NOTE: This guide assumes that you have 50G disk for your vm

* `vmctl start -c -B cdrom <vm-name>`

* Press `<TAB>`, then enter ` console=ttyS0,115200`

* The problem may occur with loading `/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_<SMTH>`

  * To fix it you need to create `/dev/disk/by-label/` if needed - `mkdir -p /dev/disk/by-label/`

  * Then check `blkid`, and `ln -s <path-to-iso-that-was-returned> /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_<SMTH>`

    `ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_202206`

  * exit from that console

* login as `root`

* check if network is working using `ping archlinux.org`

* `timedatectl set-ntp true`

* check what disk you need to format using `fdisk -l`

* run `cfdisk <your-disk>`

  * choose `dos`

  * partition scheme - 2G swap, 23G /, 25G /home

  * mark root as bootable

  * /dev/vda1 - swap, /dev/vda2 - /, /dev/vda3 - /home

* Formatting

  * `mkfs.ext4 -L ROOT /dev/vda2`

  * `mkfs.ext4 -L HOME /dev/vda3`

  * `mkswap -L SWAP /dev/vda1`

* Mount

  * `mount /dev/vda2 /mnt`

  * `mkdir -p /mnt/home`

  * `mount /dev/vda3 /mnt/home`

  * `swapon /dev/vda1`

* Installation process

  * `pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware`

  * `genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab`

  * `arch-chroot /mnt`

  * `ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime`

  * `hwclock --systohc`

  * install editor (for example: `pacman -S vim`)

  * edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment `en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8`

  * `locale-gen`

  * Create /etc/locale.conf and insert `LANG=en_US.UTF-8`

  * Create /etc/hostname and insert hostname

  * set root password using `passwd`



* Bootloader

  * `pacman -S syslinux`

  * `syslinux-install_update -i -a -m`

  * Fix /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg

    * in lines with `APPEND` change `root=/dev/sdaX` to `root=<your-root-partition>`

    * in the end of `APPEND` lines add `console=ttyS0,115200`

    * you should fix it for both: and for `arch` section, and for `archfallback` section

* End of basic install

  * exit from chroot

  * `umount -R /mnt`

  * `poweroff`

* Now boot your vm and connect to serial console using `vmctl start -c <vm-name>`

* Fix networking

  * Create file /etc/systemd/network/20-wired.network and add this to it:

    [Match]

      Name=enp0s2

    [Network]

      Address=<ipv4-addr>

      Gateway=<gateway-ipv4-addr>

      Address=<ipv6-addr>

      Gateway=<gateway-ipv6-addr>

  * `systemctl enable systemd-networkd`

  * `systemctl start systemd-networkd`

  * Fix /etc/resolv.conf

    * Add `nameserver <gateway-ipv4-addr>`

* Update your system using `pacman -Syu`

* Add your own user and add it to wheel group

  * `useradd -m -G wheel <username>`

* Install and configure sudo

  * `pacman -S sudo`

  * Edit /etc/sudoers

    * Uncomment line this line `%25wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL` or this `%25wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL`, if you want to allow sudo without password

* Setup sshd

  * `pacman -S openssh`

  * Edit /etc/sshd/sshd\_config

    * Change `PasswordAuthentication` field to  no`

    * Change `PermitRootLogin` field to `no`

    * Change `PubkeyAuthentication` field to `yes`

  * Make in your user's home dir folder .ssh with 700 permissions

    * `mkdir -m 700 /home/<your-user-home-dir>/.ssh`

  * Add your public key to <your-user-home-dir>/.ssh/authorized_keys

  * `systemctl enable sshd`

  * `systemctl start sshd`

  * Try to connect to your server using ssh with key

* It is recommended to `poweroff` your VPS and turn it on using `vmctl start <vm-name>` (maybe you will need to wait around 30 seconds or more)

* If you having some issues with connecting, try to connect to serial console using `vmctl console <vm-name>`