How is the initial connection managed? Does Azure provide a console, or some interface to provide the VM with an SSH public key, or some such?
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 11:03:34PM +0000, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: > That's correct Azure images are VHD's. I've not tried the route you propose, > so can't promise it will work. Certainly worth a try though. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Shea Levy<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 9/5/2014 3:58 PM > To: Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)<mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS on Azure? > > Hi Ross, > > Am I reading [1] correctly that Azure VMs are started from VHDs? If so, > we already have a function for creating virutalbox images that converts > a raw image containing a base NixOS system to VDI using qemu-img, so it > should be straightforward to tweak that to create a VHD instead. > > [1]: > http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-create-upload-vhd/ > > ~Shea > > On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 09:32:58PM +0000, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: > > I see that NixOS has images available for some of the popular clouds, but > > not for Azure. I'd love to see a NixOS image on VM > > Depot<http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/>. VM Depot is a community managed > > repository of virtual machines for Azure. We have something like 8 > > different Linux distros and around 1700 images built on those distros > > (ranging from developer stacks through to end user applications). > > > > The first step to getting folks to publish NixOS based images is to have a > > base distribution of NixOS available and, preferably, updated every time > > there is an official release of NixOS. Is anyone here interested in > > creating and upload an image to VM Depot? I'm happy to help guide the > > process. > > > > Some common questions for the curious: > > > > > > 1) Does it cost anything to store an image on VM Depot? No - all > > storage costs are paid by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc (my employer) > > > > 2) Does it cost anything to publish an image on VM Depot? Probably not > > - You will need an Azure subscription to temporarily store the image and > > there will be bandwidth charges for the initial copy. However, there are > > mechanisms by which we can ensure open source projects have sufficient > > Azure credits to do this without receiving a bill. Create a free Windows > > Azure trial > > subscription<http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/?WT.mc_id=AA4C1C935> > > to get started straight away (one month, $200 credit) > > > > 3) Are there an restrictions on what can be uploaded to VM Depot? - > > Short answer - if its open source then no there are no restrictions. Long > > answer is in the Terms of Use http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/ToU.htm > > > > 4) Why would I want to upload an image to VM Depot? It is easy for > > people to deploy a VM from VM Depot to Azure. This means it is easy for > > people to experiment with your project. More people experimenting means > > more users, more users means more potential contributors to the project and > > more potential customers for those employing contributors. > > > > 5) How do I get started creating a new VM based on an existing > > distribution? See > > http://msopentech.com/blog/2014/05/14/deploy-customize-freebsd-virtual-machine-image-microsoft-azure/ > > for a description of the general process (need not be FreeBSD as the > > starting image, the process is the same for any of the other images > > available) > > > > 6) How do I get started creating a new base distribution VM? > > http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-tutorial/ > > > > 7) Who can I contact for assistance? Ross Gardler - > > [email protected] > > > > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > MS Open Tech is hiring<http://aka.ms/msopentechjobs>! Ask me for details if > > anyone you know is interested (http://aka.ms/msopentechjobs) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
