.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 iso
+settings.ini
+# ignore all possible snapshots in this dir
+*.json

Makefile

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install_dependencies:
 boot_iso:
 	sudo qemu-system-x86_64 \
 		-enable-kvm -m 2G -vga qxl -netdev user,id=wan -device virtio-net,netdev=wan,id=nic1 \
-		-drive format=raw,file=iso/workbench.iso,cache=none,if=virtio
+		-drive format=raw,file=iso/workbench_production.iso,cache=none,if=virtio
 
 # src https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2021/04/how-to-boot-uefi-on-qemu.html
 #   needs `sudo apt-get install ovmf`

deploy-workbench.sh

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ LABEL linux
 END
 )"
         #   TIMEOUT 60 means 6 seconds :)
-        sudo tee "${ISO_PATH}/staging/isolinux/isolinux.cfg" <<EOF
+        ${SUDO} tee "${ISO_PATH}/staging/isolinux/isolinux.cfg" <<EOF
 ${isolinuxcfg_str}
 EOF
         ${SUDO} cp /usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isolinux.bin "${ISO_PATH}/staging/isolinux/"
@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ create_persistence_partition() {
         # persistent partition
         rw_img_name="workbench_vfat.img"
         rw_img_path="${ISO_PATH}/staging/${rw_img_name}"
-        if [ ! -f "${rw_img_path}" ] || [ "${DEBUG:-}" ]; then
+        if [ ! -f "${rw_img_path}" ] || [ "${DEBUG:-}" ] || [ "${FORCE:-}" ]; then
-                ${SUDO} dd if=/dev/zero of="${rw_img_path}" bs=10M count=1
+                persistent_volume_size_MB=100
+                ${SUDO} dd if=/dev/zero of="${rw_img_path}" bs=1M count=${persistent_volume_size_MB}
                 ${SUDO} mkfs.vfat "${rw_img_path}"
 
                 # generate structure on persistent partition
@@ -198,17 +199,7 @@ create_persistence_partition() {
                 mkdir -p "${tmp_rw_mount}"
                 ${SUDO} mount "$(pwd)/${rw_img_path}" "${tmp_rw_mount}"
                 ${SUDO} mkdir -p "${tmp_rw_mount}/settings"
-                # TODO without SUDO fails
+                ${SUDO} cp -v settings.ini "${tmp_rw_mount}/settings/settings.ini"
-                ${SUDO} cat > "${tmp_rw_mount}/settings/settings.ini" <<END
-[settings]
-
-DH_TOKEN =
-DH_URL =
-
-SNAPSHOTS_PATH = /mnt
-LOGS_PATH = /mnt
-VERSION =
-END
                 ${SUDO} umount "${tmp_rw_mount}"
 
                 uuid="$(blkid "${rw_img_path}" | awk '{ print $3; }')"
@@ -249,7 +240,7 @@ END2
 ###################
 # configure hosts
 cat > /etc/hosts <<END2
-127.0.0.1    localhost \${hostname}
+127.0.0.1    localhost workbench
 ::1          localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
 ff02::1      ip6-allnodes
 ff02::2      ip6-allrouters
@@ -261,8 +252,9 @@ prepare_app() {
         # prepare app during prepare_chroot_env
         # Install hardware_metadata module
         workbench_dir="${ISO_PATH}/chroot/opt/workbench"
-        ${SUDO} cp workbench-script.py "${workbench_dir}"
+        ${SUDO} mkdir -p "${workbench_dir}"
-        ${SUDO} cp requirements.txt "${workbench_dir}"
+        ${SUDO} cp workbench-script.py "${workbench_dir}/"
+        ${SUDO} cp requirements.txt "${workbench_dir}/"
 
         # startup script execution
         cat > "${ISO_PATH}/chroot/root/.profile" <<END
@@ -272,7 +264,7 @@ stty -echo # Do not show what we type in terminal so it does not meddle with our
 dmesg -n 1 # Do not report *useless* system messages to the terminal
 # clearly specify the right working directory, used in the python script as os.getcwd()
 cd /mnt
-pipenv run python /opt/workbench/workbench-script.py
+pipenv run python /opt/workbench/workbench-script.py --config "/mnt/settings/settings.ini"
 stty echo
 END
         #TODO add some useful commands
@@ -286,6 +278,7 @@ echo 'Install requirements'
 
 # Install debian requirements
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  sudo \
   python3 python3-dev python3-pip pipenv \
   dmidecode smartmontools hwinfo pciutils lshw < /dev/null
   # Install python requirements using apt instead of pip
@@ -312,7 +305,7 @@ run_chroot() {
 set -x
 set -e
 
