nixpkgs/modules/profiles/headless.nix

# Common configuration for headless machines (e.g., Amazon EC2
# instances).

{
  sound.enable = false;
  boot.vesa = false;
  boot.initrd.enableSplashScreen = false;
  services.ttyBackgrounds.enable = false;
  services.mingetty.ttys = [ ];

  # Since we can't manually respond to a panic, just reboot.
  boot.kernelParams = [ "panic=1" "stage1panic=1" ];
}
* Disable stuff like ALSA and the splash screen in headless setups (like EC2 instances). svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=30192 2011-11-02 16:10:30 +00:00			`# Common configuration for headless machines (e.g., Amazon EC2`
			`# instances).`

			`{`
			`sound.enable = false;`
			`boot.vesa = false;`
			`boot.initrd.enableSplashScreen = false;`
			`services.ttyBackgrounds.enable = false;`
			`services.mingetty.ttys = [ ];`
* In EC2 instances, a kernel panic should cause a reboot, and a problem in stage 1 should cause a panic. (Actually, the latter should probably kill the instance since we can't repair it anyway...) svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=30215 2011-11-03 20:11:11 +00:00
			`# Since we can't manually respond to a panic, just reboot.`
			`boot.kernelParams = [ "panic=1" "stage1panic=1" ];`
* Disable stuff like ALSA and the splash screen in headless setups (like EC2 instances). svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=30192 2011-11-02 16:10:30 +00:00			`}`