kincaidoneil/dotfiles

Kincaid's Config

Kincaid's Config

Install

To install on a fresh Linux box, create new user account as root:

source <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kincaidoneil/dotfiles/main/add-user.sh)

On Linux or macOS, run install script for packages and settings:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kincaidoneil/dotfiles/main/install.sh | bash -s

Installs packages with apt on Debian, or brew on macOS (*only supports Apple Silicon as some Homebrew paths changed).

If running on a DigitalOcean droplet, run with the environment variable DIGITAL_OCEAN=1 to also install metrics.

Use 1Password to manage SSH keys and configure SSH commit signing.

Configure GPG commit signing

(Skip if using 1Password and/or SSH commit signing.)

Import GPG secret key:

gpg --import [PATH]

If the key is expired, GPG may cryptically fail to sign with a No secret key error. To extend it:

gpg --edit-key [KEY_ID]
> key 1 # Select subkey, too!
> expire # Follow prompts to extend expiration
> save

Use an older revision of .gitconfig-[PLATFORM] so Git and GPG place nice, and add the relevant signing key.

Generate new SSH key

(Prefer using 1Password to generate new keys.)

ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Add SSH pubkey to remote

Add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub on client on a newline in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the server. Refer here for more background.

Add SSH config

To simplify connecting, add the server as an entry in the ~/.ssh/config file on the client:

Host <NAME>
  HostName <IP_ADDRESS>
  ForwardAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes

Cleanup

cd ~
rm -rf \
 n \
 .cargo \
 .rustup \
 .npm \
 .zi \
 .zshrc \
 .gitconfig