bromigOS Server

bromigOS Server is bromigOS without a desktop, for servers and the machines in your lab. It starts to a text console in bromigOS’s colours. You look after it over SSH, or from that console.

It has everything in bromigOS that doesn’t need a screen: the bromigos command, the lab console, the terminal apps, and Field Kit’s repairs. It adds:

• SSH with keys only, if you turn it on during the install.
• A firewall that lets in SSH and your lab’s monitoring, and nothing else.
• Automatic updates that undo themselves. Each one takes a snapshot first. If the server doesn’t come back healthy, the update is rolled back by itself.
• Containers with Podman. The docker command works too.
• Your lab’s monitoring and its cluster.

Install it

Start Field Kit from its USB stick and choose Install › bromigOS Server (no desktop). Nothing is downloaded.

Look after it

bromigos server status        # SSH, the firewall, the last update and whether it was healthy
bromigos server update --now  # update now (it still checks and rolls back by itself)
sudo bromigos server firewall allow web   # let in a web server (ports 80 and 443)
bromigos update --rollback    # undo the last update yourself

If it won’t start, choose bromigOS Field Kit in the boot menu. The contributor notes are in docs/server.md.