Test fedora-bootc as base image

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Noel•5/8/24, 4:58 PM

Hey folks, this thread is for playing around with the fedora-bootc and centos-bootc images. I'm going to see if I can make a basic ublue-main image using fedora-bootc

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Noel•5/8/24, 4:59 PM

@M2 @Robert (p5) Found what we need to use podman desktop: https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop-extension-bootc?tab=readme-ov-file#requirement-2-rootful-mode-on-podman-machine

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:00 PM

you need to initialize a VM to get it working.

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:02 PM

Here is some info I've gathered:
https://pagure.io/fedora-iot/fedora-bootc
https://github.com/CentOS/centos-bootc
https://centos.github.io/centos-bootc/
https://gitlab.com/fedora/bootc/examples

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:05 PM

Here is an example of someone trying to install a desktop environment. Not sure if it actually works or not lol

FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:40

#! Set password to root:root for testing purposes
RUN echo "root:root" | chpasswd

# Use a patched version of rootfiles
# Checkout the specific pull request (PR#5 in this case)
RUN dnf install -y rpm-build git dnf-plugins-core
WORKDIR /usr/src/rootfiles
RUN git clone https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rootfiles.git .
RUN git fetch origin +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
RUN git checkout origin/pr/5/head
RUN dnf builddep -y rootfiles.spec
RUN rpmbuild -bb rootfiles.spec \
    --define "_topdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_sourcedir `pwd`" \
    --define "_specdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_builddir `pwd`" \
    --define "_srcrpmdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_rpmdir `pwd`"
RUN dnf install -y ./noarch/rootfiles-*.rpm
RUN dnf clean all

# Install the GUI
RUN dnf groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop" --exclude=rootfiles -y

FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:40

#! Set password to root:root for testing purposes
RUN echo "root:root" | chpasswd

# Use a patched version of rootfiles
# Checkout the specific pull request (PR#5 in this case)
RUN dnf install -y rpm-build git dnf-plugins-core
WORKDIR /usr/src/rootfiles
RUN git clone https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rootfiles.git .
RUN git fetch origin +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
RUN git checkout origin/pr/5/head
RUN dnf builddep -y rootfiles.spec
RUN rpmbuild -bb rootfiles.spec \
    --define "_topdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_sourcedir `pwd`" \
    --define "_specdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_builddir `pwd`" \
    --define "_srcrpmdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_rpmdir `pwd`"
RUN dnf install -y ./noarch/rootfiles-*.rpm
RUN dnf clean all

# Install the GUI
RUN dnf groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop" --exclude=rootfiles -y

FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:40

#! Set password to root:root for testing purposes
RUN echo "root:root" | chpasswd

# Use a patched version of rootfiles
# Checkout the specific pull request (PR#5 in this case)
RUN dnf install -y rpm-build git dnf-plugins-core
WORKDIR /usr/src/rootfiles
RUN git clone https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rootfiles.git .
RUN git fetch origin +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
RUN git checkout origin/pr/5/head
RUN dnf builddep -y rootfiles.spec
RUN rpmbuild -bb rootfiles.spec \
    --define "_topdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_sourcedir `pwd`" \
    --define "_specdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_builddir `pwd`" \
    --define "_srcrpmdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_rpmdir `pwd`"
RUN dnf install -y ./noarch/rootfiles-*.rpm
RUN dnf clean all

# Install the GUI
RUN dnf groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop" --exclude=rootfiles -y

FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:40

#! Set password to root:root for testing purposes
RUN echo "root:root" | chpasswd

# Use a patched version of rootfiles
# Checkout the specific pull request (PR#5 in this case)
RUN dnf install -y rpm-build git dnf-plugins-core
WORKDIR /usr/src/rootfiles
RUN git clone https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rootfiles.git .
RUN git fetch origin +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
RUN git checkout origin/pr/5/head
RUN dnf builddep -y rootfiles.spec
RUN rpmbuild -bb rootfiles.spec \
    --define "_topdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_sourcedir `pwd`" \
    --define "_specdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_builddir `pwd`" \
    --define "_srcrpmdir `pwd`" \
    --define "_rpmdir `pwd`"
RUN dnf install -y ./noarch/rootfiles-*.rpm
RUN dnf clean all

# Install the GUI
RUN dnf groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop" --exclude=rootfiles -y

NNoel you need to initialize a VM to get it working.

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Robert•5/8/24, 5:05 PM

Even with that, error...

Error: cannot validate the setup: this command must be run in rootful (not rootless) podman

Error: cannot validate the setup: this command must be run in rootful (not rootless) podman

Error: cannot validate the setup: this command must be run in rootful (not rootless) podman

Error: cannot validate the setup: this command must be run in rootful (not rootless) podman

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:06 PM

interesting...

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:06 PM

Mine is working.

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:07 PM

For linux users, it's this:

podman machine init --rootful
podman machine start

podman machine init --rootful
podman machine start

podman machine init --rootful
podman machine start

podman machine init --rootful
podman machine start

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:07 PM

I had to restart podman desktop

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Robert•5/8/24, 5:07 PM

I had to restart podman desktop

That might be it! The status is spinning

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Robert•5/8/24, 5:08 PM

No

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:08 PM

weird..

