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@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ Arch Linux installation are the following: resizing. - An additional Pacman repository is used to install and keep the [Linux Guest Environment](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/google-compute-engine/) and - [growpart](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/growpart/) packages up to date. - + [growpartfs](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/growpartfs/) packages up to date. ## Prebuilt Images @@ -54,42 +53,41 @@ $ gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME \ --image-project=arch-linux-gce --image-family=arch ``` - ## Build Your Own Image You can build the Arch Linux image yourself with the following procedure: -1. Make sure you have required dependencies installed: +1. Install the required dependencies and build the image - ```console - $ sudo pacman -S arch-install-scripts e2fsprogs - ``` + ```console + $ sudo pacman -S --needed arch-install-scripts e2fsprogs + $ git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-archlinux-image-builder.git + $ cd compute-archlinux-image-builder + $ sudo ./build-arch-gce + ``` -2. Run the image building script: + You can also use the `build-arch-gce` package from the AUR, and run + `sudo /usr/bin/build-arch-gce` - ```console - $ sudo ./build-arch-gce - ``` + If the build is successful, this will create an image file named + arch-vDATE.tar.gz in the current directory, where DATE is the current date. - If the script is successful, this will create an image file named - arch-vDATE.tar.gz in the current directory, where DATE is the current date. +2. Install and configure the [Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/). -3. Install and configure the [Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/). +3. Copy the image file to Google Cloud Storage: -4. Copy the image file to Google Cloud Storage: + ```console + $ gsutil mb gs://BUCKET_NAME + $ gsutil cp arch-vDATE.tar.gz gs://BUCKET_NAME + ``` - ```console - $ gsutil mb gs://BUCKET_NAME - $ gsutil cp arch-vDATE.tar.gz gs://BUCKET_NAME - ``` +4. Import the image file to Google Cloud Engine as a new custom image: -5. Import the image file to Google Cloud Engine as a new custom image: - - ```console - $ gcloud compute images create IMAGE_NAME \ - --source-uri=gs://BUCKET_NAME/arch-vDATE.tar.gz \ - --guest-os-features=VIRTIO_SCSI_MULTIQUEUE - ``` + ```console + $ gcloud compute images create IMAGE_NAME \ + --source-uri=gs://BUCKET_NAME/arch-vDATE.tar.gz \ + --guest-os-features=VIRTIO_SCSI_MULTIQUEUE + ``` You can now create new instances with your custom image: @@ -100,22 +98,19 @@ $ gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME --image=IMAGE_NAME The Google Cloud Storage file is no longer needed, so you can delete it if you want: - ```console - $ gsutil rm gs://BUCKET_NAME/arch-vDATE.tar.gz - ``` - +```console +$ gsutil rm gs://BUCKET_NAME/arch-vDATE.tar.gz +``` ## Contributing Changes * See [CONTRIB.md](CONTRIB.md) - ## Licensing All files in this repository are under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE) unless noted otherwise. - ## Support Google Inc. does not provide any support, guarantees, or warranty for this |