My NixOS Configuration

Each branch is the configuration for a specific host for the purposes of tracking host-specific configuration differences.

TODO

• configure lightdm
• LUKS encryption

Installation Quick Start

1. Boot installer live media
2. Format disks

$ lsblk
$ sudo fdisk /dev/<disk>

# GPT partition
# Partition 1: +200M, Type 1 (EFI System)
# Partition 2: remaining space, Type default (Linux filesystem)

$ sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/<disk>1
$ sudo fatlabel /dev/<disk>1 NIXBOOT
$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/<disk>2 -L NIXROOT

3. Mount disks

$ sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXROOT /mnt
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/boot
$ sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot

4. Create swapfile

# 2GB swap
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/.swapfile bs=1024 count=2097152
$ sudo chmod 600 /mnt/.swapfile
$ sudo mkswap /mnt/.swapfile

5. Generate configuration

$ sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
$ cd /mnt/etc/nixos

6. Import configuration from this repo
7. Configure nix channels

$ sudo nix-channel --add <url> <channel>

8. Build the system

$ sudo nixos-install

8. Chroot into new system

$ sudo nixos-enter

# change password
# configure ssh
# configure dotfiles

9. Reboot into new system