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| author | Jakob L. Kreuze <zerodaysfordays@sdf.lonestar.org> | 2019-07-29 17:01:36 -0400 |
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| committer | Jakob L. Kreuze <zerodaysfordays@sdf.lonestar.org> | 2019-07-31 09:54:47 -0400 |
| commit | 64fde5fa20048b852deb6976b5dd0b8cd1ce80ee (patch) | |
| tree | 0b7391c9d33ad5a0a3abe64c1fcb6b87db65943f | |
| parent | 3d88855dfdcc4c8ce11f494fdf9f0ac1d8eef530 (diff) | |
doc: Add note about signing keys.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Add note explaining that
deployment targets must authorize the coordinator machine's signing key.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ccc36a8a9..efed08d8f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -25527,6 +25527,22 @@ complex deployment may involve, for example, starting virtual machines through a Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider. In such a case, a different @var{environment} type would be used. +Do note that you first need to generate a key pair on the coordinator machine +to allow the daemon to export signed archives of files from the store +(@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). + +@example +# guix archive --generate-key +@end example + +@noindent +Each target machine must authorize the key of the master machine so that it +accepts store items it receives from the coordinator: + +@example +# guix archive --authorize < coordinator-public-key.txt +@end example + @deftp {Data Type} machine This is the data type representing a single machine in a heterogeneous Guix deployment. |