NixOS Server Setup

README.md

NixOS Setup

• NixOS Setup
  • Desktop Setup
    • Login
    • configuration.nix
    • Install
  • Server Setup
    • Login
    • configuration.nix
    • Install

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Desktop Setup

Login

sudo -i

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AriRexouium/3eb9ca097c72d086dec19382268af0b9/raw/disko-client-config.nix -o /tmp/disko-config.nix
nix run github:nix-community/disko --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' -- --mode disko /tmp/disko-config.nix

nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

configuration.nix

fileSystems = {
  "/".options = [ "compress=zstd" ];
  "/home".options = [ "compress=zstd" ];
  "/nix".options = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
  "/.swap".options = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
};

swapDevices = [
  { device = "/.swap/swapfile"; }
];

Install

nixos-install

Server Setup

Login

sudo -i

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AriRexouium/3eb9ca097c72d086dec19382268af0b9/raw/disko-server-config.nix -o /tmp/disko-config.nix
nix run github:nix-community/disko --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' -- --mode disko /tmp/disko-config.nix

nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

configuration.nix

fileSystems = {
  "/".options = [ "compress=zstd" ];
  "/root".options = [ "compress=zstd" ];
  "/home".options = [ "compress=zstd" ];
  "/var/log".options = [ "compress=zstd" ];
  "/nix".options = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
  "/.swap".options = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
};

swapDevices = [
  { device = "/.swap/swapfile"; }
];

Install

nixos-install

disko-client-config.nix

{
  disko.devices = {
    disk = {
      sda = {
        type = "disk";
        device = "/dev/sda";
        content = {
          type = "gpt";
          partitions = {
            ESP = {
              label = "boot";
              name = "ESP";
              type = "EF00";
              size = "512M";
              content = {
                type = "filesystem";
                format = "vfat";
                mountpoint = "/boot";
              };
            };
            luks = {
              label = "luks";
              size = "100%";
              content = {
                name = "crypted";
                type = "luks";
                # settings = {
                #   crypttabExtraOpts = [ "--tpm2-device=auto" "--tpm2-pcrs=7" ];
                # };
                content = {
                  type = "btrfs";
                  extraArgs = [ "-f" ];
                  subvolumes = {
                    "@" = {
                      mountpoint = "/";
                      mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" ];
                    };
                    "@home" = {
                      mountpoint = "/home";
                      mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" ];
                    };
                    "@nix" = {
                      mountpoint = "/nix";
                      mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
                    };
                    "@swap" = {
                      mountpoint = "/.swap";
                      mountOptions = [ "noatime" ];
                      swap.swapfile.size = "16G";
                    };
                  };
                };
              };
            };
          };
        };
      };
    };
  };
}

disko-server-config.nix

{
  disko.devices = {
    disk = {
      vda = {
        type = "disk";
        device = "/dev/vda";
        content = {
          type = "gpt";
          partitions = {
            BOOT = { # comment this out on EFI systems
              type = "EF02";
              size = "1M";
            };
            ESP = {
              type = "EF00";
              size = "512M";
              content = {
                type = "filesystem";
                format = "vfat";
                mountpoint = "/boot";
              };
            };
            ROOT = {
              size = "100%";
              content = {
                type = "btrfs";
                extraArgs = [ "-f" ];
                subvolumes = {
                  "@" = {
                    mountpoint = "/";
                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" ];
                  };
                  "@root" = {
                    mountpoint = "/root";
                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" ];
                  };
                  "@home" = {
                    mountpoint = "/home";
                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" ];
                  };
                  "@var@log" = {
                    mountpoint = "/var/log";
                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" ];
                  };
                  "@nix" = {
                    mountpoint = "/nix";
                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
                  };
                  "@swap" = {
                    mountpoint = "/.swap";
                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
                    swap.swapfile.size = "2G";
                  };
                };
              };
            };
          };
        };
      };
    };
  };
}