Here is my NixOS configuration file. almost all development is done in this environment.
$ make iso/nixos.iso
Boot the VM, and using the graphical console, change the root password to "root":
$ sudo su
$ passwd
# change to root
At this point, verify /dev/nvme0n1 exists. This is the expected block device
where the Makefile will install the OS. If you setup your VM to use NVMe,
this should exist. If /dev/sda or /dev/vda exists instead, you didn't
configure NVMe properly. Note, these other block device types work fine,
but you'll probably have to modify the bootstrap0 Makefile task to use
the proper block device paths.
Run ifconfig and get the IP address of the first device. It is probably
192.168.58.XXX, but it can be anything. In a terminal with this repository
set this to the NIXADDR env var:
$ export NIXADDR=<VM ip address>
The Makefile assumes an Intel processor by default. If you are using an
ARM-based processor (M1, etc.), you must change NIXNAME so that the ARM-based
configuration is used:
$ export NIXNAME=vm-aarch64
Perform the initial bootstrap. This will install NixOS on the VM disk image but will not setup any other configurations yet. This prepares the VM for any NixOS customization:
$ make vm/bootstrap0
After the VM reboots, run the full bootstrap, this will finalize the NixOS customization using this configuration:
$ make vm/bootstrap
You should have a graphical functioning dev VM.
At this point, I never use Mac terminals ever again. I clone this repository
in my VM and I use the other Make tasks such as make test, make switch, etc.
to make changes my VM.