#!/bin/bash # Copyright 2025 Logan Fick # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. # Stop the script if any command exits non-zero. set -e # A wrapper for "echo" which prepends a prefix so output from the script can be easily differentiated from command output. print() { echo "[LogalDeveloper's Arch Linux Installer] $1" } ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 1.7 - Connect to the internet # Checks DNS and internet connectivity by making an HTTPS request. If it fails, assume no internet connection. print "Checking internet connectivity..." internet_check_url="https://logal.dev/" if curl -s --head $internet_check_url | grep "200" >/dev/null; then print "Internet connection is available!" else print "Internet connection appears not available (HTTP request to "$internet_check_url" failed). Please check network settings and re-run this script." exit 1 fi ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 1.8 - Update the system clock # Checks systemd-timesyncd to verify the system time is synchronized. print "Checking system time synchronization state..." if timedatectl status | grep -q "System clock synchronized: yes"; then print "System time is synchronized!" else print "The system time is not synchronized. Please check systemd-timesyncd and re-run this script." exit 1 fi print "Setting mirrorlist to use private mirror..." echo "Server = https://mirrors.logal.dev/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch" > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # Provide the tip from the Arch Linux Installation Guide regarding optimal logical sector sizes. print "Please check the following items before proceding:" print " - If you intend to use an Advanced Format (e.g. NVMe) drive, verify the optimal sector size is selected. (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanced_Format)" print "If you need to go back, press Ctrl+C. Otherwise, press enter to continue." read print "Select storage and filesystem configuration:" print " 1 - ext4 (Single disk)" print " 2 - BTRFS (Single disk) [Recommended over ext4]" print " 3 - BTRFS DUP (Single disk with duplicate data and metadata)" print " 4 - BTRFS RAID1 (Two disks with full redundancy)" read storage_choice case $storage_choice in "1") storage_mode="single" filesystem="ext4" print "ext4 on single disk selected." ;; "3") storage_mode="single" filesystem="btrfs-dup" print "BTRFS dup mode selected. Data and metadata will be duplicated on the same disk." ;; "4") storage_mode="raid1" filesystem="btrfs" print "BTRFS RAID1 mode selected. You will need two disks of similar size." ;; *) storage_mode="single" filesystem="btrfs" print "BTRFS on single disk selected." ;; esac ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 1.9 - Partition the disks # Provide the user a listing of the disks and ask them which they'd like to install to. fdisk -l if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Disk information from 'fdisk -l' is provided above. Please enter the path to the FIRST disk for RAID1 (e.g. /dev/sda)." read install_disk print "Please confirm your selection by entering the same path again." read disk_confirm if [ "$install_disk" != "$disk_confirm" ]; then print "The same disk was not entered both times. Exiting..." exit 1 fi print "Now enter the path to the SECOND disk for RAID1 (e.g. /dev/sdb). This must be a DIFFERENT disk." read install_disk_2 print "Please confirm your selection by entering the same path again." read disk_confirm_2 if [ "$install_disk_2" != "$disk_confirm_2" ]; then print "The same disk was not entered both times. Exiting..." exit 1 fi if [ "$install_disk" = "$install_disk_2" ]; then print "Error: Both disks must be different. You entered the same disk twice. Exiting..." exit 1 fi # Final confirmation for RAID1 print "Last warning: Are you sure you want to install Arch Linux in RAID1 mode to '$install_disk' and '$install_disk_2'? All data on BOTH disks will be wiped. Enter 'I am sure' exactly to confirm, or anything else to cancel." read final_confirmation if [ "$final_confirmation" != "I am sure" ]; then print "Confirmation failed. Exiting..." exit 1 fi else # Single disk mode print "Disk information from 'fdisk -l' is provided above. Please