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# Truxnell's homelab
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[](https://nixos.org)
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Leveraging nix, nix-os to apply machine and home configurations
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## Background
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Having used a variety of infracture as code solutions - and having found them lacking in some areas, it is time to give nix a go.
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Frustrations with other methods tend to be bitrot and config drift - very annoying to want to do a quick disaster recovery and find your have different versions of modules/utilities, breaking changes in code you didnt catch, etc.
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## Getting started
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To Install
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```
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# nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:truxnell/nix-config#HOST
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```
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## Goals
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- [ ] Learn nix
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- [ ] Mostly reproduce features from my existing homelab
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- [ ] Replace existing ubuntu-based 'NAS'
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- [ ] Expand usage to other shell environments such as WSL, etc
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- [ ] handle secrets - decide between sweet and simple SOPS or re-use my doppler setup.
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## TODO
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- [ ] Github Actions update fly.io instances (Bitwarden)
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- [ ] Bring over hosts
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- [ ] DNS01 Raspi4
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- [ ] DNS02 Raspi4
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- [ ] NAS
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- [ ] Latop
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- [ ] WSL
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- [ ] JJY emulator Raspi4
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- [ ] Documentation!
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- [ ] ssh_config build from computers?
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- [ ] Modularise host to allow vm builds and hw builds
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- [ ] Add license
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- [ ] Add taskfiles
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## Network map
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TBC
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## Hardware
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TBC
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## Applying configuration changes on a local machine can be done as follows:
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```sh
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cd ~/dotfiles
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sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .
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# This will automatically pick the configuration name based on the hostname
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```
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Applying configuration changes to a remote machine can be done as follows:
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```sh
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cd ~/dotfiles
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nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#nameOfMachine --target-host machineToSshInto --use-remote-sudo
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```
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## Hacking at nix files
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Eval config to see what keys are being set.
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```bash
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nix eval .#nixosConfigurations.rickenbacker.config.security.sudo.WheelNeedsPassword
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nix eval .#nixosConfigurations.rickenbacker.config.mySystem.security.wheelNeedsPassword
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```
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Quickly run a flake to see what the next error message is as you hack.
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```bash
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nixos-rebuild dry-run --flake . --fast --impure
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```
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## Links & References
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- [Misterio77/nix-starter-config](https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs)
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- [billimek/dotfiles](https://github.com/billimek/dotfiles/)
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- [Erase your Darlings](https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings/)
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- [NixOS Flakes](https://www.tweag.io/blog/2020-07-31-nixos-flakes/)
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