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Re: Running Guix System on Hetzner Cloud
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Re: Running Guix System on Hetzner Cloud |
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Thu, 6 Jun 2019 10:37:30 +0000 |
Jonathan Brielmaier transcribed 93K bytes:
> Hi fellow Guix hackers,
>
> the last weekend I tried to install Guix system on the Hetzner Cloud[0].
> First I tried to use Ubuntu, install Guix with the installer script and
> then initiate Guix with "guix system init /mnt...". This wasn't
> successful as Guix system didn't boot.
>
> So I asked them if they could add the Guix ISO to there ISO image
> collection and they did it. At the moment only for my account, not general.
How did you convince them? The last 3 times I asked for systems which weren't
in their ISO selection, I was told it isn't possible and I should find ways
to do it myself (which I did then).
> They provide some kind of serial console over the browser. So I just
> booted the server with Guix ISO mounted. I went through the graphical
> installer, which works very well in this environment :)
>
> During the installation step it fails due to missing "virtio_pci" initrd
> modules (see hetzner_cloud_installer_fails.png). In the installer there
> was no way to bypass this issue. But rebooting and installing manually
> with the configuration below did work :)
>
> I think it would be nice if the installer could handle that as he
> already cover the "virtio_scsi" module.
>
> In the end I got a working Guix system for 0,05 € :)
>
> Happy hacking
> Jonathan
>
> P.S: Did I already mentioned that the installer is _very_ nice?
>
> [0] https://www.hetzner.com/cloud
>
> ;; This is an operating system configuration generated
> ;; by the graphical installer.
>
> (use-modules (gnu))
> (use-service-modules databases desktop mail networking ssh xorg)
> (use-package-modules admin vim)
>
> (operating-system
> (locale "en_US.utf8")
> (timezone "Europe/Berlin")
> (keyboard-layout
> (keyboard-layout "de" "deadacute"))
> (bootloader
> (bootloader-configuration
> (bootloader grub-bootloader)
> (target "/dev/sda")
> (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
> (initrd-modules '("virtio_scsi" "virtio_pci"))
> (swap-devices (list "/dev/sda1"))
> (file-systems
> (cons* (file-system
> (mount-point "/")
> (device
> (uuid "713cf8af-e503-45f9-9a10-a0c5a4ce709b"
> 'ext4))
> (type "ext4"))
> %base-file-systems))
> (host-name "guixone")
> (users (cons* (user-account
> (name "jonathan")
> (comment "Jonathan Brielmaier")
> (group "users")
> (home-directory "/home/jonathan")
> (supplementary-groups
> '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video")))
> %base-user-accounts))
> (packages
> (append
> (list (specification->package "nss-certs") nmap vim)
> %base-packages))
> (services
> (append
> (list (service dhcp-client-service-type)
> (dovecot-service)
> (mysql-service)
> (service openssh-service-type))
> %base-services)))