info_tfgrid/collections/tfgrid4specs/zinit2.md

Zinit 2

• zinit will register over openrpc with TFRegistrar(s)
• zinit needs support for flists
• zinit needs support for runc
• zinit can modify its zinit unit files for properly signed instructions from TFRegistrar(s)

multiplatform

• can run in ZOS4
• can run on top of Ubuntu 24.04 and Arch Linux (probably more later)

config file

zinit2 can be started with following config file, this will tell zinit2 to talk to a registrar and take instructions.

{
  "TFRegistrarServers": [
    {
      "name": "Registrar1",
      "url": "http://192.168.1.1:8080",
      "pub_key": "abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890"
    },
    {
      "name": "Registrar2",
      "url": "http://192.168.1.2:8081",
      "pub_key": "fedcba0987654321fedcba0987654321fedcba0987654321fedcba0987654321"
    },
    {
      "name": "Registrar3",
      "url": "http://192.168.1.3:8082",
      "pub_key": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"
    }
  ],
  "min_servers_required_for_signing": 2,
  "debug": false
}

url can be ipv6 or a name, also https

implementation

Have a driver which uses zinit, keep zinit small, do in V.