From a6c642ef63012508f755a1329aa66e4b09da72b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 20:44:36 -0400 Subject: 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. --- gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..57ac71c535 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +;;; This is an operating system configuration template for a "bare-bones" setup, +;;; suitable for booting in a virtualized environment, including virtual private +;;; servers (VPS). + +(use-modules (gnu)) +(use-package-modules bootloaders disk nvi) + +(define vm-image-motd (plain-file "motd" " +This is the GNU system. Welcome! + +This instance of GuixSD is a bare-bones template for virtualized environments. + +You will probably want to do these things first if you booted in a virtual +private server (VPS): + +* Set a password for 'root'. +* Set up networking. +* Expand the root partition to fill the space available by 0) deleting and +recreating the partition with fdisk, 1) reloading the partition table with +partprobe, and then 2) resizing the filesystem with resize2fs.\n")) + +(operating-system + (host-name "gnu") + (timezone "Etc/UTC") + (locale "en_US.utf8") + + ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root" is + ;; the label of the target root file system. + (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda") + (terminal-outputs '(console)))) + (file-systems (cons (file-system + (device "my-root") + (title 'label) + (mount-point "/") + (type "ext4")) + %base-file-systems)) + + ;; This is where user accounts are specified. The "root" + ;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the + ;; empty password. + (users %base-user-accounts) + + ;; Globally-installed packages. + (packages (cons* nvi fdisk + grub ; mostly so xrefs to its manual work + parted ; partprobe + %base-packages)) + + (services (modify-services %base-services + (login-service-type config => + (login-configuration + (inherit config) + (motd vm-image-motd)))))) -- cgit v1.2.3