Hi, I have created an issues with the information supplied by OP ( https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/3986). I believe Domen had plans to work on an Azure image. If people want to colaborate on this, please add a comment to the issue. I might spend some time this weekend setting up an initial image.
Cheers, Rob On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Wout Mertens <[email protected]> wrote: > ... And is anybody working on making NixOps work with Azure? > > Wout. > On Sep 6, 2014 5:46 AM, "Shea Levy" <[email protected]> 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:[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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > -- Rob Vermaas [email] [email protected]
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