flenny / turnkey-crostini

Run TurnKey Linux container images in Chrome OS Crostini Linux.

turnkey-crostini

Run TurnKey Linux container images in Chrome OS Crostini Linux.

TurnKey Linux offers a bunch of free and open source Debian-based pre-packaged ready-to-use server software appliances.

turnkey-crostini uses the generic container format which is specifically packaged for Proxmox. By the means of a helper container turnkey-crostini creates a Crostini compatible image which gets imported and deployed to the Chrome OS termina virtual machine.

Getting started

Choose among a variety TurnKey Linux container images here and provide the file name along with a desired container name when executing the command below.

Open crosh (press Ctrl+Alt+T anywhere in Chrome OS) and start termina virtual machine vmc start termina.

💡 I do recommend using a separate termina virtual machine and leave the Chrome OS termina/penguin instance untouched to prevent unwanted damage to the Chrome OS Crostini Linux integration. For example type vmc start dev to create a new VM or vsh dev to connect to an already existing/running VM.

run_container.sh --container_name turnkey-helper && \
while ! (lxc exec turnkey-helper curl ifconfig.co &> /dev/null); \
do echo 'Waiting for turnkey-helper...'; sleep 2; done && \
lxc exec turnkey-helper -- sh -c \
    "curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flenny/turnkey-crostini/master/setup.sh > setup.sh && \
     chmod +x setup.sh && ./setup.sh" && \
lxc file pull turnkey-helper/root/rootfs.tar.gz /tmp && \
lxc file pull turnkey-helper/root/metadata.tar.gz /tmp && \
lxc file pull turnkey-helper/root/container_name /tmp && CONTAINER_NAME=$(cat /tmp/container_name) && \
lxc image import /tmp/metadata.tar.gz /tmp/rootfs.tar.gz --alias turnkey-$CONTAINER_NAME && \
lxc delete --force $CONTAINER_NAME &> /dev/null; \
lxc launch turnkey-$CONTAINER_NAME $CONTAINER_NAME && \
lxc image delete turnkey-$CONTAINER_NAME &> /dev/null && \
lxc delete --force turnkey-helper && \
lxc exec $CONTAINER_NAME turnkey-init

⚠️ Please note that an already existing container with the same name gets automatically deleted by the script. Otherwise the new container cannot be deployed.

FAQ

• What is the default root password?
  Type lxc exec ${container name} passwd to set a password for root.

• How can I connect to the TurnKey container?
  Type lxc exec ${container name} bash or navigate to the containers IP address to use a web-based shell. Type lxc list in termina to get container IP addresses.

• I missed the TurnKey Linux first boot configuration. How can I run the script manually?
  Type lxc exec ${container name} turnkey-init.

Screenshot

turnkey-crostini's Issues

Ask user for image and container name

Instead of setting environment variables, ask user for image and container name. The default container name could be retrieved from the image name.

Suppress output while waiting for turnkey-helper container connection

Use image with a smaller footprint

Current debian stretch ~280MB
Alpine Linux 3.8 ~ 2.3 MB