faq.md

#FAQ

Why can't I SSH in as root?

By default Photon does not permit root login to ssh. To make yourself login as root using SSH set PermitRootLogin yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and restart the sshd deamon.

Why netstat is not working?

netstat is deprecated, ss or ip (part of iproute2) should be used instead.

How to install new packages?

Why yum command is not working in minimal?

To install packages from cdrom, mount cdrom using following command

mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Then you can use tdnf to install new pacakges

tdnf install vim

How to build new package RPM?

Assuming you have a ubuntu development environement setup and got the latest code pull into /workspace. Lets assume your package name is foo with version 1.0.

cp foo-1.0.tar.gz /workspace/photon/SOURCES
cp foo.spec /workspace/photon/SPECS/foo/
cd /workspace/photon/support/package-builder
sudo python ./build_package.py -i foo

I just booted into freshly installed Photon, why docker ps not working?

Make sure docker daemon is running, which by design is not started at boot time.

What is the difference between Micro/Minimal/Full installation of Photon?

Micro is smallest version under 220MB (as of 03/30) to be used as base for customization.

Minimal is Micro plus Docker and Cloud-init packages.

Full contains all the packages shipped with ISO.

What packages are included in Micro/Minimal?

See package_list.json

Why vi/vim is not working in Minimal Photon?

We have nano installed by default for file editing in Minimal. Use tdnf to install vim.

How to transfer/share files between Photon and my host machine?

We are working on supporting some standard options. Currently I am using sshfs for file sharing between host and Photon.