Snakeoil Gear Isolation Beta Series

[agent_kith]

Hello everybody. Apologies for disappearing for so long. There's lots of activities behind the scenes, but very few to show for it.

First of all, this post should only be viewable to people who have donated to this project. And if you look at your forum name, hopefully it's in a green shade. And there's the new server. Giving me more flexibility in the things I can do.

And drumroll, here's the new alpha build. Instructions are minimum at the moment, but I will add more as I go along.

Instructions to Install

1. Recommend for new install only.
   
2. Download Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server
   
3. Install LTS server as per instructions on their website
   
4. Copy this file to the new server (using tools like WinSCP)
   
5. Unzip if you're using the ZIP version. Execute, and reboot.
   Code:

   sudo bash /path/to/snakeoil_shell_installer
6. Viola!
   
7. To update, simply transfer the installer to the machine, and re-run the installer (step 5). You do not have to re-install Ubuntu again to do this.
   
8. Note Ubuntu 20.04 now supports ZFS, so technically it's possible to do snapshots and revert. You can set it up by following this guide.
   

That's the idea, but I'm sure there are bugs and problems. So if you guys have a spare SSD hanging around, please feel free to test it out. I don't recommend you doing this on your primary rig as this is still a very much work in progress.
  snakeoil-installer-1.2.0.7-armv7l.sh (Size: 116.89 MB / Downloads: 4)
(SHA1: 6729e7ebc035a96b4690ef9faf92e7a5b083f150)
  snakeoil-installer-1.2.0.7-x86_64.sh (Size: 103.7 MB / Downloads: 8)
(SHA1: 5fb127f952b6f9f3d9896e886d6956147dfed71b)
Beta 2 has a bug for new install. If you are getting a RestAPI server not responding after a reboot, edit /etc/rc.local:
 

Code:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

and make sure the file looks like this.
 

Code:

#!/bin/bash

sleep 5 && /usr/local/bin/new_issue &

/usr/local/bin/snakeoil-server.sh &

exit 0

Save the file and reboot and it should work again.

Also ignore the JSON error and cannot chmod /usr/local/bin/curl. This will be fixed in beta 3.

Right now because you are using the stock Ubuntu distro, there are some tweaks that hasn't been introduced yet. Things like a real time kernel, or disabling non essential services. These things will be added eventually. Esp on the kernel bit, where you can generate your very own custom kernel.

Again all this is made possible by me quitting my job (so I have more time), and the new mystery sponsor who hopefully will have a grand reveal in due time.

Over the next few days I will try and update the wiki, and then continue on the Snakeoil coding. In the mean time, happy new year. Let's hope 2021 is a good year for Snakeoil, and for all of us.