Sylkos's Dotfiles

Overview

Nix Flake which contains configs for most of my more recent systems. Uses modules for high configurability between systems, organization, and encapsulation of configs for a specific program. Optimized so that adding hosts and programs is easy, and it should be enough to add a new file, then rebuild and everything will work. No need to specify any extra imports.

// ## Hosts

TMP Installation

clone dots
- git clone https://github.com/sylk0s/dotfiles
Run config/scripts/install.sh for a lvm on luks btrfs install (designed for impermanence)
Modify config as is needed
- sudo nvim /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
  - add "compress=zstd" to all btrfs subvols, "noatime" to nix, and neededForBoot = true; to persist, logs, and home
- sudo rm /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
- sudo cp dotfiles/tmp/configuration.nix /mnt/etc/nixos/
- sudo nvim /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
  - add the uuid of the disk to the config file's crypt setup
cd /mnt
sudo nixos-install
copy and setup dots. will be easier now with some creature comforts
- copy uuids, copy hardware-config, write host file
- disable sops and sops-password #TODO auto
reboot into new system
impermanence
- create /persist/home/sylkos (and other users ofc)
- move in dots
rebuild and reboot, ensure everything is where we expect and persists
copy gpg key onto system and into gnupg
- gpg --import public.key
- gpg --import private.key
- gpg --edit-key {KEY} trust quit (this is to modify the permission level of the key)
- gpg --list-keys
update sops with passwd
- get the ssh fingerprint using nix-shell -p ssh-to-age --run "cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub | ssh-to-age"
- add to .sops.yaml
- run nix-shell -p sops --run "sops updatekeys secrets.yaml"
- re-enable sops
rebuild into final system :3

Installation

I typically use the gnome install enviornment, since it's just a bit easier to use than minimal, but either are fine. With the gnome install, I install the minimal environment & partiton accordingly and then clone this repo and run the following command.

# nixos-rebuild switch --install-bootloader --flake .#host-name

Note: the --install-bootloader arg may be omitted in certain cases depending on how you want the system to be setup.

After installation

regenerate SSH keys
setup folder structure (projects, tools)

Other Quirks

VS Code with Wayland has a strange bug (will crash) with the options bar at the top, currently, it's set up to disable that. To access, push tab.

Usage

Adding a Host

This repo is designed to make it super easy to add a host!

create a new folder under hosts/
copy the hardware config from /etc/nixos/hardware-config.nix
make any edits needed
Drawing inspiration from hosts/pc/default.nix or hosts/laptop/default.nix create a host config file
- Typically, I like a space in the hosts file to quickly add programs to a host without the need to create a module
- This file is where you setup the modules and make any additional configs you want
Rebuild into the new host using nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#host-name

Adding a program

This repo is also designed to make it easy to add a program as a module!

See table below for where to add programs
If it's not a module, just add the program to a list
Otherwise, at the appropriate place under modules/ add a new file named module-name.nix and create a module (look to other modules similar for inspiration)

// Places programs are specified

Major Inspiration

Hlissner's dotfiles
Auyler's dotifles
TODO more

sylk0s/dotfiles