Report Issues & Bugs
Issues and bugs should be reported over at https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues.
General questions, enhancements and security issues can be reported over there too. For quick issues or if you need help, head over to the Discord server which has a help channel.
Log files
When submitting a help ticket, please include the /var/log/archinstall/install.log.
It can be found both on the live ISO but also in the installed filesystem if the base packages were strapped in.
Tip
archinstall share-log, which uploads install.log to paste.rs and prints a shareable URL.archinstall pledges to keep install.log safe for posting publicly!There are additional log files under /var/log/archinstall/ that can be useful:
/var/log/archinstall/user_configuration.json- Stores most of the guided answers in the installer
/var/log/archinstall/user_credentials.json- Stores any usernames or passwords, can be passed to--creds
/var/log/archinstall/user_disk_layouts.json- Stores the chosen disks and their layouts
/var/log/archinstall/install.log- A log file over what steps were taken by archinstall
/var/log/archinstall/cmd_history.txt- A complete command history, command by command in order
/var/log/archinstall/cmd_output.txt- A raw output from all the commands that were executed by archinstall
Warning
We only try to guarantee that /var/log/archinstall/install.log is free from sensitive information.
Any other log file should be pasted with utmost care!