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From: EuAndreh <eu@euandre.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:21:58 -0300
Subject: v0 migration to mkwb

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+= AutoQEMU - automate installation and SSH setup of ISO OS images
+
+video: true
+
+After reading begriffs "[Tips for stable and portable software]", the
+"Begriffs Buildfarm?" section caught my attention, as this is something I would
+be interested in.
+
+After emailing the author, a [public thread] began on the subject.
+
+As we discussed how it could be done, I decided to experiment with the idea of
+automating the setup of virtual environments with QEMU.
+
+This screencast is a simple demo of automating the installation of
+Alpine Linux 3.12.3 standard x86_64 with AutoQEMU[^AutoQEMU], which is nothing
+more than POSIX sh, [expect] scripts and Makefiles glued together.
+
+[^AutoQEMU]: The solution was a little too brittle to scale, and some
+distributions proved to be particularly problematic.  I've [archived] my
+progress if you're interested in what I've done, and maybe wish to continue.
+
+As of this writing, I just worked on it for 2~3 days, so everything is still
+pretty ad-hoc.
+
+The commands from the screencast were[^script-command]:
+
+[^script-command]: Only now, writing again what I ran on the screencast I thought that I should have tried something like [script](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/script.1.html). Maybe next time (thanks [klaatu](https://gnuworldorder.info/) for the tip!).
+
+```shell
+pushd `mktemp -d`
+git clone https://euandre.org/git/autoqemu .
+make
+make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local
+autoqemu ssh alpine
+```
+
+It assumes that `$HOME/.local/bin` is in `$PATH`.
+
+[Tips for stable and portable software]: https://begriffs.com/posts/2020-08-31-portable-stable-software.html
+[public thread]: https://talk.begriffs.com/pipermail/friends/2021-February/001263.html
+[archived]: https://euandre.org/static/attachments/autoqemu.tar.gz
+[expect]: https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index
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