Install NixOS on GCE: Difference between revisions

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You'll need setup the credentials for Google Cloud (via <code>gsutil config</code> or similar- if you have a GCE service account and have created an associated access key, the following is nice and quick: <code>readlink -f ./relative/path/to/key | gsutil config -e</code>, though it will prompt you for permission to lock down the file permissions on the key if they currently allow others to read the key- Note: the service account must be configured with a Role that allows it to write to your storage bucket), with the Cloud Storage and Compute Engine APIs enabled. You'll also need a Storage bucket. These steps will assume you've already made a bucket and it's named <code>gs://example</code>.

Prepare a local copy of the nixpkgs repository in the state you want to build from. If you want to build a released version, this means checking out one of the release branches from the nixpkgs~~-channels~~ repository. Make sure you haven't left any unwanted local changes in it. These examples assume you've checked it out at <code>/home/example/nixpkgs-clean</code>.

Prepare a local copy of the nixpkgs repository in the state you want to build from. If you want to build a released version, this means checking out one of the release branches from the nixpkgs repository. Make sure you haven't left any unwanted local changes in it. These examples assume you've checked it out at <code>/home/example/nixpkgs-clean</code>.

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 You'll need setup the credentials for Google Cloud (via <code>gsutil config</code> or similar- if you have a GCE service account and have created an associated access key, the following is nice and quick: <code>readlink -f ./relative/path/to/key | gsutil config -e</code>, though it will prompt you for permission to lock down the file permissions on the key if they currently allow others to read the key- Note: the service account must be configured with a Role that allows it to write to your storage bucket), with the Cloud Storage and Compute Engine APIs enabled. You'll also need a Storage bucket. These steps will assume you've already made a bucket and it's named <code>gs://example</code>.
-Prepare a local copy of the nixpkgs repository in the state you want to build from. If you want to build a released version, this means checking out one of the release branches from the nixpkgs-channels repository. Make sure you haven't left any unwanted local changes in it. These examples assume you've checked it out at <code>/home/example/nixpkgs-clean</code>.
+Prepare a local copy of the nixpkgs repository in the state you want to build from. If you want to build a released version, this means checking out one of the release branches from the nixpkgs repository. Make sure you haven't left any unwanted local changes in it. These examples assume you've checked it out at <code>/home/example/nixpkgs-clean</code>.
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