From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Advice about GuixSD on Serveraptor? Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 12:26:30 +0200 Message-ID: <871stktju1.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20170213214717.GA11352@jasmine> <20170313003252.GA12094@jasmine> <20170321180638.GA3027@jasmine> <87mvcenzvw.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20170321204620.GA30143@jasmine> <20170321210609.rmugh5l26eqicrhd@abyayala> <20170322171538.GA6011@jasmine> <20170322192023.ij2mzykimne7lfii@abyayala> <20170322210106.f6z7vwavsna3qfg4@abyayala> <87k27fcmwx.fsf@gmail.com> <20170324163447.dmrtjiulnhhjx7q2@abyayala> <87mvc9raqq.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44141) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cs5Nf-00039W-Do for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 06:26:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cs5Nb-0005hl-2a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 06:26:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87mvc9raqq.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Sat, 25 Mar 2017 02:01:17 -0700") 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: Chris Marusich Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi! Chris Marusich skribis: > For example, the Amazon EC2 service provides web APIs that one can call > to import an existing VM image into the service. One can then launch > EC2 instances (virtual machines) from that image. I'm sure that some > other services have similar APIs. With Guix, we can declaratively > configure the entire operating system (including the pre-installation of > SSH credentials to enable remote access) and build an image (or a VM) of > that system. In theory, it should be possible to create a tool (e.g., > "guix deploy") which not only creates the precise system image you want > from an operating system configuration file, but also imports it into a > hosting service, like Amazon EC2, and provisions a virtual (or physical) > machine from that image. Yes, I think that=E2=80=99s one of the targets David had in mind for =E2=80= =98guix deploy=E2=80=99. [...] > Currently, I don't think Guix has the features necessary to support this > kind of programmatic importation of GuixSD systems into service > providers like Amazon EC2. But the potential is there, and it's good to > think big. Right, =E2=80=98guix deploy=E2=80=99 doesn=E2=80=99t exist yet. That said,= the branch is there with interfaces meant to support deployment to physical machines over SSH, VMs, containers, etc., though the only backend available is VMs at this point. I think it=E2=80=99s about time to revive this branch! Ludo=E2=80=99.