faithinyous/nix

nix

Tested against:

• x86_64-linux
• aarch64-linux
• x86_64-darwin
• aarch64-darwin

Notes

home_directory:

• linux: /home/$username
• mac: /Users/$username

Usage

1. Create .env and populate variables (see list of env keys in .enc.env)
2. (Optional) If you don't want to set up commit signing, comment out the whole git_signing_key section.
3. make common

Mac OS Extras

1. Login to App Store
2. make mac

Linux Extras

• If you need tailscale, caddy, fail2ban, or docker on your server, install it via your system's package manager, since nix requires you set up systemd services explicitly.

Post Installation Instructions

Add SSH key to GitHub

https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account

Set default shell (Linux only)

`chsh` and type `$HOME/.nix-profile/bin/fish`

# or this one
`vi /etc/passwd` and specify shell for your user

Misc MacOS config

• set tap to single click
• set three-finger drag

Upgrading

Nix

make update

# equivalent to do-release-upgrade
<https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/upgrading.html>

Brew

brew upgrade

Useful commands

# backup vscode extensions list
code --list-extensions | xargs -L 1 echo code --install-extension > ext_install.sh

# backup vscode config
cp "/users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Code/User/keybindings.json" .
cp "/users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json" .

Flake (not used)

https://github.com/mschwaig/howto-install-nix-with-flake-support

nix flake show templates
nix flake init -t templates#trivial
nix flake init

nix build flake.nix

Nixpkgs

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71927395/how-is-vendorsha256-computed

with import <nixpkgs> { } ;

buildGoModule rec {
  pname = "fman";
  version = "1.20.1";

  src = fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "nore-dev";
    repo = "fman";
    rev = "v${version}";
    sha256 = "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"; # 1. replace with actual value from run logs
  };

  vendorSha256 = lib.fakeSha256; # 2. do the same after replacing above sha
}