Improved installation procedure

NethSecurity
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Currently the installation asks where to write the image and shutdown at the end.
Consider to add the subsequent configuration:

  • which adapter should be included into green bridge instead of “the first one”
  • ipv4 address configuration with subnet mask for the bridge
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As far as I know, the OpenWrt core doesn’t support this feature. We could potentially implement something, but so far, no one has requested it. However, we are considering a solution involving “template installations,” which could be useful for managing multiple machines with similar configurations. This would likely be handled by the controller, but I’m not sure if this feature will ever be implemented.

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A question hiding a hint: does OpenWRT write network configuration on a single file?

Maybe after the image deployment this file could be overwritten by the output of a simple multi-step request via terminal. Most the configuration is managed via web interface, so the configuration delivery to the system could be possible also after the image write to the storage…

Other projects allow a complete network adapter reconfiguration via terminal, at least at installation network adapter and green bridge IP might be a real gamechanger for the ease of setup.

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I didn’t test but in the NethSec Dev manual the process of configuring an interface via terminal is explained:

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so this can be applied after the image write to the disk?
Or is the boot procedure after the image write that creates the network config ?

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Yes.

A boot procedure, look for /etc/board.d for more info

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