just a info:
The Rpi3 image has ben updated yesterday 
http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/

I love such kind of hacking 
After your end this hack⦠Can you look to install Ubuntu or Debian on my ipad? 


Edit: on IOS ā¦
Got a NS7 minimal setup running on Centos. Yeh coming close!! 
Cheating on mdadm (Soft RAID); installed that with rpm ānodept, thatās not gona work
Installed NS from local repoās with a modified nethserver-install script:
diff nethserver-install /usr/sbin/nethserver-install
99c103
< logexec "yum -y --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=extras,base,updates install epel-release deltarpm"
---
> logexec "yum -y --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=extras,base,updates install deltarpm"
101c105,106
< logexec "yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=nethserver-base,nethserver-updates,base,updates,epel,extras install @nethserver-iso $modules -y"
---
> NSarm="nethserver-base nethserver-firewall-base nethserver-lang-en nethserver-httpd-admin nethserver-dnsmasq nethserver-hosts nethserver-lsm nethserver-ntp nethserver-php"
> logexec "yum -y --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=local-base,local-ns-epel,base,updates,extras install $NSarm"
It seem to end in
: Unit_nethserver-system-init.service_has_failed, missing systemd unit nethserver-config-network.serviceā¦
Manualy enabeling and stating the and it works!!

journalctl:
Mar 19 16:50:12 nethpi.havak.lan polkitd[279]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:7409:359868 (system bus name :1.19, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8) (disconnected from bus)
Mar 19 16:53:00 nethpi.havak.lan polkitd[279]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:7469:376644 (system bus name :1.20 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8)
Mar 19 16:53:00 nethpi.havak.lan polkitd[279]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:7469:376644 (system bus name :1.20, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8) (disconnected from bus)
...
Mar 19 17:05:00 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[8868]: Event: firewall-adjust SUCCESS
Mar 19 17:05:00 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9296]: Event: runlevel-adjust
Mar 19 17:05:01 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Reloading.
....
Mar 19 17:05:06 nethpi.havak.lan kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Mar 19 17:05:06 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <warn> (pid 555) unhandled DHCP event for interface eth0
Mar 19 17:05:06 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/resolv.conf
Mar 19 17:05:06 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/dnsmasq.conf
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/hosts
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/sysconfig/network
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: expanding /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [1.240414]
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S20interface-rename SUCCESS [0.53959]
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: Deleting interface #5 eth0, fe80::ba27:ebff:fed9:d9db#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=52 secs
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: Deleting interface #3 eth0, 10.0.0.140#123, interface stats: received=24, sent=24, dropped=0, active_time=52 secs
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: 91.192.36.161 interface 10.0.0.140 -> (none)
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: 87.195.109.106 interface 10.0.0.140 -> (none)
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: 83.162.149.224 interface 10.0.0.140 -> (none)
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: 141.138.142.81 interface 10.0.0.140 -> (none)
Mar 19 17:05:07 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S25interface-config-reset SUCCESS [0.097745]
Mar 19 17:05:08 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S30interface-config-write SUCCESS [0.546775]
Mar 19 17:05:08 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S40interface-config-write-pppoe SUCCESS [0.535977]
Mar 19 17:05:09 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking...
-- Subject: Unit network.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit network.service has begun starting up.
Mar 19 17:05:09 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <info> ifcfg-rh: new connection /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03,"System eth0")
Mar 19 17:05:09 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <warn> ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03,"System eth0") / device 'eth0' due to NM_CONTROLLED=no.
Mar 19 17:05:09 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <info> (eth0): device state change: disconnected -> unmanaged (reason 'unmanaged') [30 10 3]
Mar 19 17:05:09 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <info> ifcfg-rh: remove /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (0cb1274f-af94-4a51-a5bc-7608a1e37d63,"eth0")
Mar 19 17:05:10 nethpi.havak.lan network[9461]: Bringing up loopback interface: Could not load file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo'
Mar 19 17:05:10 nethpi.havak.lan network[9461]: Could not load file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo'
Mar 19 17:05:10 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <info> (eth0): link disconnected (calling deferred action)
Mar 19 17:05:10 nethpi.havak.lan network[9461]: Could not load file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo'
Mar 19 17:05:11 nethpi.havak.lan network[9461]: Could not load file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo'
Mar 19 17:05:11 nethpi.havak.lan network[9461]: [ OK ]
Mar 19 17:05:11 nethpi.havak.lan kernel: smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: hardware isn't capable of remote wakeup
Mar 19 17:05:11 nethpi.havak.lan NetworkManager[259]: <info> (eth0): link connected
Mar 19 17:05:13 nethpi.havak.lan kernel: smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xCDE1
Mar 19 17:05:14 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: Listen normally on 6 eth0 10.0.0.140 UDP 123
Mar 19 17:05:14 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::ba27:ebff:fed9:d9db UDP 123
Mar 19 17:05:14 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
Mar 19 17:05:15 nethpi.havak.lan ntpd[7850]: 0.0.0.0 0618 08 no_sys_peer
Mar 19 17:05:17 nethpi.havak.lan network[9461]: Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ]
Mar 19 17:05:18 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Started LSB: Bring up/down networking.
