From a6c642ef63012508f755a1329aa66e4b09da72b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 20:44:36 -0400 Subject: maint: The 'release' target builds a VM image. * gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl: New file. * Makefile.am (GUIXSD_VM_SYSTEMS, GUIXSD_VM_IMAGE_BASE, GUIXSD_VM_IMAGE_SIZE): New variables. (release): Add logic to build a VM image. (EXAMPLES): Add 'gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl'. * doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM, Installing GuixSD in a VM): Mention the pre-built VM image. --- doc/guix.texi | 29 ++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7baf6ee38a..3523937030 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7634,8 +7634,11 @@ good. @subsection Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine @cindex virtual machine, GuixSD installation -If you'd like to install GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) rather than on -your beloved machine, this section is for you. +@cindex virtual private server (VPS) +@cindex VPS (virtual private server) +If you'd like to install GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) or on a +virtual private server (VPS) rather than on your beloved machine, this +section is for you. To boot a @uref{http://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing GuixSD in a disk image, follow these steps: @@ -15693,17 +15696,21 @@ example graph. @subsection Running GuixSD in a Virtual Machine @cindex virtual machine -One way to run GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) is to build a GuixSD -virtual machine image using @command{guix system vm-image} -(@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in qcow2 format, -which the @uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use. +To run GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM), one can either use the +pre-built GuixSD VM image distributed at +@indicateurl{ftp://alpha.gnu.org/guix/guixsd-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz} +, or build their own virtual machine image using @command{guix system +vm-image} (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in +qcow2 format, which the @uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can +efficiently use. @cindex QEMU -To run the image in QEMU, copy it out of the store (@pxref{The Store}) -and give yourself permission to write to the copy. When invoking QEMU, -you must choose a system emulator that is suitable for your hardware -platform. Here is a minimal QEMU invocation that will boot the result -of @command{guix system vm-image} on x86_64 hardware: +If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store +(@pxref{The Store}) and give yourself permission to write to the copy +before you can use it. When invoking QEMU, you must choose a system +emulator that is suitable for your hardware platform. Here is a minimal +QEMU invocation that will boot the result of @command{guix system +vm-image} on x86_64 hardware: @example $ qemu-system-x86_64 \ -- cgit 1.4.1