rraval / nix

NixOS configurations for all of my machines as a single Nix flake

rraval's nix config

NixOS configurations for all of my machines as a single Nix flake.

Note

This repo mostly exists as a useful place to point people to when trying to explain how I've configured a certain thing.

Using it directly is unlikely to work out for you.

Structure

flake.nix defines nixosConfigurations for each computer I currently have.

• The box folder contains NixOS modules that configure the OS as a single user system.

  • This module reserves the box configuration namespace for its use.

  • It also contains the home sub-folder that contains Home Manager Modules that configure the single user home directory.

    • Most programs are installed and configured at this level instead of being installed system wide.

• The workaround folder holds patches and other files to address system specific issues.

Usage

Go to GitHub Settings > Developer Settings > Personal Access Tokens > Generate New Token.

Generate a new token for <machine> nix.

Then drop a file into /etc/nix/extra-nix.conf

extra-access-tokens = github.com=<token>

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Clone this repo somewhere like:

$ git clone https://github.com/rraval/nix.git rraval-nix

Modify rraval-nix/flake.nix to include a configuration for the new host (nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config can help).

Finally, run:

$ nixos-rebuild switch --flake path:/to/rraval-nix#hostname