GNU Guix cookbook

The Guix cookbook provides access to the functional package management
features of GNU Guix from within Chef recipes.

Supported Platforms

Any GNU/Linux system will work, but right now Upstart is the only init
system supported.

Attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['guix']['version']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>GNU Guix release version</td>
<td><tt>'0.10.0'</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['guix']['checksum']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>
The SHA256 checksum of the GNU Guix binary tarball corresponding
to the appropriate version
</td>
<td><tt>'b46cd525102c6189f160bde392a31bb61e3b94fd7bf109885803e6d9a32f2ed3'</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['guix']['substitute_urls']</tt></td>
<td>Array</td>
<td>Trusted servers that provide binaries</td>
<td><tt>['https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org', 'https://hydra.gnu.org']</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['guix']['substitute_keys']</tt></td>
<td>Array</td>
<td>Public keys for all substitute servers</td>
<td>An array with the public key for <tt>hydra.gnu.org</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

Resources

guix_package

Install/remove one or more packages from a user's package profile.
Supported actions are :install and :remove.

Example

guix_package 'ruby' do
  action :install
end

guix_package 'install a bunch of fun stuff' do
  packages ['ruby', 'emacs', 'git']
  action :install
end

<table>
<tr>
<th>Property</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>name</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Description of transaction (or package name if <tt>packages</tt> is omitted)</td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>packages</tt></td>
<td>Array</td>
<td>List of package specifications</td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>profile</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>File name of the package profile to use for the transaction</td>
<td>User's default profile</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>cwd</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Directory to perform the transaction within</td>
<td><tt>'/'</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>load_path</tt></td>
<td>Array</td>
<td>List of directories to search for package recipes</td>
<td><tt>[]</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>substitutes</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Whether or not to use pre-built binaries</td>
<td><tt>true</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>grafts</tt></td>
<td>Boolean</td>
<td>
Whether or not to use
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Security-Updates.html">
grafts
</a>
</td>
<td><tt>true</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>user</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>User to perform the transaction</td>
<td><tt>'root'</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>group</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Group to perform the transaction</td>
<td><tt>'root'</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

guix_environment

WRITEME

Usage

guix::default

Include guix in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[guix::default]"
  ]
}

Copyright

Copyright © 2016 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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