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Kreuze) References: <87o92ianbj.fsf@sdf.lonestar.org> <87o92glap5.fsf@dustycloud.org> <878sthoqzi.fsf@gnu.org> <87imsl9tsx.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> <87ef399tpu.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> <87a7dx9tog.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> <875zol9tn2.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:18:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <875zol9tn2.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> (Jakob L. Kreuze's message of "Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:17:53 -0400") Message-ID: <871rz99tl9.fsf_-_@sdf.lonestar.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: guix-patches@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: 36404@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+patchwork=mira.cbaines.net@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: Patches * doc/guix.texi: Add section "Invoking guix deploy". --- doc/guix.texi | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9dc1d2a9c..23b7416ab 100644 --- 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 configurations for remote hosts. @end direntry @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 remote host. * Running Guix in a VM:: How to run Guix System in a virtual machine. * Defining Services:: Adding new service definitions. @@ -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 remote host. * Running Guix in a VM:: How to run Guix System in a virtual machine. * Defining Services:: Adding new service definitions. @end menu @@ -25335,6 +25338,104 @@ example graph. @end table +@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 remote +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 this: + +@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{environment} +and @var{configuration} specify how the machine should be provisioned--that +is, deployment and management of computing resources. The above example does +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 involve +i.e. starting virtual machines through a VPS provider, however, in which case +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, however, 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 connecting 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