diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-config.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-config.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [ "${modulesPath}/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix" ];
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix
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+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+{
+  imports = [ ../profiles/headless.nix ../profiles/qemu-guest.nix ];
+
+  system.build.googleComputeImage =
+    pkgs.vmTools.runInLinuxVM (
+      pkgs.runCommand "google-compute-image"
+        { preVM =
+            ''
+              mkdir $out
+              diskImage=$out/disk.raw
+              truncate $diskImage --size 10G
+              mv closure xchg/
+            '';
+
+          postVM =
+            ''
+              PATH=$PATH:${pkgs.gnutar}/bin:${pkgs.gzip}/bin
+              pushd $out
+              tar -Szcf disk.raw.tar.gz disk.raw
+              rm $out/disk.raw
+              popd
+            '';
+
+          buildInputs = [ pkgs.utillinux pkgs.perl ];
+          exportReferencesGraph =
+            [ "closure" config.system.build.toplevel ];
+        }
+        ''
+          # Create partition table
+          ${pkgs.parted}/sbin/parted /dev/vda mklabel msdos
+          ${pkgs.parted}/sbin/parted /dev/vda mkpart primary ext4 1 10G
+          ${pkgs.parted}/sbin/parted /dev/vda print
+          . /sys/class/block/vda1/uevent
+          mknod /dev/vda1 b $MAJOR $MINOR
+
+          # Create an empty filesystem and mount it.
+          ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/sbin/mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/vda1
+          ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/sbin/tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/vda1
+
+          mkdir /mnt
+          mount /dev/vda1 /mnt
+
+          # The initrd expects these directories to exist.
+          mkdir /mnt/dev /mnt/proc /mnt/sys
+
+          mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
+          mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
+          mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
+
+          # Copy all paths in the closure to the filesystem.
+          storePaths=$(perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} /tmp/xchg/closure)
+
+          mkdir -p /mnt/nix/store
+          echo "copying everything (will take a while)..."
+          cp -prd $storePaths /mnt/nix/store/
+
+          # Register the paths in the Nix database.
+          printRegistration=1 perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} /tmp/xchg/closure | \
+              chroot /mnt ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-store --load-db
+
+          # Create the system profile to allow nixos-rebuild to work.
+          chroot /mnt ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-env \
+              -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel}
+
+          # `nixos-rebuild' requires an /etc/NIXOS.
+          mkdir -p /mnt/etc
+          touch /mnt/etc/NIXOS
+
+          # `switch-to-configuration' requires a /bin/sh
+          mkdir -p /mnt/bin
+          ln -s ${config.system.build.binsh}/bin/sh /mnt/bin/sh
+
+          # Install a configuration.nix.
+          mkdir -p /mnt/etc/nixos /mnt/boot/grub
+          cp ${./google-compute-config.nix} /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+
+          # Generate the GRUB menu.
+          ln -s vda /dev/sda
+          chroot /mnt ${config.system.build.toplevel}/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
+
+          umount /mnt/proc /mnt/dev /mnt/sys
+          umount /mnt
+        ''
+    );
+
+  fileSystems."/".label = "nixos";
+
+  boot.kernelParams = [ "console=ttyS0" "panic=1" "boot.panic_on_fail" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "virtio_scsi" ];
+
+  # Generate a GRUB menu.  Amazon's pv-grub uses this to boot our kernel/initrd.
+  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
+  boot.loader.grub.timeout = 0;
+
+  # Don't put old configurations in the GRUB menu.  The user has no
+  # way to select them anyway.
+  boot.loader.grub.configurationLimit = 0;
+
+  # Allow root logins only using the SSH key that the user specified
+  # at instance creation time.
+  services.openssh.enable = true;
+  services.openssh.permitRootLogin = "without-password";
+
+  # Force getting the hostname from Google Compute.
+  networking.hostName = mkDefault "";
+
+  # Always include cryptsetup so that NixOps can use it.
+  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.cryptsetup ];
+
+  # Prevent logging in as root without a password.  This doesn't really matter,
+  # since the only PAM services that allow logging in with a null
+  # password are local ones that are inaccessible on Google Compute machines.
+  security.initialRootPassword = "!";
+
+  # Configure default metadata hostnames
+  networking.extraHosts = ''
+    169.254.169.254 metadata.google.internal metadata
+  '';
+
+  users.extraUsers.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = ["ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCt9GBbtWUTDacovm2O6qDw/SsmUmwYBu3k+6kx8/Xv7IJK5uqxhNTBc0MfADBV6EMZVDkaw+rDeRvcDuEzz2r/CP/x1vVDiwWYjyU2uOZEHFKh15W/1qC9fwBIikcbgm+8R33kmpFr9AChP4KWR+4T3jf0AYknZ3pbZ5GPCTWmWeOR4PVhtusDt0/cfWrENrA0mFo37xohn5lFsbrJ5/rMuhWglTuHIQFGwECqbYPvyxDLZxAfqg1Wc1AJAW8xRuJafvPyuxsj+qJu+MfKpAcxSoXDtldPxCFF6e/4j0Ey/kz435fJS/AjSJwmeurOQ/vB+tm2Db1wLWc1669S46Kl rbvermaa@propowerrrr"];
+
+  # fetch authorized keys for root user
+  systemd.services.fetch-root-authorized-keys =
+    { description = "Fetch authorized_keys for root user.";
+
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      before = [ "sshd.service" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+
+      path  = [ pkgs.curl ];
+      script =
+        ''
+          # Don't download the SSH key if it has already been downloaded
+          if ! [ -e /root/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; then
+                echo "obtaining SSH key..."
+                mkdir -p /root/.ssh
+                curl -o /root/authorized-keys-metadata http://metadata/0.1/meta-data/authorized-keys
+                if [ $? -eq 0 -a -e /root/authorized-keys-metadata ]; then
+                    cat /root/authorized-keys-metadata | cut -d: -f2- > /root/key.pub
+                    if ! grep -q -f /root/key.pub /root/.ssh/authorized_keys; then
+                        cat /root/key.pub >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+                        echo "new key added to authorized_keys"
+                    fi
+                    chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+                    rm -f /root/key.pub /root/authorized-keys-metadata
+                fi
+          fi
+        '';
+      serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+      serviceConfig.RemainAfterExit = true;
+     };
+
+
+}