On Thu, 2019-07-18 at 15:40 +0100, unman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:56:13AM -0700, brendan.h...@gmail.com > wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 10:35:11 AM UTC-4, unman wrote: > > > I really do recommend using qubesctl for almost all system > > > configuration. If only because it makes recovery so much easier. > > > I see people saying "keep a list of packages you've installed" - > > > if you > > > keep state and use salt you can rebuild your system (almost) > > > completely > > > automatically. > > > > Do you happen to have some example "personalized" salt scripts you > > use (or a pointer to where someone has posted some)? > > > > I was planning to put together some bash scripts to push > > configuration into my templates (90% repo adjustments and specific > > packages to download), but your comment above is intriguing. > > > > B > > > > I cant post my files, but I've put up an example which shows how to > create a qube for building Qubes. > Here: - https://github.com/unman/notes/tree/master/config/build > > There are some notes I used in training which are a very basic > hands on intro to salt in Qubes: > https://github.com/unman/notes/tree/master/salt > > In the build example,you'll see: > 1. Create.sls - Create a new qube: installing fedora-30-minimal if > not already > there, cloning to new template, using new template to create qube, > configure the new qube, and configure dom0. > 2. install.sls - installs required software in template. > 3. config.sls - Configures new qube as needed. > > I've broken this down to make it as clear as possible, and kept it > simple. > You could run each section like: > qubesctl state.sls build.create > qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=template-builder state.sls > build.install > qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=builder state.sls build.config > > Of course, you can do everything here using scripting. But for some > things, (like targeting packages and configuration at distro and > version), > salt is somewhat easier. > > unman >
Do you have any demonstration solution that would do something along the lines of: a) query templates-itl, templates-itl-testing, templates-community for the highest fedora-X-minimal version (X) available b) proceed with installing that version As far as I know there's no "latest" metapackages that would render this trivial ... Sincerely, Joh -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/706674c392efdcd5d6199dc85cf2417c261ca4ba.camel%40graumannschaft.org.
