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bug#36844: [PATCH] doc: Add note about signing keys.
From: |
Christopher Lemmer Webber |
Subject: |
bug#36844: [PATCH] doc: Add note about signing keys. |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:32:03 -0400 |
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mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.2 |
Looks good. Merged & pushed.
Jakob L. Kreuze writes:
> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Add note explaining that
> deployment targets must authorize the coordinator machine's signing key.
> ---
> doc/guix.texi | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index ccc36a8a97..efed08d8fa 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.
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