manual update

15:37:43 < r00t^2> and why is that?
15:37:50 < jthan> get rid of your ugly \n
15:37:52 < jthan> saves space
15:37:54 < jthan> say is shorter
15:37:56 < jthan> no \n
15:37:57 < jthan> win win win
15:38:04 < r00t^2> lol, fucking fine
15:38:18 < jthan> 1337 perl
15:38:23 < jthan> jthan's specialty

aif.xsd

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
-           targetNamespace="https://aif.square-r00t.net"
+           targetNamespace="http://aif.square-r00t.net"
-           xmlns="https://aif.square-r00t.net"
+           xmlns="http://aif.square-r00t.net"
            elementFormDefault="qualified">
 <xs:annotation>
 	<xs:documentation>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	</xs:documentation>
 </xs:annotation>
 <!-- GLOBAL CUSTOM DATA TYPES -->
-	<xs:simpleType name="diskdev">
+ 	<xs:simpleType name="diskdev">
 		<xs:annotation>
 			<xs:documentation>
 				This element specifies a type to be used for validating storage devices, such as hard disks or mdadm-managed devices.
@@ -104,16 +104,17 @@
 	</xs:simpleType>
 	
 	<xs:simpleType name="pacuri">
-		<xs:restriction base="xs:anyURI">
+		<!-- <xs:restriction base="xs:anyURI"> -->
+		<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
 			<xs:pattern value="(file|https?)://.*" />
 		</xs:restriction>
 	</xs:simpleType>
 
-        <xs:simpleType name="scripttype">
+  <xs:simpleType name="scripttype">
-                <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
+		<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
-                        <xs:pattern value="(pre|post|pkg)" />
+			<xs:pattern value="(pre|post|pkg)" />
-                </xs:restriction>
+		</xs:restriction>
-        </xs:simpleType>
+  </xs:simpleType>
 	
 	<xs:simpleType name="bootloaders">
 		<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@
 								<xs:complexType>
 									<xs:attribute name="num" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required" />
 									<xs:attribute name="start" type="disksize" use="required" />
-									<xs:attribute name="size" type="disksize" use="required" />
+									<xs:attribute name="stop" type="disksize" use="required" />
 									<xs:attribute name="fstype" type="fstype" use="required" />
 								</xs:complexType>
 								<xs:unique name="unique-partnum">
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@
 				</xs:sequence>
 				<xs:attribute name="timezone" type="xs:string" use="required" />
 				<xs:attribute name="locale" type="xs:string" use="required" />
-				<xs:attribute name="chrootpath" type="xs:string" user="required" />
+				<xs:attribute name="chrootpath" type="xs:string" use="required" />
 				<xs:attribute name="kbd" type="xs:token" />
 				<xs:attribute name="reboot" type="xs:boolean" />
 				</xs:complexType>
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@
 						<xs:complexType>
 							<xs:attribute name="uri" type="scripturi" use="required" />
 							<xs:attribute name="order" type="xs:integer" use="required" />
-							<xs:attribute name="execution" type="xs:scripttype" use="required" />
+							<xs:attribute name="execution" type="scripttype" use="required" />
 							<xs:attribute name="user" type="xs:string" />
 							<xs:attribute name="password" type="xs:string" />
 							<xs:attribute name="realm" type="xs:string" />

aifclient.py

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class archInstall(object):
             disksize['max'] = subprocess.check_output(['sgdisk', '-E', d])
             for p in partnums:
                 # Need to do some mathz to get the actual sectors if we're using percentages.
-                for s in ('start', 'size'):
+                for s in ('start', 'stop'):
                     val = self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)][s]
                     if '%' in val:
                         stripped = val.replace('%', '')
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class archInstall(object):
                 for p in partnums:
                     size = {}
                     size['start'] = self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['start']
-                    size['end'] = self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['size']
+                    size['end'] = self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['stop']
                     fstype = self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['fstype'].lower()
                     if fstype not in fstypes.keys():
                         print('Filesystem type {0} is not valid. Must be a code from:\nCODE:FILESYSTEM'.format(fstype))
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class archInstall(object):
                     cmds.append(['sgdisk',
                                  '-n', '{0}:{1}:{2}'.format(str(p),
                                                             self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['start'],
-                                                            self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['size']),
+                                                            self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['stop']),
                                  #'-c', '{0}:"{1}"'.format(str(p), self.disk[d]['parts'][str(p)]['label']),  # TODO: add support for partition labels
                                  '-t', '{0}:{1}'.format(str(p), fstype),
                                  d])

