[Server-devel] install Internet-in-a-Box 6.3 master in ~45min (onto RPi 3)

[Adam Holt]

PS please also consider Internet-in-a-Box 6.3 RC2 (Release Candidate 2)
which I unfortunately haven't had time to try yet:

      https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/6.3-rc2

I assume you can add "--branch 6.3-rc2" to the line in
http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/local_vars_lite.yml that currently reads
"git clone https://github.com/iiab/iiab --depth 1"

*...so that it reads "git clone https://github.com/iiab/iiab
<https://github.com/iiab/iiab> --branch 6.3-rc2 --depth 1" instead?*
But I'm not an expert at using git and github.com unfortunately, so if you
need a hand getting http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load-lite.txt to work
with RC2, shout!

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:57 PM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

> I'm well aware XSCE's traditional multi-hour Ansible-based installation
> process traditionally drove many people Completely And Totally Insane, like
> Babe Ruth who hit home runs like magic, but whose weight slowed him down as
> the years wore on...
>
> So as we transition to a new name (Internet-in-a-Box) and many new
> community uses (e.g. IIAB was recently installed in medical clinics in the
> Dominican Republic) I want to experiment with a much faster 1-line
> installer (some are wisely impatient for base hits instead of home runs ;)
> and so here is a slimmed-down set of 10 server apps(*) that almost anybody
> can install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 within about 45 minutes, simply by
> running:
>
>    curl http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load-lite.txt | bash
>
> With this slimmed-down approach, you can simply fire off the above
> command, go eat dinner, and return in time to start installing content.
>
> And as a special bonus: this lightweight install greatly empowers
> engineers in Haiti who don't have multi-megabit-per-second connections.
> They are now able to keep up with our development process, even with more
> feeble Internet connections that often cannot sustain 1megabit/second -- so
> long as we all tighten our belts staying lightweight/agile where we can --
> towards embracing very real-time community "fieldback" interactions across
> cities in the developing world.
>
> (*) finally, the 10 server apps I've chosen are listed herein:
>
>    http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/local_vars_lite.yml
>
> REMINDER: install https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ (either
> version) onto your Raspberry Pi 3 before you "sudo su -" (to change to
> root) and then start the curl command above!
>
> PS do read http://FAQ.iiab.io along the way, to get familiar with all the
> great downloadable content options that are available to you after
> install.
>
>
> *(Particularly if you have a fast connection, and a librarian's instinct,
> to elegantly assemble the very best open content within your own
> Internet-in-a-Box.  Otherwise you'll need to sideload rich content from a
> friend's HDD / USB / SD, e.g. ZIM files, KA Lite videos, OpenStreetMap
> tiles etc.  Either way: let us know how it goes, and don't hesitate to post
> to http://iiab.io <http://iiab.io> any larger/smaller questions!)-- Unsung
> Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org
> <http://unleashkids.org> ! *
>
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