#!/bin/bash ####################################################################################################################### # Build and virtualize custom OpenWRT images for x86 # DO NOT RESIZE ROUTER NAND FLASH PARTITIONS, RESIZE IS FOR x86 BUILDS ONLY!! # David Harrop # February 2025 ######################################################################################################################## # CUSTOM PACKAGES [ADD YOUR CUSTOM PACKAGE RECIPE HERE] ####################################################################################################################### # Basic example recipe, change to suit. CUSTOM_PACKAGES="blockd block-mount kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-fs-ntfs3 kmod-usb2 kmod-usb3 kmod-usb-storage kmod-usb-core \ luci luci-app-ddns luci-app-samba4 luci-app-sqm sqm-scripts curl nano" ####################################################################################################################### clear # Prepare text output colours CYAN='\033[0;36m' LRED='\033[0;91m' LYELLOW='\033[0;93m' NC='\033[0m' # No Colour # Make sure the user is NOT running this script as root if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then echo echo -e "${LRED}This script must NOT be run as root, it will prompt for sudo when needed." 1>&2 echo -e ${NC} exit 1 fi # Check if sudo is installed. (Debian does not always include sudo by default.) if ! command -v sudo &> /dev/null; then echo "${LRED}Sudo is not installed. Please install sudo." echo -e ${NC} exit 1 fi # Make sure the user running setup is a member of the sudo group if ! id -nG "$USER" | grep -qw "sudo"; then echo echo -e "${LRED}The current user (${USER}) must be a member of the 'sudo' group. Run: sudo usermod -aG sudo ${USER}${NC}" 1>&2 exit 1 fi # Cache a prompt for sudo so it can be used used where needed echo echo -e "${CYAN}Script requires sudo permissions and will prompt if necessary...${NC}" echo sudo sudo -v echo echo -e "${CYAN}Checking for curl and querying latest OpenWRT stable build version...${NC}" sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install curl -qq -y clear ####################################################################################################################### # Mandatory static script parameters - do not edit unless expert ####################################################################################################################### TARGET="x86" # x86, mvebu etc ARCH="64" # 64, cortexa9 etc IMAGE_PROFILE="generic" # x86 = generic, linksys_wrt1900acs etc. For profile options run $SOURCE_DIR/make info ####################################################################################################################### # Initialise script prompt variables - do not edit unless expert ####################################################################################################################### VERSION="" # "" = snapshot or enter specific version MOD_PARTSIZE="" # true/false KERNEL_PARTSIZE="" # variable set in MB ROOT_PARTSIZE="" # variable set in MB (values over 8192 may give memory exhaustion errors) KERNEL_RESIZE_DEF="16" # OWRT default is 16 MB - don't change this without a specific reason. ROOT_RESIZE_DEF="104" # OWRT default is 104 MB. 1024 is the max if you want to use sysupgrade. Don't go above 8192. IMAGE_TAG="" # ID tag is added to the completed image filename to uniquely identify the built image(s) CREATE_VM="" # Create VMware images of the final build true/false RELEASE_URL="https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/" # Where to obtain latest stable version number # Lookup the latest release version, and prompt for desired OWRT build version if [[ -z ${VERSION} ]]; then LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s "$RELEASE_URL" | grep -oP "([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)" | sort -V | tail -n1) echo echo -e "${CYAN}Enter OpenWRT version to build:${NC}" while true; do read -p " Enter a release version number (latest stable release = $LATEST_RELEASE), or hit enter for latest snapshot: " VERSION [[ "${VERSION}" = "" ]] || [[ "${VERSION}" != "" ]] && break done echo fi # Prompt to resize image partitions only if x86 if [[ -z ${MOD_PARTSIZE} ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then echo -e "${CYAN}Modify