tjmaynes / config-nix

Configuration files for my workstations using nixos, nix-darwin and home-manager.

Config

Configuration files for my workstations using nixos, nix-darwin and home-manager.

Requirements

• GNU Make
• Nix

Background

Host	Usage	Tools	Status
apollo	ubuntu dev workstation	ubuntu / home-manager	✅
glaucus	full nixos dev workstation	nixos / home-manager	✅
gaia	macos apple silicon (personal) workstation	nix-darwin / home-manager	✅
demeter	macos intel (personal) workstation	nix-darwin / home-manager	✅

Usage

To install gaia on an Silicon Mac, run the following command:

make install_gaia

To install demeter on an Intel Mac, run the following command:

make install_demeter

To install glaucus on a new NixOS machine, run the following command:

make install_glaucus

To install apollo on a new Ubuntu machine, run the following command:

make install_apollo

To reload local changes, run the following command:

make reload

Setting up NixOS on a new machine

# login as root
sudo -i

# download repo
curl -SL https://github.com/tjmaynes/config/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xz
cd config-main

# download dotfiles
rm -rf dotfiles
curl -SL https://github.com/tjmaynes/dotfiles/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xz
mv dotfiles-main dotfiles

# Cannot create partitions through automation
# -- too much headache and bugs with parted

parted /dev/sda

mklabel gpt

mkpart "BOOT" fat32 1MiB 3MiB \
  set 1 esp on

mkpart "root" ext4 1000MiB ${NIX_PARTITION}000MiB

mkpart "swap" linux-swap ${NIX_PARTITION}000MiB 100% \
  set 3 swap on

# run installer
./scripts/install.sh "glaucus" "nixos" "tjmaynes"

# change password
passwd "tjmaynes"

# reboot
reboot

# login as user in GUI

# open terminal
ctrl+enter

# create new keys
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your-email"
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | pbcopy

# clone config repo
pclone config
make install_glaucus

Notes

• I learned quite a bit of NixOS-specific concepts from Malloc47's config repo.
• Learning how to setup nextcloud on NixOS via this blog post.