aifverify.py

@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-
-import re
-import os
-import io
-from lxml import etree
-from urllib.request import urlopen
-
-cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-
-# Validate in the form of file:XSD/namespace.
-xmlfiles = {}
-#xmlfiles['aif.xml'] = 'https://aif.square-r00t.net/aif.xsd'
-xmlfiles['aif.xml'] = 'aif.xsd'
-
-def validXSD(xsdfile):
-    print("Checking XSD: ", xsdfile)
-    webres = False
-    if re.match('^(https?|ftp)', xsdfile, re.IGNORECASE):
-        webres = True
-    if not webres:
-        with open('{0}/{1}'.format(cwd, xsdfile), 'rb') as f:
-            xsd_in = f.read()
-    else:
-        with urlopen(xsdfile) as f:
-            xsd_in = f.read()
-    xsd = False
-    try:
-        xsd_in = io.BytesIO(xsd_in)
-        xmlschema_doc = etree.parse(xsd_in)
-        xsd = etree.XMLSchema(xmlschema_doc)
-    except:
-        print('XSD: {0} failed.'.format(xsdfile))
-    return(xsd)
-
-def validXML(xml, xsd):
-    print("Checking XML: ", xml)
-    xmlfile = xml
-    with open('{0}/{1}'.format(cwd, xml), 'rb') as f:
-        xml_in = f.read()
-    valid = False
-    try:
-        xml_in = io.BytesIO(xml_in)
-        xml = etree.parse(xml_in)
-        valid = xsd.validate(xml)
-    except:
-        print('XML: {0} failed.'.format(xmlfile))
-    return(valid)
-
-def allValidXML(xmlfiles):
-    for key,value in xmlfiles.items():
-        xmlfile = key
-        xsdfile = xmlfiles[xmlfile]
-        xml = False
-        xsdobj = validXSD(xsdfile)
-        xml = validXML(xmlfile, xsdobj)
-    return(xml)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    allValidXML(xmlfiles)

docs/README.adoc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 = AIF-NG User Manual
 Brent Saner <bts@square-r00t.net>
-v1.0, 2017-05-05
+v1.1, 2017-05-11
 :doctype: book
 :data-uri:
 :imagesdir: images
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AIF-NG is not intended to be a complete turnup solution. Instead, it's useful to
 
 Though if you're really gung-ho about it, I suppose you could use the post-script feature to fully turn up a box.
 
-It is also not a magic bullet. It will not make an Arch Linux installation *easier*, nor is it designed to do that. Don't file bug reports for this. It's designed to make it *faster*. I recommend you follow the https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide[manual installation process^] several times first so you're comfortable with the process and understand what's happening behind the scenes. (If you find it too hard to understand, you may instead be interested in https://antergos.com/[Antergos^] instead.)
+It is also not a magic bullet. It will not make an Arch Linux installation *easier*, nor is it designed to do that. Don't file bug reports for this. It's designed to make it *faster*. I recommend you follow the https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide[manual installation process^] several times first so you're comfortable with the process and understand what's happening behind the scenes. (If you find it too hard to understand, you may be interested in https://antergos.com/[Antergos^] instead.)
 
 === Copyright/Licensing
 The AIF-NG code is https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html[GPLv3-licensed^]. This means that you can use it for business reasons, personal reasons, modify it, etc. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with the full set of terms. You can find the full license in `docs/LICENSE`.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Configure your bootloader to add the following options as necessary:
 * If `aif_auth` is `digest`, this is the realm we would use (we attempt to "guess" if it isn’t specified); otherwise it is ignored.
 
 == Building a compatible LiveCD
-The default Arch install CD does not have AIF installed (yet... ;). You have two options of using AIF-NG.
+The default Arch install CD does not have AIF installed (hopefully, this will change someday). You have two options for using AIF-NG.
 
 === Recommended
 The recommended option is to use https://bdisk.square-r00t.net/[BDisk^] (the author should look familiar ;) and per https://bdisk.square-r00t.net/#advanced_customization[the documentation^], you would simply create the following modifications (remember to replace *<BDisk directory>* with your actual BDisk directory):
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ The recommended option is to use https://bdisk.square-r00t.net/[BDisk^] (the aut
 . `echo "aif-git" > *<BDisk directory>*/extra/pre-build.d/root/packages.both`
 . If you want automatic root login on TTY1 like the Arch install ISO (optional):
 .. `mkdir -p *<BDisk directory>*/overlay/etc/systemd/system/getty\@tty1.service.d`
-.. `printf '[Service]\nType=idle\nExecStart=\nExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin root --noclear %%I 38400 linux\n' > *<BDisk directory>*/overlay/etc/systemd/system/getty\@tty1.service.d`
+.. `printf '[Service]\nType=idle\nExecStart=\nExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin root --noclear %%I 38400 linux\n' > *<BDisk directory>*/overlay/etc/systemd/system/getty\@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf`
 ... (NOTE: This is all one line.)
 
