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IoT Simplified Installer

Summary

Offer Fedora IoT users a new method to create and deploy customized Fedora IoT disk images using a new installer called Simplified Installer.

Owner

Name: Antonio Murdaca, Paul Whalen
Email: amurdaca@redhat.com, pwhalen@fedoraproject.org

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora Linux 38
Last updated: 2024-01-10
devel thread
FESCo issue: #2946
Tracker bug: #2166689
Release notes tracker: #964

Detailed Description

The Fedora IoT Simplified Installer will use coreos-installer to write an OStree raw image straight to a disk specified in a kernel argument, without the need for a kickstart or user interaction. This type of installation is ideal for devices connected at the edge where connectivity can be slow or intermittent. It offers the ability to configure the system via osbuild itself, FDO and Ignition.

Feedback

Benefit to Fedora

The addition of the Fedora IoT Simplified Installer will benefit IoT users by allowing them to create customized disk images for use on their edge devices. This feature is already available downstream, adding it to Fedora will once again bring Fedora back to the true upstream of RHEL for edge and allows testing and adoption of new functionality like FIDO Device Onboarding.

Scope

Proposal owners:
- Test building Fedora IoT Simplified Installer with osbuild-composer
- Update Fedora IoT documentation with usage instructions.

Other developers:

Release engineering: #Releng issue number
- N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Alignment with Objectives:

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Not applicable to this change.

How To Test

Testable by installing osbuild-composer in Fedora 40 and using the command line tool or the Cockpit web interface to create a Fedora IoT Simplified Installer iso to deploy a UEFI enabled edge device.

User Experience

This change will greatly enhance the Fedora IoT user experience by allowing users to utilize osbuild-composer and blueprints to create customized Fedora IoT deployments and leverage new features like FIDO Device Onboarding for secure zero touch device onboarding of edge devices as well as Ignition to configure the device once it starts.

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

Contingency deadline: Beta
Blocks release? No.
Blocks product? No.

Documentation

Usage documentation to be written and included in the Fedora IoT user guide.

Release Notes

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 == Summary ==
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+Offer Fedora IoT users a new method to create and deploy customized Fedora IoT disk images using a new installer called Simplified Installer.
-The Fedora IoT Simplified Installer uses coreos-installer-dracut module to write an OStree commit straight to disk, without the need for a kickstart or user interaction.
 == Owner ==
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 * Name: [[User:runcom| Antonio Murdaca]], [[User:pwhalen| Paul Whalen]]
 * Email: amurdaca@redhat.com, pwhalen@fedoraproject.org
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-* FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/52YNUJ3IY2MVNTGYSGFNFOOVMGAKDK4H/ devel thread]
-* Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* FESCo issue: [https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2946 #2946]
-* Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2166689 #2166689]
+* Release notes tracker: [https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/release-notes/issue/964 #964]
 == Detailed Description ==
-The Fedora IoT Simplified Installer will use coreos-installer-dracut module to write an OStree commit straight to a disk specified in a kernel argument, without the need for a kickstart or user interaction. This type of installation is ideal for devices connected at the edge where connectivity can be slow or intermittent.
+The Fedora IoT Simplified Installer will use coreos-installer to write an OStree raw image straight to a disk specified in a kernel argument, without the need for a kickstart or user interaction. This type of installation is ideal for devices connected at the edge where connectivity can be slow or intermittent. It offers the ability to configure the system via osbuild itself, FDO and Ignition.
 == Feedback ==
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 == How To Test ==
-Testable by installing `osbuild-composer` in Fedora 38 and using the command line tool or the Cockpit web interface to create a Fedora IoT Simplified Installer iso to deploy a UEFI enabled edge device.
+Testable by installing `osbuild-composer` in Fedora 40 and using the command line tool or the Cockpit web interface to create a Fedora IoT Simplified Installer iso to deploy a UEFI enabled edge device.
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 == User Experience ==
-This change will greatly enhance the Fedora IoT user experience by allowing users to utilize osbuild-composer and blueprints to create customized Fedora IoT deployments and leverage new features like FIDO Device Onboarding for secure zero touch device onboarding of edge devices
+This change will greatly enhance the Fedora IoT user experience by allowing users to utilize `osbuild-composer` and blueprints to create customized Fedora IoT deployments and leverage new features like FIDO Device Onboarding for secure zero touch device onboarding of edge devices as well as Ignition to configure the device once it starts.
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 == Documentation ==
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+* Usage documentation to be written and included in the [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/iot/user-guide/ Fedora IoT user guide].
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-N/A (not a System Wide Change)
 == Release Notes ==

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