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doc: add clarifications to Linode cookbook recipe
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi: clarify Linode recipe Reword paragraph about adding the Guix device disk to Debian config. Improve example commands for sftp-ing files to the server. Minor wording fixes Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@ -2050,10 +2050,12 @@ Copy into it the output of:
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cat ~/.ssh/<username>_rsa.pub
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@end example
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Power the Linode down. In the Linode's Disks/Configurations tab, resize
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the Debian disk to be smaller. 30 GB is recommended.
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Power the Linode down.
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In the Linode's Storage tab, resize the Debian disk to be smaller.
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30 GB free space is recommended. Then click "Add a disk", and fill
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out the form with the following:
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In the Linode settings, "Add a disk", with the following:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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Label: "Guix"
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@ -2065,9 +2067,9 @@ Filesystem: ext4
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Set it to the remaining size
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@end itemize
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On the "configuration" field that comes with the default image, press
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"..." and select "Edit", then on that menu add to @file{/dev/sdc} the "Guix"
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label.
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In the Configurations tab, press "Edit" on the default Debian profile.
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Under "Block Device Assignment" click "Add a Device". It should be
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@file{/dev/sdc} and you can select the "Guix" disk. Save Changes.
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Now "Add a Configuration", with the following:
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@itemize @bullet
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Turn off all the filesystem/boot helpers
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@end itemize
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Now power it back up, picking the Debian configuration. Once it's
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booted up, ssh in your server via @code{ssh
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Now power it back up, booting with the Debian configuration. Once it's
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running, ssh to your server via @code{ssh
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root@@@var{<your-server-IP-here>}}. (You can find your server IP address in
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your Linode Summary section.) Now you can run the "install guix from
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@pxref{Binary Installation,,, guix, GNU Guix}" steps:
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@end lisp
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The last line in the above example lets you log into the server as root
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and set the initial root password. After you have done this, you may
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and set the initial root password (see the note at the end of this
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recipe about root login). After you have done this, you may
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delete that line from your configuration and reconfigure to prevent root
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login.
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Save your ssh public key (eg: @file{~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub}) as
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@file{@var{<your-username-here>}_rsa.pub} and your
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Copy your ssh public key (eg: @file{~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub}) as
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@file{@var{<your-username-here>}_rsa.pub} and put
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@file{guix-config.scm} in the same directory. In a new terminal run
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these commands.
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@example
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sftp root@@<remote server ip address>
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put /home/<username>/ssh/id_rsa.pub .
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put /path/to/linode/guix-config.scm .
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put /path/to/files/<username>_rsa.pub .
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put /path/to/files/guix-config.scm .
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@end example
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In your first terminal, mount the guix drive:
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mount /dev/sdc /mnt/guix
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@end example
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Due to the way we set things up above, we do not install GRUB
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completely. Instead we install only our grub configuration file. So we
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need to copy over some of the other GRUB stuff that is already there:
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Due to the way we set up the bootloader section of the guix-config.scm,
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only the grub configuration file will be installed. So, we need to copy
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over some of the other GRUB stuff already installed on the Debian system:
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@example
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mkdir -p /mnt/guix/boot/grub
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the ``Launch Console'' option in your linode. Choose the ``Glish''
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instead of ``Weblish''. Now you should be able to ssh into the machine.
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Horray! At this point you can shut down the server, delete the
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Hooray! At this point you can shut down the server, delete the
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Debian disk, and resize the Guix to the rest of the size.
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Congratulations!
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