On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 09:01:46PM -0000, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: > On Fri, August 10, 2018 6:43 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > What is the minimal configuration for building qubes? I want to build a > > custom iso minus most of the templates so I only need dom0, netvm, usbvm > > and whonix. Are there any components that always need to build or can the > > whole iso be build from packages and templates in the yum or deb > > repository? Are templates in the repositories automatically rebuild and > > uploaded so the latest bugfixes are always integrated or do you need to > > update the templates yourself? > > See https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qubes-r3-building/ for steps on how to > build. You might be able to use Fedora 28 instead of 26, but I haven't > fully tested. From your list of "dom0, netvm, usbvm and whonix", the only > template you could exclude is debian-9. All templates and build components > get updated to current levels on a full build, so you shouldn't have to > update immediately after installing it. >
If you want Whonix then you *have* to include debian-9 I think: aren't the whonix templates configured off the debian-9 base? If you are building an iso from scratch you can include custom templates that you have built - for example, a minimal debian with additional networking and usb packages - in preference to the Qubes standards. You can drop Fedora templates alltogether. Remember to edit the salt packages appropriately. Otherwise you can just build a barebones iso, install without creating any qubes, and then manually configure them using the template you have included. The templates in the repositories are rebuilt, but do not always incorporate the latest bugfixes. It's good practice to immediately update after installing a new template. (If you roll your own, of course, you wont have this issue.) unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20180812140918.qdoz4ckejoerg77r%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
