#! @shell@ # Syntax: installer.sh # (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 # * 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 " 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