nixos-config (ARCHIVED)

See my dotfiles configuration for my entire system configuration.

Building

Note that required hardward configuration has to be done before building any host under hosts/ (formatting drives, setting up the bootloader, etc.).

1. Clone this repository

2. Create the hostname file with the name of the host to build. The host should exist under hosts/${HOST}.nix otherwise a compilation error will be reported.

   Example:

   $ echo "thixxos" >> hostname

3. Add the necessary channels (TODO: automate)

   $ sudo nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
   
   $ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
   
   $ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/archive/master.tar.gz nixpkgs-mozilla
   
   $ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/colemickens/nixpkgs-wayland/archive/master.tar.gz nixpkgs-wayland
   
   $ sudo nix-channel --list
   home-manager https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz
   nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
   nixpkgs-mozilla https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/archive/master.tar.gz
   nixpkgs-wayland https://github.com/colemickens/nixpkgs-wayland/archive/master.tar.gz
   
   $ sudo nix-channel --update

4. Build the system

   $ sudo nixos-rebuild boot -I nixos-config=./configuration.nix
   these derivations will be built:
     /nix/store/6dvwa00nx2sx5idq8gg5pq5ym6s7ih0j-nixos-rebuild.drv
   building '/nix/store/6dvwa00nx2sx5idq8gg5pq5ym6s7ih0j-nixos-rebuild.drv'...
   building Nix...
   building the system configuration... 

5. Reboot in the new system configuration

   $ shutdown -r now

Updating

Rebuild with the --upgrade switch:

$ sudo nixos-rebuild --upgrade -I nixos-config=./configuration.nix

The path to the configuration.nix can either be relative or absolute.