From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54965) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hi6X0-0002cd-83 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:20:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hi6Wn-0000cS-1h for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:20:12 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37523) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hi6Wf-0000Z6-W2 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:20:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hi6Wf-0004zM-Nw for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:20:01 -0400 Subject: [bug#36404] [PATCH 4/4] doc: Add section for 'guix deploy'. Resent-Message-ID: From: zerodaysfordays@sdf.lonestar.org (Jakob L. 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Kreuze's message of "Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:17:53 -0400") Message-ID: <871rz99tl9.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 36404@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * doc/guix.texi: Add section "Invoking guix deploy". =2D-- doc/guix.texi | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9dc1d2a9c..23b7416ab 100644 =2D-- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ 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 conf= igurations for remote hosts. @end direntry =20 @dircategory Software development @@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ 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 remo= te host. * Running Guix in a VM:: How to run Guix System in a virtual machin= e. * Defining Services:: Adding new service definitions. =20 @@ -10302,6 +10304,7 @@ 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 remo= te host. * Running Guix in a VM:: How to run Guix System in a virtual machin= e. * Defining Services:: Adding new service definitions. @end menu @@ -25335,6 +25338,104 @@ example graph. =20 @end table =20 +@node Invoking guix deploy +@section Invoking @code{guix deploy} + +In addition to managing a machine's configuration locally through operating +system declarations, Guix also provides the ability to managing multiple r= emote +hosts as a logical ``deployment''. This is done using @command{guix deploy= }. + +@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 th= is: + +@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 operating-system configuration @var{%system}. @var{environme= nt} +and @var{configuration} specify how the machine should be provisioned--that +is, deployment and management of computing resources. The above example do= es +not provision any resources -- a @code{'managed-host} is a machine that is +already up and running the Guix system. A more complex deployment may invo= lve +i.e. starting virtual machines through a VPS provider, however, in which c= ase +a different @var{environment} types 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} +A symbol describing how the machine should be provisioned. At the moment, = only +the only supported value is @code{'managed-host}. + +@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} can be used.= If +@code{#f} is used for an environment with no default configuration, howeve= r, 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 connectin= g to a +@code{'managed-host}. + +@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 =20 =2D-=20 2.22.0 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEa1VJLOiXAjQ2BGSm9Qb9Fp2P2VoFAl0aovIACgkQ9Qb9Fp2P 2VqrKw//XG5YtyceJtVABdPA9H1PE3BQzRwOFHLMqkGNf079p/u/oySS14CAsVbf 2/tae/GbFWXNbt8My2qddf2xb5cxTdofw8QtoLDstQm587Hp4fND12yxaYkQ+nnv qW/1xPp06X8SKE0OUDKWgFkcjTiQNe4ljzISrNe9asuWmgkfcWjDO3k8+bcmtvn3 Sj5IEQZH6J6e0u77A3NPIbOQzPiJ7Dw6Hk5UGkAL9D/Y3MZxQo3JbeRXOXcAyCO2 F82y51hhJJlkCxfrAaOxWvATfUTqele7pVG1scBhkJe2UMTjKimhNq7ODuydxLVO BEHp0kmrd0ws452jf7K92ChWppcEvQdR4XQZB3qFJtiNF9vXCxDft9HQqXKF4/NZ 4vEA107+joRzOL1Pt54hKhEbGGZBE2JazYTKoB0JAWASHeXgNFTNxFQUyr5Yx+2J XA+2/QtG7y5qzQQK9js8shPtX2brj6wNBsuQcgaIlmbumOKrMQBAeGvPtGpvfTjm wrgKAt9x/unt+F1dT86U1Pqp2UXNzlklZC+RPVo/+NVE453u0+yiCSKkn27GBycJ b1pEhHR9iA2yuaE0HQjnGJ+gYKHjbXfbaCRH10szBi3D/8A2gruqmtmtcqVBqGIM ZANcVa5zTdghClTnpIhaEZh8EY41zDkXtMcndlPMECmFTs4bP04= =q5t2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--