VagrantSlack3215Box

Steps to create a Slackware 15 (32-bit) vagrant box with LVM support.

Get ISO and install

   1 cd ~
   2 https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware-iso/slackware-15.0-iso/slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso
   3 sudo modprobe -r kvm_intel
   4 virtualbox &
   5 # start virtualbox 
   6 # new, name: slackware32-15
   7 # linux, other linux,  other linux(32-bit) , next 
   8 # 512 RAM, next 
   9 # Create a virtual hard disk now, create, VDI, next,  dynamically allocated, next,  64GB, create 
  10 # start VM 
  11 # choose slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso
  12 # start 
  13 # boot: <enter>
  14 # 1, select keyboard 
  15 # qwerty/pt.map 
  16 # 1 <enter>
  17 # login as root 
  18 # create 2 partitions ...
  19 fdisk /dev/sda 
  20 # n p 1 default 2048 +512M
  21 # n p 2 default 1050624 +63G
  22 # select Linux LVM
  23 # t 2 L 8e 
  24 # p
  25 # w
  26 # LVM stuff 
  27 pvcreate /dev/sda2
  28 vgcreate sysvg /dev/sda2
  29 lvcreate -L 62G -n root sysvg
  30 pvscan 
  31 setup 
  32 # go to target # /dev/sysvg/root select 
  33 # quick format, ok ext 4
  34 # select other linux partition /dev/sda1 
  35 # quick format, ext4 
  36 # select mount point for /dev/sda1 mount point /boot 
  37 # fstab 
  38 # /dev/sysvg/root for the root directory (/) 
  39 # /dev/sda1 for /boot 
  40 # mount point /boot 
  41 # install from slackware cd or dvd 
  42 # scanning for cd or dvd: auto 
  43 # only select package A and AP
  44 # full 
  45 # configure the system, yes 
  46 # make usb flash boot: skip ok 
  47 # install lilo, simple 
  48 # configure lilo: lilo standard 
  49 # optional lilo:  <blank> 
  50 # select lilo destination MBR 
  51 # GPM configuration: no 
  52 # select services: crond messagebus syslog 
  53 # custom screen fonts no 
  54 # hw clock set to utc no 
  55 # timezone configuration: europe/lisbon 
  56 # nvi classic BSD utf8 
  57 # set root password: vagrant 
  58 # exit setup, go to shell 
  59 
  60 chroot /mnt # it is probably the LVM volume !
  61 #$( /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -r )
  62 KERNEL_VER=$(ls /lib/modules | head -n 1)
  63 echo $KERNEL_VER
  64 # get file system
  65 mkinitrd -c -k $KERNEL_VER -f ext4 -r /dev/sysvg/root -m dm-mod:ata_piix:ahci:libata:sd_mod -L
  66 
  67 # /boot/initrd.gz 
  68 cat /etc/lilo.conf | grep -v "#"
  69 
  70 nano /etc/lilo.conf
  71 append=" "
  72 boot = /dev/sda
  73 compact 
  74 
  75 prompt
  76 timeout = 50
  77 change-rules
  78   reset
  79 vga = normal
  80 image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic
  81   label = LinuxTest
  82   initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  83   read-only
  84  
  85 lilo
  86 exit 
  87 
  88 vgscan --mknodes
  89 vgchange -ay
  90 mount /dev/sysvg/root /mnt
  91 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
  92 mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
  93 mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
  94 mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
  95 
  96 chroot /mnt /bin/bash
  97 # in chroot
  98 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt
  99 upgradepkg --reinstall /mnt/slackware/a/kernel-modules-5.15.19*.txz
 100 ls -l /lib/modules/5.15.19/kernel/fs/ext4/
 101 
 102 KERNEL_VER=$(ls /lib/modules | head -n 1)
 103 echo $KERNEL_VER
 104 mkinitrd -c -k $KERNEL_VER -f ext4 -r /dev/sysvg/root -m dm-mod:ext4 -L
 105 
 106 #Several modules added after mkinitrd
 107 #jdb2 mbcache ext4 dm-bufio dm-snapshot
 108 
 109 nano /etc/lilo.conf
 110 append=" "
 111 boot = /dev/sda
 112 compact 
 113 
 114 prompt
 115 timeout = 50
 116 change-rules
 117   reset
 118 vga = normal
 119 image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic
 120   label = LinuxTest
 121   initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
 122   read-only
 123 
 124 exit 
 125 
 126 lilo -r /mnt
 127 exit
 128 reboot