 Remember to also create a https://bdisk.square-r00t.net/#the_code_build_ini_code_file[build.ini file^]. You can find a compatible one https://git.square-r00t.net/AIF-NG/plain/extras/bdisk.build.ini[here^] (but remember to tailor it to your particular paths and needs first!).
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ Currently, only one method of logging is enabled, and is always enabled. It can
 == Debugging
 Sometimes it's useful to get a little more information, or to start an installation from within an already-booted environment and you didn't remember (or weren't able to) change the kernel parameters. If this is the case, simply export the `DEBUG` environment variable (it can be set to anything, it doesn't matter) -- if this is done, the arguments will be read from /tmp/cmdline instead. e.g.:
 
- rm -f *
  export DEBUG=true
  cp /proc/cmdline /tmp/.
  chmod 600 /tmp/cmdline
@@ -217,12 +216,12 @@ The `/aif/storage/disk/part` element holds information on partitioning that it's
 ^|Attribute ^|Value
 ^m|num |The partition number (positive integer)
 ^m|start |The amount of the *total disk size* to _start_ the partition at (see <<specialsize, below>>)
-^m|size |The amount of the *total disk size* to _end_ the partition at (see <<specialsize, below>>)
+^m|stop |The amount of the *total disk size* to _end_ the partition at (see <<specialsize, below>>)
 ^m|fstype |The partition type. Must be in http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/cgdisk-walkthrough.html[gdisk format^] (see <<fstypes, below>>)
 |======================
 
 [[specialsize]]
-The `start` and `size` attributes can be in the form of:
+The `start` and `stop` attributes can be in the form of:
 
 * A percentage, indicated by a percentage sign (`"10%"`)
 * A size, indicated by the abbreviation (`"300K"`, `"30G"`, etc.)
@@ -541,7 +540,7 @@ There are several script types availabe for `execution`. Currently, these are:
 * pkg
 * post
 
-*pre* scripts are run (in numerical `order`) before the disks are even formatted. *pkg* scripts are run (in numerical `order`) right before the <<code_package_code, packages>> are installed (this allows you to configure an <<command, alternate packager>> such as https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apacman/[apacman^]) -- these are run *inside* the chroot of the new install. *pre* scripts are run inside the chroot like *pkg*, but are executed very last thing, just before the reboot.
+*pre* scripts are run (in numerical `order`) before the disks are even formatted. *pkg* scripts are run (in numerical `order`) right before the <<code_package_code, packages>> are installed (this allows you to configure an <<command, alternate packager>> such as https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apacman/[apacman^]) -- these are run *inside* the chroot of the new install. *post* scripts are run inside the chroot like *pkg*, but are executed very last thing, just before the reboot.
 
 = Further Information
 Here you will find further info, other resources, and such relating to AIF-NG.
@@ -550,17 +549,21 @@ Here you will find further info, other resources, and such relating to AIF-NG.
 NOTE: It is possible to submit a bug or feature request without registering in my bugtracker. One of my pet peeves is needing to create an account/register on a bugtracker simply to report a bug! The following links only require an email address to file a bug (which is necessary in case I need any further clarification from you or to keep you updated on the status of the bug/feature request -- so please be sure to use a valid email address).
 
 === Bugs
-If you encounter any bugs in *AIF-NG*, you can file a bug report https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=1[here^].
+If you encounter any bugs in *AIF-NG* (for the actual agent), you can file a bug report https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=1&https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&product_category=19[here^].
 
-If you encounter any bugs (inaccurate information, typos, misformatting, etc.) in *this documentation*, you can file a bug report https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=10&task_type=1[here^].
+If you encounter any bugs in the *configuration file tool*, you can file a bug report https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=1&https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&product_category=24[here^].
+
+If you encounter any bugs (inaccurate information, typos, misformatting, etc.) in *this documentation*, you can file a bug report https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=1&product_category=25[here^].
 
 === Feature Requests
-If you have any features you'd like to see or you think would help *AIF-NG* become even more useful, please file a feature request https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=2[here^].
+If you have any features you'd like to see or you think would help *AIF-NG* become even more useful, please file a feature request https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=2&product_category=19[here^].
 
-If you have any suggestions on how to improve *this documentation* or feel it's missing information that could be useful, please file a feature request https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=10&task_type=2[here^].
+If you have any features you'd like to see in the *configuration file tool*, you can file a feature requests https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=1&https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=2product_category=25[here^].
+
+If you have any suggestions on how to improve *this documentation* or feel it's missing information that could be useful, please file a feature request https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?do=newtask&project=9&task_type=2&product_category=25[here^].
 
