The field installer needs no network at all, which means the packages have to
travel with the repository. This adds the resolved pool and pins every package
to the exact version the pool carries.
Package pool
- 1312 .deb files (884 MB), resolved on Ubuntu 26.04 in a container so the
closure matches the release the fleet runs: a .deb built against another glibc
cannot be installed on the devices.
- Tracked through Git LFS (*.deb), so history stays navigable while the working
tree keeps the real files the installer reads from disk.
- Two RustDesk dependencies (libxdo3, libva-x11-2) were missing: the vendor .deb
is installed with dpkg, so nothing else pulls them in and `dpkg -i rustdesk`
would have left the package unconfigured on a device.
- Every file validated in the same release: 1312/1312 readable, 0 corrupt, 0
foreign architecture, and the pool satisfies all 24 pins (PLAN READY).
Pins
- All 24 UNPINNED sentinels replaced with the versions read from the packages
themselves (dpkg-deb), with requirements.tsv updated in the same change so the
contract has no drift.
build-index.sh: stop destroying the shipped record
- The repository record next to this script is the reviewed contract template
(state: UNBUILT, packages: []) that documents the schema. Its default record
destination pointed at that same file, so any default-path run overwrote the
template with BUILT rows -- which happened twice, once from a hand run and
once while this change was being developed.
- The record now defaults to <output>/repo-manifest.yaml, and pointing it at the
template is refused before any work starts. The template header documents this.
Tests
- The unpinned-pin and missing-pin cases read the sentinel out of the real
manifests, so they became no-ops the moment the contract was filled instead of
failing. They now set up the condition explicitly, and the fixture manifests
carry the synthetic versions their pool is built from.
- check-provisioning-static required packages/.gitkeep; the pool is what keeps
that directory in git now, so it asserts a populated pool directory instead.
The reviewed .deb files ship inside the repository so the installing device
downloads nothing, but a full Ubuntu dependency closure is roughly 900 MB of
binaries. Committing them as ordinary blobs would put that weight into every
clone of the project's history.
Track *.deb through Git LFS instead: the working tree keeps the real files
(the installer reads them from disk unchanged) while the history stores
pointers. Contributors need `git lfs install` once.
Note the GitHub storage and bandwidth quotas are not verified here -- a set
this size is close to the free tier's storage allowance and every clone spends
bandwidth.
The operator no longer answers an "offline?" question and no longer needs
network access: the installer finds the package set that ships with the
checkout, so the only input left is the dealer number.
Installer
- Auto-discover the local APT repository (BF_OFFLINE_REPO, then
provisioning/offline-repo/built, then /opt/blueforce/offline-repo) and
enter offline mode on its own; --offline stays for compatibility.
- Fail closed with an explicit Turkish message when nothing is found: the
searched locations, what to do, and a named exit reason -- no state touched.
- Distinguish "repository absent" (operator error, actionable) from
"repository present but invalid" (OFFLINE BLOCKED, verification gate).
- Network is informational only in precheck/network modules; no probe runs in
offline mode and archive.ubuntu.com is no longer mandatory.
ISO builder
- Look for built/ first, which is what build-index.sh produces, and accept
build/ as a warned legacy path. The two disagreed, so a medium could be
built without the package set and fail only at install time.
Docs
- docs/27, scripts/install/README, provisioning/offline-repo/README and
provisioning/firstboot/README describe the discovered flow, the two failure
modes, and that the installer downloads nothing.
Tests
- check-admin-static exercised the "console missing from the clone" branch by
deleting a tracked file; git clone restored it from history, so the branch
never ran and the warning was effectively untested. Build the stripped
source as a real commit instead; verified by mutation.
Switches the operator path from bash-only to a Python console, keeps the bash
menu as a fallback, and makes the offline package set travel with the repository
so the person installing a device never downloads anything.
bfos/ (stdlib only, no textual/rich: those would need a download, which defeats
the offline goal):
- simple mode offers three choices (Kur / Durum / Çıkış); the detailed mode with
all 21 fleet operations and the local installer is reachable from the menu or
with --full, so a first-time operator is not buried in options
- gate parity with the bash console: scope read from the playbook file and
refused on mismatch, production needs a typed token plus a separate approval,
release-gated runs need their wave name typed, destructive runs need a second
approval, "all" walks wave by wave and stops at the first failure
- Turkish throughout; audit log at /var/log/blueforce-console.log (600, falls
back to the user state dir) with a single redaction choke point
- bfos/ui_gui.py adds an optional tkinter window over the same operations layer;
headless and missing-tkinter cases explain themselves in Turkish
admin/bf-bootstrap.sh: links the Python console as `bf` (primary) and keeps
`bf-menu` (fallback), reports both, and recommends `sudo bf`.
Offline packages are committable now (this was the blocking contradiction):
- .gitignore ignored `Packages`, `Packages.gz` and `packages.lock.tsv` everywhere,
so a built bundle could never be committed and the installer would always have
been told to download. provisioning/offline-repo/built/ is now allowed through
while scratch output stays untracked
- provisioning/offline-repo/{add-packages.sh,build-index.sh,repo-manifest.yaml}
plus a Turkish step-by-step README for the repository owner
- the over-broad `*token*` ignore rule is narrowed to `*[-_.]token*` so ordinary
filenames are not silently excluded while token files still are
Tests: run-all.sh now runs the Python suites too (previously it collected only
*.sh, so 212 Python assertions were silently skipped) and executes from the repo
root. 11/11 pass, exit 0.
