Hi all, some time ago I stumbled over the two difficulties for new users:
* Finding the initial firmware to flash a router * Upgrade a modified image without reinstalling all packages For this reason I created an *image on demand server*[0] which fetches ImageBuilders and creates the desired image, allowing the modification of installed packages and uci-defaults (if desired) via a simple API[1]. The images are build within seconds and offered to the user. While the project was initially created to simplify sysupgrades the service is mostly used with a *online ImageBuilder* fronted[2]. About 3000 firmware images where created over the last 6 month (some database resets dilute the statistics). I was wondering if this service could eventually become somewhat officially used. It offers a great simplification for user to get started with OpenWrt and also keep devices up to date. Next steps would be two allow multiple builders in parallel [3] and use ucert [4] to establish a trust chain. While build logs already contain all required information to "rebuild" (and verify) the image locally, sqaushfs needs to become reproducible[6] before it makes real sense. Please share your thoughts regarding this project, I'd be happy to receive some feedback! Sunshine, Paul [0] https://github.com/aparcar/attendedsysupgrade-server [1] https://github.com/aparcar/attendedsysupgrade-server#api [2] http://as-test.stephen304.com/chef/ [3] https://github.com/aparcar/attendedsysupgrade-server/pull/126 [4] https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/ucert.git;a=summary [5] https://as-test.stephen304.com/download/openwrt/18.06.1/ar71xx/generic/archer-c7-v2/ba5cbe70ba1237b//buildlog-26ac67a4132b017.txt [6] https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/staging/lynxis.git;a=commit;h=1ad9d341434e6cf123213928d9a2e86ceec59c55 _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
