Install Throughwalls

Throughwalls has two parts: the system installed on your server and the CLI you use from your local machine to manage it. Start by installing the system.

System Requirements

Throughwalls requires an SSD. With an HDD, the system will most likely not be usable.

The minimum system requirements are 400 GB of storage and 16 GB of RAM.

To support snapshots, the final Workspace receives less SSD storage and RAM than the server has. For storage, the Workspace receives about 20-25% of the total disk capacity. For RAM, the Workspace receives about 35-40% of the total memory.

An x86-64 processor is required.

Download the ISO

First, download the ISO image. Then boot the server from it to start the installer.

Installation

Storage Setup

RAID types:

RAID0

Uses the selected disk capacity without redundancy. If any selected disk fails, all data on the system will be lost.

RAID1

Mirrors data between disks. It uses less total capacity, but the system can survive a single disk failure.

RAID10

Combines mirroring and striping. It requires at least four disks and provides both redundancy and better performance.

Throughwalls does not support hardware RAID controllers.

Throughwalls currently does not provide CLI commands for replacing failed disks in RAID1 or RAID10 setups.

ashift

Controls the disk sector alignment used when writing data. Leave the default value unless you know your drives require a specific sector size. This parameter usually does not need to be changed.

hdsize

Sets how much space, in GiB, the system can use.

Host Password

Create a host password.

Network Settings

Configure the network.