-echo "${hostname}" > /etc/hostname
+echo workbench > /etc/hostname
 
 # check what linux images are available on the system
 # Figure out which Linux Kernel you want in the live environment.
@@ -389,6 +382,11 @@ prepare_chroot_env() {
         if [ -z "${VERSION_CODENAME:-}" ]; then
                 . /etc/os-release
                 echo "TAKING OS-RELEASE FILE"
+                if [ ! "${ID}" = "debian" ]; then
+                        echo "ERROR: ubuntu detected, then you are enforced to specify debian variant"
+                        echo "  use for example \`VERSION_CODENAME='bookworm'\` or similar"
+                        exit 1
+                fi
         fi
 
         chroot_path="${ISO_PATH}/chroot"

settings.ini.example

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[settings]
+url = http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/snapshot/
+token = '1234'
+# path = /path/to/save
+# device = your_device_name
+# # erase = basic

workbench-script.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import json
 import uuid
 import hashlib
 import argparse
+import configparser
 
 import ntplib
 import requests
@@ -228,9 +229,9 @@ def smartctl(all_disks, disk=None):
 
 
 def get_data(all_disks):
-    lshw = 'lshw -json'
+    lshw = 'sudo lshw -json'
-    hwinfo = 'hwinfo --reallyall'
+    hwinfo = 'sudo hwinfo --reallyall'
-    dmidecode = 'dmidecode'
+    dmidecode = 'sudo dmidecode'
     data = {
         'lshw': exec_cmd(lshw),
         'disks': smartctl(all_disks),
@@ -253,17 +254,23 @@ def save_snapshot_in_disk(snapshot, path):
         datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H_%M_%S"),
         snapshot['uuid']
     )
+    print(f"workbench: INFO: Snapshot written in path '{filename}'")
     with open(filename, "w") as f:
         f.write(json.dumps(snapshot))
 
 
+# TODO sanitize url, if url is like this, it fails
+#   url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/snapshot/'
 def send_snapshot_to_devicehub(snapshot, token, url):
     headers = {
         f"Authorization": "Basic {token}",
         "Content-Type": "application/json"
     }
-    return requests.post(url, data=snapshot, header=headers)
+    try:
-
+        requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(snapshot), headers=headers)
+        print(f"workbench: INFO: Snapshot sent to '{url}'")
+    except:
+        print(f"workbench: ERROR: Snapshot not remotely sent. URL '{url}' is unreachable. Do you have internet? Is your server up & running?")
 
 @logs
 def sync_time():
@@ -271,48 +278,75 @@ def sync_time():
     ntplib.NTPClient()
     response = client.request('pool.ntp.org')
 
+def load_config(config_file="settings.ini"):
+    """
+    Tries to load configuration from a config file.
+    """
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+
+    if os.path.exists(config_file):
+        # If config file exists, read from it
+
+        print(f"workbench: INFO: Found config file in path: '{config_file}'.")
+        config.read(config_file)
+        path = config.get('settings', 'path', fallback=os.getcwd())
+        # TODO validate that has http:// start
+        url = config.get('settings', 'url', fallback=None)
+        token = config.get('settings', 'token', fallback=None)
+        # TODO validate that the device exists?
+        device = config.get('settings', 'device', fallback=None)
+        erase = config.get('settings', 'erase', fallback=None)
+    else:
+        print(f"workbench: ERROR: Config file '{config_file}' not found. Using default values.")
+        path = os.path.join(os.getcwd())
+        url, token, device, erase = None, None, None, None
+
+    return {
+        'path': path,
+        'url': url,
+        'token': token,
+        'device': device,
+        'erase': erase
+    }
+
+def parse_args():
+    """
+    Parse config argument, if available
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Optional config loader for workbench.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--config',
+        help="Path to the config file. Defaults to 'settings.ini' in the current directory.",
+        default="settings.ini"  # Fallback to 'settings.ini' by default
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
 
 def main():
-    print("START")
+    vline='\n___________\n\n'
-    parser=argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    print(f"{vline}workbench: START\n")
-    parser.add_argument("-p", "--path", required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("-u", "--url", required=False)
-    parser.add_argument("-t", "--token", required=False)
-    parser.add_argument("-d", "--device", required=False)
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-e",
-        "--erase",
-        choices=["basic", "baseline", "enhanced"],
-        required=False
-    )
-    args=parser.parse_args()
 
-    if args.device and not args.erase:
+    # Parse the command-line arguments
-        print("error: argument --erase: expected one argument")
+    args = parse_args()
-        return
 
-    if args.token and not args.url:
+    # Load the config file, either specified via --config or the default 'settings.ini'
-        print("error: argument --url: expected one argument")
+    config_file = args.config
-        return
 
-    if args.url and not args.token:
+    config = load_config(config_file)
-        print("error: argument --token: expected one argument")
-        return
 
     all_disks = get_disks()
     snapshot = gen_snapshot(all_disks)
 
-    if args.erase and args.device:
+    if config['erase'] and config['device']:
-        snapshot['erase'] = gen_erase(all_disks, args.erase, user_disk=args.device)
+        snapshot['erase'] = gen_erase(all_disks, config['erase'], user_disk=config['device'])
-    elif args.erase:
+    elif config['erase']:
-        snapshot['erase'] = gen_erase(all_disks, args.erase)
+        snapshot['erase'] = gen_erase(all_disks, config['erase'])
 
-    save_snapshot_in_disk(snapshot, args.path)
+    save_snapshot_in_disk(snapshot, config['path'])
 
-    if args.url:
+    if config['url']:
-        send_snapshot_to_devicehub(snapshot, args.token, args.url)
+        send_snapshot_to_devicehub(snapshot, config['token'], config['url'])
 
-    print("END")
+    print(f"\nworkbench: END{vline}")
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':