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| author | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2021-05-30 23:15:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2021-05-30 23:33:36 -0400 |
| commit | b9ac7d9aaaa5849cc3c2acd4b1b41acdd545e66b (patch) | |
| tree | 9ca241ace74bc503bd86efc7a059835e21dabfb1 /doc | |
| parent | 6086e6ed1a038793e358becddded50d97593f691 (diff) | |
doc: Add a note about networking requirements for SSH access to VMs.
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48739>. It may seem silly, but when not
realizing this firsthand, it can be quite surprising and thus not obvious to
troubleshoot. Thanks to Eric Brown for their insightful comments on the
tracker.
* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Add a note that networking support
must be available in the Guix System operating system declaration used for the
VM.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index dc10e88123..0126099d68 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -33845,6 +33845,13 @@ every time you modify your @command{config.scm} file and the @command{-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no} prevents you from having to allow a connection to an unknown host every time you connect. +@quotation Note +If you find the above @samp{hostfwd} example not to be working (e.g., +your SSH client hangs attempting to connect to the mapped port of your +VM), make sure that your Guix System VM has networking support, such as +by using the @code{dhcp-client-service-type} service type. +@end quotation + @subsection Using @command{virt-viewer} with Spice As an alternative to the default @command{qemu} graphical client you can |