coreos-installer(8)

💖 coreos-installer-download — like, the download era of coreos-installer(8) 💖

okay bestie, so this page lives in the System Manager's Manual section of coreos-installer, and it's all about one job: pulling down a CoreOS image. that's it. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

coreos-installer-download — Download a CoreOS image 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

coreos-installer-download [-s|--stream] [-a|--architecture]
[-p|--platform] [-f|--format] [-u|--image-url] [-C|--directory]
[-d|--decompress] [--insecure] [--stream-base-url] [--fetch-retries]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version]

look at all those little flags. so many lil guys. all optional. iconic behavior fr 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Download a CoreOS image. yes queen, that's literally it — this command goes and fetches you a CoreOS image, and then you can go install it or whatever your main character plan is 🌸

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single one, no skips, no cuts, we're doing the whole list because that's what she deserves:

• -s, --stream <name> [default: stable] — the Fedora CoreOS stream you want. default vibe is stable, obviously, because we're not chaotic (unless we are 😭)
• -a, --architecture <name> [default: x86_64] — which CPU architecture we're targeting. defaults to x86_64 ✨
• -p, --platform <name> [default: metal] — the Fedora CoreOS platform name. default is metal 🔥
• -f, --format <name> [default: raw.xz] — the image format, bestie. default is raw.xz 🎀
• -u, --image-url <URL> — you can just hand it the image URL yourself if you want that kind of control. go off 👑
• -C, --directory <path> [default: .] — where the image should land. default is . (i.e. right here, right now, no thoughts) 🦋
• -d, --decompress — decompresses the image, and heads up: it does not save the signature. so like, choose accordingly 💀
• --insecure — allows an unsigned image. yes, that is the actual name, and yes, it means what you think it means 🙈
• --stream-base-url <URL> — the base URL for the Fedora CoreOS stream metadata. for when you're pointing at somewhere specific 🌈
• --fetch-retries <N> [default: 0] — how many retries on fetches. or you can pass "infinite" if you're feeling fearless (or if the network is giving nothing today) ⭐
• -h, --help — prints help 🫶
• -V, --version — prints version 💜

ngl, --insecure is lowkey the one to be careful with — it means an unsigned image is allowed through. not saying don't, just saying know what you're doing, bestie 🚨

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✨ VERSION ✨

v0.27.0 🎀

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and that's the whole page!! this one shipped as coreos-installer 0.27.0, and it's part of the coreos-installer manual, page 8 of the System Manager's Manual — so if you ever need to double-check which era of the docs you're reading, that version number is your girl 💖 mwah, go download something cute 🦋✨