The SEAPATH installation uses the seapath-installer tool. It can:

Install SEAPATH (Yocto/Debian or others) on the physical machine disk
Configure basic access to the SEAPATH machine (SSH keys, IP address, keyboard layout, etc), without needing to regenerate an image

The installation process is done though a live environment, booted from a USB key.

Get the installer

Get the release of the installer, with SEAPATH images embedded inside.

version 1.2.1 (latest)

SHA256: 31375dc287084d47e83e5774373387d44c446ecedcddecf395553382852c39ee

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hD5b0kkNdOq6ryapUAxXnK1G-sWLW6_5/view?usp=drive_link

Flash the installer

Flash the downloaded file on a USB key

This can be done with

Graphical tool like balenaEtcher (recommended for non IT people)
A standard dd command (recommended for IT people)

The USB key must have 8GB of memory at minimum.

Use the installer

By default, the installer is filled with default images and default SSH keys. For a first SEAPATH test, we recommend sticking to that.
For more advanced usage, you can read about modifying the SSH key and images at https://lf-energy.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SEAP/pages/538902535

Boot on the installer

Plug the installer USB key on the target machine and configure your BIOS boot entries to boot on it.

Once booted, the installer automatically shows up on the screen.

From now, follow the instruction on the screen to install SEAPATH on your
target machine.

Once the installation process is done you can reboot the target machine.

The machine will reboot directly on the installed SEAPATH. Once its done, you can remove the installer USB key

Report an issue

If you encounter an issue on the use installer, you can raise an issue of the following repositories:

https://github.com/seapath/seapath-installer for the installer tool itself.
https://github.com/seapath/seapath-live-installer for the live OS environment.

Go on with your machine configuration

All of your SEAPATH machines must be flashed with the installer.
If you are setting up a cluster, repeat https://lf-energy.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SEAP/pages/537722925/Install+SEAPATH#Use-the-installer on each hypervisor.

Once your machine(s) is flashed, you shall continue the configuration by following the next pages of the Quick start