run nixos on M1 with UTM

configuration.nix

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
  imports =
    [
      ./hardware-configuration.nix
    ];

  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;

  time.timeZone = "Europe/Lisbon";

  # i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
  # console = {
  #   font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
  #   keyMap = "us";
  #   useXkbConfig = true; # use xkbOptions in tty.
  # };

  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users.zp = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
    packages = with pkgs; [
    ];
  };

  # List packages installed in system profile
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    helix
    git
    tmux
    wget
  ];

  services.openssh.enable = true;

  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.enable = false;

  # Copy the NixOS configuration file and link it from the resulting system
  # (/run/current-system/configuration.nix). This is useful in case you
  # accidentally delete configuration.nix.
  system.copySystemConfiguration = true;

  system.stateVersion = "22.11"; # Did you read the comment?
}

instructions.md

1. get UTM
2. get the latest minimal iso for 64bit arm
3. add > emulate > linux > choose boot iso with browse button > 4 GB mem > storage 64 GB

sudo sh

parted /dev/vda -- mklabel gpt
parted /dev/vda -- mkpart primary 512MiB -4GiB
parted /dev/vda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -4GiB 100%
parted /dev/vda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 512MiB
parted /dev/vda -- set 3 esp on

#to check it worked:
parted
select /dev/vda
print

cfdisk
#    /dev/vda1 (linux fs)
#    /dev/vda2 (swap)
#    /dev/vda3 (boot @ efi system)

mkfs.ext4 -L nixos      /dev/vda1
mkswap    -L swap       /dev/vda2
mkfs.fat  -F 32 -n boot /dev/vda3

mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot

swapon /dev/disk/by-label/swap

nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
nano /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix

nixos-install
#or
nixos-install --no-root-passwd

reboot

useradd -c 'ze pedro' -m zp
passwd zp

# Available software:
nix search something

# test software
nix-shell -p git

# install something
nix-env --install git

# when we edit /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
nixos-rebuild switch (--rollback)