OpenWRT Partitions (x86 ONLY!):${NC}" echo -e -n " Modify partition sizes? [ y = resize | n = no changes (default) ] [y/N]: " read PROMPT if [[ ${PROMPT} =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then MOD_PARTSIZE=true else MOD_PARTSIZE=false fi fi # Set custom partition sizes only if x86 if [[ ${MOD_PARTSIZE} = true ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then [[ -z ${KERNEL_PARTSIZE} ]] && read -p " x86 ONLY!: Enter KERNEL partition MB [OWRT default is 16 - hit enter for ${KERNEL_RESIZE_DEF}, or enter custom size]: " KERNEL_PARTSIZE [[ -z ${ROOT_PARTSIZE} ]] && read -p " x86 ONLY!: Enter ROOT partition MB between 104 & 1024 [OWRT default is 104 - hit enter for ${ROOT_RESIZE_DEF}, or enter custom size]: " ROOT_PARTSIZE fi # If no kernel partition size value given, create a default value if [[ ${MOD_PARTSIZE} = true ]] && [[ -z ${KERNEL_PARTSIZE} ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then KERNEL_PARTSIZE=$KERNEL_RESIZE_DEF fi # If no root partition size value given, create a default value if [[ ${MOD_PARTSIZE} = true ]] && [[ -z ${ROOT_PARTSIZE} ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then ROOT_PARTSIZE=$ROOT_RESIZE_DEF fi # Create a custom image name tag if [[ -z ${IMAGE_TAG} ]]; then echo echo -e "${CYAN}Custom image filename identifier:${NC}" while true; do read -p " Enter text to include in the image filename [Enter for \"custom\"]: " IMAGE_TAG [[ "${IMAGE_TAG}" = "" ]] || [[ "${IMAGE_TAG}" != "" ]] && break done fi # If no image name tag is given, create a default value if [[ -z ${IMAGE_TAG} ]]; then IMAGE_TAG="custom" fi # Convert images for use in virtual environment?" if [[ -z ${CREATE_VM} ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then echo echo -e "${CYAN}Virtual machine image conversion:${NC}" echo -e -n " x86 ONLY!: Convert new OpenWRT images to a virtual machine format? [default = n] [y/N]: " read PROMPT if [[ ${PROMPT} =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then CREATE_VM=true else CREATE_VM=false fi fi # Display the VM conversion menu echo show_menu() { echo " Select VM conversion format:" echo " 1) QEMU...............: qcow2" echo " 2) QEMU Enhanced......: eqd" echo " 3) Oracle Virutalbox..: vdi" echo " 4) MS HyperV..........: vhdx" echo " 5) VMware.............: vmdk" } read_choice() { local choice read -p " Enter your choice (1-5): " choice echo $choice } conversion_cmd() { local choice=$1 case $choice in 1) CONVERT="qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2" ;; 2) CONVERT="qemu-img convert -f raw -O qed" ;; 3) CONVERT="qemu-img convert -f raw -O vdi" ;; 4) CONVERT="qemu-img convert -f raw -O vhdx" ;; 5) CONVERT="qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk" # ESXi also requires 'vmkfstools -i source.vmdk destintation.vmdk' to boot ;; *) echo "Invalid choice. Please select a number between 1 and 5." exit 1 ;; esac } # Menu logic if [[ ${CREATE_VM} = true ]]; then show_menu choice=$(read_choice) conversion_cmd $choice fi ####################################################################################################################### # Setup the image builder working environment ####################################################################################################################### # Dynamically create the OpenWRT download link whilst also supporting legacy version imagebuilder download compression formats if [[ -n ${VERSION} ]]; then BASE_URL="https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/${VERSION}/targets/${TARGET}/${ARCH}" BUILDER_PREFIX="openwrt-imagebuilder-${VERSION}-${TARGET}-${ARCH}.Linux-x86_64.tar" else BASE_URL="https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/${TARGET}/${ARCH}" BUILDER_PREFIX="openwrt-imagebuilder-${TARGET}-${ARCH}.Linux-x86_64.tar" fi BUILDER_XZ="${BASE_URL}/${BUILDER_PREFIX}.xz" BUILDER_ZST="${BASE_URL}/${BUILDER_PREFIX}.zst" # Try downloading .zst first, fallback to .xz if .zst is unavailable if curl --head --silent --fail "${BUILDER_ZST}" >/dev/null; then BUILDER="${BUILDER_ZST}" elif curl --head --silent --fail "${BUILDER_XZ}" >/dev/null; then BUILDER="${BUILDER_XZ}" else echo echo " Error: Could not find a valid image builder file for OpenWRT version ${VERSION:-snapshot}." echo exit 1 fi echo echo " Using image builder: ${BUILDER}" # Configure the build paths SOURCE_FILE="${BUILDER##*/}" # Separate the tar.xz file name from the source download link BUILD_ROOT="$(pwd)/openwrt_build_output" OUTPUT="${BUILD_ROOT}/firmware_images" VMDIR="${BUILD_ROOT}/vm" INJECT_FILES="$(pwd)/openwrt_inject_files" BUILD_LOG="${BUILD_ROOT}/owrt-build.log" # Creates a build log in the local working directory # Set SOURCE_DIR based on download file extension (annoyingly snapshots changed to tar.zst. vs releases are tar.xz) SOURCE_EXT="${SOURCE_FILE##*.