hetzner-microos

Script collection for using openSUSE MicroOS on hetzner servers.

Installation of openSUSE MicroOS

This installation procedure was tested on various AX line servers and on virtual servers on the hetzner cloud

1. Boot the server in the rescue mode and connect using SSH
2. Download the initialisation script:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/balta3/hetzner-microos/main/initMicroOSSetup

3. Make the script executable:

chmod +x initMicroOSSetup

4. Run the script

./initMicroOSSetup

Configuration using environment variables

Variable	Default value	Description
DISK0 / DISK1	autodetected, like /dev/nvme0n1	Normally the disks to use are autodetected, you can specify them manually by setting these variables.
GUI	SSH	Define the protocol to access Yast for the setup process: SSH or VNC
DOWNLOAD_BASE	http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/boot/x86_64/loader/	Define the base path for downloading the setup image of openSUSE
SWAPSIZE	depends on disk size (>200G:32G; >100G:16G; > 50G:8G; <50G:4G)	Size of the swap partition to create
ROOTSIZE	40G	Size of the root partition to create, ignored if no /var partition will be created
VAR_PARTITION	1 (0 if total space less than 100G)	Select if a separate /var partition will be created