-- Subject: Unit network.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit network.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Mar 19 17:05:18 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Starting network (via systemctl): [ OK ]
Mar 19 17:05:18 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S70network-start SUCCESS [9.149043]
Mar 19 17:05:18 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S75interface-config-hostname SUCCESS [0.847882]
Mar 19 17:05:19 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9680]: Event: static-routes-save
Mar 19 17:05:20 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9680]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/static-routes-save/S15network-route-down SUCCESS [0.536932]
Mar 19 17:05:20 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9680]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/static-routes-save/S25interface-config-write SUCCESS [0.821938]
Mar 19 17:05:21 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9680]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/static-routes-save/S30interface-config-write-pppoe SUCCESS [0.545303]
Mar 19 17:05:21 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9680]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/static-routes-save/S35network-route-up SUCCESS [0.569951]
Mar 19 17:05:21 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9680]: Event: static-routes-save SUCCESS
Mar 19 17:05:21 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S80static-routes-save SUCCESS [3.027681]
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Reloading.
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: [INFO] service dnsmasq restart
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq[7811]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Stopping DNS caching server....
-- Subject: Unit dnsmasq.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit dnsmasq.service has begun shutting down.
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Started DNS caching server..
-- Subject: Unit dnsmasq.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit dnsmasq.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Mar 19 17:05:22 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Starting DNS caching server....
-- Subject: Unit dnsmasq.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit dnsmasq.service has begun starting up.
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: [INFO] dnsmasq restart
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq[9704]: started, version 2.66 cachesize 4000
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq[9704]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-i18n IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset auth
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq-tftp[9704]: TFTP root is /var/lib/tftpboot
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq[9704]: using nameserver 10.0.1.200#53
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq[9704]: using nameserver 10.0.0.100#53
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan dnsmasq[9704]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/adjust-services SUCCESS [1.031198]
Mar 19 17:05:23 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: Event: nethserver-firewall-base-save interface-update
Mar 19 17:05:24 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/nethserver-firewall-base-save/S02providers-cleanup SUCCESS [0.667307]
Mar 19 17:05:24 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/rules
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/stoppedrules
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/zones
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tunnels
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/providers
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/masq
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/rtrules
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tcpri
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/policy
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/nat
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tcinterfaces
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tcrules
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/maclist
Mar 19 17:05:25 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/actions
Mar 19 17:05:26 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/hosts
Mar 19 17:05:26 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/shorewall/interfaces
Mar 19 17:05:26 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: expanding /etc/lsm/lsm.conf
Mar 19 17:05:26 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [1.869599]
Mar 19 17:05:26 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Reloading.
Mar 19 17:05:26 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:27 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:27 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:33 nethpi.havak.lan logger[10110]: Shorewall restarted
Mar 19 17:05:33 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: [NOTICE] Shorewall restart
Mar 19 17:05:33 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/nethserver-firewall-base-save/S89nethserver-shorewall-restart SUCCESS [7.794879]
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Reloading.
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: [INFO] lsm is disabled: skipped
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: [INFO]
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/adjust-services SUCCESS [0.939555]
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9705]: Event: nethserver-firewall-base-save SUCCESS
Mar 19 17:05:34 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S90firewall-adjust SUCCESS [11.928716]
Mar 19 17:05:35 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10129]: Event: trusted-networks-modify
Mar 19 17:05:35 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10129]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/trusted-networks-modify/S10legacy-call-network-create SUCCESS [0.013976]
Mar 19 17:05:36 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: Event: nethserver-firewall-base-save trusted-networks-modify
Mar 19 17:05:36 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/nethserver-firewall-base-save/S02providers-cleanup SUCCESS [0.668346]
Mar 19 17:05:37 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/rules
Mar 19 17:05:37 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/stoppedrules
Mar 19 17:05:37 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/zones
Mar 19 17:05:37 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tunnels
Mar 19 17:05:37 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/providers
Mar 19 17:05:37 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/masq
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/rtrules
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tcpri
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/policy
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/nat
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tcinterfaces
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/tcrules
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/maclist
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/actions
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/hosts
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/shorewall/interfaces
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: expanding /etc/lsm/lsm.conf
Mar 19 17:05:38 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [1.831982]
Mar 19 17:05:39 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Reloading.
