How To Install ignition on Fedora 34
ignition is First boot installer and configuration tool
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition on Fedora 34.
What is ignition
Ignition is a utility used to manipulate systems during the initramfs. This includes partitioning disks, formatting partitions, writing files (regular files, systemd units, etc.), and configuring users. On first boot, Ignition reads its configuration from a source of truth (remote URL, network metadata service, hypervisor bridge, etc.) and applies the configuration.
We can use yum or dnf to install ignition on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ignition.
Install ignition on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ignition using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ignition
Install ignition on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ignition using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ignition
How To Uninstall ignition on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ignition package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ignition
ignition Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/b05f27ce2631f55bd74cef2ca4f1a1e1f3d807
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/99-xx-ignition-systemd-cryptsetup.rules
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-complete.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-diskful-subsequent.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-diskful.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-disks.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-fetch-offline.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-fetch.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-files.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-generator
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-kargs-helper.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-kargs.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-luks.conf
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-mount.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-remount-sysroot.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-subsequent.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/module-setup.sh
/usr/share/doc/ignition
/usr/share/doc/ignition/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_config.yml
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_sass
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_sass/color_schemes
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_sass/color_schemes/coreos.scss
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_0.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_1.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_2.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_3.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_4_experimental.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/development.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/distributor-notes.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/examples.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/favicon.ico
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/getting-started.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/index.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/migrating-configs.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/operator-notes.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/rationale.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/specs.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/supported-platforms.md
/usr/share/licenses/ignition
/usr/share/licenses/ignition/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/f7ae9f1214afd9f63e2456961ac7ee3e527357
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/99-xx-ignition-systemd-cryptsetup.rules
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-complete.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-diskful-subsequent.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-diskful.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-disks.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-fetch-offline.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-fetch.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-files.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-generator
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-luks.conf
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-mount.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-remount-sysroot.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-setup-user.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-setup-user.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/ignition-subsequent.target
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30ignition/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ignition-firstboot-complete.service
/usr/share/doc/ignition
/usr/share/doc/ignition/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_config.yml
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_sass
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_sass/color_schemes
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/_sass/color_schemes/coreos.scss
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_0.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_1.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_2.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/configuration-v3_3_experimental.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/development.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/examples.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/favicon.ico
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/getting-started.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/index.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/migrating-configs.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/operator-notes.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/rationale.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/specs.md
/usr/share/doc/ignition/docs/supported-platforms.md
/usr/share/licenses/ignition
/usr/share/licenses/ignition/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
