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Build Guix Installer #351

Build Guix Installer

Build Guix Installer #351

Workflow file for this run

name: Build Guix Installer
on:
push:
branches:
- master
schedule:
# build every week
- cron: "0 0 */7 * *"
# Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Git checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Free up disk space
run: |
# Remove pre-installed software to make room for the ISO build
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
sudo rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/chromium
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
df -h /
- name: Guix cache
uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
with:
path: ~/.cache/guix
# use a key that (almost) never matches
key: guix-cache-${{ github.sha }}
restore-keys: |
guix-cache-
- name: Install Guix
uses: PromyLOPh/guix-install-action@v1.6
with:
channels: |
(cons* (channel
(name 'nonguix)
(url "https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix")
(introduction
(make-channel-introduction
"897c1a470da759236cc11798f4e0a5f7d4d59fbc"
(openpgp-fingerprint
"2A39 3FFF 68F4 EF7A 3D29 12AF 6F51 20A0 22FB B2D5"))))
%default-channels)
- name: Work around runner permission issue
run: |
# On Ubuntu 24.04 runners, the per-user profile directory may not
# exist for the 'runner' user, causing guix shell/build to fail.
# See: https://github.com/PromyLOPh/guix-install-action/issues/30
sudo mkdir -p /var/guix/profiles/per-user/runner
sudo chown -R runner:users /var/guix/profiles/per-user/runner
- name: Set up Nonguix Substitutes
run: |
# Authorize the nonguix substitute server signing key
cat > nonguix-signing-key.pub <<'PUBKEY'
(public-key (ecc (curve Ed25519) (q #C1FD53E5D4CE971933EC50C9F307AE2171A2D3B52C804642A7A35F84F3A4EA98#)))
PUBKEY
sudo /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix archive --authorize < nonguix-signing-key.pub
- name: Set daemon level Substitutes
run: |
SUBSTITUTE_URLS="https://ci.guix.gnu.org https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org https://nonguix-proxy.ditigal.xyz"
# The v1.6 service file doesn't include --substitute-urls, so we
# append it to the ExecStart line rather than replacing an existing value.
sudo sed -i "s|--discover=yes|--discover=yes --substitute-urls='$SUBSTITUTE_URLS'|g" /etc/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart guix-daemon.service
- name: Build ISO
run: |
# Write out the channels file so it can be included
guix time-machine -C ./guix/base-channels.scm -- describe -f channels > ./guix/channels.scm
# Build the image
image=$(guix time-machine -C ./guix/channels.scm -- system image -t iso9660 ./guix/installer.scm)
# Copy the image to the local folder with a better name
export RELEASE_TAG=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")
echo "RELEASE_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
cp $image ./guix-installer-$RELEASE_TAG.iso
- name: Compress ISO
run: zstd -19 guix-installer-$RELEASE_TAG.iso
- name: Check ISO size
run: ls -lh guix-installer-*.iso.zst && stat --printf="%s" guix-installer-*.iso.zst
- uses: actions/cache/save@v4
if: always()
with:
path: ~/.cache/guix
key: guix-cache-${{ github.sha }}
- name: Prepare Release Notes
run: |
cat > release-notes.md <<'NOTES'
This installer image is compressed with zstd. Decompress it before writing to USB:
```
zstd -d guix-installer-*.iso.zst
```
This installer image was prepared with the following channel configuration:
NOTES
echo $'```\r\n' >> release-notes.md
cat ./guix/channels.scm >> release-notes.md
echo $'\r\n```' >> release-notes.md
- name: Create Release
uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
with:
name: Guix Installer - ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
tag_name: v${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
body_path: release-notes.md
fail_on_unmatched_files: true
files: guix-installer-${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}.iso.zst
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
GITHUB_REPOSITORY: SystemCrafters/guix-installer