* gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl: New file. * Makefile.am (GUIXSD_VM_SYSTEMS, GUIXSD_VM_IMAGE_BASE, GUIXSD_VM_IMAGE_SIZE): New variables. (release): Add logic to build a VM image. (EXAMPLES): Add 'gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl'. * doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM, Installing GuixSD in a VM): Mention the pre-built VM image.
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;;; This is an operating system configuration template for a "bare-bones" setup,
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;;; suitable for booting in a virtualized environment, including virtual private
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;;; servers (VPS).
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(use-modules (gnu))
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(use-package-modules bootloaders disk nvi)
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(define vm-image-motd (plain-file "motd" "
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This is the GNU system. Welcome!
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This instance of GuixSD is a bare-bones template for virtualized environments.
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You will probably want to do these things first if you booted in a virtual
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private server (VPS):
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* Set a password for 'root'.
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* Set up networking.
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* Expand the root partition to fill the space available by 0) deleting and
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recreating the partition with fdisk, 1) reloading the partition table with
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partprobe, and then 2) resizing the filesystem with resize2fs.\n"))
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(operating-system
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(host-name "gnu")
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(timezone "Etc/UTC")
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(locale "en_US.utf8")
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;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root" is
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;; the label of the target root file system.
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(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")
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(terminal-outputs '(console))))
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(file-systems (cons (file-system
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(device "my-root")
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(title 'label)
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(mount-point "/")
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(type "ext4"))
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%base-file-systems))
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;; This is where user accounts are specified. The "root"
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;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the
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;; empty password.
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(users %base-user-accounts)
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;; Globally-installed packages.
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(packages (cons* nvi fdisk
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grub ; mostly so xrefs to its manual work
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parted ; partprobe
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%base-packages))
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(services (modify-services %base-services
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(login-service-type config =>
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(login-configuration
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(inherit config)
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(motd vm-image-motd))))))
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