Arch Linux Image Builder for GCE

Creates an Arch Linux image that can run on Google Compute Engine.

The image is configured close to the recommendations listed on Building an image from scratch.

These scripts are written in Python3.

Usage

Install and Configure Cloud SDK (one time setup)

# Install Cloud SDK (https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/)
# For linux:
curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash

gcloud auth login
gcloud config set project <project>
# Your project ID in Cloud Console, https://console.developers.google.com/

On a Compute Engine VM (recommended)

./build-arch-on-gce.sh --upload gs://${BUCKET}/archlinux.tar.gz

# You will need a Cloud Storage bucket.
# List buckets owned by your project.
gsutil ls gs://
# Create a new bucket
gsutil mb gs://${BUCKET}

Locally

# Install Required Packages
# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S python haveged
# Debian
sudo apt-get -y install python3 haveged
# Redhat
sudo yum install -y python3 haveged

./build-gce-arch.py --verbose
# Upload to Cloud Storage
gsutil cp archlinux-gce.tar.gz gs://${BUCKET}/archlinux.tar.gz

# Add image to project
gcloud compute images insert archlinux \
  --source-uri gs://${BUCKET}/archlinux.tar.gz \
  --description "Arch Linux for Compute Engine"

Contributing changes

• See CONTRIB.md

Licensing

All files in this repository are under the Apache License, Version 2.0 unless noted otherwise.