yipengsun / server-user-config

Sample nix-based user config for our server

server-user-config

Sample nix-based user config for our server.

Usage

1. Fork this repo under your own name

2. Setup ssh on the server:

   1. mkdir ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh
   2. Copy your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to the server as ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
   3. chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
   4. Copy your private key: ~/.ssh/id_rsa to the server as ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   5. chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

3. Clone your fork of this repo somewhere on the server, with ssh protocol

4. In flake.nix, change these based on your user config:

   # change these yourself
   homeDirectory = "/home/physicist";
   username = "physicist";

5. In profiles/git/default.nix, change:

   user.name = "Physicist";
   user.email = "[e-mail]";

6. If you want to install new packages, change flake.nix:

   home.packages = with pkgs; [
     # ...
   
     # define additional packages here
     # you can search the package names on https://search.nixos.org/packages
   ];

7. nix develop -c home-switch

8. chsh -s $(which zsh)

9. Logout and re-login. Enjoy!