105 lines
2.3 KiB
Groff
105 lines
2.3 KiB
Groff
.Dd January 1, 1980
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.Dt nixos-build-vms 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nixos-build-vms
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.Nd build a network of virtual machines from a network of NixOS configurations
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm nixos-build-vms
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.Op Fl -show-trace
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.Op Fl -no-out-link
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.Op Fl -help
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.Op Fl -option Ar name value
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.Pa network.nix
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.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This command builds a network of QEMU\-KVM virtual machines of a Nix expression
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specifying a network of NixOS machines. The virtual network can be started by
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executing the
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.Pa bin/run-vms
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shell script that is generated by this command. By default, a
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.Pa result
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symlink is produced that points to the generated virtual network.
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.Pp
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A network Nix expression has the following structure:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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{
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test1 = {pkgs, config, ...}:
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{
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services.openssh.enable = true;
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nixpkgs.localSystem.system = "i686-linux";
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deployment.targetHost = "test1.example.net";
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# Other NixOS options
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};
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test2 = {pkgs, config, ...}:
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{
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services.openssh.enable = true;
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services.httpd.enable = true;
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environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.lynx ];
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nixpkgs.localSystem.system = "x86_64-linux";
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deployment.targetHost = "test2.example.net";
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# Other NixOS options
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};
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}
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Each attribute in the expression represents a machine in the network
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.Ns (e.g.
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.Va test1
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and
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.Va test2 Ns
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) referring to a function defining a NixOS configuration. In each NixOS
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configuration, two attributes have a special meaning. The
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.Va deployment.targetHost
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specifies the address (domain name or IP address) of the system which is used by
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.Ic ssh
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to perform remote deployment operations. The
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.Va nixpkgs.localSystem.system
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attribute can be used to specify an architecture for the target machine, such as
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.Ql i686-linux
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which builds a 32-bit NixOS configuration. Omitting this property will build the
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configuration for the same architecture as the host system.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl -show-trace
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Shows a trace of the output.
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.It Fl -no-out-link
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Do not create a
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.Pa result
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symlink.
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.It Fl h , -help
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Shows the usage of this command to the user.
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.It Fl -option Ar name Va value
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Set the Nix configuration option
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.Va name
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to
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.Va value Ns
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\&. This overrides settings in the Nix configuration file (see
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.Xr nix.conf 5 Ns
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).
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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.An Eelco Dolstra
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and
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.An the Nixpkgs/NixOS contributors
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