syssetup

This system was created to allow of easy recreation or restoration of a existing system. This is not a backup application, nor does it create a image in the sense of a full disk image. It creates a snapshot of the current system configuration and installed packages. Once this information is collected it is packaged into standalone self extracting restore archive. It does this by copying your /etc folder and generating a list of installed programs via the package manager on the system. These are then packaged into executable you can copy and run on another system. Great for duplicating a say a raspberry pi configuration. Works well for VPS systems as well, especially when you just need to do a clean reinstall.

Scripts

check.bash - checks if makeself is installed. Can be installed via normal methods or via this script os_probe.bash - checks if we are on a debian or arch based distro via looking for apt or pacman restore.*.bash - these are scripts specific to debian or arch bootstrap.wrt.ash - Specifically for OpenWRT, made specifically to be compatable with bustbox's ash shell. It will check for and if needed install bash before running the rest. syssetup.bash - The main program test.bash - Some file I was using to test something, you can ignore it

Plans

To add flatpak support for making it more usable for desktops. Also at one point create a custom replacement for makeself thats specific to this script.

Notes Oct 29 2023

I've been at it adding a few tweaks here or there. Trying to add a good system for exclusions to make things more protable. While the current version works great on say VPS running the same base image, its not so good on different ones. This is due to some packages perhaps having different names like kernel images, modules and headers. This also includes things installed from a single package file you downloaded that isn't in a repo. Technically not bugs, but I want more flexibility.

Special Thanks

To the fine folks that created codeium(Link below). The autosuggest / autocomplete features make things allot easier and save me a ton of typing. Having an AI that can function as an assistant is a wonderful thing.