From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Advice about GuixSD on Serveraptor? Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:20:23 +0000 Message-ID: <20170322192023.ij2mzykimne7lfii@abyayala> References: <20170209183609.5rztohnqhsleifll@wasp> <20170213214717.GA11352@jasmine> <20170313003252.GA12094@jasmine> <20170321180638.GA3027@jasmine> <87mvcenzvw.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20170321204620.GA30143@jasmine> <20170321210609.rmugh5l26eqicrhd@abyayala> <20170322171538.GA6011@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55773) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cqllD-000793-Bp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:17:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cqll8-0006YB-FU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:17:31 -0400 Received: from fragranza.investici.org ([2a00:1dc0:2479::19]:23580) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cqll8-0006XB-4G for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:17:26 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170322171538.GA6011@jasmine> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Leo Famulari transcribed 2.0K bytes: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 09:06:09PM +0000, ng0 wrote: > > IN-Berlin wants a raw image (they have read our documentation). > > The way their system works is that you sent > > them your ssh pubkey, they initialize a basic Debian system depending on > > the size you chose, and you can login once you get the hostname etc. > > They have an out-of-band consoleserver where the ssh key is placed > > aswell for the machine. > > I don't work with this non-profit organization, but having a way to > > define ssh pubkeys in the system config would be super useful for this. > > Right now I'm about to create my own system and just sent it to them as > > soon as I feel up to it. > > If they could simply create the system in their infrastructure, that > > would be an incredible speedup and reproducible. > > I don't know much about the out of band consoleserver, I have to ask > > if that's somehow relevant or if it simply needs some initrd settings to > > expose it to the server. > > Interesting! I'll probably take a look at this when I got some free > time. I'll write an email to IN-Berlin asking about the consoleserver this week. If it's nothing special, we could provide this bare image, and people could download it as the GuixSD with ssh + whatever is needed for it to work out in server context as a start.