balena-device-init

Configure and initialize devices using device specs.

Role

The intention of this module is to provide low level access to how balena configures and initialises devices using device specs.

THIS MODULE IS LOW LEVEL AND IS NOT MEANT TO BE USED BY END USERS DIRECTLY.

Installation

Install balena-device-init by running:

$ npm install --save balena-device-init

Documentation

• init
  • ~configure(image, manifest, config, [options]) ⇒ Promise.<EventEmitter>
  • ~initialize(image, manifest, options) ⇒ Promise.<EventEmitter>

init~configure(image, manifest, config, [options]) ⇒ Promise.<EventEmitter>

This function injects config.json and network settings into the image.

Kind: inner method of init
Summary: Configure an image with an application
Returns: Promise.<EventEmitter> - configuration event emitter
Access: public

Param	Type	Description
image	String	path to image
manifest	Object	device type manifest
config	Object	a fully populated config object
[options]	Object	configuration options

Example

init.configure('my/rpi.img', manifest, config).then (configuration) ->

	configuration.on('stdout', process.stdout.write)
	configuration.on('stderr', process.stderr.write)

	configuration.on 'state', (state) ->
		console.log(state.operation.command)
		console.log(state.percentage)

	configuration.on 'error', (error) ->
		throw error

	configuration.on 'end', ->
		console.log('Configuration finished')

init~initialize(image, manifest, options) ⇒ Promise.<EventEmitter>

Kind: inner method of init
Summary: Initialize an image
Returns: Promise.<EventEmitter> - initialization event emitter
Access: public

Param	Type	Description
image	String	path to image
manifest	Object	device type manifest
options	Object	configuration options

Example

init.initialize('my/rpi.img', manifest, network: 'ethernet').then (configuration) ->

	configuration.on('stdout', process.stdout.write)
	configuration.on('stderr', process.stderr.write)

	configuration.on 'state', (state) ->
		console.log(state.operation.command)
		console.log(state.percentage)

	configuration.on 'burn', (state) ->
		console.log(state)

	configuration.on 'error', (error) ->
		throw error

	configuration.on 'end', ->
		console.log('Configuration finished')

Support

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub and the balena team will be happy to help.

Tests

Create an .env file and put the following lines in it, replacing the asterisks with the valid credentials for a test user on balena-staging.com

TEST_EMAIL=***
TEST_PASSWORD=***

Run the test suite by doing:

$ npm test

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: github.com/balena-io/balena-device-init/issues
• Source Code: github.com/balena-io/balena-device-init

Before submitting a PR, please make sure that you include tests, and that coffeelint runs without any warning:

$ gulp lint

You can then run the tests with:

npm test

License

The project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.