veilor-os/bluebuild/README.md
veilor-org 3c247bc601 v0.7 spike: BlueBuild recipe + ostreecontainer kickstart + cosign workflow
Initial scaffold for the v0.7 hybrid path. Spike branch only — does
NOT land in main until success criteria pass (see bluebuild/README.md).

## What this commits

- bluebuild/recipe.yml — BlueBuild recipe extending
  ghcr.io/secureblue/securecore-kinoite-hardened-userns:latest with:
  * veilor branding overlay (overlay/, assets/, scripts/ at /usr/share/veilor-os)
  * sudo restored (revert secureblue's run0-only)
  * Xwayland restored (some apps still need it)
  * mullvad-browser layered alongside Trivalent (default browser kept)
  * tailscale + yggdrasil packages (mesh stack layers 1 + 2)
  * tailscaled.service pre-disabled (awaits first-boot prompt)
  * yggdrasil.service enabled (idle warm-fallback per STRATEGY.md)
  * veilor-firstboot.service + veilor-modules-lock.service enabled
  * cosign signing module configured

- bluebuild/config/just/60-veilor.just — ujust recipes:
  * install-reticulum (RetiNet AGPL fork — mesh layer 3)
  * install-reticulum-rnode (LoRa hardware)
  * install-thorium (opt-in browser with explicit CVE-lag warning)
  * veilor-mesh-join (token paste / QR for tailscale onboarding)

- bluebuild/README.md — spike doc + smoke-test commands + 5-item
  success criteria checklist

- kickstart/install-ostreecontainer.ks — install kickstart template
  for the v0.7 path. No %packages block; uses
  `ostreecontainer --url=ghcr.io/veilor-org/veilor-os:43 --transport=registry`
  to populate / from the OCI image directly during anaconda's install
  pass. No first-boot rebase, no transition window. Keeps existing
  LUKS+btrfs partitioning verbatim.

- .github/workflows/build-bluebuild.yml — GH Actions workflow:
  * Triggered on push to v0.7-bluebuild-spike, weekly cron, dispatch
  * Uses blue-build/github-action@v1 (TODO: pin to commit SHA per
    CI hardening agent 8 follow-up)
  * Builds + cosign-signs (keyless via Sigstore) + pushes to GHCR
  * Smoke-tests the OCI image (sudo, mullvad-browser, yggdrasil,
    tailscale all present)
  * Generates SBOM (SPDX) via anchore/sbom-action
  * Publishes SLSA build provenance attestation

## What this does NOT change

- main branch is untouched. v0.5.x kickstart path keeps shipping.
- kickstart/veilor-os.ks (the live-ISO ks) is untouched — the v0.7
  hybrid uses the existing live-ISO build path; only the install-time
  ks (install-ostreecontainer.ks) is new.
- overlay/, scripts/, assets/ are untouched on this branch — the
  recipe pulls them in via `type: files` modules at build time.

## Spike success criteria (reproduced from bluebuild/README.md)

- [ ] `bluebuild build recipe.yml` exits 0
- [ ] `bootc container lint` exits 0 on resulting image
- [ ] `podman run` smoke-test passes
- [ ] CI workflow builds + cosign-signs + pushes to GHCR
- [ ] Installer ISO using `ostreecontainer` against this OCI reaches
      SDDM with admin login on first boot

If all 5 land, merge v0.7-bluebuild-spike → main as v0.7.0.

## Reference

- docs/STRATEGY.md (full plan)
- docs/ROADMAP.md v0.7 (schedule)
- docs/THREAT-MODEL.md (publish before v0.7 ship)
- secureblue: https://github.com/secureblue/secureblue
- BlueBuild: https://blue-build.org
- ostreecontainer: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/bootc/anaconda-install/
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bluebuild/ — v0.7 spike

This directory contains the BlueBuild recipe + supporting config that builds the veilor-os bootable OCI image. Active on the v0.7-bluebuild-spike branch only. Does NOT land in v0.5.x main until the spike passes its success criteria (see docs/STRATEGY.md).

What's here

bluebuild/
├── recipe.yml                  # primary BlueBuild recipe
├── config/
│   └── just/
│       └── 60-veilor.just      # ujust recipes for opt-in components
└── README.md                   # this file

The recipe extends ghcr.io/secureblue/securecore-kinoite-hardened-userns:latest. We inherit secureblue's hardening (sysctl + kargs + custom SELinux policy + USBGuard + hardened-malloc + Unbound DoT + chronyd NTS + Trivalent browser + cosign-signed image chain). On top, we layer:

  • veilor branding (overlay/, theme, plymouth, sddm, os-release)
  • mullvad-browser (anti-fingerprint companion to Trivalent)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (re-enable; secureblue disables it)
  • sudo (re-enable; secureblue replaces with run0)
  • tailscale + yggdrasil (mesh stack layer 1 + 2)
  • ujust recipes for Reticulum (mesh layer 3) + Thorium (opt-in browser)

Trivalent stays as the default browser (correcting an earlier draft).

Build locally

# Requires bluebuild CLI:
#   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blue-build/cli/main/install.sh | sh
cd bluebuild
bluebuild build recipe.yml

Output: localhost/veilor-os:43 in podman storage. Push to GHCR via the workflow.

Test the OCI image

# Smoke-test (boots into the rootfs; no kernel, no init):
podman run --rm -it ghcr.io/veilor-org/veilor-os:43 /bin/bash

# Inside, sanity:
cat /etc/os-release        # PRETTY_NAME=veilor-os
which sudo                 # /usr/bin/sudo (re-enabled)
which trivalent            # secureblue's COPR (default browser)
which mullvad-browser      # /usr/bin/mullvad-browser
systemctl is-enabled yggdrasil    # enabled (idle)
systemctl is-enabled tailscaled   # disabled (awaits ujust veilor-mesh-join)

Test the installer ISO

The installer ISO is built separately by livecd-creator (current path) or bootc-image-builder (v1.0+). Its kickstart's %packages block is replaced with:

ostreecontainer --url=ghcr.io/veilor-org/veilor-os:43 --transport=registry

That populates the target's / directly from this OCI image during the install pass. No first-boot rebase. No transition window.

Spike success criteria (1 day)

  • bluebuild build recipe.yml exits 0
  • bootc container lint exits 0 on the resulting image
  • podman run smoke-test (commands above) all pass
  • .github/workflows/build-bluebuild.yml builds + cosign-signs + pushes to ghcr.io/veilor-org/veilor-os:43
  • An installer ISO using ostreecontainer against this OCI reaches SDDM with admin login on first boot

If all five land, merge v0.7-bluebuild-spikemain as v0.7.0. If any fail in ways that aren't trivially fixable, file each as a GH issue + return to v0.5.x kickstart path.

See also