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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/guix-on-linode.scm (renamed from doc/examples/cloud-guix.scm) | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix-cookbook.texi | 18 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-guix.scm b/doc/examples/guix-on-linode.scm index 3d4bde024fd..56acf53b640 100644 --- a/doc/examples/cloud-guix.scm +++ b/doc/examples/guix-on-linode.scm @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ ;; 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. +;; tutorial originally, but it should apply similarly other cloud services +;; as well. (use-modules (gnu) (guix modules)) diff --git a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi index 4256957d3cf..4668de11fc4 100644 --- a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi +++ b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi @@ -3011,18 +3011,18 @@ system init} to initialize the guix installation. Replace the authorized keys with the path to your keys. @lisp -@include examples/cloud-guix.scm +@include examples/guix-on-linode.scm @end lisp Copy this to your linode in whatever directory you choose. In this -example, we choose to call the file @file{cloud-guix.scm} and save it -to @file{/tmp/cloud-guix.scm}. +example, we choose to call the file @file{guix-on-linode.scm} and save it +to @file{/tmp/guix-on-linode.scm}. Now we are ready to install a guix system realizing this config to @file{/mnt/guix}. @example -guix system init /tmp/cloud-guix.scm /mnt/guix +guix system init /tmp/guix-on-linode.scm /mnt/guix @end example @subsection Configure Linode to Boot from Guix Image @@ -3093,6 +3093,16 @@ Note that your coordinator machine will have to generate a public key, which will be stored in @file{/etc/guix}. Copy that over to the target machine and authorize it before running the deployment. +If at the last step you are having issues with the authorization after running + +@example +# guix archive --authorize < coordinator-key.pub +@end example + +Then you likely have to add the key to the authorized keys in the herd +service definition. For details, see +@pxref{Getting Substitutes from Other Servers,,, guix, GNU Guix}. + @subsection Notes Here are some other approaches that may work as well. |