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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-05-13 20:44:36 -0400
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-05-20 10:16:23 +0200
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maint: The 'release' target builds a VM image.
* 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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@subsection Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine
@cindex virtual machine, GuixSD installation
-If you'd like to install GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) rather than on
-your beloved machine, this section is for you.
+@cindex virtual private server (VPS)
+@cindex VPS (virtual private server)
+If you'd like to install GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) or on a
+virtual private server (VPS) rather than on your beloved machine, this
+section is for you.
To boot a @uref{http://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing GuixSD in a
disk image, follow these steps:
@@ -15693,17 +15696,21 @@ example graph.
@subsection Running GuixSD in a Virtual Machine
@cindex virtual machine
-One way to run GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) is to build a GuixSD
-virtual machine image using @command{guix system vm-image}
-(@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in qcow2 format,
-which the @uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use.
+To run GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM), one can either use the
+pre-built GuixSD VM image distributed at
+@indicateurl{ftp://alpha.gnu.org/guix/guixsd-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz}
+, or build their own virtual machine image using @command{guix system
+vm-image} (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in
+qcow2 format, which the @uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can
+efficiently use.
@cindex QEMU
-To run the image in QEMU, copy it out of the store (@pxref{The Store})
-and give yourself permission to write to the copy. When invoking QEMU,
-you must choose a system emulator that is suitable for your hardware
-platform. Here is a minimal QEMU invocation that will boot the result
-of @command{guix system vm-image} on x86_64 hardware:
+If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store
+(@pxref{The Store}) and give yourself permission to write to the copy
+before you can use it. When invoking QEMU, you must choose a system
+emulator that is suitable for your hardware platform. Here is a minimal
+QEMU invocation that will boot the result of @command{guix system
+vm-image} on x86_64 hardware:
@example
$ qemu-system-x86_64 \