eqx

This repository contains an archive of crufty scriptlets to deploy servers on Equinix's bare metal network.

Token

export PACKET_TOKEN=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Or

cat $HOME/.packet-cli.json

{ "token": "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" }

Dependencies

apt install jq

git clone https://github.com/packethost/packet-cli

mkdir -p ~/bin wget -O ~/bin/packet https://github.com/packethost/packet-cli/releases/download/0.1.1/packet-linux-amd64 chmod +x ~/bin/packet

Configure server at Equinix, set "iPXE Script URL" to:

https://code.forksand.com/forksand/eqx/raw/branch/master/ipxe-install-debian-10

Preseed

The key installation file is preseed.cfg. Debian has a list of options here:

• https://preseed.debian.net/debian-preseed/

Other preseed.cfg docs:

• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed

• https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apb.en.html

• https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/apbs02.en.html

Nodes to Build

• Standard Debian 10

• Standard Debian 11

• Standard Debian Sid

• Ethereum cluster

• Distcc cluster

• IPFS Cluster