Shrinking Debian images?

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I really like the Debian Stretch and Buster images but they take up the entire 4GB on BBB. Is anyone aware of slightly slimmed down derivatives of these versions?

I want to install Docker and Free Radius but there is absolutely no room!

Cheers!

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You can grab the console image...

https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Debian_Buster_Console_Snapshot

Or even this custom image i did this week. (with docker installed by default..)

https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-12-11/buster-iot-webthings-gateway/

Going forward that image is going to be converted from docker to just
nodejs, but i needed something quick this week..

Side note, on first bootup, delete this file:

sudo rm /etc/docker.init.webthings-gateway

Then you can remove the big 1.3GB container that was pre-installed..

Regards,

3

Thank you Robert!

I will likely run node.js inside docker images spun up via GitLab runner so that is perfect!

Cheers!

Bryan

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Is there a manifest describing contents somewhere online? I am scratching my head as to why "IoT" is so much larger than "Console".

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Yeap, here you go:

https://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder/blob/master/configs/bb.org-debian-buster-iot-v4.19.conf

https://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder/blob/master/configs/bb.org-debian-buster-console-v4.19.conf

Regards,

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That is really slick! I was not aware those tools were available.

Thank you Robert!