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phaer 8cbc6d6da6 amazon-image: fix image.extension value for vpc/vhd files vpc files use the extension "vhd". `make-disk-image-nix` contains a lookup table, but does not expose that. vpc is the only format supported by the amazon image which is affected. Format and extension are the same for raw and qcow2.		2025-07-18 11:12:08 -07:00
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README.md

README.md

Amazon images

AMIs are regularly uploaded from Hydra. This automation lives in https://github.com/NixOS/amis

How to upload an AMI for testing

If you want to upload an AMI from changes in a local nixpkgs checkout.

nix-build nixos/release.nix -A amazonImage

export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile
nix run nixpkgs#upload-ami -- --image-info ./result/nix-support/image-info.json

How to build your own NixOS config into an AMI

Use nixos-rebuild build-image as follows:

NIXOS_CONFIG="$(pwd)/my-config.nix" nixos-rebuild build-image --image-variant amazon

export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile
nix run github:NixOS/amis#upload-ami -- --image-info ./result/nix-support/image-info.json

Roadmap

@arianvp is planning to drop zfs support unless someone else picks it up
@arianvp is planning to rewrite the image builder to use the repart-based image builder.
@arianvp is planning to perhaps rewrite upload-ami to use coldnsap
@arianvp is planning to move upload-ami tooling into nixpkgs once it has stabilized. And only keep the Github Action in separate repo