Matthewacon · May 27, 2024 23:52 · Dec 6, 2020 · Oct 28, 2020 · Jun 28, 2020 · Jun 28, 2020
diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install.sh b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ pacstrap /mnt \
  linux-firmware\
  mkinitcpio\
  intel-ucode\
- reflector
+ reflector\
+ wpa_supplicant
 
 # Chroot into your new installation
 arch-chroot /mnt

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install → arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install.sh b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install → arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,19 @@ cp /etc/zfs/zpool.cache /mnt/etc/zfs/zpool.cache
 arch-chroot /mnt
 zpool set cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache zroot
 
-# Enable the the following systemd services in order to import the zroot pool and mount all datasets at boot
-systemctl enable zfs.target zfs-mount.service zfs-import-cache.service
+# Enable the the following systemd services in order to import the zroot pool at boot
+systemctl enable zfs.target zfs-import-cache.service zfs-import.target
+
+# Set up zfs-mount-generator to generate systemd mount units for all of your datasets that need to be mounted at boot
+mkdir /etc/zfs/zfs-list.cache
+ln -s /usr/lib/zfs/zfs/zed.d/history_event-zfs-list-cacher.sh /etc/zfs/zed.d
+systemctl enable zfs-zed.service
+systemctl start zfs-zed.service
+touch /etc/zfs/zfs-list.cache/zroot
+# Update a property of your root dataset in order to generate a ZED event and update the list cache for the pool
+zfs set canmount=on zroot
+# Restore the previous value for that dataset
+zfs set canmount=off zroot
 
 # Mount your ESP
 mkdir -p /mnt/boot

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ timedatectl set-timezone your_timezone
 # Enable DHCPCD on boot
 systemctl enable dhcpcd
 
+# Set your default nameserver (Cloudflare in this case)
+# Add the following lines to /etc/resolv.conf:
+# nameserver 1.1.1.1
+# nameserver 2606:4700:4700::1001
+# options single-request
+
 # Enable the wheel sudo group
 # Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers with visudo
 # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ mkinitcpio -p linux
 
 # Build your EFISTUB loader
 # Note: If you make changes to your initrd, or files included in your initrd, you will need to re-run this command
-# in order to update your EFISTUB.
+# in order to update your EFISTUB. This includes /boot/cmdline.txt
 build_efi_kernels
 
 # Register your EFISTUB loader with efibootmgr or place it in the default x86_64 EFI location

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ lsblk -o +UUID
 # Configure your kernel cmdline
 # - For udev-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
 #   cryptdevice=UUID=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION:luks:allow-discards zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS=zroot/root rw quiet
+#
 # - For systemd-based systems the configuration is a little different
 #   Note: There seems to be an issue with the sd-zfs systemd generator that causes importing pools by cache file to break.
 #   The current workaround is to just disable it by setting zfs_force=1 and zfs_ignorecache=1  

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@ lsblk -o +UUID
 # Configure your kernel cmdline
 # - For udev-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
 #   cryptdevice=UUID=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION:luks:allow-discards zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS=zroot/root rw quiet
-# - For systemd-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
-#   rd.luks.name=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION=root zfs=zroot/root root=zfs:zroot/root rw quiet
+# - For systemd-based systems the configuration is a little different
+#   Note: There seems to be an issue with the sd-zfs systemd generator that causes importing pools by cache file to break.
+#   The current workaround is to just disable it by setting zfs_force=1 and zfs_ignorecache=1  
+# 
+#   Edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
+#   rd.luks.name=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION=root zfs=zroot/root zfs_force=1 zfs_ignorecache=1 root=zfs:zroot/root rw quiet
 
 # Rebuild your initrd as root
 mkinitcpio -p linux

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ lsblk -o +UUID
 # - For udev-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
 #   cryptdevice=UUID=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION:luks:allow-discards zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS=zroot/root rw quiet
 # - For systemd-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
-#   rd.luks.name=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION=root zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS/zroot/root rw quiet
+#   rd.luks.name=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION=root zfs=zroot/root root=zfs:zroot/root rw quiet
 
 # Rebuild your initrd as root
 mkinitcpio -p linux

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -162,17 +162,19 @@ yay -Sy --noconfirm --sudoloop arch-efiboot zfs-utils zfs-dkms
 yay -Sy --noconfirm --sudoloop mkinitcpio-sd-zfs
 #   and set the following lines in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
 #   MODULES=(zfs)
-#   HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect modconf block sd-encrypt sd-zfs filesystems keyboard)
+#   HOOKS=(base systemd keyboard autodetect modconf block sd-encrypt sd-zfs filesystems)
 
-# Exit your user's shell and rebuild your initrd as root
-mkinitcpio -p linux
-
-# Get the UUID of your LUKS partition
+# Exit your user's shell and get the UUID of your LUKS partition
 lsblk -o +UUID
 
 # Configure your kernel cmdline
-# - Edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
+# - For udev-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
 #   cryptdevice=UUID=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION:luks:allow-discards zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS=zroot/root rw quiet
+# - For systemd-based systems, edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
+#   rd.luks.name=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION=root zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS/zroot/root rw quiet
+
+# Rebuild your initrd as root
+mkinitcpio -p linux
 
