nixos-configuration

Creating new host

1. Create new directory in hosts with desired config
2. Create new entry in nixConfigurations in flake.nix
3. Install NixOS on new machine
4. Close these files into ~/nixos
5. Copy hardware configuration into hosts/
6. Add boot loader config to the new host basic config:

   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
   

7. git add . may be needed to make new files available to nix store
8. Run sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/nixos#<host>

Steps to install existing host

1. Install NixOS on any machine
2. Clone these files into ~/nixos
3. Run sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/nixos#<host>

modules

common

gaming

The gaming module assumes you have a drive mounted at /games. nvidia.enable = true; enables support for nvidia graphics cards.

media

The media module assumes you have a drive mounted at: /media /media2 /media3

networking

Hostname should be set with hostname = "nixos";. If the machine is running in the home network, setting homeNetwork.enable = true;

user

The user module is broken up into the basic default user config I would want on most machines with fish, tmux, vim, etc. The home.nix can be imported directly, for example, in a darwin setup or the user module can be imported completely on a nixos setup.

A desktop environment with xfce+i3 can be enabled by adding desktopEnv.enable = true; Developer environment can be setup with devEnv.enable = true;

vpn

Both client and server vpn confings exist here.

packages

nvim

nvim is using AstroNvim. On the first run, all of the dependencies will be installed. Language servers, linters, formatters, etc must all be installed through AstroNvim. Ex :LspInstall nil_ls will install the nixos languange server nil for syntax highlighting

problems

dns

Setting up macbookpro for the first time, I could connect to wifi, but no dns. I had to manually edit /etc/resolv.conf to get connected.