into the VM:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
chroot \/mnt\/gentoo \/bin\/bash\nenv-update\nsource \/etc\/profile<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSet Locale:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
ln -sf \/usr\/share\/zoneinfo\/Europe\/London \/etc\/localtime\nnano -w \/etc\/locale.gen\n en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8<\/code>\nExecute locale-gen<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSet Profile:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
eselect profile list (choose the number in brackets)\n\"[30] default\/linux\/amd64\/23.0\/no-multilib\/systemd (stable)\"\neselect profile set 30<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nLet's Start Building:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
emerge -av gentoo-sources\nln -s \/usr\/src\/linux-<version>-gentoo \/usr\/src\/linux\ncd \/usr\/src\/linux\nmake defconfig && make && make modules_install\ncp arch\/x86_64\/boot\/bzImage \/boot\/kernel-<version>\ncp .config \/boot\/config-<version>-gentoo (optional)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\ncpan Locale::gettext<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nemerge -q vim genkernel grub lvm2 gptfdisk efibootmgr<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSetup Grub:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=\/boot\/EFI \/dev\/Xda\nvi \/etc\/default\/grub\n GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"rootfstype=ext4 init=\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/systemd dolvm\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nUpdate fstab:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
blkid\nCopy the UUID for \/boot and \/\nUUID1=$(blkid | grep Xda1 | grep -Po \"(UUID.*?)\\\"\\s\")\nUUID2=$(blkid | grep Xda2 | grep -Po \"(UUID.*?)\\\"\\s\")\necho -e \"${UUID1}\\t\/boot\\text4\\tdefaults\\t1 2\" >> \/etc\/fstab\necho -e \"${UUID2}\\t\/\\text4\\tdefaults\\t1 1\" >> \/etc\/fstab<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\ncd \/etc\/\ncp -p genkernel.conf genkernel.conf.orig\nvi genkernel.conf\n\nuncomment:\nMAKEOPTS=\"$(portageq envvar MAKEOPTS)\"\nLVM=\"yes\"\n\ngenkernel initramfs --lvm (this does not overwrite the kernel above)<\/mark>\ngrub-mkconfig -o \/boot\/grub\/grub.cfg\n\npasswd\n\nemerge -q networkmanager gentoolkit gpm\nsystemctl enable sshd NetworkManager<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n