[Nix-dev] NixOS on Azure?

Sat Sep 6 11:39:13 CEST 2014

Hi,

I have created an issues with the information supplied by OP (
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/3986). I believe Domen had plans to
work on an Azure image. If people want to colaborate on this, please add a
comment to the issue. I might spend some time this weekend setting up an
initial image.

Cheers,
Rob

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Wout Mertens <wout.mertens at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... 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
>> > >
>> > > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
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>> > >
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