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Cycle OS build scripts
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======================
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Cycle's OS is based on [NixOS](http://nixos.org), a linux distribution with a purely functional
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package manager.
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These scripts build .box images that can be used by [vagrant](http://vagrantup.com), and ISO images that can be installed on bare metal.
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See [CycleSDK](https://bitbucket.org/oxdi/cycle-sdk) for the complete development environment (which makes use of the images generated here).
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Building the images
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First install [packer](http://packer.io) and [virtualbox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
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Then:
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```
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packer build template.json
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```
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The .box image is now ready to go. Install it into Vagrant via:
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```
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vagrant box add cycle64 cycle64-virtualbox.box
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```
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Updating the public box image
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`s3put` is handy command line wrapper for copying files to Amazon S3, it's part of the [boto](https://github.com/boto/boto) library.
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Install boto:
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```
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pip install boto
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```
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Push the .box image to S3 via s3put
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```
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s3put -a $AWS_ID -s $AWS_KEY -b oxdi -g public-read --prefix `pwd` cycle64-virtualbox.box
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```
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The box will then be available at http://amazonaws.com/oxdi/cycle64-virtualbox.box
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