enter the path to the disk you would like to install Arch Linux to (e.g. /dev/sda)." read install_disk print "Please confirm your selection by entering the same path again." read disk_confirm if [ "$install_disk" != "$disk_confirm" ]; then print "The same disk was not entered both times. Exiting..." exit 1 fi # Triple check the user wants to continue installing to install disk. print "Last warning: Are you sure you want to install Arch Linux to '$install_disk'? All data on this disk will be wiped. Enter 'I am sure' exactly to confirm, or anything else to cancel." read final_confirmation if [ "$final_confirmation" != "I am sure" ]; then print "Confirmation failed. Exiting..." exit 1 fi fi # Wipe all previous file systems from the install disk(s). if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Wiping existing partition tables from $install_disk and $install_disk_2..." wipefs -a $install_disk wipefs -a $install_disk_2 else print "Wiping existing partition table from $install_disk..." wipefs -a $install_disk fi # Partition install disk. print "Partitioning $install_disk..." sgdisk --new 1:0:1G $install_disk # New GPT table, make a new partition 1G in size at the start sgdisk --typecode 1:ef00 $install_disk # Mark it as EFI System Partition sgdisk --new 2:0:0 $install_disk # Add a second partition taking up the rest of the remaining space. sgdisk --type-code 2:8309 $install_disk # Mark it as Linux LUKS # /dev/nvme has an extra charater to identify partition number. if [[ $install_disk == /dev/nvme* ]]; then # Use "p" in the partition paths for NVMe drives. partition_prefix="${install_disk}p" else # Use just numbers for other drives. partition_prefix="${install_disk}" fi efi_partition=${partition_prefix}1 root_partition=${partition_prefix}2 if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Partitioning $install_disk_2..." sgdisk --new 1:0:1G $install_disk_2 sgdisk --typecode 1:ef00 $install_disk_2 sgdisk --new 2:0:0 $install_disk_2 sgdisk --type-code 2:8309 $install_disk_2 # Handle NVMe naming for second disk if [[ $install_disk_2 == /dev/nvme* ]]; then partition_prefix_2="${install_disk_2}p" else partition_prefix_2="${install_disk_2}" fi efi_partition_2=${partition_prefix_2}1 root_partition_2=${partition_prefix_2}2 fi ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 1.10 - Format the partitions print "Formatting ${efi_partition} as FAT32..." mkfs.fat -F 32 ${efi_partition} if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Formatting ${efi_partition_2} as FAT32..." mkfs.fat -F 32 ${efi_partition_2} fi print "Setting up disk encryption..." if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Please enter your desired encryption passphrase. This will be used for both disks." else print "Please enter your desired encryption passphrase." fi read -s encryption_password echo print "Please confirm your encryption passphrase." read -s encryption_password_confirm echo if [ "$encryption_password" != "$encryption_password_confirm" ]; then print "Passphrases do not match. Exiting..." exit 1 fi print "Setting up encryption on ${root_partition}..." echo -n "$encryption_password" | cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --hash sha512 --key-size 512 --pbkdf argon2id --pbkdf-force-iterations 8 --pbkdf-memory 4194304 --pbkdf-parallel 4 --use-urandom --key-file - ${root_partition} print "Unlocking ${root_partition}..." if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then echo -n "$encryption_password" | cryptsetup open --allow-discards --key-file - ${root_partition} cryptroot-primary else echo -n "$encryption_password" | cryptsetup open --allow-discards --key-file - ${root_partition} cryptroot fi luks_uuid=$(cryptsetup luksDump ${root_partition} | grep 'UUID:' | awk '{print $2}') if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Setting up encryption on ${root_partition_2}..." echo -n "$encryption_password" | cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --hash sha512 --key-size 512 --pbkdf argon2id --pbkdf-force-iterations 8 --pbkdf-memory 4194304 --pbkdf-parallel 4 --use-urandom --key-file - ${root_partition_2} print "Unlocking ${root_partition_2}..." echo -n "$encryption_password" | cryptsetup open --allow-discards --key-file - ${root_partition_2} cryptroot-secondary luks_uuid_2=$(cryptsetup luksDump ${root_partition_2} | grep 'UUID:' | awk '{print $2}') fi # Clear the password from memory unset encryption_password unset encryption_password_confirm case $filesystem in "ext4") if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Error: ext4 cannot be used with RAID1. Exiting..." exit 1 fi print "Formatting /dev/mapper/cryptroot as ext4..." mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/cryptroot ;; "btrfs-dup") print "Formatting /dev/mapper/cryptroot as btrfs with dup profile..." mkfs.btrfs --csum xxhash --data dup --metadata dup /dev/mapper/cryptroot ;; *) if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then print "Formatting /dev/mapper/cryptroot-primary and /dev/mapper/cryptroot-secondary as btrfs RAID1..." mkfs.btrfs --csum xxhash --data raid1 --metadata raid1 /dev/mapper/cryptroot-primary /dev/mapper/cryptroot-secondary else print "Formatting /dev/mapper/cryptroot as btrfs..." mkfs.btrfs --csum xxhash /dev/mapper/cryptroot fi ;; esac ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 1.11 - Mount the file systems print "Mounting partitions..." case $filesystem in "ext4") mount -o "noatime,discard" /dev/mapper/cryptroot /mnt ;; *) if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then mount -o "noatime,discard=async" /dev/mapper/cryptroot-primary /mnt else mount -o "noatime,discard=async" /dev/mapper/cryptroot /mnt fi ;; esac mount --mkdir -o "fmask=0077,dmask=0077" ${efi_partition} /mnt/boot ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 2.2 - Install essential packages print "Installing Arch Linux base..." pacstrap -K /mnt base \ linux \ linux-firmware \ bash-completion \ btrfs-progs \ smartmontools \ lm_sensors \ man-db \ btop \ htop \ nano \ less \ tmux \ rsync \ sudo \ iptables-nft \ openssh \ usbguard print "Installing CPU microcode..." cpu_vendor=$(grep -m 1 'vendor_id' /proc/cpuinfo | awk '{print $3}') if [[ "${cpu_vendor}" == "GenuineIntel" ]]; then arch-chroot /mnt pacman --noconfirm -S intel-ucode elif [[ "${cpu_vendor}" == "AuthenticAMD" ]]; then arch-chroot /mnt pacman --noconfirm -S amd-ucode else echo "Unknown CPU vendor: ${cpu_vendor}. Please install microcode manually after installation, if available." fi ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.1 - Fstab print "Generating /etc/fstab..." genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.4 - Localization print "Setting up locale..." arch-chroot /mnt sed -i '/^#.*en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/s/^#//' /etc/locale.gen arch-chroot /mnt locale-gen arch-chroot /mnt systemd-firstboot --locale=en_US.UTF-8 ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.3 - Time ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.4 - Localization ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.5 - Network configuration print "Entering first time setup..." print "Your keymap is probably 'us' and the time zone is probably 'America/New_York'." arch-chroot /mnt systemd-firstboot --prompt ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.6 - Initramfs default_mkinitcpio_line="HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard keymap sd-vconsole block filesystems fsck)" new_mkinitcpio_line="HOOKS=(systemd autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard sd-vconsole block sd-encrypt filesystems fsck)" arch-chroot /mnt sed -i "s|^${default_mkinitcpio_line}|${new_mkinitcpio_line}|" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf arch-chroot /mnt mkinitcpio -P ## Arch Linux Installation Guide Step 3.8 - Boot loader print "Installing bootloader..." arch-chroot /mnt bootctl install if [ "$storage_mode" = "raid1" ]; then # RAID1 mode: Must unlock both LUKS devices at boot arch-chroot /mnt sh -c "cat > /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf" < /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf" < /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf" < /etc/usbguard/rules.conf" arch-chroot /mnt systemctl enable usbguard.service echo "\n\n\n\n\n" print "Installation complete!" print "Public SSH key fingerprint of this host:" arch-chroot /mnt ssh-keygen -lvf /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub