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+;; Most cloud service providers use qemu / cloud-init to run images inside
+;; inside of a virtual machine. This example was written for the "linode"
+;; tutorial originally, but it should apply to other cloud services as well.
+
+(use-modules (gnu)
+             (guix modules))
+(use-service-modules networking
+                     ssh)
+(use-package-modules admin
+                     package-management
+                     ssh
+                     tls)
+
+;; if you want to add new packages, services and users later, you can
+;; use "guix deploy"
+(operating-system
+  (host-name "localhost")
+  (timezone "UTC")
+  (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
+  
+  (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-bootloader)))
+
+  ;; we configure our bootable guix system to be on device "/dev/sda"
+  ;; if you want to use a different device, change it here
+  (file-systems (cons (file-system
+                        (device "/dev/sda")
+                        (mount-point "/")
+                        (type "ext4"))
+                      %base-file-systems))
+
+
+  ;; our swap is assumed to be /dev/sdb.
+  ;; if your vm will have a different swap device, change it here
+  (swap-devices (list "/dev/sdb"))
+
+  (initrd-modules (cons "virtio_scsi"    ; Needed to find the disk
+                        %base-initrd-modules))
+
+  (packages (cons* %base-packages))
+
+  (services (cons*
+             (service dhcp-client-service-type)
+             (service openssh-service-type
+                      (openssh-configuration
+                       (password-authentication? #f)
+                       (permit-root-login 'prohibit-password)
+                       (authorized-keys
+                        `(("root" ,(local-file "/path/to/key.pub"))))))
+             %base-services)))