 === Patches
-I gladly welcome https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unified-Format.html[patches^], but I deplore using GitHub (even though I https://github.com/johnnybubonic/aif-ng[have a mirror there^]). For this reason, please follow the same https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches[patch/pull request process] for the Linux kernel and email it to bts@square-r00t.net.
+I gladly welcome https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unified-Format.html[patches^], but I deplore using GitHub (even though I https://github.com/johnnybubonic/aif-ng[have a mirror there^]). For this reason, please follow the same https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst[patch/pull request process] for the Linux kernel and email it to bts@square-r00t.net.
 
 Alternatively, you may attach a patch to a <<bugs,bug report>>/<<feature_requests,feature request>>.
 

docs/TODO

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- support Arch Linux ARM?
 - support multiple explicit locales via comma-separated list (see how i handle resolvers)
 - config layout
 -- need to apply defaults and annotate/document
@@ -5,8 +6,8 @@
 - how to support mdadm, lvm?
 - support serverside "autoconfig"- a mechanism to let servers automatically generate xml build configs. e.g.:
 	kernel ... aif_url="https://build.domain.tld/aif-ng.php" auto=yes
-  would yield the *client* sending info via URL params, e.g.
+  would yield the *client* sending info via URL params (actually, this might be better as a JSON POST, since we already have a way to generate JSON. sort of.),
-	https://build.domain.tld/aif-ng.php?disk[]=sda&disk[]=sdb&disk[sda]=300GB&disk[sdb]=500GB
+		e.g. https://build.domain.tld/aif-ng.php?disk[]=sda&disk[]=sdb&disk[sda]=300GB&disk[sdb]=500GB (can have it so that the autoconfig is only supported clientside if pyyaml is installed)
   or something like that.
 - parser: make sure to use https://mikeknoop.com/lxml-xxe-exploit/ fix
 - convert use of confobj or whatever to maybe be suitable to use webFetch instead. LOTS of duplicated code there.
@@ -23,13 +24,14 @@
 	run on /mnt/aif/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
 	tmp on /mnt/aif/tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
 
-DOCUMENTATION: BUG REPORTS/FEATURE REQUESTS!!!!
+DOCUMENTATION: aif-config.py (and note sample json as well)
+
+for network configuration, add in support for using a device's MAC address instead of interface name
 
 also create:
 -create boot media with bdisk since default arch doesn't even have python 3
 -- this is.. sort of? done. but iPXE/mini build is failing, need to investigate why
-
+-- i tihnk i fixed iPXE but i need to generate another one once 1.5 is released
-
 docs:
 http://lxml.de/parsing.html
 https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd

