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1# Amazon images
2
3AMIs are regularly uploaded from Hydra. This automation lives in
4https://github.com/NixOS/amis
5
6
7## How to upload an AMI for testing
8
9If you want to upload an AMI from changes in a local nixpkgs checkout.
10
11```bash
12nix-build nixos/release.nix -A amazonImage
13
14export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
15export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile
16nix run nixpkgs#upload-ami -- --image-info ./result/nix-support/image-info.json
17```
18
19## How to build your own NixOS config into an AMI
20
21Use `nixos-rebuild build-image` as follows:
22
23```bash
24NIXOS_CONFIG="$(pwd)/my-config.nix" nixos-rebuild build-image --image-variant amazon
25
26export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
27export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile
28nix run github:NixOS/amis#upload-ami -- --image-info ./result/nix-support/image-info.json
29```
30
31## Roadmap
32
33* @arianvp is planning to drop zfs support unless someone else picks it up
34* @arianvp is planning to rewrite the image builder to use the repart-based image builder.
35* @arianvp is planning to perhaps rewrite `upload-ami` to use coldnsap
36* @arianvp is planning to move `upload-ami` tooling into nixpkgs once it has stabilized. And only keep the Github Action in separate repo