gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl

   1 ;;; This is an operating system configuration template for a "bare-bones" setup,
   2 ;;; suitable for booting in a virtualized environment, including virtual private
   3 ;;; servers (VPS).
   4
   5 (use-modules (gnu))
   6 (use-package-modules bootloaders disk nvi)
   7
   8 (define vm-image-motd (plain-file "motd" "
   9 This is the GNU system.  Welcome!
  10
  11 This instance of GuixSD is a bare-bones template for virtualized environments.
  12
  13 You will probably want to do these things first if you booted in a virtual
  14 private server (VPS):
  15
  16 * Set a password for 'root'.
  17 * Set up networking.
  18 * Expand the root partition to fill the space available by 0) deleting and
  19 recreating the partition with fdisk, 1) reloading the partition table with
  20 partprobe, and then 2) resizing the filesystem with resize2fs.\n"))
  21
  22 (operating-system
  23   (host-name "gnu")
  24   (timezone "Etc/UTC")
  25   (locale "en_US.utf8")
  26
  27   ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root" is
  28   ;; the label of the target root file system.
  29   (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
  30                (bootloader grub-bootloader)
  31                (target "/dev/sda")
  32                (terminal-outputs '(console))))
  33   (file-systems (cons (file-system
  34                         (device (file-system-label "my-root"))
  35                         (mount-point "/")
  36                         (type "ext4"))
  37                       %base-file-systems))
  38
  39   ;; This is where user accounts are specified.  The "root"
  40   ;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the
  41   ;; empty password.
  42   (users %base-user-accounts)
  43
  44   ;; Globally-installed packages.
  45   (packages (cons* nvi fdisk
  46                    grub   ; mostly so xrefs to its manual work
  47                    parted ; partprobe
  48                    %base-packages))
  49
  50   (services (modify-services %base-services
  51               (login-service-type config =>
  52                                   (login-configuration
  53                                     (inherit config)
  54                                     (motd vm-image-motd))))))