nixpkgs/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
Nicolas Pierron d2d139e920 Move the generation of the dummy configuration file into the installation
device profile.

TODO: The current configuration does not reproduce exactly the CD
configuration, fix it.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=23913
2010-09-25 09:32:48 +00:00

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Nix

{config, pkgs, ...}:
with pkgs.lib;
let
# Location of the repository on the harddrive
profilePath = toString ./.;
# Check if the path is from the NixOS repository
isProfile = path:
let s = toString path; in
removePrefix profilePath s != s;
# Rename NixOS modules used to setup the current device to make findable form
# the default location of the configuration.nix file.
getProfileModules =
map (path: "./nixos/modules/profiles" + removePrefix isProfile (toString path))
filter (m: isPath m && isProfile m) modules;
# A dummy /etc/nixos/configuration.nix in the booted CD that
# rebuilds the CD's configuration (and allows the configuration to
# be modified, of course, providing a true live CD). Problem is
# that we don't really know how the CD was built - the Nix
# expression language doesn't allow us to query the expression being
# evaluated. So we'll just hope for the best.
configClone = pkgs.writeText "configuration.nix"
''
{config, pkgs, ...}:
{
require = [${toString config.installer.cloneConfigIncludes}];
# Add your own options below and run "nixos-rebuild switch".
# E.g.,
# services.openssh.enable = true;
}
'';
in
{
options = {
system.nixosVersion = mkOption {
default = "${builtins.readFile ../../VERSION}";
description = ''
NixOS version number.
'';
};
installer.cloneConfig = mkOption {
default = true;
description = ''
Try to clone the installation-device configuration by re-using it's
profile from the list of imported modules.
'';
};
installer.cloneConfigIncludes = mkOption {
default = [];
example = [ "./nixos/modules/hardware/network/rt73.nix" ];
description = ''
List of modules used to re-build this installation device profile.
'';
};
};
config = {
installer.cloneConfigIncludes = getProfileModules;
# Show the manual.
services.nixosManual.showManual = true;
# Let the user play Rogue on TTY 8 during the installation.
services.rogue.enable = true;
# Disable some other stuff we don't need.
security.sudo.enable = false;
# Include only the en_US locale. This saves 75 MiB or so compared to
# the full glibcLocales package.
i18n.supportedLocales = ["en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" "en_US/ISO-8859-1"];
# nixos-install will do a pull from this channel to speed up the
# installation.
installer.nixpkgsURL = http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable;
boot.postBootCommands =
''
# Provide a mount point for nixos-install.
mkdir -p /mnt
${optionalString config.installer.cloneConfig ''
# Provide a configuration for the CD/DVD itself, to allow users
# to run nixos-rebuild to change the configuration of the
# running system on the CD/DVD.
cp ${configClone} /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
''}
'';
# Some more help text.
services.mingetty.helpLine =
''
Log in as "root" with an empty password. ${
if config.services.xserver.enable then
"Type `start xserver' to start\nthe graphical user interface."
else ""
}
'';
# Allow sshd to be started manually through "start sshd". It should
# not be started by default on the installation CD because the
# default root password is empty.
services.openssh.enable = true;
jobs.sshd.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverride 50 "";
# Enable wpa_supplicant, but don't start it by default.
networking.enableWLAN = true;
jobs.wpa_supplicant.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverride 50 "";
};
}