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# ========================================================
# Setup a Dumb AP, Wired backbone for OpenWRT / LEDE
# ========================================================
# Set lan logical interface as bridge (to allow bridge multiple physical interfaces)
uci set network.lan.type='bridge'
# assign WAN physical interface to LAN (will be available as an additional LAN port now)
uci set network.lan.ifname="$(uci get network.lan.ifname) $(uci get network.wan.ifname)"
uci del network.wan.ifname
# Remove wan logical interface, since we will not need it.
uci del network.wan

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type request;
type response;
type body;

type readyState =
  | Unsent
  | Opened
  | HeadersReceived
  | Loading
  | Done

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Authentication with an Express API and Postgres

Setting Up

Let's make sure our Express app has the required base modules:

# within root of API
npm install --save express pg knex bcrypt
npm install --save-dev nodemon

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# Install ARCH Linux with encrypted file-system and UEFI
# The official installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide) contains a more verbose description.

# Download the archiso image from https://www.archlinux.org/
# Copy to a usb-drive
dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdX bs=16M && sync # on linux

# Boot from the usb. If the usb fails to boot, make sure that secure boot is disabled in the BIOS configuration.

# Set swedish keymap

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DISCLAIMER

I am not responsible for any damages, loss of data, system corruption, or any other mishap you may somehow cause by following this guide.

This is mainly a step-by-step reminder/log for myself of how I installed Arch on my laptop. I am putting this out there in case it is useful for someone else, it is not intended to be an official guide. As a result, you may find that this guide is very tedious or lists a lot of unnecessary/intuitive steps or just straight up does things in a way that is considered bad practice. Apart from the latter, this is intentional, as I did not find these steps intuitive at all when

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// the main app file
import express from "express";
import loadDb from "./loadDb"; // dummy middleware to load db (sets request.db)
import authenticate from "./authentication"; // middleware for doing authentication
import permit from "./permission"; // middleware for checking if user's role is permitted to make request

const app = express(),
      api = express.Router();

// first middleware will setup db connection

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# This guide will be using LVM on LUKS, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LVM_on_LUKS

# Download the archlinux-*.iso image from https://www.archlinux.org/download/ and its GnuPG signature.
# Use gpg --verify to ensure your archlinux-*.iso is exactly what the Arch developers intended.  For example:

$ gpg -v archlinux-2019.11.01-x86_64.iso.sig

# Burn the archlinux-*.iso  to a 1+ Gb USB stick.  On Mac, do something like:
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk4
$ sudo dd bs=4m of=/dev/rdisk4 if=archlinux-2020.01.01-x86_64.iso

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# This guide will be using LVM on LUKS, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LVM_on_LUKS

# Download the archlinux-*.iso image from https://www.archlinux.org/download/ and its GnuPG signature.
# Use gpg --verify to ensure your archlinux-*.iso is exactly what the Arch developers intended.  For example:

$ gpg -v archlinux-2019.11.01-x86_64.iso.sig

# Burn the archlinux-*.iso  to a 1+ Gb USB stick.  On Mac, do something like:
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk4
$ sudo dd bs=4m of=/dev/rdisk4 if=archlinux-2020.01.01-x86_64.iso

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Arch Linux on Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 7 (i7-10710U)

• Download the latest ISO from https://www.archlinux.org/download
• sudo dd if=archlinux-2019.11.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sda bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync
• Boot the ISO
• IF and ONLY IF you have a 4k or some HiDPI screen and fonts are super super small
  • ls /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts
  • setfont latarcyrheb-sun32
• ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars verifies we booted in UEFI

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#!/bin/bash

encryption_passphrase=""
root_password=""
user_password=""
hostname=""
user_name=""
continent_city=""
swap_size="16"