docs/examples/aif-sample-intermediate.json

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+{
+    "boot": {
+        "bootloader": "grub",
+        "efi": true,
+        "target": "/boot"
+    },
+    "disks": {
+        "/dev/sda": {
+            "fmt": "gpt",
+            "parts": {
+                "1": {
+                    "fstype": "8300",
+                    "start": "0%",
+                    "stop": "95%"
+                },
+                "2": {
+                    "fstype": "ef00",
+                    "start": "95%",
+                    "stop": "100%"
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "/dev/sdb": {
+            "fmt": "gpt",
+            "parts": {
+                "1": {
+                    "fstype": "8300",
+                    "start": "0%",
+                    "stop": "47%"
+                },
+                "2": {
+                    "fstype": "8300",
+                    "start": "47%",
+                    "stop": "95%"
+                },
+                "3": {
+                    "fstype": "8200",
+                    "start": "95%",
+                    "stop": "100%"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "mounts": {
+        "1": {
+            "device": "/dev/sda1",
+            "fstype": "ext4",
+            "opts": "defaults",
+            "target": "/mnt/aif"
+        },
+        "2": {
+            "device": "/dev/sda2",
+            "fstype": "vfat",
+            "opts": "rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro",
+            "target": "/mnt/aif/boot"
+        },
+        "3": {
+            "device": "/dev/sdb1",
+            "fstype": "ext4",
+            "opts": "defaults",
+            "target": "/mnt/aif/home"
+        },
+        "4": {
+            "device": "/dev/sdb2",
+            "fstype": "ext4",
+            "opts": "defaults",
+            "target": "/mnt/aif/mnt/data"
+        },
+        "5": {
+            "device": "/dev/sdb3",
+            "fstype": false,
+            "opts": false,
+            "target": "swap"
+        }
+    },
+    "network": {
+        "hostname": "aif.loc.lan",
+        "ifaces": {
+            "ens3": {
+                "address": "auto",
+                "gw": false,
+                "proto": "ipv4",
+                "resolvers": false
+            },
+            "ens4": {
+                "address": "192.168.1.2/24",
+                "gw": "192.168.1.1",
+                "proto": "ipv4",
+                "resolvers": [
+                    "4.2.2.1",
+                    "4.2.2.2"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+        "pkg": false,
+        "post": {
+            "1": {
+                "auth": "digest",
+                "password": "password",
+                "realm": "realmname",
+                "uri": "https://aif.square-r00t.net/sample-scripts/post/first.sh",
+                "user": "test"
+            }
+        },
+        "pre": false
+    },
+    "software": {
+        "mirrors": [
+            "http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch",
+            "http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch",
+            "http://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch",
+            "http://mirror.vtti.vt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch",
+            "http://arch.mirrors.pair.com/$repo/os/$arch",
+            "http://mirror.yellowfiber.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch"
+        ],
+        "packages": {
+            "openssh": "None"
+        },
+        "pkgr": false,
+        "repos": {
+            "community": {
+                "enabled": true,
+                "mirror": "file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist",
+                "siglevel": "default"
+            },
+            "community-testing": {
+                "enabled": false,
+                "mirror": "file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist",
+                "siglevel": "default"
+            },
+            "core": {
+                "enabled": true,
+                "mirror": "file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist",
+                "siglevel": "default"
+            },
+            "extra": {
+                "enabled": true,
+                "mirror": "file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist",
+                "siglevel": "default"
+            },
+            "multilib": {
+                "enabled": true,
+                "mirror": "file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist",
+                "siglevel": "default"
+            },
+            "multilib-testing": {
+                "enabled": false,
+                "mirror": "file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist",
+                "siglevel": "default"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "system": {
+        "chrootpath": "/mnt/aif",
+        "kbd": "US",
+        "locale": "en_US.UTF-8",
+        "reboot": true,
+        "rootpass": "$6$aIK0xvxLa/9BTEDu$xFskR0cQcEi273I8dgUtyO7WjjhHUZOfyS6NemelPgfMJORxbjgI6QCW6wEcCh7NVA1qGDpS0Lyg9vDCaRnA9/",
+        "services": {
+            "sshd": true
+        },
+        "timezone": "UTC",
+        "users": {
+            "aifusr": {
+                "comment": "A Test User",
+                "gid": false,
+                "group": false,
+                "home": false,
+                "password": "$6$arRyKn/VsusyJNQo$huX4aa1aJPzRMyyqeEw6IxC1KC1EKKJ8RXdQp6W68Yt7SVdHjwU/fEDvPb3xD3lUHOQ6ysLKWLkEXFNYxLpMf1",
+                "sudo": true,
+                "uid": false,
+                "xgroups": {
+                    "users": {
+                        "create": false,
+                        "gid": false
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

