How To Install ignition on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition in Fedora 36. ignition is First boot installer and configuration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ignition.

Install ignition on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ignition using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ignition

Install ignition on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

To uninstall only the ignition package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ignition

ignition Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/db893f3f215e196b8121927097081f31076842
/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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).