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* D-installer chapter updated
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tbazant authored Mar 29, 2023
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14 changes: 7 additions & 7 deletions concepts/alp-deployment.xml
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<section xml:id="alp-deployment-dinstaller">
<title>&dinstaller;</title>
<para>
While &dinstaller; handles both bare-metal and virtualized deployments,
it is a preferred method for bare-metal deployments. &productnameshort;
deployment using &dinstaller; is similar to a traditional operating
system setup. After booting the &dinstaller; image, the installer uses
a graphical user-friendly interface to walk you through the system
configuration and deployment.
While &dinstaller; handles both bare-metal and virtualized / cloud
deployments, it is a preferred method for bare-metal deployments.
&productnameshort; deployment using &dinstaller; is similar to a
traditional operating system setup. After booting the &dinstaller;
image, the installer uses a graphical user-friendly interface to walk
you through the system configuration and deployment.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="alp-deployment-raw-image">
<title>Raw disk image</title>
<para>
This method handles both bare-metal and virtualized deployment as well.
This method handles both bare-metal and virtualized / cloud deployment.
It is different from the &dinstaller; deployment in that you do not
boot an installer but the actual &productnameshort; image itself. On
first boot, you can configure basic system options using an
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113 changes: 70 additions & 43 deletions tasks/deploy-alp-dinstaller.xml
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Download the &productnameshort; &dinstaller; image from
&alp-dinstaller-dld-site;. For example:
</para>
<screen>&prompt.user;curl -LO &alp-dinstaller-dld-site;d-installer-live.x86_64-0.6-ALP-Build3.6.iso</screen>
<screen>&prompt.user;curl -LO &alp-dinstaller-dld-site;/d-installer-live.x86_64-0.8.3-ALP-Build5.1.iso</screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>
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<para>
After booting the &dinstaller; image, select
<guimenu>d-installer-live</guimenu> from the boot menu. A graphical
installer will appear with configuration options affecting the
&productnameshort; deployment.
installer appears asking you to select the product to deploy. Select
<guimenu>&productname;</guimenu> and confirm with
<guimenu>Select</guimenu>.
</para>
<figure>
<title>The &dinstaller; GUI</title>
<title>Select ALP product</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-welcome.png" width="75%"/>
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-select-product.png" width="90%"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject role="html">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-welcome.png" width="75%"/>
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-select-product.png" width="90%"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>The &dinstaller; GUI</phrase>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>Select ALP product</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Click the default language and select your preferred language from
the drop-down list.
After selecting the product, a screen with the main installation menu
is displayed.
</para>
<figure>
<title>&dinstaller; main menu</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata os="alp-micro" fileref="alp-micro-dinstaller-welcome.png" width="90%"/>
<imagedata os="alp-bedrock" fileref="alp-bedrock-dinstaller-welcome.png" width="90%"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject role="html">
<imagedata os="alp-micro" fileref="alp-micro-dinstaller-welcome.png" width="90%"/>
<imagedata os="alp-bedrock" fileref="alp-bedrock-dinstaller-welcome.png" width="90%"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>&dinstaller; main menu</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Configure network settings. Click the default wired connection and
configure the network according to your needs. You can, for example,
change the networking mode to <guimenu>Manual</guimenu>, add IP
addresses and related prefixes or netmasks, gateway, and DNS servers.
Click <guimenu>Localization</guimenu> and select your preferred
language from the drop-down list.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Configure network settings by selecting <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> from
the menu on the right side of the default wired connection. You can,
for example, change the networking mode to <guimenu>Manual</guimenu>,
add IP addresses and related prefixes or netmasks, or add gateway and
DNS servers.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Configuring a wired connection</title>
<title>Configuring the network</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-network-wired.png" width="50%"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject role="html">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-network-wired.png" width="50%"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>Configuring a wired
connection</phrase>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>Configuring the network</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
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</step>
<step>
<para>
Configure storage by clicking <guimenu>Edit storage
settings</guimenu>.
Configure <guimenu>Storage</guimenu>.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Configuring &productnameshort; storage</title>
<title>Configuring storage</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-storage.png" width="75%"/>
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</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
You can select a device for &productnameshort; installation or
specify advanced storage settings, for example, whether to use LVM or
encrypted devices.
Select the disk device where &productnameshort; should be installed
or click <menuchoice><guimenu>advanced options
menu</guimenu><guimenu>Configure iSCSI</guimenu></menuchoice> to
manage iSCSI targets for the installation.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Advanced storage settings</title>
<title>Discover iSCSI targets</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-storage-advanced.png" width="50%"/>
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-iscsi-targets.png" width="75%"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject role="html">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-storage-advanced.png" width="50%"/>
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-iscsi-targets.png" width="75%"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>Advanced
storage settings</phrase>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>Discover iSCSI targets</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
Click <guimenu>Discover</guimenu> to add new iSCSI targets.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Adding a new iSCSI target</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-add-iscsi-target.png" width="50%"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject role="html">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-add-iscsi-target.png" width="50%"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>Adding a new iSCSI target</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
Click <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> from the <guimenu>Storage</guimenu>
screen to enable LVM or enter a password for disk encryption.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
If you enable disk encryption, you will be asked for a decryption
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<para>
In the <guimenu>Users</guimenu> section, specify a &rootuser;
password, upload a <guimenu>Root SSH public key</guimenu>, or create
an additional user account and enable auto-login for it.
an additional user account and optionally enable auto-login for it.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Creating a user account</title>
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<step>
<para>
To begin the installation, click <guimenu>Install</guimenu> and
confirm with <guimenu>Continue</guimenu>. The installation process
will start.
confirm with <guimenu>Continue</guimenu>.
</para>
<figure>
<title>&productnameshort; installation in progress</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject role="fo">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-installation.png" width="50%"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject role="html">
<imagedata fileref="alp-dinstaller-installation.png" width="50%"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject role="description"><phrase>&productnameshort; installation in progress</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
After the installation is finished, click <guimenu>Reboot</guimenu>
and select <guimenu>ALP</guimenu> from the boot menu after reboot.
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