rraval's nix config

NixOS configurations for all of my machines as a single Nix flake.

Note

This repo mostly exists as a useful place to point people to when trying to explain how I've configured a certain thing.

Using it directly is unlikely to work out for you.

Structure

flake.nix defines nixosConfigurations for each computer I currently have.

The box folder contains NixOS modules that configure the OS as a single user system.
- This module reserves the box configuration namespace for its use.
- It also contains the home sub-folder that contains Home Manager Modules that configure the single user home directory.
  - Most programs are installed and configured at this level instead of being installed system wide.
The workaround folder holds patches and other files to address system specific issues.

Go to GitHub Settings > Developer Settings > Personal Access Tokens > Generate New Token.

Generate a new token for <machine> nix.

Then drop a file into /etc/nix/extra-nix.conf

extra-access-tokens = github.com=<token>

Clone this repo somewhere like:

$ git clone https://github.com/rraval/nix.git rraval-nix

Modify rraval-nix/flake.nix to include a configuration for the new host (nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config can help).

Finally, run:

$ nixos-rebuild switch --flake path:/to/rraval-nix#hostname