TurnKey TKLDev Live CD

TurnKey TKLDev Live CD is an open source and freely distributed Linux operating system based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and designed from the ground up to be used as an appliance for effortlesly deploying a dedicated TurnKey development toolchain and build system on a server machine.

Key features includes the TurnKey build and development toolchain, such as fab, deck and friends, Turnkey development directory structure with preconfigured CDPATH, integrated caching proxy for iterative and fast development, as well as comprehensive development and usage documentation.
 
This is a special TurnKey edition that can be used to create other TurnKey appliances. It is also known as the mother of all TurnKey appliances and it's main goal is to be used by appliance hackers to generate TurnKey Linux appliances from source.
 
It comes with a SSH (Secure Shell) server, which uses the root username. A new password for this system administrator account can be set during the first boot configuration process, from where users can also initialize the TurnKey hub services, such as Domain Management, Backup, Migration and Dynamic DNS.

The project is distributed as Live CD ISO images, one for each of the supported hardware platforms (64-bit/amd64 and 32-bit/i386), as well as ready-to-use virtual machines in the Xen, OpenNode, OVF, OpenVZ and OpenStack formats.

From the TurnKey Linux Configuration Console you can reboot or shutdown the server, as well as to configure the network interfaces and view the active services, such as the web shell, the Webmin administration front-end, and the SSH/SFTP accounts (including their IP addresses and ports).

All the existing TurnKey appliances listed on the Softoware website have been generated with the TKLDev flavor and there are based on the stable, reliable and highly acclaimed Debian GNU/Linux operating system. You can search and download them via our dedicated Linux section!

What is new in this release:

• TurnKey Backup and Migration (tklbam):
• No longer requires TurnKey Hub or even a network connection.
• Ability to force a profile.
• Increased robustness of MySQL backup/restore.
• Improved logging (output in realtime, exceptions, rotation).
• Usability improvments (more verbose, self-documenting).
• Improved --debug behaviour.
• Multiple bugfixes and improvements
• Web management console (webmin):
• Upgraded webmin to 1.740.
• Configured SSL to resolve Poodle vulnerability.
• Web shell (shellinabox):
• Served behind stunnel4 to resolve Poodle vulnerability.
• Bugfix: only one line displayed on mobile device (ie. ipad).
• Initialization hooks (inithooks):
• Kernel upgrade on firstboot will trigger a reboot.
• TurnKey initialization fence HTTPS encryption warning explanation.
• Improved SSH key regeneration.
• New hooks added: hostname, autogrow-fs, ipconfig.
• Added autogrow filesystem hook.
• Added IP configuration hook.
• Added support for systemd.
• Configuration console (confconsole):
• Added support for systemd.
• Installer (di-live):
• Updated to support Debian 8.0, version bump to 0.9.5.
• Upgraded partitioner with latest d-i upstream code.
• Removed alignment tags which are not interpreted by debconf.
• Updated build-depends and recommends.
• Added support for systemd.
• Miscallaneous:
• systemd: set as default init system.
• ssl/ssh: lots of security improvements.
• openssh-server: configured to permit root login with password.
• vim-tiny: set as alternative for vim instead of symlink.
• sources.list: updated cdn.debian.net to http.debian.net.
• udhcpc: added support for /32 IPv4 subnets.
• bashrc: added missing aliases for color terms.
• iso-hybrid: ISO images are pre-processed for USB flash booting.
• gfxboot: updated to support newer syslinux version.
• busybox-initramfs: custom built enabling initramfs support.

What is new in version 13.0:

• Related bugfixes and tweaks:
• Deck: improved deck.is_dirty logic (bugfix).
• Fab: removed release specific mksquashfs binaries.
• Fab: support MKSQUASHFS override if set in environment.
• Common: use release codename from build system instead of hardcoding.
• Bugfixed and improved documentation.

What is new in version 12.1:

• Full usage and development documentation.
• Includes TurnKey developed components: fab, deck and friends.
• Turnkey development directory structure with preconfigured CDPATH.
• Integrated caching proxy for fast and iterative development.
• Webmin and shellinabox included but disabled by default.