Hi All,
Just wondering how I would go about installing an application package such as vnstat on HostOS such that it is part of the base install when you flash a new device?
Cheers
Chris
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Hello @dash,
you can’t add new applications to the HostOS as it could decrease the stability of the system.
You can only add it to a container.
Cheers
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Thanks @dansku. I’ll have try work around it. It’s possible to run vnstat in a docker container and use privileged mode to give it the access it requires to host network interfaces but I feel privileged mode should be avoided.
Shouldn’t it be the user’s responsibility to not “decrease the stability of the system”? We just want to install htop.
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Hello
You can do this by building balenaOS yourself. Take a look at our instructions for how to do so here
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