# Archinstall

The goal of archinstall is to easily and reproducibly create a minimal arch install.

Ansible is then used to do the heavy lifting.

The `./patch-disk-config.sh` scripts goal is to help with disk setup. More information inside the script.

## VM <-> Host file transfer (QEMU user networking)

With QEMU user-mode networking (`10.0.2.0/24`), the host cannot initiate connections to the VM. File transfer therefore works by having the **receiver listen** and the **sender connect** using `nc`.

`10.0.2.2` is the host address from inside the VM.

### VM -> Host (send from VM, receive on host)

Host (receive):
```sh
nc -l 8001 > archinstall.json
```
VM (send):
```sh
nc 10.0.2.2 8001 < /root/archinstall.json
```

### Host -> VM (send from host, receive on VM)

Host (send):
```sh
nc -l 8002 < archinstall.json
```
VM (receive):
```sh
nc 10.0.2.2 8002 > /root/archinstall.json
```