Install NixOS on GCE - Revision history

Mic92: update example to 24.11

2024-12-03T08:48:26Z

update example to 24.11

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	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	$ git clone --depth=1 --branch 23.11 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git		$ git clone --depth=1 --branch nixos-24.11 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
	$ BUCKET_NAME=my_bucket_name nixpkgs/nixos/maintainers/scripts/gce/create-gce.sh		$ BUCKET_NAME=my_bucket_name nixpkgs/nixos/maintainers/scripts/gce/create-gce.sh
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Klinger: Category:Deployment added

2024-10-26T09:12:39Z

Category:Deployment added

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	At this point you may want to snapshot this image and use this snapshot to make future VMs.		At this point you may want to snapshot this image and use this snapshot to make future VMs.

	[[Category:Server]][[Category:Cookbook]]		[[Category:Server]][[Category:Cookbook]]
			[[Category:Deployment]]

Bmwagner18: To use the default script, the GCE bucket must have specific permission settings. I added a phrase that specifies this.

2024-08-29T13:13:15Z

To use the default script, the GCE bucket must have specific permission settings. I added a phrase that specifies this.

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	== Bootstrapping a NixOS image from the build of your choice ==		== Bootstrapping a NixOS image from the build of your choice ==

	This assumes you have created a Google Cloud project and a Google Cloud Storage bucket in that project. Set them as variables:		This assumes you have created a Google Cloud project and a Google Cloud Storage bucket that allows public access and uses Fine-grained access control (as opposed to Uniform) in that project. Set them as variables:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

Mic92: Install from old wiki

2024-05-01T15:44:54Z

Install from old wiki

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	## <b>Metadata</b>		## <b>Metadata</b>
	### <b>key</b> : <i>enable-oslogin</i>		### <b>key</b> : <i>enable-oslogin</i>
	### <b>value</b> : <i>TRUE</i>		### <b>value</b> : <i>"TRUE"</i>
	# Click <b>Create</b>		# Click <b>Create</b>
	# Wait until your VM instance is ready		# Wait until your VM instance is ready

Klinger: Category:Cookbook

2024-04-19T17:35:06Z

Category:Cookbook

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	At this point you may want to snapshot this image and use this snapshot to make future VMs.		At this point you may want to snapshot this image and use this snapshot to make future VMs.

	[[Category:Server]]		[[Category:Server]][[Category:Cookbook]]

imported>Tubro: typo

2024-01-23T19:25:09Z

typo

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	There are no publicly provided images of recent releases of NixOS. There are some old releases at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix>] and in the <code>gs://nixos-images</code> and <code>gs://nixos-cloud-images</code> public buckets, but these have not been updated in years. Instead, it is recommended you build your own image.		There are no publicly provided images of recent releases of NixOS. There are some old releases at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix>] and in the <code>gs://nixos-images</code> and <code>gs://nixos-cloud-images</code> public buckets, but these have not been updated in years. Instead, it is recommended you build your own image.

	This guide is for people who really need NixOS... not just the Nix package manager. If Nix is all you need, you can install it automatically in with a [https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/linux startup script]. Debian 12 startup script example:		This guide is for people who really need NixOS... not just the Nix package manager. If Nix is all you need, you can install it automatically with a [https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/linux startup script]. Debian 12 startup script example:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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	nix-env -i cowsay		nix-env -i cowsay
	cowsay 'nix is fully operational'		cowsay 'nix is fully operational'
	<syntaxhighlight ~~lang="bash"~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	== Bootstrapping a NixOS image from the build of your choice ==		== Bootstrapping a NixOS image from the build of your choice ==

imported>Tubro: Alternative Nix on GCP instructions

2024-01-23T19:23:46Z

Alternative Nix on GCP instructions

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	This is a recipe for creating a NixOS machine on Google Compute Engine (GCE) which is part of [https://cloud.google.com/ Google Cloud Platform].		This is a recipe for creating a NixOS machine on Google Compute Engine (GCE) which is part of [https://cloud.google.com/ Google Cloud Platform].

	This tutorial assumes you have already set up and account and project under Google Cloud Platform. We also assume that you have [https://nixos.org/download nix-shell] and KVM virtualization support, the latter is not available in Google Cloud Shell.		This tutorial assumes you have already set up and account and project under Google Cloud Platform. We also assume that you have [https://nixos.org/download nix-shell] and KVM virtualization support, the latter is not available in Google Cloud Shell.

	There are no publicly provided images of recent releases of NixOS. There are some old releases at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix>] and in the <code>gs://nixos-images</code> and <code>gs://nixos-cloud-images</code> public buckets, but these have not been updated in years. Instead, it is recommended you build your own image.		There are no publicly provided images of recent releases of NixOS. There are some old releases at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix>] and in the <code>gs://nixos-images</code> and <code>gs://nixos-cloud-images</code> public buckets, but these have not been updated in years. Instead, it is recommended you build your own image.

			This guide is for people who really need NixOS... not just the Nix package manager. If Nix is all you need, you can install it automatically in with a [https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/linux startup script]. Debian 12 startup script example:

			<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
			#!/bin/bash
			HOME="/root" sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon --yes
			source /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh
			nix-env -i cowsay
			cowsay 'nix is fully operational'
			<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

	== Bootstrapping a NixOS image from the build of your choice ==		== Bootstrapping a NixOS image from the build of your choice ==

imported>Tubro: Additional pre-requisites listed

2024-01-22T20:32:05Z

Additional pre-requisites listed

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	This is a recipe for creating a NixOS machine on Google Compute Engine (GCE) which is part of [https://cloud.google.com/ Google Cloud Platform].		This is a recipe for creating a NixOS machine on Google Compute Engine (GCE) which is part of [https://cloud.google.com/ Google Cloud Platform].

	This tutorial assumes you have already set up and account and project under Google Cloud Platform.		This tutorial assumes you have already set up and account and project under Google Cloud Platform. We also assume that you have [https://nixos.org/download nix-shell] and KVM virtualization support, the latter is not available in Google Cloud Shell.

	There are no publicly provided images of recent releases of NixOS. There are some old releases at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix>] and in the <code>gs://nixos-images</code> and <code>gs://nixos-cloud-images</code> public buckets, but these have not been updated in years. Instead, it is recommended you build your own image.		There are no publicly provided images of recent releases of NixOS. There are some old releases at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/gce-images.nix>] and in the <code>gs://nixos-images</code> and <code>gs://nixos-cloud-images</code> public buckets, but these have not been updated in years. Instead, it is recommended you build your own image.

imported>Tubro: Fix dir and bash styling

2024-01-22T20:15:37Z

Fix dir and bash styling

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	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	git clone --depth=1 --branch 23.11 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git ~~&& cd nixpkgs~~		$ git clone --depth=1 --branch 23.11 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
	$ BUCKET_NAME=my_bucket_name nixpkgs/nixos/maintainers/scripts/gce/create-gce.sh		$ BUCKET_NAME=my_bucket_name nixpkgs/nixos/maintainers/scripts/gce/create-gce.sh
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

imported>Tubro: Google Cloud Shell has a 5GB storage limit... the Git is bigger, so shallow clone is needed

2024-01-22T20:13:34Z

Google Cloud Shell has a 5GB storage limit... the Git is bigger, so shallow clone is needed

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:13, 22 January 2024
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
			git clone --depth=1 --branch 23.11 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git && cd nixpkgs
	$ BUCKET_NAME=my_bucket_name nixpkgs/nixos/maintainers/scripts/gce/create-gce.sh		$ BUCKET_NAME=my_bucket_name nixpkgs/nixos/maintainers/scripts/gce/create-gce.sh
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>