Offline Installation

Pigsty installs from Internet upstream by default, but some envs are isolated from the Internet. To address this, Pigsty supports offline installation using offline packages. Think of them as Linux-native Docker images.

Overview

Offline packages bundle all required RPM/DEB packages and dependencies; they are snapshots of the local APT/YUM repo after a normal installation.

In serious prod deployments, we strongly recommend using offline packages. They ensure all future nodes have consistent software versions with the existing env, and avoid online installation failures caused by upstream changes (quite common!), guaranteeing you can run it independently forever.

Offline Packages

We typically release offline packages for the following Linux distros, using the latest OS minor version.

If you use an OS from the list above (exact minor version match), we recommend using the corresponding offline package. The Community Edition publishes six dual-architecture artifacts for Debian 13, EL 10, and Ubuntu 24.04 on GitHub. Artifact names and checksums for Debian 12, EL 9, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 26.04 remain listed here; those offline packages are available with the Professional Edition.

Download Community Edition artifacts from the GitHub release page. The MD5 checksums for all v4.4.0 offline packages are:

7de8b932412f1863fd9c033a7be355d7  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.d12.aarch64.tgz
2e5006a8d35eb1c087dc0ed11cf14d14  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.d12.x86_64.tgz
955308c00d3890f6e82a6a83bc624760  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.d13.aarch64.tgz
350f31c66de0aafff3bd91c2c9d740a0  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.d13.x86_64.tgz
0b4817a8edbab0bdf37ecee730fb0412  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.el10.aarch64.tgz
4584a61e4456749e68d86e4817cfe526  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.el10.x86_64.tgz
21621daf510a532829c36464d48f9198  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.el9.aarch64.tgz
504afd5030e2738a25e1b4c570d0e654  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.el9.x86_64.tgz
461c999424dee587ca33fe1a63df40d7  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.u22.aarch64.tgz
20ccc5ab8f9f4648b05bcd304f9fb5fc  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.u22.x86_64.tgz
d092c48ee55116ed5e2c99a3d909ccdd  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.u24.aarch64.tgz
24fa5399d8421305961fcaf91325b382  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.u24.x86_64.tgz
36f69b699d8b3041d35384970e157631  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.u26.aarch64.tgz
330047d117b20f04317dce506edd5d9a  pigsty-pkg-v4.4.0.u26.x86_64.tgz

Using Offline Packages

Offline installation steps:

1. Download Pigsty offline package, place it at /tmp/pkg.tgz
2. Download Pigsty source package, extract and enter directory (assume extracted to home: cd ~/pigsty)
3. ./bootstrap, it will extract the package and configure using local repo (and install ansible from it offline)
4. ./configure -g -c rich, you can directly use the rich template configured for offline installation, or configure yourself
5. Run ./deploy.yml as usual—it will install everything from the local repo

If you want to use the already extracted and configured offline package in your own config, modify and ensure these settings:

• repo_enabled: Set to true, will build local software repo (explicitly disabled in most templates)
• node_repo_modules: Set to local, then all nodes in the env will install from the local software repo
  • In most templates, this is explicitly set to: node,infra,pgsql, i.e., install directly from these upstream repos.
  • Setting it to local will use the local software repo to install all packages, fastest, no interference from other repos.
  • If you want to use both local and upstream repos, you can add other repo module names too, e.g., local,node,infra,pgsql

The first parameter, if enabled, Pigsty will create a local software repo. The second parameter, if contains local, then all nodes in the env will use this local software repo. If it only contains local, then it becomes the sole repo for all nodes. If you still want to install other packages from other upstream repos, you can add other repo module names too, e.g., local,node,infra,pgsql.

Hybrid Installation Mode

If your environment has Internet access, there’s a hybrid approach that combines the advantages of offline and online installation. You can use the offline package as a base, and supplement missing packages online.

For example, if you’re using RockyLinux 9.6 but the official offline package is for RockyLinux 9.7. You can use the el9 offline package (though made for 9.7), then execute make repo-build before formal installation to re-download missing packages for 9.6. Pigsty will download the required increments from upstream repos.

Making Offline Packages

If your OS isn’t in the default list, you can make your own offline package with the built-in cache.yml playbook:

1. Find a node running the exact same OS version with Internet access
2. Use rich config template to perform online installation (configure -c rich)
3. cd ~/pigsty; ./cache.yml: make and fetch the offline package to ~/pigsty/dist/${version}/
4. Copy the offline package to the env without Internet access (ftp, scp, usb, etc.), extract and use via bootstrap

We offer paid services providing tested, pre-made offline packages for specific Linux major.minor versions (¥200).

Bootstrap

Pigsty relies on ansible to execute playbooks; this script is responsible for ensuring ansible is correctly installed in various ways.

./bootstrap       # Ensure ansible is correctly installed (if offline package exists, use offline installation and extract first)

Usually, you need to run this script in two cases:

• You didn’t install Pigsty via the installation script, but by downloading or git clone of the source package, so ansible isn’t installed.
• You’re preparing to install Pigsty via offline packages and need to use this script to install ansible from the offline package.

The bootstrap script will automatically detect if the offline package exists (-p to specify, default is /tmp/pkg.tgz). If it exists, it will extract and use it, then install ansible from it. If the offline package doesn’t exist, it will try to install ansible from the Internet. If that still fails, you’re on your own!

./bootstrap -k # or --keep