Mar 19 17:05:39 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:39 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:39 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:46 nethpi.havak.lan logger[10537]: Shorewall restarted
Mar 19 17:05:46 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: [NOTICE] Shorewall restart
Mar 19 17:05:46 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/nethserver-firewall-base-save/S89nethserver-shorewall-restart SUCCESS [7.713857]
Mar 19 17:05:46 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Reloading.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: [INFO] lsm is disabled: skipped
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: [INFO]
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/adjust-services SUCCESS [0.94275]
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10131]: Event: nethserver-firewall-base-save SUCCESS
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10129]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/trusted-networks-modify/S94firewall-adjust SUCCESS [11.820246]
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[10129]: Event: trusted-networks-modify SUCCESS
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S95trusted-networks-modify SUCCESS [12.373761]
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[9405]: Event: interface-update SUCCESS
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[7702]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/system-init/S95nethserver-base-interface-update SUCCESS [43.206686]
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[7702]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/system-init/S98nethserver-system-init-clear SUCCESS [0.284423]
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[7702]: Event: system-init FAILED
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: nethserver-system-init.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Failed to start Initialize NethServer configuration.
-- Subject: Unit nethserver-system-init.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit nethserver-system-init.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Unit nethserver-system-init.service entered failed state.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: nethserver-system-init.service failed.
Mar 19 17:05:47 nethpi.havak.lan polkitd[279]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:7697:440156 (system bus name :1.23, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8) (disconnected from bus)
Mar 19 17:07:05 nethpi.havak.lan polkitd[279]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:10571:461137 (system bus name :1.34 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8)
Mar 19 17:07:05 nethpi.havak.lan systemd[1]: Started Initialize NethServer configuration.
-- Subject: Unit nethserver-system-init.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit nethserver-system-init.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Mar 19 17:07:05 nethpi.havak.lan polkitd[279]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:10571:461137 (system bus name :1.34, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf8) (disconnected from bus)
Missing Rebuild (beside mdam) Packages are:
lsm.armv7hl 0.195-1.el7.centos @local-ns-epel
perl-Authen-PAM.armv7hl 0.16-16.el7.centos @local-ns-epel
perl-Crypt-Cracklib.armv7hl 1.7-5.el7.centos @local-ns-epel
python-simplejson.armv7hl 3.3.3-1.el7.centos @local-ns-epel
Msiing Not rebuild Packages are:
shorewall.noarch 4.6.5.3-1.el7 @local-ns-epel
shorewall-core.noarch 4.6.5.3-1.el7 @local-ns-epel
perl-IO-Multiplex.noarch 1.13-6.el7 @local-ns-epel
perl-Net-IPv4Addr.noarch 0.10-19.el7 @local-ns-epel
perl-Net-Server.noarch 2.007-2.el7 @local-ns-epel
perl-Text-Template.noarch 1.45-12.el7 @local-ns-epel
I need help (leads) to debug this⦠
Got it! Nethserver-init tries to enable the non-existing epel repo.
I wrecked my x86 development environment trying to setup a mock cross-complier chroot.
At the moment unable to make a new rpm nethserver-install for arm, but confident to get a nice result.
Where do we go from here?
Using this repo tree on the local network, but really no idea how to share this with youā¦
Give me your thoughts
Can you show us the mock configuration file?
Maybe we can create a new arch directory inside packages.nethserver.org where we can share all the RPMs.
Maybe you should try to disable NetworkManager.
Sadly I donāt have the hardware (no the time
) to try it.
Just set up a new vm for building thingās and am able to rebuild NS packages again; In the future I might ask for some leads on mock - cross compiling. ![]()
IMO development for arm should be 100% community driven; with a (lot of) support from the nethsever dev teamās knowledge. ![]()
That being said, support for a development repo infrastructure would be great. ![]()
Iām just an enthusiastic amateur , to kick this off help from the community is really needed;
sharing the results so far could be inspiring.
