[Nix-dev] NixOS on Azure?

[Wout Mertens]

... And is anybody working on making NixOps work with Azure?

Wout.
On Sep 6, 2014 5:46 AM, "Shea Levy" <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:

> How is the initial connection managed? Does Azure provide a console, or
> some interface to provide the VM with an SSH public key, or some such?
>
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 11:03:34PM +0000, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
> wrote:
> > That's correct Azure images are VHD's. I've not tried the route you
> propose, so can't promise it will work. Certainly worth a try though.
> >
> > Sent from my Windows Phone
> > ________________________________
> > From: Shea Levy<mailto:shea at shealevy.com>
> > Sent: ‎9/‎5/‎2014 3:58 PM
> > To: Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)<mailto:Ross.Gardler at microsoft.com>
> > Cc: nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl<mailto:nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl>
> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS on Azure?
> >
> > Hi Ross,
> >
> > Am I reading [1] correctly that Azure VMs are started from VHDs? If so,
> > we already have a function for creating virutalbox images that converts
> > a raw image containing a base NixOS system to VDI using qemu-img, so it
> > should be straightforward to tweak that to create a VHD instead.
> >
> > [1]:
> http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-create-upload-vhd/
> >
> > ~Shea
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 09:32:58PM +0000, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
> wrote:
> > > I see that NixOS has images available for some of the popular clouds,
> but not for Azure. I'd love to see a NixOS image on VM Depot<
> http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/>. VM Depot is a community managed
> repository of virtual machines for Azure. We have something like 8
> different Linux distros and around 1700 images built on those distros
> (ranging from developer stacks through to end user applications).
> > >
> > > The first step to getting folks to publish NixOS based images is to
> have a base distribution of NixOS available and, preferably, updated every
> time there is an official release of NixOS. Is anyone here interested in
> creating and upload an image to VM Depot? I'm happy to help guide the
> process.
> > >
> > > Some common questions for the curious:
> > >
> > >
> > > 1)      Does it cost anything to store an image on VM Depot? No - all
> storage costs are paid by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc (my employer)
> > >
> > > 2)      Does it cost anything to publish an image on VM Depot?
> Probably not - You will need an Azure subscription to temporarily store the
> image and there will be bandwidth charges for the initial copy. However,
> there are mechanisms by which we can ensure open source projects have
> sufficient Azure credits to do this without receiving a bill. Create a free
> Windows Azure trial subscription<
> http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/?WT.mc_id=AA4C1C935>
> to get started straight away (one month, $200 credit)
> > >
> > > 3)      Are there an restrictions on what can be uploaded to VM Depot?
> - Short answer - if its open source then no there are no restrictions. Long
> answer is in the Terms of Use http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/ToU.htm
> > >
> > > 4)      Why would I want to upload an image to VM Depot? It is easy
> for people to deploy a VM from VM Depot to Azure. This means it is easy for
> people to experiment with your project. More people experimenting means
> more users, more users means more potential contributors to the project and
> more potential customers for those employing contributors.
> > >
> > > 5)      How do I get started creating a new VM based on an existing
> distribution? See
> http://msopentech.com/blog/2014/05/14/deploy-customize-freebsd-virtual-machine-image-microsoft-azure/
> for a description of the general process (need not be FreeBSD as the
> starting image, the process is the same for any of the other images
> available)
> > >
> > > 6)      How do I get started creating a new base distribution VM?
> http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-tutorial/
> > >
> > > 7)      Who can I contact for assistance? Ross Gardler -
> ross.gardler at microsoft.com
> > >
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