dom0 and clean install?
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Niels Kobschaetzki
Jun 18, 2016, 3:57:09 AM6/18/16
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Hi,
it seems to be easy to do a clean install with Qubes. Clone your
template-VMs, then backup all the cloned templates and AppVMs. Clean
install, restore backups. But what about dom0? I did now several
modifications of dom0 for using i3 (some scripts, own config, changes
in qubes-i3-sensible-terminal to change the order of terminals since
$TERMINAL just doesn't want to stick). I know I can back it up but how
would I restore it onto a clean install? Especially after a new release
is available where a clean install was recommended in the past.
Niels
it seems to be easy to do a clean install with Qubes. Clone your
template-VMs, then backup all the cloned templates and AppVMs. Clean
install, restore backups. But what about dom0? I did now several
modifications of dom0 for using i3 (some scripts, own config, changes
in qubes-i3-sensible-terminal to change the order of terminals since
$TERMINAL just doesn't want to stick). I know I can back it up but how
would I restore it onto a clean install? Especially after a new release
is available where a clean install was recommended in the past.
Niels
Andrew David Wong
Jun 18, 2016, 4:09:39 AM6/18/16
to Niels Kobschaetzki, qubes...@googlegroups.com
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When you use the built-in backup tool, you can include dom0 in the
backup. This backs up your /home directory, which is where most
configuration files in Linux are saved.
Upon restoring dom0 from a backup, the existing contents of /home will
be moved to a new directory in /home (named something like
"old-dom0-{date}"), and the contents of dom0 from the backup will be
placed in /home.
If you have configuration files (or any files) outside of /home in
dom0 that you want backed up, I recommend copying them to /home before
using the built-in backup tool.
For example, I make sure to back up copies of my Qubes RPC policies.
In the future, we plan to include files such as these in the backup
automatically:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1635
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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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backup. This backs up your /home directory, which is where most
configuration files in Linux are saved.
Upon restoring dom0 from a backup, the existing contents of /home will
be moved to a new directory in /home (named something like
"old-dom0-{date}"), and the contents of dom0 from the backup will be
placed in /home.
If you have configuration files (or any files) outside of /home in
dom0 that you want backed up, I recommend copying them to /home before
using the built-in backup tool.
For example, I make sure to back up copies of my Qubes RPC policies.
In the future, we plan to include files such as these in the backup
automatically:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1635
- --
Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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