... And is anybody working on making NixOps work with Azure? Wout. On Sep 6, 2014 5:46 AM, "Shea Levy" <s...@shealevy.com> wrote:
> 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:s...@shealevy.com> > > Sent: 9/5/2014 3:58 PM > > To: Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)<mailto:ross.gard...@microsoft.com> > > Cc: nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl<mailto:nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl> > > 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 - > ross.gard...@microsoft.com > > > > > > 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 > > > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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