why doesn't colmena pass pkgs to the default in flakes mode? (and how can I break/trace from colmena eval? it mostly sigaborts on me)

[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
error: anonymous function at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/vm/configuration.nix:1:1 called without required argument 'pkgs'

       at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/colmena/default.nix:17:20:

           17|   defaults = args: import ../vm/configuration.nix args;
             |                    ^
           18| }

why doesn't colmena pass pkgs to the defaults in flakes mode? (and how can I break/trace from colmena eval? it mostly sigaborts on me)

[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
error: anonymous function at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/vm/configuration.nix:1:1 called without required argument 'pkgs'

       at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/colmena/default.nix:17:20:

           17|   defaults = args: import ../vm/configuration.nix args;
             |                    ^
           18| }

In reply to @farcaller:matrix.org
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why doesn't colmena pass pkgs to the defaults in flakes mode? (and how can I break/trace from colmena eval? it mostly sigaborts on me)

[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
error: anonymous function at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/vm/configuration.nix:1:1 called without required argument 'pkgs'

       at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/colmena/default.nix:17:20:

           17|   defaults = args: import ../vm/configuration.nix args;
             |                    ^
           18| }

Where does these args come from? Is configuraton.nix a file that is expected to be loaded by imports (not import) by the nixos-module system?

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

Where does these args come from? Is configuraton.nix a file that is expected to be loaded by imports (not import) by the nixos-module system?

I would use the specialArgs parameter to pass datadir. You can use the same configuration if you use a let block and define it as variable or something.

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

I would use the specialArgs parameter to pass datadir. You can use the same configuration if you use a let block and define it as variable or something.

https://colmena.cli.rs/unstable/reference/meta.html#specialargs and https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators/blob/master/flake.nix#L29

In reply to @farcaller:matrix.org

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

I would use the specialArgs parameter to pass datadir. You can use the same configuration if you use a let block and define it as variable or something.

yeah, that's what I do in the generator config. I don’t think I can do the same with colmena, though

Yes you can :D

In reply to @yuka:yuka.dev
Probably lib.functionArgs is used on this function somewhere

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

https://colmena.cli.rs/unstable/reference/meta.html#specialargs and https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators/blob/master/flake.nix#L29

In reply to @ronnypfannschmidt:matrix.org
Are there any plans to support deployment of nixosSystem declarations in a flake?

A couple updates:

• More work was done on separating the evaluation logic from the deployment logic, with the new colmenaHive output being the integration point that ties the two halves together. Colmena can now deploy from the colmenaHive output which should be an already-evaluated hive generated by colmena.lib.makeHive (or your own logic!). Example here. cc David Arnold (blaggacao) Yureka (she/her)
• Flake-enabled deployments now use nix copy and the new SSH store protocol (ssh-ng://) for copying closures to remote hosts.

I'm getting the following error trying to use colmena to deploy to a remote host:

          | Failed: Child process exited with error code: 3
[ERROR] Failed to deploy to <remote host> - Last 9 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) activating the configuration...
[ERROR]   stdout) setting up /etc...
[ERROR]   stderr) reloading user units for root...
[ERROR]   stderr) setting up tmpfiles
[ERROR]   stderr) fchownat() of /blockchains/bitcoin failed: Invalid argument
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 3
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 3
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 3

is there anything I do with colmena to get more debug output about exactly what is causing the failing fchownat line?

In reply to @rendakuenthusiast:imperishable.name

I'm getting the following error trying to use colmena to deploy to a remote host:

          | Failed: Child process exited with error code: 3
[ERROR] Failed to deploy to <remote host> - Last 9 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) activating the configuration...
[ERROR]   stdout) setting up /etc...
[ERROR]   stderr) reloading user units for root...
[ERROR]   stderr) setting up tmpfiles
[ERROR]   stderr) fchownat() of /blockchains/bitcoin failed: Invalid argument
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 3
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 3
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 3

is there anything I do with colmena to get more debug output about exactly what is causing the failing fchownat line?