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vpc files use the extension "vhd". `make-disk-image-nix` contains a lookup table, but does not expose that. vpc is the only format supported by the amazon image which is affected. Format and extension are the same for raw and qcow2.
Amazon images
AMIs are regularly uploaded from Hydra. This automation lives in https://github.com/NixOS/amis
How to upload an AMI for testing
If you want to upload an AMI from changes in a local nixpkgs checkout.
nix-build nixos/release.nix -A amazonImage
export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile
nix run nixpkgs#upload-ami -- --image-info ./result/nix-support/image-info.json
How to build your own NixOS config into an AMI
Use nixos-rebuild build-image as follows:
NIXOS_CONFIG="$(pwd)/my-config.nix" nixos-rebuild build-image --image-variant amazon
export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile
nix run github:NixOS/amis#upload-ami -- --image-info ./result/nix-support/image-info.json
Roadmap
- @arianvp is planning to drop zfs support unless someone else picks it up
- @arianvp is planning to rewrite the image builder to use the repart-based image builder.
- @arianvp is planning to perhaps rewrite
upload-amito use coldnsap - @arianvp is planning to move
upload-amitooling into nixpkgs once it has stabilized. And only keep the Github Action in separate repo