Workstation/arch/workstation.md

Workstation

• Workstation
  • Base Tools
  • ZSH
  • Podman
  • QEMU/KVM
    • Arch Guests
  • Kubernetes
  • VSCode
    • Shell
    • Fonts
    • Navigation
    • Extensions
  • Wireguard
  • Remote Desktop
  • Transmission
  • VLC
  • AppImages
    • Bitwarden
    • Nextcloud
    • Insomnia

Base Tools

pacman -S rsync which git iperf3 pwgen

ZSH

pacman -S zsh grml-zsh-config
chsh -s $(which zsh)
echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" > ~/.zshrc

Podman

Install with the following

pacman -S podman buildah cni-plugins slirp4netns podman-dnsname aardvark-dns

Then you can run rootless containers like so:

podman pull docker.io/library/python:3.11
podman run -it python:3.11 bash

podman network create test
podman pod create --network test --publish 8000:8000 test1
podman run -it --pod test1 python:3.11 bash

You can also deploy pods with kubernetes yamls.

podman network create test
podman kube play --network test podman-deploy.yaml --replace

QEMU/KVM

1. Install virtualization capabilties

   pacman -S qemu-full libvirt iptables-nft dnsmasq virt-manager qemu-desktop swtpm
   usermod -aG libvirt ducoterra
   

2. Edit /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf

   ...
   unix_sock_group = 'libvirt'
   ...
   unix_sock_rw_perms = '0770'
   ...
   

3. Edit /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

   # Some examples of valid values are:
   #
   #       user = "qemu"   # A user named "qemu"
   #       user = "+0"     # Super user (uid=0)
   #       user = "100"    # A user named "100" or a user with uid=100
   #
   user = "ducoterra"
   
   # The group for QEMU processes run by the system instance. It can be
   # specified in a similar way to user.
   group = "ducoterra"
   

4. sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd

5. sudo virsh net-autostart default

If you get a blank screen when launching a VM check that you've used the correct bios - either secboot or not secboot. This is the most common problem.

Arch Guests

In order to get drivers for spice you'll need the guest spice drivers:

sudo pacman -S qemu-guest-agent spice-vdagent

Kubernetes

pacman -S kubectl helm

VSCode

For the open source version of code install code:

sudo pacman -S code

For the proprietary version of vscode install yay and then:

yay -S visual-studio-code-bin

Shell

Edit settings.json

{
    "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "zsh",
}

Fonts

Intel One Mono is designed to be easily readable for developers.

https://github.com/intel/intel-one-mono

Download and extract the ttf.zip

mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts
rsync -av /path/to/download/*.ttf ~/.local/share/fonts/

Edit settings.json

{
    "editor.fontFamily": "IntelOne Mono",
    "editor.fontLigatures": true,
    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "IntelOne Mono",
}

Navigation

The best navigation shortcut ever is alt+left and alt+right to move the cursor to it's previous positions.

[
    {
        "key": "alt+left",
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateBack",
        "when": ""
    },
    {
        "key": "alt+right",
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateForward",
        "when": ""
    }
]

Extensions

To save a list of installed extensions run:

code --list-extensions >> vscode_extensions.txt

To install that list of extensions run:

cat vscode_extensions.txt | xargs -L 1 code --install-extension

Wireguard

Wireguard requires linux-headers. If that isn't installed or is misconfigured your vpn likely won't activate.

pacman -S wireguard-tools

Remote Desktop

pacman -S remmina freerdp

Transmission

pacman -S gtk4 transmission-gtk

VLC

pacman -S vlc

AppImages

Bitwarden

https://bitwarden.com/download/

mv ~/Downloads/Bitwarden*.AppImage ~/Applications/Bitwarden.AppImage
chmod +x ~/Applications/*.AppImage

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Bitwarden
Exec=/home/ducoterra/Applications/Bitwarden.AppImage
Icon=/home/ducoterra/.icons/bitwarden.png
Type=Application

Nextcloud

https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients

mv ~/Downloads/Nextcloud*.AppImage ~/Applications/Nextcloud.AppImage
chmod +x ~/Applications/*.AppImage

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Nextcloud
Exec=/home/ducoterra/Applications/Nextcloud.AppImage
Icon=/home/ducoterra/.icons/nextcloud.png
Type=Application

Insomnia

https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/tag/core@2023.5.7

mv ~/Downloads/Insomnia*.AppImage ~/Applications/Insomnia.AppImage
chmod +x ~/Applications/*.AppImage

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Insomnia
Exec=/home/ducoterra/Applications/Insomnia.AppImage
Icon=/home/ducoterra/.icons/insomnia.png
Type=Application