talos-rpi5/TECHNICAL.md
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# Technical Guide
Build infrastructure, CI/CD configuration, and project structure for the Talos CM5 Builder.
## Building locally (ARM64 host required)
```bash
make checkouts patches # Clone and patch upstream sources
make kernel # Build RPi kernel
make overlay # Build SBC overlay
make installer # Build installer + disk image
```
## CI/CD (Gitea Actions)
Push a version tag to trigger an automated build:
```bash
git tag v1.12.3-k6.12.47-2
git push origin v1.12.3-k6.12.47-2
```
The pipeline runs on the ARM64 self-hosted runner and:
1. Builds the kernel, overlay, and installer
2. Attaches SBOM attestation (cosign + syft)
3. Pushes the installer image to Docker Hub
4. Creates a Gitea release with the raw disk image
### Upstream update checks
A weekly scheduled workflow checks for new Talos and RPi kernel releases and creates Gitea issues when updates are available.
## CI Secrets
| Secret | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `REGISTRY_USERNAME` | Docker Hub username (org-level) |
| `REGISTRY_PASSWORD` | Docker Hub access token (org-level) |
| `COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY` | PEM-encoded cosign signing key (org-level) |
| `COSIGN_PASSWORD` | Password for the cosign private key (org-level) |
## Runner Setup (Apple Silicon Mac Mini)
The build runner needs:
- Docker Desktop with Buildx (arm64 native)
- Gitea `act_runner` registered with labels: `self-hosted`, `macOS`, `arm64`
- Sufficient disk space for kernel builds (~20GB)
```bash
# Install act_runner via Homebrew
brew install act_runner
# Or download directly
curl -sL https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/releases/latest/download/act_runner-darwin-arm64 -o act_runner
chmod +x act_runner
# Register
./act_runner register \
--instance https://git.openharbor.io \
--token <runner-token> \
--name mac-mini \
--labels self-hosted,macOS,arm64
# Run as service
./act_runner daemon
```
## Project Structure
```
.gitea/workflows/
build.yaml # Build pipeline (tag push trigger)
check-updates.yaml # Upstream update checker (weekly cron)
Makefile # Build orchestration
config/
config.txt.append # CM5 overclock settings
extensions.yaml # System extensions list
scripts/
check-upstream.sh # Version comparison script
patches/
siderolabs/
pkgs/0001-*.patch # RPi kernel patch
talos/0001-*.patch # Module list patch
talos-rpi5/
sbc-raspberrypi5/ # Overlay patches (Go toolchain bump)
cosign.pub # Public key for verifying image attestations
```