Yes, I will update the NixOS manual ASAP. I was planning this as I'm also working on a complete Disnix manual at the moment :)
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: nix-dev-boun...@cs.uu.nl namens Ludovic Courtès Verzonden: zo 24-10-2010 13:04 Aan: nix-dev@cs.uu.nl Onderwerp: [Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r24410 - innixos/trunk: lib modules/installer/toolsmodules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vmsmodules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network modules/virtualisation Hi Sander, Sander van der Burg <s.vanderb...@tudelft.nl> writes: > Author: sandervanderburg > Date: Thu Oct 21 22:50:12 2010 > New Revision: 24410 > URL: https://svn.nixos.org/websvn/nix/?rev=24410&sc=1 > > Log: > - Added nixos-build-vms command, which builds a virtual network from a > network.nix expression (also used by nixos-deploy-network) > - Added a backdoor option to the interactive run-vms script. This allows me > to intergrate the virtual network approach with Disnix > - Small documentation fixes > > Some explanation: > > The nixos-build-vms command line tool can be used to build a virtual network > of a network.nix specification. > For example, a network configuration (network.nix) could look like this: > > { > test1 = > {pkgs, config, ...}: > > { > services.openssh.enable = true; > ... > }; > > test2 = > {pkgs, config, ...}: > > { > services.openssh.enable = true; > services.xserver.enable = true; > } > > ; > } > > By typing the following instruction: > > $ nixos-build-vms -n network.nix > > a virtual network is built, which can be started by typing: > > $ ./result/bin/run-vms > > It is also possible to enable a backdoor. In this case *.socket files are > stored in the current directory > which can be used by the end-user to invoke remote instruction on a VM in the > network through a Unix > domain socket. > > For example by building the network with the following instructions: > > $ nixos-build-vms -n network.nix --use-backdoor > > and launching the virtual network: > > $ ./result/bin/run-vms > > You can find two socket files in your current directory, namely: test1.socket > and test2.socket. > These Unix domain sockets can be used to remotely administer the test1 and > test2 machine > in the virtual network. > > For example by running: > > $ socat ./test1.socket stdio > ls /root > > You can retrieve the contents of the /root directory of the virtual machine > with identifier test1 Nice! How about putting this documentation in the manual? It'd be more readily available than in the commit log. ;-) Thanks, Ludo'. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@cs.uu.nl https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
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