docs/examples/aif-sample-intermediate.json.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+{'boot': {'bootloader': 'grub', 'efi': True, 'target': '/boot'},
+ 'disks': {'/dev/sda': {'fmt': 'gpt',
+                        'parts': {1: {'fstype': '8300',
+                                      'start': '0%',
+                                      'stop': '95%'},
+                                  2: {'fstype': 'ef00',
+                                      'start': '95%',
+                                      'stop': '100%'}}},
+           '/dev/sdb': {'fmt': 'gpt',
+                        'parts': {1: {'fstype': '8300',
+                                      'start': '0%',
+                                      'stop': '47%'},
+                                  2: {'fstype': '8300',
+                                      'start': '47%',
+                                      'stop': '95%'},
+                                  3: {'fstype': '8200',
+                                      'start': '95%',
+                                      'stop': '100%'}}}},
+ 'mounts': {1: {'device': '/dev/sda1',
+                'fstype': 'ext4',
+                'opts': 'defaults',
+                'target': '/mnt/aif'},
+            2: {'device': '/dev/sda2',
+                'fstype': 'vfat',
+                'opts': 'rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro',
+                'target': '/mnt/aif/boot'},
+            3: {'device': '/dev/sdb1',
+                'fstype': 'ext4',
+                'opts': 'defaults',
+                'target': '/mnt/aif/home'},
+            4: {'device': '/dev/sdb2',
+                'fstype': 'ext4',
+                'opts': 'defaults',
+                'target': '/mnt/aif/mnt/data'},
+            5: {'device': '/dev/sdb3',
+                'fstype': False,
+                'opts': False,
+                'target': 'swap'}},
+ 'network': {'hostname': 'aif.loc.lan',
+             'ifaces': {'ens3': {'address': 'auto',
+                                 'gw': False,
+                                 'proto': 'ipv4',
+                                 'resolvers': False},
+                        'ens4': {'address': '192.168.1.2/24',
+                                 'gw': '192.168.1.1',
+                                 'proto': 'ipv4',
+                                 'resolvers': ['4.2.2.1', '4.2.2.2']}}},
+ 'scripts': {'pkg': False,
+             'post': {1: {'auth': 'digest',
+                          'password': 'password',
+                          'realm': 'realmname',
+                          'uri': 'https://aif.square-r00t.net/sample-scripts/post/first.sh',
+                          'user': 'test'}},
+             'pre': False},
+ 'software': {'mirrors': ['http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch',
+                          'http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch',
+                          'http://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch',
+                          'http://mirror.vtti.vt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch',
+                          'http://arch.mirrors.pair.com/$repo/os/$arch',
+                          'http://mirror.yellowfiber.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch'],
+              'packages': {'openssh': None},
+              'pkgr': False,
+              'repos': {'community': {'enabled': True,
+                                      'mirror': 'file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+                                      'siglevel': 'default'},
+                        'community-testing': {'enabled': False,
+                                              'mirror': 'file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+                                              'siglevel': 'default'},
+                        'core': {'enabled': True,
+                                 'mirror': 'file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+                                 'siglevel': 'default'},
+                        'extra': {'enabled': True,
+                                  'mirror': 'file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+                                  'siglevel': 'default'},
+                        'multilib': {'enabled': True,
+                                     'mirror': 'file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+                                     'siglevel': 'default'},
+                        'multilib-testing': {'enabled': False,
+                                             'mirror': 'file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist',
+                                             'siglevel': 'default'}}},
+ 'system': {'chrootpath': '/mnt/aif',
+            'kbd': 'US',
+            'locale': 'en_US.UTF-8',
+            'reboot': True,
+            'rootpass': '$6$aIK0xvxLa/9BTEDu$xFskR0cQcEi273I8dgUtyO7WjjhHUZOfyS6NemelPgfMJORxbjgI6QCW6wEcCh7NVA1qGDpS0Lyg9vDCaRnA9/',
+            'services': {'sshd': True},
+            'timezone': 'UTC',
+            'users': {'aifusr': {'comment': 'A Test User',
+                                 'gid': False,
+                                 'group': False,
+                                 'home': False,
+                                 'password': '$6$arRyKn/VsusyJNQo$huX4aa1aJPzRMyyqeEw6IxC1KC1EKKJ8RXdQp6W68Yt7SVdHjwU/fEDvPb3xD3lUHOQ6ysLKWLkEXFNYxLpMf1',
+                                 'sudo': True,
+                                 'uid': False,
+                                 'xgroups': {'users': {'create': False,
+                                                       'gid': False}}}}}}

docs/examples/aif-secure.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<aif xmlns:aif="http://aif.square-r00t.net/"
+     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+     xsi:schemaLocation="http://aif.square-r00t.net aif.xsd">
+    <storage>
+        <disk device="/dev/sda" diskfmt="gpt">
+            <part num="1" start="0%" stop="10%" fstype="ef00" />
+            <part num="2" start="10%" stop="100%" fstype="8300" />
+        </disk>
+        <mount source="/dev/sda2" target="/mnt/aif" order="1" />
+        <mount source="/dev/sda1" target="/mnt/aif/boot" order="2" />
+    </storage>
+    <network hostname="aiftest.square-r00t.net">
+        <iface device="auto" address="auto" netproto="ipv4" />
+    </network>
+    <system timezone="EST5EDT" locale="en_US.UTF-8" chrootpath="/mnt/aif" reboot="1">
+        <users rootpass="!" />
+        <service name="sshd" status="1" />
+        <service name="cronie" status="1" />
+        <service name="haveged" status="1" />
+    </system>
+    <pacman command="apacman -S">
+        <repos>
+            <repo name="core" enabled="true" siglevel="default" mirror="file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" />
+            <repo name="extra" enabled="true" siglevel="default" mirror="file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" />
+            <repo name="community" enabled="true" siglevel="default" mirror="file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" />
+            <repo name="multilib" enabled="true" siglevel="default" mirror="file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" />
+            <repo name="testing" enabled="false" siglevel="default" mirror="file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" />
+            <repo name="multilib-testing" enabled="false" siglevel="default" mirror="file:///etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" />
+            <repo name="archlinuxfr" enabled="false" siglevel="Optional TrustedOnly" mirror="http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch" />
+        </repos>
+        <mirrorlist>
+            <mirror>http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch</mirror>
+            <mirror>http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch</mirror>
+            <mirror>http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch</mirror>
+            <mirror>http://arch.mirrors.ionfish.org/$repo/os/$arch</mirror>
+            <mirror>http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch</mirror>
+            <mirror>http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch</mirror>
+        </mirrorlist>
+        <software>
+            <package name="sed" repo="core" />
+            <package name="python" />
+            <package name="openssh" />
+            <package name="vim" />
+            <package name="vim-plugins" />
+            <package name="haveged" />
+            <package name="byobu" />
+            <package name="etc-update" />
+            <package name="cronie" />
+            <package name="mlocate" />
+            <package name="mtree-git" />
+        </software>
+    </pacman>
+    <bootloader type="grub" target="/boot" efi="true" />
+    <scripts>
+        <script uri="https://aif.square-r00t.net/cfgs/scripts/pkg/python.sh" order="1" execution="pkg" />
+        <script uri="https://aif.square-r00t.net/cfgs/scripts/pkg/apacman.py" order="2" execution="pkg" />
+        <script uri="https://aif.square-r00t.net/cfgs/scripts/post/sshsecure.py" order="1" execution="post" />
+        <script uri="https://aif.square-r00t.net/cfgs/scripts/post/sshkeys.py" order="2" execution="post" />
+        <script uri="https://aif.square-r00t.net/cfgs/scripts/post/configs.py" order="3" execution="post" />
+    </scripts>
+</aif>

