nixos/virtualisation/gcp: Use lib/make-disk-image for building Google… #23233
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| PATH=$PATH:${pkgs.stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.gnutar pkgs.gzip ]} | ||
| pushd $out | ||
| mv nixos.img disk.raw | ||
| tar -Szcf "${diskImageBase}.tar.gz" disk.raw |
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@nlewo Is it supported by Google Compute Engine? It is not really clearly stated, but it looks like only RAW images are supported: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/import-existing-image. The tar.gz container is explicitly required, though.
Feel free testing/investigating if qcow2 images work. If so, I think it should be part of a different PR/commit though, for easier debugging.
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Ok, thanks. They say raw image must be used. In fact, my question was really naive since i don't use gcp:/
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It's a pity this wasn't/isn't merged yet. Is there a specific reason?
IMO, there is a dire need to refactor image building which is really convoluted. This is the logical first step and I use pretty much the same script to build my own images.
EDIT: I see that the similar changes were actually merged. At this moment this PR is obsolete and should be closed.
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| default = 100*1024; | ||
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| The size of the disk image built by |
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Please specify the size unit.
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Could someone close this as the similar refactoring was merged in 9fae0f3? EDIT: call @copumpkin who is the author of the above commit |
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That commit is from #25165. |
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Oh, sorry! I didn't realize this was already a thing or I'd have reused it. Thanks! |
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Motivation for this change
Code re-use.
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