[Nix-dev] Nixops on headless server

Patrick Wheeler patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com
Mon Dec 23 04:35:03 CET 2013


I found my problem.

I remembered I needed to include something like:

require = [ <nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix> ];

in the configuration.nix, or in my nixops expression.

Patrick


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Patrick Wheeler <
patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am having the same problem currently if anyone has any insight.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Marco Maggesi <maggesi at math.unifi.it>wrote:
>
>>  Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to install nixops on a headless server and I get the following
>> error which seems to be related to the lack of X environment.
>> I set the option
>> deployment.virtualbox.headless = true;
>> and completely destroyed and recreated the cloud but it doesn't seem to
>> have affect.
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marco
>>
>>  [...]
>> webserver> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine
>> 'nixops-f289aeae-432e-11e3-9e21-5f0f061205c9-webserver' has terminated
>> unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1
>> webserver> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE
>> (0x80004005), component Machine, interface IMachine
>> webserver> Waiting for VM
>> "nixops-f289aeae-432e-11e3-9e21-5f0f061205c9-webserver" to power on...
>> webserver> waiting for IP
>> address...............................................
>>
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>
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