docs/examples/aif.xml

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
      xsi:schemaLocation="https://aif.square-r00t.net aif.xsd">
     <storage>
         <disk device="/dev/sda" diskfmt="gpt">
-            <part num="1" start="0%" size="10%" fstype="ef00" />
+            <part num="1" start="0%" stop="10%" fstype="ef00" />
-            <part num="2" start="10%" size="80%" fstype="8300" />
+            <part num="2" start="10%" stop="80%" fstype="8300" />
-            <part num="3" start="80%" size="100%" fstype="8200" />
+            <part num="3" start="80%" stop="100%" fstype="8200" />
         </disk>
         <mount source="/dev/sda2" target="/mnt/aif" order="1" />
         <mount source="/dev/sda1" target="/mnt/aif/boot" order="2" />

extras/createtest.expect

@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+#!/usr/bin/expect -f
+
+log_file -noappend /tmp/expect.log
+set force_conservative 0  ;# set to 1 to force conservative mode even if
+			  ;# script wasn't run conservatively originally
+if {$force_conservative} {
+	set send_slow {1 .1}
+	proc send {ignore arg} {
+		sleep .1
+		exp_send -s -- $arg
+	}
+}
+
+#set send_slow {10 .001}
+
+set timeout -1
+#spawn ./aif-config.py create -v:r -f /tmp/aif.xml
+spawn ./aif-config.py create -v -f /tmp/aif.xml
+## disks
+send -- "/dev/sda,/dev/sdb\r"
+# sda
+send -- "gpt\r"
+send -- "2\r"
+# sda1
+send -- "0%\r"
+send -- "95%\r"
+send -- "8300\r"
+# sda2
+send -- "95%\r"
+send -- "100%\r"
+send -- "ef00\r"
+# sdb
+send -- "gpt\r"
+send -- "3\r"
+# sdb1
+send -- "0%\r"
+send -- "47%\r"
+send -- "8300\r"
+# sdb2
+send -- "47%\r"
+send -- "95%\r"
+send -- "8300\r"
+# sdb3
+send -- "95%\r"
+send -- "100%\r"
+send -- "8200\r"
+## mounts
+send -- "/mnt/aif,/mnt/aif/boot,/mnt/aif/home,/mnt/aif/mnt/data,swap\r"
+# /mnt/aif
+send -- "/dev/sda1\r"
+send -- "1\r"
+send -- "ext4\r"
+send -- "defaults\r"
+# /mnt/aif/boot
+send -- "/dev/sda2\r"
+send -- "2\r"
+send -- "vfat\r"
+send -- "rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro\r"
+# /mnt/aif/home
+send -- "/dev/sdb1\r"
+send -- "3\r"
+send -- "ext4\r"
+send -- "defaults\r"
+# /mnt/aif/mnt/data
+send -- "/dev/sdb2\r"
+send -- "4\r"
+send -- "ext4\r"
+send -- "defaults\r"
+# swap
+send -- "/dev/sdb3\r"
+send -- "5\r"
+## network
+# hostname
+send -- "aif.loc.lan\r"
+# interface
+send -- "ens3\r"
+send -- "auto\r"
+send -- "ipv4\r"
+# add another interface?
+send -- "y\r"
+# second interface
+send -- "ens4\r"
+send -- "192.168.1.2/24\r"
+send -- "192.168.1.1\r"
+send -- "4.2.2.1,4.2.2.2\r"
+# add another interface? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+## system
+# timezone (default is UTC)
+send -- "\r"
+# locale (default is en_US.UTF-8
+send -- "\r"
+# chroot path
+send -- "/mnt/aif\r"
+# kbd (default is US)
+send -- "\r"
+# reboot host after install? default is yes
+send -- "\r"
+# root password
+sleep 2
+send -- "test\r"
+sleep 2
+expect *
+# add user?
+send -- "y\r"
+# user
+send -- "aifusr\r"
+# sudo access
+send -- "y\r"
+# password
+sleep 2
+send -- "test\r"
+sleep 2
+send -- "A Test User\r"
+# uid (default is autogen)
+send -- "\r"
+# primary group (default is autogen'd based on username)
+send -- "\r"
+# home dir (default is e.g. /home/username)
+send -- "\r"
+# add exta groups?
+send -- "y\r"
+# extra group
+send -- "users\r"
+# need to be created? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+# add another extra group? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+# add more users? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+# enable/disable services
+send -- "y\r"
+# service
+send -- "sshd\r"
+# enable? default is yes
+send -- "\r"
+# manage another service? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+# packager (default is pacman)
