Fuchsia Workstation

Workstation (workstation) is an open source reference design for Fuchsia. Workstation is not a consumer-oriented product. Workstation is a tool for developers and enthusiasts to explore Fuchsia and experiment with evolving concepts and features.

Workstation does not come with strong security, privacy, or robustness guarantees. Bugs and rapid changes are expected – to help improve Fuchsia, please file bugs and send feedback. If interested, you can configure your Workstation to receive automatic updates.

Get started with Workstation

To get started with Workstation, you need to be familiar with how to get the Fuchsia source code, build Fuchsia images, and run Fuchsia on a device or emulator – the instructions in this section are based on the Get started with Fuchsia flow.

Workstation is designed to be used with an Intel NUC or the Fuchsia emulator (FEMU).

Configure automatic updates

Important: The instructions in this section configure your Fuchsia device to be automatically updated with experimental releases. Use of the update servers is governed by Google APIs Terms of Service and data collected by Google is handled in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy.

Once you have Workstation running on a hardware device (for instance, Intel NUC), you can choose to enroll the device for OTA (Over The Air) updates. These updates ensure that your Fuchsia device automatically receives the latest versions of the operating system and packages associated with Workstation.

To bootstrap your Fuchsia device into receiving updates, you need to include an OTA configuration package into your build, then pave it to your device.

To set your Workstation build configuration with automatic update, run the following command:

fx set workstation.x64 --release --with-base //src/workstation:BUILD_TARGET

Replace the following:

For example,

fx set workstation.x64 --release --with-base //src/workstation:stable

Once your new build configuration is set, build Fuchsia and pave your device to begin receiving updates. Your device now automatically polls for updates every 60 minutes. The device runs the version of Workstation that you built, as opposed to a release build, until the device receives its first update.

Check for updates manually

To manually check for a new release, run the following command on the device's shell:

update check-now --monitor

If there is a new update, this command reboots the device into the new release after the download completes.

Configure release channels

When you set the build configuration to receive updates, you can choose which release channel your device receives updates from.

The available channels are:

• Stable – A branch promoted on a regular basis from Beta.

  • Build target: //src/workstation:stable

• Beta– A branch promoted on a weekly basis as assessed by Fuchsia’s testing process. This branch may have more known issues or bugs than the stable channel.

  • Build target: //src/workstation:beta

To configure the release channel on your device, follow the instructions in Configure automatic updates with the build target of your choice.

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