Test installation and install extra packages

   1 # login root:vagrant 
   2 df -h # used 1.4G 
   3 # mount DVD slack iso virtualbox 
   4 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd 
   5 cd /mnt/dvd/slackware/
   6 installpkg k/kernel-source*txz 
   7 
   8 installpkg l/libunis*txz 
   9 installpkg l/gc-8*txz 
  10 installpkg l/ncurses-6*txz
  11 
  12 installpkg d/make*txz 
  13 installpkg d/gcc-11.2*txz 
  14 installpkg d/perl-5*txz 
  15 installpkg d/guile-3*txz 
  16 installpkg d/binutils*txz 
  17 
  18 installpkg ap/slackpkg-15*.txz 
  19 installpkg ap/sudo-*.txz
  20 
  21 installpkg n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-18.txz
  22 installpkg n/net-tools-20181103_0eebece-x86_64-3.txz
  23 installpkg n/dhcp-4.4.2_P1-x86_64-1.txz
  24 installpkg n/iproute2*.txz
  25 installpkg n/libmnl-1*.txz
  26 installpkg n/dhcpcd-9*txz
  27 installpkg n/iputils-*.txz
  28 installpkg n/openssh-*.txz
  29 installpkg n/wget-1*.txz
  30 installpkg n/ca-certificates-2021*.txz
  31 installpkg n/openssl-1*.txz
  32 installpkg n/gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  33 
  34 vi /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf 
  35 USE_DHCP[0]="yes" 
  36 
  37 /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 
  38 cd / 
  39 umount /mnt/dvd  
  40 reboot 
  41 
  42 # login root:vagrant 
  43 ping -c3 www.sapo.pt 
  44 ping www.sapo.pt

Install guest additions

   1 umount /mnt/dvd 
   2 # Menu "Devices" followed by "Insert guest additions cd image ". 
   3 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd
   4 cd /mnt/dvd 
   5 ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 
   6 # unmount cd image in Virtualbox
   7 reboot 
   8 # login and reboot again 
   9

vagrant sudoers

   1 adduser vagrant # com pwd vagrant 
   2 groupadd sudo 
   3 
   4 usermod -aG sudo vagrant 
   5 visudo
   6 
   7 vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
   8 
   9 exit 
  10 login vagrant:vagrant 
  11 
  12 sudo bash # should not ask for password 
  13 exit

UseDNS in SSH

   1 sudo bash 
   2 cd /etc/ssh 
   3 vi sshd_config 
   4 # disable line with "UseDNS" no 
   5 /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd restart

SSH insecure pair in vagrant

   1 mkdir ~/.ssh 
   2 cd ~/.ssh 
   3 wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/vagrant/main/keys/vagrant.pub
   4 mv vagrant.pub authorized_keys
   5 chmod 0600 authorized_keys 
   6 chmod 0700 /home/vagrant/.ssh 
   7 shutdown -h now

Disable audio in Virtualbox

Virtualbox, vm settings, audio, disable

Set first network adapter as a NAT one

Virtualbox, settings vm, adapter 1, NAT

Remove optical devices

Virtualbox, settings, storage, remove mounted optical drives

Create vagrant box

   1 cd /tmp 
   2 vagrant package --base slackware64-15
   3 ls
   4 # package.box
   5 vagrant box add --name slack64-15-box /tmp\package.box
   6 vagrant init slack64-15-box
   7 vagrant up
   8 vagrant ssh
   9 df -h
  10 # /dev/mapper/sysvg-root   61G  3.0G   55G   6% /
  11 md5sum /vagrant/package.box
  12 xxxxx  /vagrant/package.box

Update Slackware 64

   1 vagrant ssh 
   2 sudo bash 
   3 cd /tmp 
   4 wget --no-check-certificate  https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/n/openssl-1.1.1m-x86_64-1.txz
   5 wget --no-check-certificate  https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/n/ca-certificates-20211216-noarch-1.txz
   6 /sbin/installpkg ca-certificates-20211216-noarch-1.txz
   7 /sbin/installpkg openssl-1.1.1m-x86_64-1.txz
   8 /usr/sbin/update-ca-certificates --fresh
   9 echo "https://mirror.slackbuilds.org/slackware/slackware64-15.0/" >>  /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
  10 wget  https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/n/gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  11 /sbin/installpkg gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  12 /usr/sbin/slackpkg update gpg 
  13 /usr/sbin/slackpkg update
  14 /usr/sbin/slackpkg upgrade-all