nixpkgs-suyu/installer/nixos-installer.sh
Eelco Dolstra 4b7e9b5401 * Instructions on testing the installer without having to make an ISO
/ burn a CD, namely by making a loopback target file system.
* Installer: continue if the MANIFEST on the CD is missing (useful if
  we're not actually installing from a CD).

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7843
2007-02-05 15:12:47 +00:00

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#! @shell@
# Syntax: installer.sh <DEVICE> <NIX-EXPR>
# (e.g., installer.sh /mnt/root ./my-machine.nix)
# - mount target device
# - make Nix store etc.
# - copy closure of rescue env to target device
# - register validity
# - start the "target" installer in a chroot to the target device
# * do a nix-pull
# * nix-env -p system-profile -i <nix-expr for the configuration>
# * run hook scripts provided by packages in the configuration?
# - install/update grub
set -e
mountPoint="$1"
nixosDir="$2"
configuration="$3"
if test -z "$mountPoint" -o -z "$nixosDir" -o -z "$configuration"; then
echo "Syntax: nixos-installer.sh <targetRootDir> <nixosDir> <configuration>"
exit 1
fi
if ! test -e "$mountPoint"; then
echo "mount point $mountPoint doesn't exist"
exit 1
fi
if ! test -e "$nixosDir"; then
echo "NixOS source directory $nixosDir doesn't exist"
exit 1
fi
if ! test -e "$configuration"; then
echo "configuration file $configuration doesn't exist"
exit 1
fi
nixosDir=$(readlink -f "$nixosDir")
configuration=$(readlink -f "$configuration")
# Mount some stuff in the target root directory.
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/dev $mountPoint/proc $mountPoint/sys $mountPoint/mnt
mount --rbind / $mountPoint/mnt
mount --bind /dev $mountPoint/dev
mount --bind /proc $mountPoint/proc
mount --bind /sys $mountPoint/sys
cleanup() {
# !!! don't umount any we didn't mount ourselves
for i in $(grep -F "$mountPoint" /proc/mounts \
| @perl@/bin/perl -e 'while (<>) { /^\S+\s+(\S+)\s+/; print "$1\n"; }' \
| sort -r);
do
umount $i
done
}
trap "cleanup" EXIT
mkdir -m 01777 -p $mountPoint/tmp
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/var
# Create the necessary Nix directories on the target device, if they
# don't already exist.
mkdir -m 0755 -p \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/gcroots \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/temproots \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/manifests \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/userpool \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles \
$mountPoint/nix/var/nix/db \
$mountPoint/nix/var/log/nix/drvs
mkdir -m 1777 -p \
$mountPoint/nix/store \
# Get the store paths to copy from the references graph.
storePaths=$(@perl@/bin/perl @pathsFromGraph@ @nixClosure@)
# Copy Nix to the Nix store on the target device.
echo "copying Nix to $mountPoint...."
for i in $storePaths; do
echo " $i"
rsync -a $i $mountPoint/nix/store/
done
# Register the paths in the Nix closure as valid. This is necessary
# to prevent them from being deleted the first time we install
# something. (I.e., Nix will see that, e.g., the glibc path is not
# valid, delete it to get it out of the way, but as a result nothing
# will work anymore.)
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-store --register-validity < @nixClosure@
# Create the required /bin/sh symlink; otherwise lots of things
# (notably the system() function) won't work.
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/bin
# !!! assuming that @shell@ is in the closure
ln -sf @shell@ $mountPoint/bin/sh
# Enable networking in the chroot.
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/etc
cp /etc/resolv.conf $mountPoint/etc/
# Pull the manifest on the CD so that everything in the Nix store on
# the CD can be copied directly.
echo "registering substitutes to speed up builds..."
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-store --clear-substitutes
if test -e /mnt/MANIFEST; then
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-pull file:///mnt/MANIFEST
fi
rm -f $mountPoint/tmp/inst-store
ln -s /mnt/nix/store $mountPoint/tmp/inst-store
# Do a nix-pull to speed up building.
if test -n "@nixpkgsURL@"; then
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-pull @nixpkgsURL@/MANIFEST || true
fi
# Build the specified Nix expression in the target store and install
# it into the system configuration profile.
echo "building the system configuration..."
chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-env \
-p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system \
-f "/mnt$nixosDir/system/system.nix" \
--arg configuration "import /mnt$configuration" \
--set -A system
# Copy the configuration to /etc/nixos.
targetConfig=$mountPoint/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
mkdir -p $(dirname $targetConfig)
if test -e $targetConfig -o -L $targetConfig; then
cp -f $targetConfig $targetConfig.backup-$(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
fi
if test "$configuration" != "$targetConfig"; then
cp -f $configuration $targetConfig
fi
# Grub needs a mtab.
rootDevice=$(df $mountPoint | grep '^/' | sed 's^ .*^^')
echo "$rootDevice / somefs rw 0 0" > $mountPoint/etc/mtab
# Mark the target as a NixOS installation, otherwise
# switch-to-configuration will chicken out.
touch $mountPoint/etc/NIXOS
# Switch to the new system configuration. This will install Grub with
# a menu default pointing at the kernel/initrd/etc of the new
# configuration.
echo "finalising the installation..."
NIXOS_INSTALL_GRUB=1 chroot $mountPoint \
/nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot