start adding software, enable zfs.target during base install

roles/base/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - block:
+  - name: ensure root_password is set
+    assert:
+      that: root_password is defined
+      msg: "please specify a root password via -e root_password=<password>"
   - import_tasks: archinstall/mirrorlist.yaml
   - import_tasks: archinstall/partition.yaml
   - import_tasks: archinstall/initialize_root_zvol.yaml
@@ -8,5 +12,5 @@
   - import_tasks: archinstall/prepare_chroot.yaml
   - import_tasks: archinstall/install_os.yaml
   - import_tasks: archinstall/postinstall_snapshot.yaml
-  - meta: end_play
+  - meta: end_play # pull again after reboot to resume provisioning
   when: archiso_detected and base_root_disks is defined

roles/base/templates/arch_chroot_install.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+function set_root_password {
+	echo "{{ root_password }}" | passwd root --stdin
+}
+
 function add_admin_user {
 	username="$1"
 	id -u $username || useradd -m -G wheel $username
@@ -75,9 +79,14 @@ function configure_dhcp_ethernet {
 
 function enable_systemd_services {
 	systemctl enable sshd.service
+	systemctl enable iwd.service
+	systemctl enable zfs.target
+	systemctl enable zfs-import-cache.service
+	systemctl enable zfs-mount.service
 }
 
 # do the stuff
+set_root_password
 add_admin_user mark
 install_paru_as mark
 install_zfs_packages_as mark