NixOS on UTM

This repository contains NIX configurations for @soasme's personal use, including running NixOS on UTM(QEMU) and Raspberry Pi (4+).

Getting Started

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:soasme/nixos-config

Getting Started with UTM

Download minimal NixOS ISO image.

In UTM, create a new VM using "Other" as system, and choose the downloaded NixOS ISO image.

Preverse pretty much all of the default configurations unless you have custom requirements, such as CPU cores, memory, etc.

Boot the VM and follow the instructions in [NixOS Installation Summary] guide:

Run all commands "Partition schemes for NixOS on /dev/sda (UEFI)".

# parted /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MiB -8GiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100%
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 512MiB
# parted /dev/sda -- set 3 esp on

Run "Commands for installing NixOS on /dev/sda".

# mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/sda1
# mkswap -L swap /dev/sda2
# swapon /dev/sda2
# mkfs.fat -F 32 -n boot /dev/sda3        # (for UEFI systems only)
# mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
# mkdir -p /mnt/boot                      # (for UEFI systems only)
# mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot # (for UEFI systems only)
# nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
# nano /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix # install `vim`, `wget`, `git`, etc.
# nixos-install

Import Note: Before running reboot, remove ISO in the UTM.
Reboot!

After rebooting the OS, you can now clone this repo and use the nixos-config:

$ git clone git@github.com:soasme/nixos-config.git
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake '/home/soasme/nixos-config'