From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B7B39EC43 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:36:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3E0D117873 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:35:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:35:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 8916D40F97 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:35:29 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Zeidler To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:35:08 +0100 Message-Id: <20231128133509.118239-1-a.zeidler@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.070 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE -0.01 - Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/2] docs: add further secure boot information, as in pve-docs X-BeenThere: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:36:00 -0000 Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler --- docs/system-booting.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/system-booting.rst b/docs/system-booting.rst index 96c3458c..d4604e7d 100644 --- a/docs/system-booting.rst +++ b/docs/system-booting.rst @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Host Bootloader selected in the installer. For EFI Systems installed with ZFS as the root filesystem ``systemd-boot`` is -used. All other deployments use the standard ``grub`` bootloader (this usually -also applies to systems which are installed on top of Debian). +used, unless Secure Boot is enabled. All other deployments use the standard +``grub`` bootloader (this usually also applies to systems which are installed +on top of Debian). .. _systembooting-installer-part-scheme: @@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ The created partitions are: remaining space available for the chosen storage type Systems using ZFS as a root filesystem are booted with a kernel and initrd image -stored on the 512 MB EFI System Partition. For legacy BIOS systems, ``grub`` is -used, for EFI systems ``systemd-boot`` is used. Both are installed and configured -to point to the ESPs. +stored on the 512 MB EFI System Partition. For legacy BIOS systems, and EFI +systems with Secure Boot enabled, ``grub`` is used, for EFI systems without +Secure Boot, ``systemd-boot`` is used. Both are installed and configured to +point to the ESPs. ``grub`` in BIOS mode (``--target i386-pc``) is installed onto the BIOS Boot Partition of all selected disks on all systems booted with ``grub`` (that is, @@ -102,6 +104,15 @@ Proxmox Backup's kernel update synchronization mechanism, use the following: # proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sda2 +or + +.. code-block:: console + + # proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sda2 grub + +to force initialization with Grub instead of systemd-boot, for example for +Secure Boot support. + Following this, `/etc/kernel/proxmox-boot-uuids`` should contain a new line with the UUID of the newly added partition. The ``init`` command will also automatically trigger a refresh of all configured ESPs. -- 2.39.2