And this looks promising:
http://armv7.dev.centos.org/repodir/epel-pass-1/
I think that @ctek would be our man for this
Thanks @mark_nl for all the effort and time you have spent on NethServer, your commitment is admirable! An example for every new guy who land on community. ![]()
Iām in for this if somebody is willing to contribute, a DevRepo can be setup.
Any other members on this ?
What Distro / SW platform do you suggest ?
If anyone has set up something like this just let me know so we can bring it up.
Great! And Thanx in advance!!

Iām building/testing on a RPI2 running on CentOS 7.1503;
it hanging in there on it fingernails (as expectedā¦).
Have to iron out some issues with the initial installation;
did some naughty things to satisfy dependencies ā¦
Apart from that that charming little PI keeps on amassing me. 
Give me a couple of dayās and it should be possible to have tar ball with an initial repo.
Letās hope we can get other members moved by this . 
Wow!!
it is not fair, I really donāt have time. I tried in every way to ignore / forget this thread ⦠![]()
but it is useless, I can not resist ā¦
I am downloading the centos for rasp2, but please if you can, start writing your tests on the wiki, so we avoid making the same tests.
if we need a temporary repo we can also use my little server on ovh ⦠and let me know how i can helpā¦
tnx
Great, ![]()
Itās time the real cracks take a look at this, have this curl pitās i canāt figure out:
- dhclient throws up errors going from NetworkManager > network.service > IFup IFdown
- timing of wpa_supliant@wlan.servce and IFup/IFdown
Yeah this is a bit of a problem, am dyslectic as h@ll; It takes me more time to write this 8 line post, as to search for the same amount of source packages and install them in a build directory⦠(ill make a sumary)
Do you want to have the locale repo iām using? Iāll clean it up tonight and commit to the nethserver-7arm-release; EDIT : Done
BTW this is the YUM configuration for the lokale repo,
If you wish, I could commit to the upcomming dev-repoā¦
#
# nethserver.org YUM repositories configuration
#
[nethserver-base]
name=NethServer $distroversion-arm base
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.nethserver.org/
baseurl=http://neth.havak.lan/nethserver/altarch/$distroversion/base/$basearch
#gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-NethServer-$releasever
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
enablegroups=1
[nethserver-updates]
name=NethServer $distroversion-arm updates
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.nethserver.org/
baseurl=http://neth.havak.lan/nethserver/altarch/$distroversion/updates/$basearch
#gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-NethServer-$releasever
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
enablegroups=1
[nethserver-testing]
name=NethServer $distroversion-arm testing
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.nethserver.org/
baseurl=http://neth.havak.lan/nethserver/altarch/$distroversion/testing/$basearch
#gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-NethServer-$releasever
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
enablegroups=0
[epel]
#Temporary placeholder for missing epel repositories
name=NethServer $distroversion-arm placeholder for epel
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.nethserver.org/
baseurl=http://neth.havak.lan/nethserver/altarch/$distroversion/ns-epel/$basearch
#gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-NethServer-$releasever
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
enablegroups=0
Its ready to roll! Just one error last during initial installation:
-- Unit network.service has finished shutting down.
Mar 23 17:35:15 nethpi.havak.lan dhclient[564]: receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is down
Mar 23 17:35:15 nethpi.havak.lan kernel: smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: hardware isn't capable of remote wakeup
Mar 23 17:35:15 nethpi.havak.lan esmith::event[3099]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/interface-update/S04network-stop SUCCESS [0.696655]
Works just fineā¦
@dz00te @Ctek who is willing/able to setup a public repo?
EDIT:
For anyone who knows how to set up a webshare:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4zCoP0frJBBYkMweU0xS2Z1TUk/view?usp=sharing
- set up the repo;
- configure your pi;
- yum localinstall your_repo/altarch/nethserver-release-7arm-0.1.19.g449c95b.ns7.noarch.rpm
- edit URLās in Nethserver.repo
- nethserver-install (and take some beers, it takes a whileā¦)
happy testing
wow great
i already have a public repo up and running ⦠tomorrow i will add your work and post the instruction to add it as repo
tnx!
Nice!
could we get the repo setup in the nethserver-release-7arm?
The install should configure the repoāsā¦
I can make available the hardware and the link. Iām not skilled enough to set up a repo serverā¦
Is anyone up to the task ?
This can be a community available repo for testing.

