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systemd in NixOs's stage 1, replacing the current bash tooling https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/projects/5123 Servers

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@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.network
In reply to @elvishjerricco:matrix.org
mlyx: You would make a new initrd systemd service that has wantedBy = ["initrd.target"];. You also want the service to be ordered after file systems are mounted, but if you don't have DefaultDependencies=no, then it'll have After=local-fs.target by default anyway. But eventually we're going to change it so systemd-initrd uses initrd-fs.target like we're supposed to, which services don't get ordered after by default
so I tried building a unit like tihs
18:41:50
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkand now the units failed and I wonder how to view the logs18:42:25
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.network
  boot.initrd.systemd.services = {
    impermanence-root = {
      wantedBy = [ "initrd.target" ];
      after = [ "local-fs.target" ];
      serviceConfig = {
        Type = "oneshot";
        ExecStart = "${pkgs.zfs}/bin/zfs rollback -r zroot/local/root@blank";
      };
    };
  };
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@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.org hexa: If you set boot.initrd.systemd.emergencyAccess, you can get a login shell. You can either set it to the hashed password or true for no password 19:08:24
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgFrom there you can use systemctl and journalctl19:08:39
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkok, cool19:11:07
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.org Not sure what's going wrong with that though. First guess is that it needs before = ["initrd-nixos-activation.service"];? I imagine rolling back while activation is running would be a no-no 19:11:28
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkadded that before configuration20:12:05
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networknow it fails during switching20:12:11
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.network * now it fails during switching ("Switch Root")20:12:21
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkthe /sysroot directory is empty20:13:15
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkand mount claims things are mounted to /sysroot, /sysroot/state, /sysroot/home20:13:42
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkso I wonder whether the mounting order is off 😕20:13:51
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.org hexa: sometimes I've had trouble with file systems being unmounted before hitting switch-root for a variety of reasons. That's one of the reasons we need to switch to initrd-fs.target instead of local-fs.target 20:57:24
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgDo you see it saying it's unmounting stuff?20:57:32
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkno unmounting20:57:49
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@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgIt's very unlikely for the mount order to be off. Systemd handles that hierarchaly20:58:25
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkyeah, I expected that20:58:35
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkcurrent working theory is that it needs to be after zfs-import.target and before initrd-root-fs.target20:58:45
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgI doubt that20:59:42
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgFor one thing, we're not using initrd-root-fs.target like we're supposed to be for the same kinds of reasons we're not using initrd-fs.target like we're supposed to21:00:45
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgBut also ZFS allows you to rollback a mounted dataset no problem21:01:00
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkbut what does that mean for mountpoints that go missing?21:01:16
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgIt makes no sense to me that mountpoints are going missing :P21:01:52
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.org hexa: In the emergency shell, does systemctl say the mount units are still active? 21:04:16
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.networkyes21:05:01
@elvishjerricco:matrix.org@elvishjerricco:matrix.orgAnything interesting in journalctl -u initrd-nixos-activation.service?21:05:55
@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.network20221207_220555_7472682676845992109.jpg
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@hexa:lossy.network@hexa:lossy.network... does not look like a NixOS installation - not activating21:07:17

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