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IoT Simplified Installer

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

Summary

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

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

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora Linux 38
Last updated: 2023-01-11
FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

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.

Feedback

Benefit to Fedora

Scope

Proposal owners:

Other developers:

Release engineering: #Releng issue number

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

How To Test

User Experience

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

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

Documentation