Re: Better support remote deployment

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Felix,

> On Wed, Nov 01 2023, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>
>> What do you think about changing “guix package” and/or “guix copy” to
>> better support deployment of remote profiles?
>
> As someone who uses 'guix deploy' all the time. I believe remote
> administration is one of our core strengths and selling points. Other
> remote administration tools like Ansible or Puppet are probably no
> longer needed when using GNU Guix System.
>
> I currently have only x86_64 equipment deployed, so there is no
> cross-building happening in my setup. Is that the main purpose of your
> proposal?

No, both machines are x86_64.  I think “guix deploy” could benefit from
a way to not only deploy Guix System (which makes the tool primarily
useful for managing hosts, not applications) but also profiles and
containers.

-- 
Ricardo