CLI Configuration

The Fresnel CLI obtains all information for the distributions it makes available from deafults.go.

Distributions

Distributions defines collections of related installers. In general, this refers to operating system families (windows, linux) but can also refer to a collection of utility installers, such as recovery disks.

Adding a map within entry to distributions within defaults.go adds a distribution for the cli to use.

Distribution

A distribution defines the specific installer you wish to make available.

  type distribution struct {
      os          OperatingSystem // windows or linux
      name        string // Friendly name: e.g. Corp Windows.
      label       string // If set, is used to set partition labels.
      seedServer  string // If set, a seed is obtained from here.
      seedFile    string // This file is hashed when obtaing a seed.
      seedDest    string // The relative path where the seed should be written.
      imageServer string // The base image is obtained here.
      images      map[string]string
  }

Behaviors with specific fields

• label - Sets the data partition of the installation media is this value.
• seedServer - When configured, the CLI will attempt to retrieve a seed from your App Engine instance. See the appengine documentation for more information on seeds.
• seedFile - When configured, this file is hashed and the hash send with the seed request.
• seedDest - The relative path on the installation media where the seed should be written.
• imageServer - The root path to the webserver that houses installation media images.

Images

Images are defined within a distribution. Think of them as a set of variants for an image. For example, you may have a stable and unstable installer for windows. They are represented by a map of strings with the key being the label and the value representing the relative path of the image file under imageServer.

Example

The following example is a valid configuration.

 var distributions = map[string]distribution{
 "windows": distribution{
      os:          windows,
      label:       "INSTALLER",
      name:        "windows",
        seedServer:  "https://appengine.address.com/seed",
        seedFile:    "sources/boot.wim",
        seedDest:    "seed",
        imageServer: "https://image.host.com/folder",
        images: map[string]string{
      "default": "installer_img.iso",
        },
    },
    "linux": distribution{
      os:          linux,
      name:        "linux",
      imageServer: "",
        images: map[string]string{
          "default": "installer.img.gz",
      },
     },
 }