Re: Running Guix System on Hetzner Cloud

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Jonathan Brielmaier transcribed 93K bytes:
> Hi fellow Guix hackers,
> 
> the last weekend I tried to install Guix system on the Hetzner Cloud[0].
> First I tried to use Ubuntu, install Guix with the installer script and
> then initiate Guix with "guix system init /mnt...". This wasn't
> successful as Guix system didn't boot.
> 
> So I asked them if they could add the Guix ISO to there ISO image
> collection and they did it. At the moment only for my account, not general.

How did you convince them? The last 3 times I asked for systems which weren't
in their ISO selection, I was told it isn't possible and I should find ways
to do it myself (which I did then).
 
> They provide some kind of serial console over the browser. So I just
> booted the server with Guix ISO mounted. I went through the graphical
> installer, which works very well in this environment :)
> 
> During the installation step it fails due to missing "virtio_pci" initrd
> modules (see hetzner_cloud_installer_fails.png). In the installer there
> was no way to bypass this issue. But rebooting and installing manually
> with the configuration below did work :)
> 
> I think it would be nice if the installer could handle that as he
> already cover the "virtio_scsi" module.
> 
> In the end I got a working Guix system for 0,05 € :)
> 
> Happy hacking
> Jonathan
> 
> P.S: Did I already mentioned that the installer is _very_ nice?
> 
> [0] https://www.hetzner.com/cloud
> 
> ;; This is an operating system configuration generated
> ;; by the graphical installer.
> 
> (use-modules (gnu))
> (use-service-modules databases desktop mail networking ssh xorg)
> (use-package-modules admin vim)
> 
> (operating-system
>   (locale "en_US.utf8")
>   (timezone "Europe/Berlin")
>   (keyboard-layout
>     (keyboard-layout "de" "deadacute"))
>   (bootloader
>     (bootloader-configuration
>       (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>       (target "/dev/sda")
>       (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
>   (initrd-modules '("virtio_scsi" "virtio_pci"))
>   (swap-devices (list "/dev/sda1"))
>   (file-systems
>     (cons* (file-system
>              (mount-point "/")
>              (device
>                (uuid "713cf8af-e503-45f9-9a10-a0c5a4ce709b"
>                      'ext4))
>              (type "ext4"))
>            %base-file-systems))
>   (host-name "guixone")
>   (users (cons* (user-account
>                   (name "jonathan")
>                   (comment "Jonathan Brielmaier")
>                   (group "users")
>                   (home-directory "/home/jonathan")
>                   (supplementary-groups
>                     '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")))
>                 %base-user-accounts))
>   (packages
>     (append
>       (list (specification->package "nss-certs") nmap vim)
>       %base-packages))
>   (services
>     (append
>       (list (service dhcp-client-service-type)
> 	    (dovecot-service)
> 	    (mysql-service)
>             (service openssh-service-type))
>       %base-services)))