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.

Installer with SEAPATH images v1.2.1 (latest)

SHA256:b7253125108520f305e07ed44a8a05b9c211a0ed187bebb05911e9378c4778a5

seapath-live-installer-1.2.2-seapath-images-1.2.1.iso.zip

Installer with SEAPATH images v1.2.0

SHA256:f37744dfd4d0f3ff6a717b4c10aeab7420e2ecda8285be257dcb7520d66617d4

seapath-live-installer-1.2.1-seapath-images-1.2.0.iso.zip

Flash the installer

Unzip the file and flash the .iso 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 Advanced SEAPATH image installation

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:

GitHub - seapath/seapath-installer: A customized installer for SEAPATH based on the Calamares framework. for the installer tool itself.
GitHub - seapath/seapath-live-installer: A customized live distribution installer for SEAPATH based on debian-live-config. 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 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