diff --git a/roles/2-common/README.rst b/roles/2-common/README.rst index 90bee5c7e..5e1724d20 100644 --- a/roles/2-common/README.rst +++ b/roles/2-common/README.rst @@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ 2-common README =============== -This 2nd stage is for OS-level roles/packages/tasks *common* to all platforms, -prerequisites to building up a functioning server. +This 2nd `stage `_ is for OS-level basics *common* to all platforms, i.e. core prerequisites to building up a functioning `Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) `_ server. -As in the case of 3-base-server, 4-server-options and 5-xo-services: this stage installs core server infra, that is not user-facing. +These are (partially) put in place: + +- IIAB directory structure (`file layout `_) +- Common `apt `_ software packages +- Networking (including the `iptables `_ firewall) +- `/usr/libexec/iiab-startup.sh `_ similar to AUTOEXEC.BAT and /etc/rc.local, in order to run jobs on boot + +As with 0-init, 1-prep, 3-base-server, 4-server-options and 5-xo-services, this stage installs core server infra (that is not user-facing).