Add MicroCore 6.4. More appliances are coming

appliances/microcore-linux.gns3a

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "status": "stable",
     "maintainer": "GNS3 Team",
     "maintainer_email": "developers@gns3.net",
-    "usage": "Login is tc. sudo work without password",
+    "usage": "For version >= 6.4 Login is gns3 and password gns3. For older version it's tc. sudo work without password",
     "symbol": "linux_guest.svg",
 
     "qemu": {
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
             "filesize": 26411008, 
             "download_url": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Qemu%20Appliances/",             
             "direct_download_url": "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/Qemu%20Appliances/linux-microcore-4.0.2-clean.img"
+        },
+        {
+            "filename": "linux-microcore-6.4.img",
+            "version": "6.4",
+            "md5sum": "b714d7045c5fd66ffee328e00ff798bf",
+            "filesize": 52363264, 
+            "download_url": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Qemu%20Appliances/",             
+            "direct_download_url": "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/Qemu%20Appliances/linux-microcore-6.4.img"
         }
     ],
 
@@ -53,6 +61,12 @@
             "images": {
                 "hda_disk_image": "linux-microcore-4.0.2-clean.img"
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "6.4",
+            "images": {
+                "hda_disk_image": "linux-microcore-linux-6.4.img"
+            }
         }
     ]
 }

check.py

@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ def check_schema(appliance):
         jsonschema.validate(appliance_json, schema)
 
 
+def check_packer(packer):
+    path = os.path.join('packer', packer)
+    if not os.path.isdir(path):
+        return
+    for file in os.listdir(path):
+        if file.endswith('.json'):
+            print('Check {}/{}'.format(packer, file))
+            with open(os.path.join('packer', packer, file)) as f:
+                json.load(f)
+
+
 def check_symbol(symbol):
     licence_file = os.path.join('symbols', symbol.replace('.svg', '.txt'))
     if not os.path.exists(licence_file):
@@ -46,6 +57,9 @@ def main():
         if symbol.endswith('.svg'):
             print('Check {}'.format(symbol))
             check_symbol(symbol)
+    print("=> Check packer files")
+    for packer in os.listdir('packer'):
+        check_packer(packer)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

packer/tinycore-linux/README.rst

@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 Packer for TinyCore GNS3 appliance
 ==================================
 
-For building a TinyCore V6.4 appliance run:
+For building a MicroCore / TinyCore appliance run:
+
+
+Clean core Linux installation
+*****************************
+
+The only added packages are:
+* ipv6
+* iptables
+* iproute2
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    packer build -var-file=tc-6.4.json tinycore-linux.json
+    packer build core-linux.json
 
-
-Likewise, to build a TinyCore V4.7.7 appliance run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-    packer build -var-file=tc-4.7.7.json tinycore-linux.json

packer/tinycore-linux/core-linux.json

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
     "variables": {
-        "tc_iso_url": null,
-        "tc_iso_checksum": null
+        "tc_iso_url": "http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/6.x/x86/release/Core-6.4.iso",
+        "tc_iso_checksum": "c8e04e26de234e5528e6eac8ecb1bdda",
+        "vm_name": "linux-microcore-linux-6.4.img",
+        "setup_script": "core.sh"        
     },
     "builders": [
         {
@@ -15,14 +17,14 @@
             "ssh_username": "gns3",
             "ssh_password": "gns3",
             "accelerator": "none",
-            "vm_name": "tinycore-linux",
+            "vm_name": "{{user `vm_name`}}",
             "disk_interface": "ide",
-            "disk_size": 50,
+            "disk_size": 50000,
             "net_device": "e1000",
             "http_directory": "http",
-            "boot_wait": "10s",
+            "boot_wait": "5s",
             "boot_command": [
-                "mc user=gns3<enter><wait10><wait10><wait10>",
+                "mc user=gns3 secure=gns3<enter><wait10><wait10><wait10><wait10><wait10><wait10>",
                 "sudo passwd gns3<enter>gns3<enter>gns3<enter>",
                 "tce-load -wi openssh<enter><wait10>",
                 "cd /usr/local/etc/ssh; [ -f sshd_config.example ] && sudo cp -a sshd_config.example sshd_config; cd<enter>",
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@
             "type": "shell",
             "script": "scripts/packages.sh"
         },
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "script": "scripts/{{user `setup_script`}}"
+        },
         {
             "type": "shell",
             "script": "scripts/post_setup.sh"

packer/tinycore-linux/scripts/hd-install.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sudo mv /mnt/sda1/boot/isolinux /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux
 cd /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux
 sudo rm boot.cat isolinux.bin
 sudo mv isolinux.cfg extlinux.conf
-sudo sed -i -e '/append / s/$/ user=gns3/' -e 's/timeout .*/timeout 30/' extlinux.conf
+sudo sed -i -e '/append / s/$/ user=gns3/' -e 's/timeout .*/timeout 1/' extlinux.conf
 cd
 
 # make disk bootable

packer/tinycore-linux/scripts/packages.sh

@@ -7,14 +7,5 @@ mv /etc/sysconfig/tcedir /etc/sysconfig/tcedir.bak
 ln -s /mnt/sda1/tce /etc/sysconfig/tcedir
 rm -rf /usr/local/tce.installed/*
 
-# openssh (optional)
-tce-load -wi openssh
-[ -f /usr/local/etc/ssh/ssh_config.example ] && sudo cp -a /usr/local/etc/ssh/ssh_config.example /usr/local/etc/ssh/ssh_config
-[ -f /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config.example ] && sudo cp -a /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config.example /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config
-echo 'usr/local/etc/ssh' >> /opt/.filetool.lst
-echo '/usr/local/etc/init.d/openssh start' >> /opt/bootlocal.sh
-
 tce-load -wi ipv6-`uname -r` iptables iproute2
-tce-load -wi tcpdump
-tce-load -wi iperf3
 

packer/tinycore-linux/tc-4.7.7.json

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "tc_iso_url": "http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/archive/4.7.7/Core-4.7.7.iso",
-    "tc_iso_checksum": "f610b20a97801c937ffb791443a32640"
-}

packer/tinycore-linux/tc-6.4.json

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "tc_iso_url": "http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/6.x/x86/release/Core-6.4.iso",
-    "tc_iso_checksum": "c8e04e26de234e5528e6eac8ecb1bdda"
-}