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<h1 id="instance-config-migration-guide">Instance Config Migration Guide</h1>
<p>Before 2023, the concept of gokrazy instance configuration was only a
convention. Each gokrazy build was created using the <code>gokr-packer</code> CLI tool, and
configured by the packers command-line flags, parameters, config files in
<code>~/.config</code> and per-package config files in the current directory
(e.g. <code>flags/github.com/gokrazy/breakglass/flags.txt</code>).</p>
<p>In 2023, the concept of gokrazy instance configuration was introduced (see
<a href="https://github.com/gokrazy/gokrazy/issues/147" rel="external">issue #147</a>).</p>
<p>Now, each gokrazy instance, which typically corresponds to one Raspberry Pi or
other machine, has its own directory within the gokrazy parent directory
(<code>~/gokrazy</code> by default), e.g. <code>~/gokrazy/scanner</code>.</p>
<p>The new <code>gok</code> CLI tool works in the instance directory
(e.g. <code>~/gokrazy/scanner</code>) and reads the single <code>config.json</code> file, which
contains all settings.</p>
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<p>If youre using the old mechanism (<code>gokr-packer</code> commands), here is how to
migrate to the new <code>gok</code> CLI. Assuming you use a command like the following:</p>
<div class="highlight actionbar-wrapper wrap-code" dir="auto"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>gokr-packer <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> -hostname<span style="color:#f92672">=</span>scanner <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> -update<span style="color:#f92672">=</span>yes <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/gokrazy/hello <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/gokrazy/breakglass <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/gokrazy/serial-busybox <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/stapelberg/scan2drive/cmd/scan2drive</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>Run your <code>gokr-packer</code> command manually once, but add the
<code>-write_instance_config</code> flag:</p>
<div class="highlight actionbar-wrapper wrap-code" dir="auto"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;display:grid;"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>gokr-packer <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex; background-color:#3c3d38"><span> -write_instance_config<span style="color:#f92672">=</span>scanner <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> -hostname<span style="color:#f92672">=</span>scanner <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> -update<span style="color:#f92672">=</span>yes <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/gokrazy/hello <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/gokrazy/breakglass <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/gokrazy/serial-busybox <span style="color:#ae81ff">\
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> github.com/stapelberg/scan2drive/cmd/scan2drive</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>This will make <code>gokr-packer</code> create <code>~/gokrazy/scanner</code>.</p>
<p>From now on, switch to using the <code>gok</code> CLI for updating your instance:</p>
<div class="highlight actionbar-wrapper wrap-code" dir="auto"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>gok -i scanner update</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>To open your instances configuration in your editor, use <code>gok -i scanner edit</code>.</p>
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