NixOS Configuration

Now using Flakes \o/

Updating Channels/the Lockfile

nix flake lock

nix flake update

Installing/Updating the System

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake <path-to-repo>#<hostname>
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#w1n5t0n

Mail Setup

secret-tool store --label 'foo@example.com' email 'foo@example.com'

Encrypted Btrfs Setup

• cryptsetup luksFormat --format=luks1 /...
• cryptsetup luksOpen /... system
• mkfs.btrfs /dev/mapper/system
• mount /dev/mapper/system /mnt
• btrfs subvolume create /mnt/root
• btrfs subvolume create /mnt/home
• btrfs subvolume create /mnt/nix
• btrfs subvolume create /mnt/swap

subvolume	mount options
home	compress=zstd
swap	compress=zstd,noatime
root	compress=zstd
nix	compress=zstd,noatime

• /boot/efi as vfat TODO: partitioning command
• TODO: create swap
• mount subvolumes
• `nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
• add mount options in hardware-configuration.nix / create matching configuration in ./machines
• TODO: config for luks, bootloader, ...
• For snapper: create .snapshots subvolume in each subvolume to be backed up