Arch Linux configuration for Guided Installer

Basic configuration file for Guided Installer on Arch Linux targeting Arch Linux as a server

Content

Config file server.json

• German keyboard layout
• German locale with UTF-8
• Europe/Berlin timezone
• Arch Linux mirrors from Germany, Poland and the Netherlands
• Swap disabled
• Additional linux-lts kernel
• Copy the network configuration from the ISO image
• NTP enabled
• Default Grub bootloader
• Default archlinux hostname

Usage

Use with

archinstall --config-url https://giftkugel.github.io/archlinux-config/server.json

Additional bootstrapping

Script file bootstrap.sh

• Create bootstrap user which can use sudo
• Install packages necessary for Ansible
  • python3
  • python-pip
  • python-netaddr
• Install and start SSH

Use with

curl -fsSL https://giftkugel.github.io/archlinux-config/bootstrap.sh | sh

Disclaimer

Use as it is at own risk

Sources can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/giftkugel/archlinux-config