Two test expectations were corrected rather than the code: a read-only
wave-scoped report legitimately asks for no gate token (the bash console never
did either), so that assertion now checks the command carries operation_wave and
operation_confirmed, and a new test asserts release-gated runs still require
their token. The bootstrap completion contract moved from `sudo bf-menu` to
`sudo bf`.
Simplifies the primary path from "build a custom ISO" to "install from git and
run one menu", which is what the operator actually asked for. The ISO tooling
stays in the tree as a secondary/optional route and is not removed.
admin/bf-bootstrap.sh -- one command on Ubuntu:
- clones the repo to /opt/blueforce-linux or fast-forwards an existing checkout
(a dirty tree is reported and skipped, never reset or stashed)
- installs git/curl/ansible-core, links admin/bf-* and scripts/*/bf-* into
/usr/local/bin, and finishes with the exact next command
- --check is read-only, works without root, and mutates nothing; the piped form
(curl ... | sudo -S -p '' bash) is guarded against eating the script
admin/bf-menu -- numbered operator console (categories 1-5):
- 1 installs THIS device locally; 2 and 5 drive the fleet through the existing
21 Ansible playbooks; 3 prepares and verifies central integration without
installing a central server; 4 holds local tools
- every operation picks one target: a dealer number or an approved wave group.
Scope is derived from the playbook file itself, so a playbook whose declared
scope disagrees with the console's table is refused rather than run
- the command is always shown before it runs; release-gated operations require
a typed wave token, production requires a second token, and "all" runs
wave-by-wave, stopping at the first failure
- audit log at /var/log/blueforce-console.log (mode 600, falls back to
$XDG_STATE_HOME when not writable), recording sanitized target/command/exit
only: no playbook output, no secrets
admin/bf-creds -- optional credential record, DEFAULT OFF:
- a bare run generates nothing and reports what already exists (device id,
WireGuard public key, private key path only, RustDesk id)
- --generate writes /root/blueforce-credentials.txt (0600) and --fetch delivers
it to admin/secrets/<dealer>.txt (0700/0600, git-ignored). The secret never
reaches stdout, stderr or argv
- this does not change the SSH design: password auth stays off and the
blueforce account stays locked, per docs/06. It is a local delivery aid only
docs/33-OPERATOR-CONSOLE.md -- step-by-step guide for an operator new to Linux
and DevOps: which command to type where, what the screen will ask, both
end-to-end sample sessions, the five most common errors, and the security rules.
Tests: run-all.sh -> 9/9 pass, exit 0 (adds check-admin-static.sh, 159 checks,
with negative controls and mutation-proven non-vacuity).
Adds the Blueforce Field OS provisioning stack on top of the existing fleet
architecture, without rewriting the working systems (installer, diagnostics,
Ansible, WireGuard/SSH/xRDP/RustDesk, Docker policies, monitoring, Docusaurus).
ISO build (the previous builder was a skeleton that produced no medium):
- boot layout is read from the base ISO at build time via
`xorriso -report_el_torito as_mkisofs` and rebuilt with `-as mkisofs`;
`-boot_image any replay` cannot work on Ubuntu live ISOs because the GRUB2
MBR lives in the source image's first 16 sectors and the EFI system partition
is an appended partition, neither of which is a file in the ISO9660 tree
- preflight now asserts El Torito boot metadata positively: xorriso exits 0 on
a non-ISO input, which previously let an arbitrary file pass --check
- artifact produced and verified: dist/Blueforce-Field-OS-1.0.0-amd64.iso,
6 481 917 952 bytes, SHA256 cb0cc56f...d431296, BIOS+UEFI entries preserved,
/autoinstall.yaml at the media root, casper/minimal.squashfs byte-identical
to the base
- recorded baseline deviation: the verified medium on the build host is the
Desktop flavour, so the manifest carries a baseline_deviation block instead
of hiding it; Server remains one flag away
Offline and identity:
- offline APT contract with concrete package requirements, pin format and an
audit table; builds fail closed while pins are UNPINNED
- autoinstall keeps interactive-sections: [storage]: the operator confirms the
target disk, and no automatic wipe is ever performed
- firstboot terminal wizard for the 8-digit dealer id, three-state lifecycle
(PROVISIONED_OFFLINE -> ENROLLED -> READY) with fail-closed gates, so a
missing internet link or WireGuard handshake cannot fail provisioning but can
never produce a false READY
Fleet and migration:
- five read-only Ansible playbooks for Field OS version, provisioning,
enrollment, remote channels and offline readiness, all wave-scoped with a
separate production override
- Windows pre-migration inventory and data export extended to the full brief
scope, read-only, never collecting credentials
Tests: tests/run-all.sh -> 8/8 pass, exit 0. Boot acceptance (UEFI, Legacy
BIOS, Secure Boot), air-gapped install, real enrollment endpoint and Windows
rollback remain LAB work and are listed in IMPLEMENTATION-REPORT.md.
