I will volunteer to add this to the guix cookbook. If I don't send a patch in a week or so, then that means I got lazy and decided not to do it.
July 8, 2020 7:57 PM, "Gary Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone add this tutorial to the Guix Cookbook? I've been wondering > about how to do this for some time now, and it would be great to have it > saved somewhere obvious like that for future reference. > > Thanks, > Gary > > Christopher Lemmer Webber <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hi! I finally got Guix running on Linode! I'm excited about it! >> Here's the process (thanks to jackhill on freenode for helping me figure >> out all the stuff involving the bootloader!). It's very bullet-point'y, >> but here's the steps I took: >> >> - Start with a Debian (or whatever) server. Be sure to add your ssh >> key for easy login. We'll be using the default distro as a way to >> bootstrap Guix. >> - Power it down. >> - In the Disks/Configurations tab, resize the Debian disk to be >> smaller, maybe 30GB or something. >> - "Add a disk", with the following: >> - Label: "Guix" >> - Filesystem: ext4 >> - Set it to the remaining size >> - Next to the "configuration" that comes with the default image, >> press "..." and select "Edit", then on that menu add to >> /dev/sdc the "Guix" label >> - Now "Add a Configuration", with the following: >> - Label: Guix >> - VM Mode: Paravirtualization (the default?? don't know if this matters) >> - Kernel: Grub 2 (it's at the bottom! This step is *IMPORTANT*) >> - Block device assignment: >> - /dev/sda: Guix >> - /dev/sdb: swap >> - Root device: /dev/sda >> - Turn off all the filesystem/boot helpers >> - Now power it back up, picking the Debian configuration >> - Once it's booted up, ssh root@<your-server-ip-here> >> - Run the "install guix form binary installer" steps: >> - $ sudo apt-get install gpg >> - $ wget https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 -qO - | gpg >> --import - >> - $ wget https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/etc/guix-install.sh >> - $ chmod +x guix-install.sh >> - $ ./guix-install.sh >> - $ guix pull >> >> - Now it's time to write out a config for the server. The key stuff is >> below, save as guix-config.scm: >> >> #+BEGIN_SRC scheme >> (use-modules (gnu) >> (guix modules)) >> (use-service-modules networking >> ssh) >> (use-package-modules admin >> certs >> package-management >> ssh >> tls) >> >> (operating-system >> (host-name "my-server") >> (timezone "America/New_York") >> (locale "en_US.UTF-8") >> ;; This goofy code will generate the grub.cfg >> ;; without installing the grub bootloader on disk. >> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration >> (bootloader >> (bootloader >> (inherit grub-bootloader) >> (installer #~(const #t)))))) >> (file-systems (cons (file-system >> (device "/dev/sda") >> (mount-point "/") >> (type "ext4")) >> %base-file-systems)) >> >> (initrd-modules (cons "virtio_scsi" ; Needed to find the disk >> %base-initrd-modules)) >> >> (users (cons (user-account >> (name "janedoe") >> (group "users") >> ;; Adding the account to the "wheel" group >> ;; makes it a sudoer. >> (supplementary-groups '("wheel")) >> (home-directory "/home/janedoe")) >> %base-user-accounts)) >> >> (packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access >> openssh-sans-x >> %base-packages)) >> >> (services (cons* >> (service dhcp-client-service-type) >> (service openssh-service-type >> (openssh-configuration >> (openssh openssh-sans-x) >> (password-authentication? #f) >> (authorized-keys >> `(("janedoe" ,(local-file "janedoe_rsa.pub")) >> ;; Is this a good idea? Well if you don't add it >> ;; you have to manually set your user's password >> ;; via the glish console... >> ("root" ,(local-file "janedoe_rsa.pub")))))) >> %base-services))) >> #+END_SRC >> >> - Replace the following fields in the above configuration: >> - (host-name "my-server") ; replace with your server name >> - (name "janedoe") ; replace with your username >> - ("janedoe" ,(local-file "janedoe_rsa.pub")) ; here too >> - Note the same above for root, which I don't feel great about, but >> otherwise you'll need to log in via the linode "glish" console to >> log in as root and set the user's initial password before you can >> start using sudo (is there another way around this?) >> >> - Save your ssh public key (~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) as >> <your-username-here>_rsa.pub or whatever in the same directory >> >> - Mount the guix drive: >> $ mkdir /mnt/guix >> $ mount /dev/sdc /mnt/guix >> >> - Due to the way we set things up above, we don't install Grub >> completely, just our grub configuration file. So we need to copy >> over some of the other Grub stuff that's already there: >> $ mkdir -p /mnt/guix/boot/grub >> $ cp -r /boot/grub/* /mnt/guix/boot/grub/ >> >> - Now initialize the Guix installation: >> $ guix system init guix-config.scm /mnt/guix >> >> - Ok, power it down! >> - Now from the linode console, select boot and select "Guix" >> >> - Once it boots, you should be able to log in via ssh! (The server >> config will have changed though.) >> >> - Be sure to set your password and root's password. >> >> - Horray! At this point you can shut down the server, delete the >> Debian disk, and resize the Guix to the rest of the size. >> Congratulations! >> >> BTW, if you save it as a disk image right at this point, you'll have an >> easy time spinning up new Guix images! >> >> Let me know if this guide helps you! > > -- > GPG Key ID: 7BC158ED > Use `gpg --search-keys lambdatronic' to find me > Protect yourself from surveillance: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org > ======================================================================= > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > Please avoid sending me MS-Office attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
