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@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ This is the core of how `deploy-rs` was designed, any number of these can run on # A derivation containing your required software, and a script to activate it in `${path}/activate` # For ease of use, `deploy-rs` provides a function to easy all this required activation script to any derivation + # Both the working directory and `$PROFILE` will point to `profilePath` path = deploy-rs.lib.x86_64-linux.setActivate pkgs.hello "./bin/hello"; # An optional path to where your profile should be installed to, this is useful if you want to use a common profile name across multiple users, but would have conflicts in your node's profile list. + # This will default to `"/nix/var/nix/profiles/$PROFILE_NAME` if `user` is root (see: generic options), and `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/$PROFILE_NAME` if it is not. profilePath = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/someuser/someprofile"; # ...generic options... (see lower section) @@ -57,11 +59,13 @@ This defines a single node/server, and the profiles you intend it to run. hostname = "my.server.gov"; # An optional list containing the order you want profiles to be deployed. + # This will take effect whenever you run `deploy` without specifying a profile, causing it to deploy every profile automatically. profilesOrder = [ "something" "system" ]; profiles = { - system = {}; # Definition shown above - something = {}; # Definition shown above + # Definition format shown above + system = {}; + something = {}; }; # ...generic options... (see lower section) @@ -75,8 +79,9 @@ This is the top level attribute containing all of the options for this tool ```nix { nodes = { - my-node = {}; # Definition shown above - another-node = {}; # Definition shown above + # Definition format shown above + my-node = {}; + another-node = {}; }; # ...generic options... (see lower section) @@ -89,15 +94,69 @@ This is a set of options that can be put in any of the above definitions, with t ```nix { - sshUser = "admin"; # This is the user that deploy-rs will use when connecting - user = "root"; # This is the user that the profile will be deployed to (will use sudo if not the same as above) - sshOpts = [ "-p" "2121" ]; # These are arguments that will be passed to SSH - fastConnection = false; # Fast connection to the node. If this is true, copy the whole closure instead of letting the node substitute - autoRollback = true; # If the previous profile should be re-activated if activation fails + # This is the user that deploy-rs will use when connecting. + # This will default to your own username if not specified anywhere + sshUser = "admin"; + + # This is the user that the profile will be deployed to (will use sudo if not the same as above). + # If `sshUser` is specified, this will be the default (though it will _not_ default to your own username) + user = "root"; + + # This is an optional list of arguments that will be passed to SSH. + sshOpts = [ "-p" "2121" ]; + + # Fast connection to the node. If this is true, copy the whole closure instead of letting the node substitute. + # This defaults to `false` + fastConnection = false; + + # If the previous profile should be re-activated if activation fails. + # this defaults to `true` + autoRollback = true; + + # If the node should wait for `deploy` to connect for a second time after activation, to confirm the server has not been ruined. + # This defaults to `false`, though it is strongly recommend you activate it if you value safety + magicRollback = true; + + # The path which deploy-rs will use for temporary files, this is currently only used by `magicRollback` to create an inotify watcher in + # If not specified, this will default to `/tmp/deploy-rs` + # (if `magicRollback` is in use, this _must_ be writable by `user`) + tempPath = "/home/someuser/.deploy-rs"; +} +``` + +### Putting it together + +`deploy-rs` is designed to be used with Nix flakes (this currently requires an unstable version of Nix to work with). There is a Flake-less mode of operation which will automatically be used if your available Nix version does not support flakes, however you will likely want to use a flake anyway, just with `flake-compat` (see [this wiki page](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) for usage). + +`deploy-rs` also outputs a `lib` attribute, with tools used to make your definitions simpler and safer, including `deploy-rs.lib.${system}.setActivate` (see prior section "Profile"), and `deploy-rs.lib.${system}.deployChecks` which will let `nix flake check` ensure your deployment is defined correctly. + +A basic example of a flake that works with `deploy-rs` and deploys a simple NixOS configuration could look like this + +```nix +{ + description = "Deployment for my server cluster"; + + # For accessing `deploy-rs`'s utility Nix functions + inputs.deploy-rs.url = "github:serokell/deploy-rs"; + + outputs = { self, nixpkgs, deploy-rs }: { + nixosConfigurations.some-random-system = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem { + system = "x86_64-linux"; + modules = [ ./some-random-system/configuration.nix ]; + }; + + deploy.nodes.some-random-system.profiles.system = { + user = "root"; + path = deploy-rs.lib.x86_64-linux.setActivate self.nixosConfigurations.some-random-system.config.system.build.toplevel "./bin/switch-to-configuration switch"; + }; + }; + + # This is highly advised, and will prevent many possible mistakes + checks = builtins.mapAttrs (system: deployLib: deployLib.deployChecks self.deploy) deploy-rs.lib; } ``` -A stronger definition of the schema is in the [interface directory](./interface), and full working examples Nix expressions/configurations are in the [examples folder](./examples). +There are full working deploy-rs Nix expressions in the [examples folder](./examples), and there is a JSON schema [here](./interface.json) which is used internally by the `deployChecks` mentioned above to validate your expressions. ## Idea @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ checks = { schema = deploy: pkgs.runCommandNoCC "jsonschema-deploy-system" { } '' - ${pkgs.python3.pkgs.jsonschema}/bin/jsonschema -i ${pkgs.writeText "deploy.json" (builtins.toJSON deploy)} ${./interface/deploy.json} && touch $out + ${pkgs.python3.pkgs.jsonschema}/bin/jsonschema -i ${pkgs.writeText "deploy.json" (builtins.toJSON deploy)} ${./interface.json} && touch $out ''; activate = deploy: diff --git a/interface/deploy.json b/interface.json index fa45e50..fa45e50 100644 --- a/interface/deploy.json +++ b/interface.json diff --git a/interface/deploy.json.license b/interface.json.license index 9e9897d..9e9897d 100644 --- a/interface/deploy.json.license +++ b/interface.json.license diff --git a/interface/README.md b/interface/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index f61a69f..0000000 --- a/interface/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Serokell <https://serokell.io/> - -SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 ---> - -A flake must have a `deploy` output with the following structure: - -``` -deploy -├── <generic args> -└── nodes - ├── <NODE> - │ ├── <generic args> - │ ├── hostname - │ ├── profilesOrder - │ └── profiles - │ ├── <PROFILE> - │ │ ├── <generic args> - │ │ ├── bootstrap - │ │ ├── profilePath - │ │ └── path - │ └── <PROFILE>... - └── <NODE>... -``` - -Where `<generic args>` are all optional and can be one or multiple of: - -- `sshUser` -- user to connect as -- `user` -- user to install and activate profiles with -- `sshOpts` -- options passed to `nix copy` and `ssh` -- `fastConnection` -- whether the connection from this host to the target one is fast (if it is, don't substitute on target and copy the entire closure) [default: `false`] -- `autoRollback` -- whether to roll back when the deployment fails [default: `false`] - -A formal definition for the structure can be found in [the JSON schema](./deploy.json) - -For every profile of every node, arguments are merged with `<PROFILE>` taking precedence over `<NODE>` and `<NODE>` taking precedence over top-level. - -Certain read values can be overridden by supplying flags to the deploy binary, for example `deploy --auto-rollback true .` will enable automatic rollback for all nodes being deployed to, regardless of settings.
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