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• These are example scripts referenced when previously building armhf Raspbian packages for Raspberry Pi devices.
• If using arm64 Raspbian OS (64-bit OS on Raspberry Pi 3 and newer Pi devices), arm64 onedir-based builds would be a better alternative:
  • Debian Install Directions
  • Debian 10 arm64 example repo directory base path: https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/debian/10/arm64/
  • Debian 11 arm64 example repo directory base path: https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/debian/11/arm64/

salt-pi-pkg

Unsupported, unmaintained example scripts for building "classic" (non-Tiamat, non-onedir, pre-3006.x) packages on the Raspberry Pi.

Overview

Scripts exist for the following OS versions:

• Raspbian 10 (armhf / 32-bit)
• Raspbian 11 (armhf / 32-bit)

Suggested Raspberry Pi Node Setup

Prerequisites

For setting up the Raspberry Pi, it should be a base install of the lite/server version of Raspbian, then:

• Add an ssh key to /home/pi/.ssh/authorized_keys
• Disable passwords for sshd
• Install all needed packages

sudo apt install devscripts rclone jq dh-exec reprepro git curl -y

Signing packages

The build script examples include signing the build Raspbian packages. The example scripts contain references to the following variables:

• GPG_PRIVATE_SIGNING_KEY: Contents of a GPG key used for signing packages. Will be imported.
• GPG_PASSPHRASE: Passphrase for the imported GPG key.
• SIGNING_KEY_FINGERPRINT: The fingerprint reference of the imported signing key.

NOTE: These scripts are only example scripts. Based on your CI/CD setup, or availability of keys used for signing your own packages, the approach to secure handling and usage of keys/creds should be evaluated and restricted where possible.

Build & Run

Depending on OS target version, have the CI/CD run:

# Example: ./build-scripts/<os-version>.sh
# Raspbian 10
./raspi10.sh

License

Apache License Version 2.0

• Copyright 2021-2023 VMware, Inc.
• SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2