-;;; This is an operating system configuration template for a "bare-bones" setup,
-;;; suitable for booting in a virtualized environment, including virtual private
-;;; servers (VPS).
-
-(use-modules (gnu))
-(use-package-modules bootloaders disk nvi)
-
-(define vm-image-motd (plain-file "motd" "
-This is the GNU system. Welcome!
-
-This instance of GuixSD is a bare-bones template for virtualized environments.
-
-You will probably want to do these things first if you booted in a virtual
-private server (VPS):
-
-* Set a password for 'root'.
-* Set up networking.
-* Expand the root partition to fill the space available by 0) deleting and
-recreating the partition with fdisk, 1) reloading the partition table with
-partprobe, and then 2) resizing the filesystem with resize2fs.\n"))
-
-(operating-system
- (host-name "gnu")
- (timezone "Etc/UTC")
- (locale "en_US.utf8")
-
- ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root" is
- ;; the label of the target root file system.
- (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
- (bootloader grub-bootloader)
- (target "/dev/sda")
- (terminal-outputs '(console))))
- (file-systems (cons (file-system
- (device "my-root")
- (title 'label)
- (mount-point "/")
- (type "ext4"))
- %base-file-systems))
-
- ;; This is where user accounts are specified. The "root"
- ;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the
- ;; empty password.
- (users %base-user-accounts)
-
- ;; Globally-installed packages.
- (packages (cons* nvi fdisk
- grub ; mostly so xrefs to its manual work
- parted ; partprobe
- %base-packages))
-
- (services (modify-services %base-services
- (login-service-type config =>
- (login-configuration
- (inherit config)
- (motd vm-image-motd))))))
+;; This is an operating system configuration for a VM image.
+;; Modify it as you see fit and instantiate the changes by running:
+;;
+;; guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
+;;
+
+(use-modules (gnu) (guix) (srfi srfi-1))
+(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh xorg)
+(use-package-modules bootloaders certs fonts nvi
+ package-management wget xorg)
+
+(define vm-image-motd (plain-file "motd" "
+\x1b[1;37mThis is the GNU system. Welcome!\x1b[0m
+
+This instance of Guix is a template for virtualized environments.
+You can reconfigure the whole system by adjusting /etc/config.scm
+and running:
+
+ guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
+
+Run '\x1b[1;37minfo guix\x1b[0m' to browse documentation.
+
+\x1b[1;33mConsider setting a password for the 'root' and 'guest' \
+accounts.\x1b[0m
+"))
+
+(operating-system
+ (host-name "gnu")
+ (timezone "Etc/UTC")
+ (locale "en_US.utf8")
+ (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us" "altgr-intl"))
+
+ ;; Label for the GRUB boot menu.
+ (label (string-append "GNU Guix " (package-version guix)))
+
+ (firmware '())
+
+ ;; Below we assume /dev/vda is the VM's hard disk.
+ ;; Adjust as needed.
+ (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
+ (bootloader grub-bootloader)
+ (target "/dev/vda")
+ (terminal-outputs '(console))))
+ (file-systems (cons (file-system
+ (mount-point "/")
+ (device "/dev/vda1")
+ (type "ext4"))
+ %base-file-systems))
+
+ (users (cons (user-account
+ (name "guest")
+ (comment "GNU Guix Live")
+ (password "") ;no password
+ (group "users")
+ (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
+ "audio" "video")))
+ %base-user-accounts))
+
+ ;; Our /etc/sudoers file. Since 'guest' initially has an empty password,
+ ;; allow for password-less sudo.
+ (sudoers-file (plain-file "sudoers" "\
+root ALL=(ALL) ALL
+%wheel ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL\n"))
+
+ (packages (append (list font-bitstream-vera nss-certs nvi wget)
+ %base-packages))
+
+ (services
+ (append (list (service xfce-desktop-service-type)
+
+ ;; Choose SLiM, which is lighter than the default GDM.
+ (service slim-service-type
+ (slim-configuration
+ (auto-login? #t)
+ (default-user "guest")
+ (xorg-configuration
+ (xorg-configuration
+ (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))))
+
+ ;; Uncomment the line below to add an SSH server.
+ ;;(service openssh-service-type)
+
+ ;; Use the DHCP client service rather than NetworkManager.
+ (service dhcp-client-service-type))
+
+ ;; Remove GDM, ModemManager, NetworkManager, and wpa-supplicant,
+ ;; which don't make sense in a VM.
+ (remove (lambda (service)
+ (let ((type (service-kind service)))
+ (or (memq type
+ (list gdm-service-type
+ wpa-supplicant-service-type
+ cups-pk-helper-service-type
+ network-manager-service-type
+ modem-manager-service-type))
+ (eq? 'network-manager-applet
+ (service-type-name type)))))
+ (modify-services %desktop-services
+ (login-service-type config =>
+ (login-configuration
+ (inherit config)
+ (motd vm-image-motd)))))))
+
+ ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
+ (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
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