coreos / coreos/ignition

There are no docs for how to incorporate Ignition in a distro

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Description

Bug

Operating System Version

Any

Ignition Version

Any

Environment

Any

Expected Behavior

Requirements for Ignition to run in the initramfs are documented

Actual Behavior

There are no docs outlining how to include Ignition in the initramfs.

Reproduction Steps

  1. Be a distro maintainer
  2. See this snazzy thing called Ignition
  3. Be lost at what needs to happen to include it in the initramfs

Other Information

cc @thkukuk since they might have some insight on what things would be helpful in that kind of document.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing Ignition's existing documentation and the requirements for including Ignition in a distro's initramfs. Define the initramfs integration steps and prerequisites that distro maintainers need, then document them in an appropriate location. Done means a distro maintainer can follow the documentation without having to infer the requirements.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation, operating-systems
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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