+send -- "\r"
+# review default repos? default is yes
+send -- "\r"
+# edit any of them?
+send -- "y\r"
+# edit the 6th repo (multilib)
+send -- "6\r"
+# enabled?
+send -- "y\r"
+# siglevel (default is unchanged)
+send -- "\r"
+# mirror URI (default is unchanged)
+send -- "\r"
+# edit another repo? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+# add additional repositories? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+# modify default mirrorlist?
+send -- "y\r"
+# URI for mirror
+send -- "http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch\r"
+# add another?
+send -- "y\r"
+send -- "http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch\r"
+send -- "y\r"
+send -- "http://arch.mirror.constant.com/\$repo/os/\$arch\r"
+send -- "y\r"
+send -- "http://mirror.vtti.vt.edu/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch\r"
+send -- "y\r"
+send -- "http://arch.mirrors.pair.com/\$repo/os/\$arch\r"
+send -- "y\r"
+send -- "http://mirror.yellowfiber.net/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch\r"
+send -- "\r"
+# install extra software?
+send -- "y\r"
+# software
+send -- "openssh\r"
+# repository (optional)
+send -- "\r"
+# add another package?
+send -- "\r"
+# bootloader (default is grub)
+send -- "\r"
+# system supports UEFI? default is yes
+send -- "\r"
+# ESP/EFI system partition
+send -- "/boot\r"
+# any hook scripts? default is no
+send -- "y\r"
+# pre, pkg, or post
+send -- "post\r"
+# script URI
+send -- "https://aif.square-r00t.net/sample-scripts/post/first.sh\r"
+# order for the execution run
+send -- "1\r"
+# auth required?
+send -- "y\r"
+# basic/digest? default is basic
+send -- "digest\r"
+# if digest, realm
+send -- "realmname\r"
+# user
+send -- "test\r"
+# password
+send -- "password\r"
+# would you like to add another script? default is no
+send -- "\r"
+interact
+expect eof

extras/txttojson.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import pprint
+#import re
+try:
+    import yaml
+except:
+    exit('You need pyYAML.')
+
+def parseArgs():
+    args = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    args.add_argument('-i',
+                      '--in',
+                      dest = 'infile',
+                      required = True,
+                      help = 'The plaintext representation of a python dict')
+    args.add_argument('-o',
+                      '--out',
+                      dest = 'outfile',
+                      required = True,
+                      help = 'The JSON file to create')
+    return(args)
+
+def main():
+    args = vars(parseArgs().parse_args())
+    infile = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(args['infile']))
+    outfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(args['outfile']))
+    if not os.path.lexists(infile):
+        exit('Input file doesn\'t exist.')
+#try:
+    with open(outfile, 'w') as outgoing:
+        with open(infile, 'r') as incoming:
+            #data = re.sub("'", '"', incoming.read())
+            #outgoing.write(data)
+            #d = json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii = False)
+            #d = json.dumps(incoming.read().replace("'", '"'))
+            d = yaml.load(incoming.read())
+            pprint.pprint(d)
+            j = json.dumps(d, indent = 4)
+            outgoing.write(j)
+#except:
+    #exit('Error when trying to read/write file(s).')
+    return()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

script-samples/pre/second.pl

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-print "And this is the second pre (bootstrap) script.\n";
+# because jthan is a baby
+say "And this is the second pre (bootstrap) script.";