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:14 PM

so the main question I have is I found our package list, I wonder what Timothee does for us.

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:14 PM

in regards to packages he includes.

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:16 PM

think I found it.

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:16 PM

https://gitlab.com/fedora/ostree/ci-test/-/blob/main/fedora-common-ostree-pkgs.yaml?ref_type=heads

GitLab

fedora-common-ostree-pkgs.yaml · main · fedora / Fedora Atomic Desk...

Experimental project. See details in the README. Expect rebase and push --force.

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:31 PM

man, even looking at main, it's going to take quite a bit of search and replace of

rpm-ostree

rpm-ostree

to

dnf

dnf

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:33 PM

also, if folks are interested, Fedora started up a matrix room for Fedora Bootc: https://matrix.to/#/#bootc:fedoraproject.org

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:34 PM

@Kyle Gospo @j0rge tagging you in this thread.

RRobert > I had to restart podman desktop That might be it! The status is spinning

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:36 PM

So podman desktop is now being buggy for me lol

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Noel•5/8/24, 5:36 PM

gonna try rebooting and see if that helps.

NNoel man, even looking at main, it's going to take quite a bit of search and replace ...

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M2•5/8/24, 5:42 PM

I think we make another repo for testing, since yes it would be a complete rewrite of the Containerfile + scripts.

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M2•5/8/24, 5:43 PM

main thing is needing the initial proof of concept with something like silverblue-mian

MM2 main thing is needing the initial proof of concept with something like silverblu...

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Noel•5/8/24, 6:02 PM

I already reached out to Timothee to see what he has to say about this new development.

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Noel•5/8/24, 6:03 PM

I think we should fork main and put it in the ublue-os-test org.

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Robert•5/8/24, 6:03 PM

We also have an experimental repo

RRobert We also have an experimental repo

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Noel•5/8/24, 6:04 PM

Where is that?

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Robert•5/8/24, 6:04 PM

https://github.com/ublue-os/experimental

GitHub

GitHub - ublue-os/experimental: Don't use me

Don't use me. Contribute to ublue-os/experimental development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Robert•5/8/24, 6:06 PM

Did you manage to successfully build an ISO with Podman Desktop?

RRobert Did you manage to successfully build an ISO with Podman Desktop?

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Noel•5/8/24, 6:24 PM

Not yet.

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Noel•5/8/24, 6:24 PM

I'm gonna go work out for a bit and then poke at it some more.

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Charlie•5/8/24, 6:41 PM

@Noel I was successful!

I recognize that Containerfile! lmao

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Charlie•5/8/24, 6:42 PM

Screenshot_2024-05-08_at_10.34.32_AM.png

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Charlie•5/8/24, 6:42 PM

after you boot it, keep in mind there will be two systemd units that fail (I think one of them was logging),

i was also unable to install anything after boot until I did

bootc usroverlay

bootc usroverlay

bootc usroverlay

bootc usroverlay

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Charlie•5/8/24, 6:43 PM

I'm on mac M1, but I just used UTM and was able to boot the arm64 desktop.

CCharlie @Noel I was successful! 🙂 I recognize that Containerfile! lmao

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Noel•5/8/24, 7:03 PM

Do you have any insight on why the rootfiles patch is needed?

NNoel Do you have any insight on why the rootfiles patch is needed?

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Charlie•5/8/24, 7:19 PM

the bugzilla links should be here which should explain it: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rootfiles/pull-request/5

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M2•5/8/24, 7:32 PM

also, its says that we must pick xfs/ext4 in the extension but the online docs says btrfs is supported?

MM2 also, its says that we must pick xfs/ext4 in the extension but the online docs s...

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Noel•5/8/24, 7:45 PM

For bib?

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M2•5/8/24, 7:51 PM

The extension in podman desktop.

But I'm having a bunch of issues with it right now

MM2 The extension in podman desktop. But I'm having a bunch of issues with it right...

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Noel•5/8/24, 7:55 PM

Yeah, last issues I was having was regarding it pulling down actual bib image.

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Noel•5/8/24, 7:55 PM

EXT4 and XFS were the only issues I saw that were supported.

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Noel•5/8/24, 7:55 PM

I'm not sure if BTRFS is supported in the command line, I didn't see docs for it.

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M2•5/8/24, 8:13 PM

Currently the extension won't run. Constantly says it can't find the extension when it's at the location....

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M2•5/8/24, 8:24 PM

Also, for working with root socket, I'm going the docker route with a podman group

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M2•5/8/24, 8:32 PM

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M2•5/8/24, 8:33 PM

maybe will use socat instead of rewiring this socket directly

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M2•5/8/24, 8:36 PM

Or I guess this could be used with ssh keys with root. Don't have to make group and modify group

I'm guessing cockpit handles this by running as root?

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M2•5/8/24, 8:37 PM

Is there a reason why there isn't a straight forward way to work with rootful podman in podman desktop? Or am I missing something obvious

Test fedora-bootc as base image

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