}" if [[ "${SOURCE_EXT}" == "xz" ]]; then SOURCE_DIR="${SOURCE_FILE%.tar.xz}" EXTRACT="tar -xJvf" elif [[ "${SOURCE_EXT}" == "zst" ]]; then SOURCE_DIR="${SOURCE_FILE%.tar.zst}" EXTRACT="tar -I zstd -xf" else echo "Unsupported file extension: ${SOURCE_EXT}" fi ####################################################################################################################### # Begin script build actions ####################################################################################################################### # Clear out any previous builds rm -rf "${BUILD_ROOT}" rm -rf "${SOURCE_DIR}" # Create the destination directories mkdir -p "${BUILD_ROOT}" mkdir -p "${OUTPUT}" mkdir -p "${INJECT_FILES}" if [[ ${CREATE_VM} = true ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then mkdir -p "${VMDIR}" ; fi # Option to pre-configure images with injected config files echo -e "${LYELLOW}" echo -e " OPTIONAL: TO BAKE A CUSTOM CONFIG INTO YOUR OWRT IMAGE:" echo -e " Before proceeding, copy your OWRT config files NOW to ${CYAN}${INJECT_FILES}${LYELLOW}" echo read -p " Press ENTER to begin the OWRT build..." echo -e "${NC}" # Install OWRT build system dependencies for recent Ubuntu/Debian. # See here for other distro dependencies: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/install-buildsystem sudo apt-get install -y build-essential clang flex bison g++ gawk gcc-multilib g++-multilib \ gettext git libncurses5-dev libssl-dev python3-setuptools rsync swig unzip zlib1g-dev file wget qemu-utils zstd 2>&1 | tee -a ${BUILD_LOG} # Download the image builder source if we haven't already if [ ! -f "${SOURCE_FILE}" ]; then wget -q --show-progress "$BUILDER" ${EXTRACT} "${SOURCE_FILE}" | tee -a ${BUILD_LOG} fi # Uncompress if the source tarball exists but there is no uncompressed source directory (saves re-download when build directories are cleared for a fresh build). if [ -f "${SOURCE_FILE}" ]; then ${EXTRACT} "${SOURCE_FILE}" | tee -a ${BUILD_LOG} fi # Reconfigure the partition sizing source files (for x86 build only) if [[ ${MOD_PARTSIZE} = true ]] && [[ ${IMAGE_PROFILE} = "generic" ]]; then # Patch the source partition size config settings sed -i "s/CONFIG_TARGET_KERNEL_PARTSIZE=.*/CONFIG_TARGET_KERNEL_PARTSIZE=$KERNEL_PARTSIZE/g" "$PWD/$SOURCE_DIR/.config" sed -i "s/CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE=.*/CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE=$ROOT_PARTSIZE/g" "$PWD/$SOURCE_DIR/.config" # Patch for source partition size config settings giving errors. See https://forum.openwrt.org/t/22-03-3-image-builder-issues/154168 sed -i '/\$(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE) \$(IMAGE_ROOTFS)/,/256/ s/256/'"$ROOT_PARTSIZE"'/' "$PWD/$SOURCE_DIR/target/linux/x86/image/Makefile" fi # Start a clean image build with the selected packages cd $(pwd)/"${SOURCE_DIR}"/ make clean 2>&1 | tee -a ${BUILD_LOG} make image PROFILE="${IMAGE_PROFILE}" PACKAGES="${CUSTOM_PACKAGES}" EXTRA_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_TAG}" FILES="${INJECT_FILES}" BIN_DIR="${OUTPUT}" 2>&1 | tee -a ${BUILD_LOG} # Convert to virtual machine images if [[ ${CREATE_VM} = true ]]; then # Extract all just before the image conversion type in the coversion command (in case of extra options/commands after '-O imagetype' ) EXT="${CONVERT##* -O }" # Extracy only the image conversion output file extention (e.g., 'vmdk') EXT="${EXT%% *}" # Copy the new images to a separate directory for conversion to vm image cp $OUTPUT/*.gz $VMDIR # Create a list of new images to unzip for LIST in $VMDIR/*img.gz do echo $LIST gunzip $LIST done # Convert the unzipped images for LIST in $VMDIR/*.img do echo $LIST eval $CONVERT $LIST ${LIST%.*}.${EXT} 2>&1 | tee -a ${BUILD_LOG} done # Optionally remove all extracted raw source images from $VMDIR rm -f $VMDIR/*.img fi