 # Build your EFISTUB loader
 # Note: If you make changes to your initrd, or files included in your initrd, you will need to re-run this command

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ cp /etc/zfs/zpool.cache /mnt/etc/zfs/zpool.cache
 arch-chroot /mnt
 zpool set cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache zroot
 
+# Enable the the following systemd services in order to import the zroot pool and mount all datasets at boot
+systemctl enable zfs.target zfs-mount.service zfs-import-cache.service
+
 # Mount your ESP
 mkdir -p /mnt/boot
 mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/boot

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ pacman -Sy
 # - Uncomment and change #MAKEFLAGS="-j2" to MAKEFLAGS="-j`nproc`"
 # - Change PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz' to PKGEXT='.pkg.tar' to disable package compression
 
+# Give your user relevant access to their dataser
+zfs allow your_user_here create,mount,mountpoint,snapshot zroot/home/your_user_here
+
 # Su into your user and cd to your home directory
 su your_user_here
 cd ~

diff --git a/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
@@ -43,11 +43,22 @@ zpool import -R /mnt zroot
 # 3 - zroot/home/root (/root)
 # 4 - zroot/home/your_user_here (/home/your_user_here)
 # 5 - zroot/var (/var)
-zfs create -o mountpoint=/ -o canmount=noauto zroot/root
-zfs create -o mountpoint=/home -o canmount=noauto zroot/home
-zfs create -o mountpoint=/home/your_user_here -o canmount=noauto zroot/home/your_user_here
-zfs create -o mountpoint=/root -o canmount=noauto zroot/home/root
-zfs create -o mountpoint=/var -o canmount=noauto zroot/var
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/ zroot/root
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/home zroot/home
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/home/your_user_here zroot/home/your_user_here
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/root zroot/home/root
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/var zroot/var
+
+# Configure the root filesystem
+zpool set bootfs=zroot/root zroot
+
+# Exit the chroot and copy over hte current ZFS cache
+# Note: This step is required for the ZFS daemon to start
+cp /etc/zfs/zpool.cache /mnt/etc/zfs/zpool.cache
+
+# Re-enter the chroot and set the cache for the root pool
+arch-chroot /mnt
+zpool set cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache zroot
 
 # Mount your ESP
 mkdir -p /mnt/boot

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt → arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install b/gistfile1.txt → arch-luks-zfs-efistub-install
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ lsblk -o +UUID
 #   cryptdevice=UUID=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION:luks:allow-discards zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS=zroot/root rw quiet
 
 # Build your EFISTUB loader
+# Note: If you make changes to your initrd, or files included in your initrd, you will need to re-run this command
+# in order to update your EFISTUB.
 build_efi_kernels
 
 # Register your EFISTUB loader with efibootmgr or place it in the default x86_64 EFI location

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ build_efi_kernels
 
 # Register your EFISTUB loader with efibootmgr or place it in the default x86_64 EFI location
 # - Register with efibootmgr
- efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdx -p 1 -L "EFISTUB" -l "\linux.efi" 
+efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdx -p 1 -L "EFISTUB" -l "\linux.efi" 
 
 # - Move it into the default x86_64 EFI location
 mkdir -p /boot/EFI/BOOT

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ build_efi_kernels
 
 # Register your EFISTUB loader with efibootmgr or place it in the default x86_64 EFI location
 # - Register with efibootmgr
-efibootmgr 
+ efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdx -p 1 -L "EFISTUB" -l "\linux.efi" 
 
 # - Move it into the default x86_64 EFI location
 mkdir -p /boot/EFI/BOOT

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -150,4 +150,22 @@ yay -Sy --noconfirm --sudoloop mkinitcpio-sd-zfs
 # Exit your user's shell and rebuild your initrd as root
 mkinitcpio -p linux
 
+# Get the UUID of your LUKS partition
+lsblk -o +UUID
+
+# Configure your kernel cmdline
+# - Edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the following:
+#   cryptdevice=UUID=UUID_OF_YOUR_LUKS_PARTITION:luks:allow-discards zfs=zroot/root root=ZFS=zroot/root rw quiet
+
 # Build your EFISTUB loader
+build_efi_kernels
+
+# Register your EFISTUB loader with efibootmgr or place it in the default x86_64 EFI location
+# - Register with efibootmgr
+efibootmgr 
+
+# - Move it into the default x86_64 EFI location
+mkdir -p /boot/EFI/BOOT
+mv /boot/linux.efi /boot/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi
+
+# That's it, enjoy your new system!
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ systemctl enable dhcpcd
 # Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers with visudo
 # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
 
-# Create your user
+# Create your user and set the correct permissions for your home directory
 useradd your_user_here
 usermod -aG wheel your_user_here
+chown your_user_here:your_user_here /home/your_user_here
 
 # Set a root password
 passwd
@@ -121,10 +122,32 @@ pacman -Sy
 
 # Configure makepkg for faster AUR package builds
 # - Uncomment and change #MAKEFLAGS="-j2" to MAKEFLAGS="-j`nproc`"
-# - Change PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.gz' to PKGEXT='.pkg.tar' to disable package compression
+# - Change PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz' to PKGEXT='.pkg.tar' to disable package compression
 
