/* # Example Host Configuration Just to provide an example of what a host configuration using this set of libraries can look like. ## Installation To prepare a virtual machine disk, as `sudo` user with `nix` installed, run in `..`: ```bash nix run '.#example' -- sudo install-system /home/$(id -un)/vm/disks/example.img && sudo chown $(id -un): /home/$(id -un)/vm/disks/example.img nix run '.#example-raidz' -- sudo install-system /tmp/nixos-main.img:raidz1=/tmp/nixos-rz1.img:raidz2=/tmp/nixos-rz2.img:raidz3=/tmp/nixos-rz3.img ``` Then to boot the system in a qemu VM with KVM: ```bash nix run '.#example' -- sudo run-qemu /home/$(id -un)/vm/disks/example.img ``` Or as user with vBox access, run this and use the UI or the printed commands: ```bash nix run '.#example' -- register-vbox /home/$(id -un)/vm/disks/example.img ``` Alternative to running directly as `root` (esp. if `nix` is not installed for root), the above commands can also be run with `sudo` as additional argument before the `--`. ## Implementation ```nix #*/# end of MarkDown, beginning of NixOS config flake input: dirname: inputs: { config, pkgs, lib, name, ... }: let inherit (inputs.self) lib; in let #suffix = builtins.head (builtins.match ''example-(.*)'' name); # make differences in config based on this when using »preface.instances« hash = builtins.substring 0 8 (builtins.hashString "sha256" config.networking.hostName); in { imports = [ ({ ## Hardware preface.instances = [ "example" "example-raidz" ]; preface.hardware = "x86_64"; system.stateVersion = "22.05"; ## What follows is a whole bunch of boilerplate-ish stuff, most of which multiple hosts would have in common and which would thus be moved to one or more modules: boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true; boot.loader.grub.enable = false; }) (lib.mkIf false { ## Minimal explicit FS setup # Declare a boot and system partition. Though not required for EFI, make the boot part visible to boot loaders supporting only MBR. wip.fs.disks.partitions."boot-${hash}" = { type = "ef00"; size = "64M"; index = 1; order = 1500; }; wip.fs.disks.partitions."system-${hash}" = { type = "8300"; size = null; order = 500; }; wip.fs.disks.devices = { primary = { mbrParts = "1"; extraFDiskCommands = '' t;1;c # type ; part1 ; W95 FAT32 (LBA) a;1 # active/boot ; part1 ''; }; }; # Put everything except for /boot and /nix/store on a tmpfs. This is the absolute minimum, most usable systems require some more paths that are persistent (e.g. all of /nix and /home). fileSystems."/" = { fsType = "tmpfs"; device = "tmpfs"; neededForBoot = true; options = [ "mode=755" ]; }; fileSystems."/boot" = { fsType = "vfat"; device = "/dev/disk/by-partlabel/boot-${hash}"; neededForBoot = true; options = [ "noatime" ]; formatOptions = "-F 32"; }; fileSystems."/system" = { fsType = "ext4"; device = "/dev/disk/by-partlabel/system-${hash}"; neededForBoot = true; options = [ "noatime" ]; formatOptions = "-O inline_data -E nodiscard -F"; }; fileSystems."/nix/store" = { options = ["bind,ro"]; device = "/system/nix/store"; neededForBoot = true; }; }) (lib.mkIf (name == "example") { ## More complex but automatic FS setup #wip.fs.disks.devices.primary.size = "16G"; # (default) wip.fs.boot.enable = true; wip.fs.boot.size = "512M"; wip.fs.keystore.enable = true; wip.fs.temproot.enable = true; wip.fs.temproot.temp.type = "tmpfs"; wip.fs.temproot.local.type = "bind"; wip.fs.temproot.local.bind.base = "f2fs-encrypted"; # creates partition and FS #wip.fs.keystore.keys."luks/local-${hash}/0" = "random"; # (implied by the »-encrypted« suffix above) #wip.fs.disks.partitions."local-${hash}".size = "50%"; # (default) wip.fs.temproot.remote.type = "zfs"; wip.fs.keystore.keys."luks/rpool-${hash}/0" = "random"; #wip.fs.keystore.keys."zfs/rpool-${hash}/remote" = "random"; # (default) #wip.fs.zfs.pools."rpool-${hash}".vdevArgs = [ "rpool-${hash}" ]; # (default) #wip.fs.disks.partitions."rpool-${hash}" = { type = "bf00"; size = null; order = 500; }; # (default) wip.fs.temproot.local.mounts."/var/log" = lib.mkForce null; # example: don't keep logs }) (lib.mkIf (name == "example-raidz") { ## Multi-disk ZFS setup #wip.fs.disks.devices.primary.size = "16G"; # (default) wip.fs.boot.enable = true; wip.fs.boot.size = "512M"; wip.fs.keystore.enable = true; wip.fs.temproot.enable = true; wip.fs.temproot.temp.type = "zfs"; wip.fs.temproot.local.type = "zfs"; wip.fs.temproot.remote.type = "zfs"; wip.fs.zfs.pools."rpool-${hash}".vdevArgs = [ "raidz1" "rpool-rz1-${hash}" "rpool-rz2-${hash}" "rpool-rz3-${hash}" "log" "rpool-zil-${hash}" "cache" "rpool-arc-${hash}" ]; wip.fs.disks.partitions."rpool-rz1-${hash}" = { type = "bf00"; disk = "raidz1"; }; wip.fs.disks.partitions."rpool-rz2-${hash}" = { type = "bf00"; disk = "raidz2"; }; wip.fs.disks.partitions."rpool-rz3-${hash}" = { type = "bf00"; disk = "raidz3"; }; wip.fs.disks.partitions."rpool-zil-${hash}" = { type = "bf00"; size = "2G"; }; wip.fs.disks.partitions."rpool-arc-${hash}" = { type = "bf00"; }; }) ({ ## Actual Config # Some base config: wip.base.enable = true; wip.base.includeNixpkgs = inputs.nixpkgs; documentation.enable = false; # sometimes takes quite long to build }) ({ ## Actual Config ## And here would go the things that actually make the host unique (and do something productive). For now just some debugging things: environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.curl pkgs.htop ]; services.getty.autologinUser = "root"; users.users.root.password = "root"; boot.kernelParams = lib.mkForce [ "console=tty1" "console=ttyS0" "boot.shell_on_fail" ]; wip.services.dropbear.enable = true; #wip.services.dropbear.rootKeys = [ ''${lib.readFile "${dirname}/....pub"}'' ]; #wip.fs.disks.devices.primary.gptOffset = 64; #wip.fs.disks.devices.primary.size = "250059096K"; # 256GB Intel H10 }) ]; }