Arch Linux Image Builder for GCE

This project is a collection of scripts that create an Arch Linux OS 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.

Prebuilt Images

• arch-v20160502 - gs://gce-arch-images/arch-v20160502.tar.gz
• arch-v20151203 - gs://gce-arch-images/arch-v20151203.tar.gz
• arch-v20151103 - gs://gce-arch-images/arch-v20151103.tar.gz
• arch-v20151023 - gs://gce-arch-images/arch-v20151023.tar.gz
• arch-v20150903 - gs://gce-arch-images/arch-v20150903.tar.gz

You can add these images using the Developers Console.

You can use Cloud SDK to add the prebuilt images to your project. To do that run the following command.

gcloud compute images create arch-v20160502 \
  --source-uri gs://gce-arch-images/arch-v20160502.tar.gz \
  --description "Arch Linux built on 2016-05-02"
  --family "arch"

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}

Contributing Changes

• See CONTRIB.md

Licensing

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

Support

Google Inc. does not provide any support, guarantees, or warranty for this project or the images provided.