 # Su into your user and cd to your home directory
 su your_user_here
 cd ~
 
 # Install Yay (or your AUR helper of of choice)
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+cd yay
+makepkg -si
+
+# Use Yay (or your AUR helper of choice) to install the following packages
+yay -Sy --noconfirm --sudoloop arch-efiboot zfs-utils zfs-dkms
+
+# Configure your initrd (udev or systemd)
+# - For udev-based systems, set the following lines in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+#   MODULES=(zfs)
+#   HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt zfs filesystems keyboard)
+
+# - For systemd-based systems, install the follwing AUR packages
+yay -Sy --noconfirm --sudoloop mkinitcpio-sd-zfs
+#   and set the following lines in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+#   MODULES=(zfs)
+#   HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect modconf block sd-encrypt sd-zfs filesystems keyboard)
+
+# Exit your user's shell and rebuild your initrd as root
+mkinitcpio -p linux
+
+# Build your EFISTUB loader
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -97,3 +97,34 @@ timedatectl set-timezone your_timezone
 # Enable DHCPCD on boot
 systemctl enable dhcpcd
 
+# Enable the wheel sudo group
+# Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers with visudo
+# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
+
+# Create your user
+useradd your_user_here
+usermod -aG wheel your_user_here
+
+# Set a root password
+passwd
+
+# Set your user's password
+passwd your_user_here
+
+# Enable the multiarch repo in /etc/pacman.conf by uncommenting the following lines:
+# [multilib]
+# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+# Use reflector to order your mirrorlist for speed and update your repos
+reflector -c Country -f 150 --threads `nproc` > /mnt/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+pacman -Sy
+
+# Configure makepkg for faster AUR package builds
+# - Uncomment and change #MAKEFLAGS="-j2" to MAKEFLAGS="-j`nproc`"
+# - Change PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.gz' to PKGEXT='.pkg.tar' to disable package compression
+
+# Su into your user and cd to your home directory
+su your_user_here
+cd ~
+
+# Install Yay (or your AUR helper of of choice)
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Create your partition layout (using GPT)
+# 1 - ESP (FAT32, 128M)
+# 2 - Linux (luks, any size)
+
+# Format your partitions
+mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdx1
+cryptsetup luksFormat --key-size 512 --cipher aes-xts-plain64 /dev/sdx2
+
+# Open your luks partition
+cryptsetup open /dev/sdx2 luks_root
+
+# Make sure ZFS is loaded before continuing
+modprobe zfs
+
+# Create your ZFS pool
+# Note: 
+# - For drives with a block size of 512b, use ashift=9
+# - For drives with a blocks size of 4KiB, use ahift=12
+zpool create \
+ -o ashift=12\
+ -O xattr=sa\
+ -O redundant_metadata=most\
+ -O normalization=formD\
+ -O acltype=posixacl\
+ -O compression=lz4\
+ -O dedup=on\
+ -O dnodesize=legacy\
+ -O relatime=on\
+ -O mountpoint=none\
+ -O canmount=off\
+ -O devices=off\
+ -m none\
+ zroot\
+ /dev/mapper/luks_root
+
+# Export your new zpool and reimport it with an alternate root to avoid mounting conflicts
+zpool export zroot
+zpool import -R /mnt zroot
+
+# Create all of your datasets
+# 1 - zroot/root (/)
+# 2 - zroot/home (/home)
+# 3 - zroot/home/root (/root)
+# 4 - zroot/home/your_user_here (/home/your_user_here)
+# 5 - zroot/var (/var)
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/ -o canmount=noauto zroot/root
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/home -o canmount=noauto zroot/home
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/home/your_user_here -o canmount=noauto zroot/home/your_user_here
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/root -o canmount=noauto zroot/home/root
+zfs create -o mountpoint=/var -o canmount=noauto zroot/var
+
+# Mount your ESP
+mkdir -p /mnt/boot
+mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/boot
+
+# Export your mount configuration to /mnt/etc/fstab
+# Note: You must comment out all of the exported ZFS dataset mounts, otheriwse you will experience issues booting
+genfstab -pU /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab
+
+# Add a tmpfs for /tmp to /mnt/etc/fstab
+# tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
+
+# Install Arch Linux
+pacstrap /mnt \
+ base\
+ base-devel\
+ zsh\
+ vim\
+ git\
+ efibootmgr\
+ dialog\
+ openssh\
+ dhcpcd\
+ dosfstools\
+ linux\
+ linux-headers\
+ linux-firmware\
+ mkinitcpio\
+ intel-ucode\
+ reflector
+
+# Chroot into your new installation
+arch-chroot /mnt
+
+# Set your locales
+echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8\nLC_ALL=C\nLANGUAGE=en_US" > /etc/locale.conf
+echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
+
+# Set your hostname
+echo "your_hostname" > /etc/hostname
+
+# Enable NTP and set your timezone
+timedatectl set-ntp true
+timedatectl set-timezone your_timezone
+
+# Enable DHCPCD on boot
+systemctl enable dhcpcd
+