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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1794c6cd5a..0b50482530 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Alex Vong@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Josh Holland@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Diego Nicola Barbato@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Ivan Petkov@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Jakob L. Kreuze@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ Documentation License''. * guix gc: (guix)Invoking guix gc. Reclaiming unused disk space. * guix pull: (guix)Invoking guix pull. Update the list of available packages. * guix system: (guix)Invoking guix system. Manage the operating system configuration. +* guix deploy: (guix)Invoking guix deploy. Manage operating system configurations for remote hosts. @end direntry @dircategory Software development @@ -269,6 +271,7 @@ System Configuration * Initial RAM Disk:: Linux-Libre bootstrapping. * Bootloader Configuration:: Configuring the boot loader. * Invoking guix system:: Instantiating a system configuration. +* Invoking guix deploy:: Deploying a system configuration to a remote host. * Running Guix in a VM:: How to run Guix System in a virtual machine. * Defining Services:: Adding new service definitions. @@ -10296,6 +10299,7 @@ instance to support new system services. * Initial RAM Disk:: Linux-Libre bootstrapping. * Bootloader Configuration:: Configuring the boot loader. * Invoking guix system:: Instantiating a system configuration. +* Invoking guix deploy:: Deploying a system configuration to a remote host. * Running Guix in a VM:: How to run Guix System in a virtual machine. * Defining Services:: Adding new service definitions. @end menu @@ -25392,6 +25396,116 @@ example graph. @end table +@node Invoking guix deploy +@section Invoking @code{guix deploy} + +We've already seen @code{operating-system} declarations used to manage a +machine's configuration locally. Suppose you need to configure multiple +machines, though---perhaps you're managing a service on the web that's +comprised of several servers. @command{guix deploy} enables you to use those +same @code{operating-system} declarations to manage multiple remote hosts at +once as a logical ``deployment''. + +@quotation Note +The functionality described in this section is still under development +and is subject to change. Get in touch with us on +@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org}! +@end quotation + +@example +guix deploy @var{file} +@end example + +Such an invocation will deploy the machines that the code within @var{file} +evaluates to. As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this: + +@example +;; This is a Guix deployment of a "bare bones" setup, with +;; no X11 display server, to a machine with an SSH daemon +;; listening on localhost:2222. A configuration such as this +;; may be appropriate for virtual machine with ports +;; forwarded to the host's loopback interface. + +(use-service-modules networking ssh) +(use-package-modules bootloaders) + +(define %system + (operating-system + (host-name "gnu-deployed") + (timezone "Etc/UTC") + (bootloader (bootloader-configuration + (bootloader grub-bootloader) + (target "/dev/vda") + (terminal-outputs '(console)))) + (file-systems (cons (file-system + (mount-point "/") + (device "/dev/vda1") + (type "ext4")) + %base-file-systems)) + (services + (append (list (service dhcp-client-service-type) + (service openssh-service-type + (openssh-configuration + (permit-root-login #t) + (allow-empty-passwords? #t)))) + %base-services)))) + +(list (machine + (system %system) + (environment managed-host-environment-type) + (configuration (machine-ssh-configuration + (host-name "localhost") + (identity "./id_rsa") + (port 2222))))) +@end example + +The file should evaluate to a list of @var{machine} objects. This example, +upon being deployed, will create a new generation on the remote system +realizing the @code{operating-system} declaration @var{%system}. +@var{environment} and @var{configuration} specify how the machine should be +provisioned---that is, how the computing resources should be created and +managed. The above example does not create any resources, as a +@code{'managed-host} is a machine that is already running the Guix system and +available over the network. This is a particularly simple case; a more +complex deployment may involve, for example, starting virtual machines through +a Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider. In such a case, a different +@var{environment} type would be used. + +@deftp {Data Type} machine +This is the data type representing a single machine in a heterogeneous Guix +deployment. + +@table @asis +@item @code{system} +The object of the operating system configuration to deploy. + +@item @code{environment} +An @code{environment-type} describing how the machine should be provisioned. +At the moment, the only supported value is +@code{managed-host-environment-type}. + +@item @code{configuration} (default: @code{#f}) +An object describing the configuration for the machine's @code{environment}. +If the @code{environment} has a default configuration, @code{#f} maybe used. +If @code{#f} is used for an environment with no default configuration, +however, an error will be thrown. +@end table +@end deftp + +@deftp {Data Type} machine-ssh-configuration +This is the data type representing the SSH client parameters for a machine +with an @code{environment} of @code{managed-host-environment-type}. + +@table @asis +@item @code{host-name} +@item @code{port} (default: @code{22}) +@item @code{user} (default: @code{"root"}) +@item @code{identity} (default: @code{#f}) +If specified, the path to the SSH private key to use to authenticate with the +remote host. +@end table +@end deftp + @node Running Guix in a VM @section Running Guix in a Virtual Machine |