Update scripts to better support remote installs using nixos-anywhere.

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (c) 2023 Mr. Gecko's Media (James Coleman). http://mrgeckosmedia.com/
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+
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+
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

@@ -2,9 +2,34 @@
 These are my configurations for nixos. You are free to use it, however it may be best for you to fork and make your own.
 
 ## Installing
-In my experience, you need a larger disk size for the nix store on the installer than is created. As such, I use a swap file/drive, recommended separate drive from the one being installed to.
+You can install locally, or remote using [nixos anywhere](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-anywhere). My suggestion is to use the remote method if possible.
 
-### Swap example.
+### NixOS Anywhere
+- Download this repo.
+```bash
+nix-shell -p git
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/GRMrGecko/nixos.git
+cd nixos/
+```
+- Ensure you have ssh acces with keys.
+- Configure the configuration for the remote machine, entering root@IPADDR for the system you're configuring.
+```bash
+./configure.sh
+```
+- Run the installer, entering root@IPADDR for the system you're installing on.
+```bash
+./install.sh
+```
+- After first boot, copy over the nixos dir to make it easy to rebuild and update.
+```bash
+./rsync.sh --include-settings user@IPADDR
+```
+
+### Install on local system
+
+#### Swap example
+On systems with a small amount of RAM, you may wish to add an USB drive and attach it as a virtual swap.
+This is a small example of how to do so, you will need to update to fit your sitation.
 
 ```bash
 mkdir /mnt/usb
@@ -16,26 +41,22 @@ swapon /mnt/usn/swap
 mount -o remount,size=20G,noatime /nix/.rw-store
 ```
 
-### The install process.
+#### The install process.
-
+- clone and enter the nixos repo.
-After setting up the extra swap space, clone and enter the nixos repo.
 ```bash
 nix-shell -p git
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/GRMrGecko/nixos.git
 cd nixos/
 ```
-
+- Configure the machine to your liking.
-After you get into the repo, configure the machine to your liking.
 ```bash
 ./configure.sh
 ```
-
+- Install. You can define a tmpdir as the USB drive with `TMPDIR=/mnt/usb` if you want to reduce load on RAM.
-After configuring, install. You can define a tmpdir as the USB drive with `TMPDIR=/mnt/usb` if you want to reduce load on RAM.
 ```bash
 ./install.sh --disk main /dev/sda
 ```
-
+- After install is complete, you can then rsync the nixos dir to the user account on the install:
-After install is complete, you can then rsync the nixos dir to the user account on the install:
 ```bash
 nix-shell -p rsync
 mount -o compress=zstd /dev/mapper/crypted /mnt/hdd

configure.sh

@@ -68,9 +68,25 @@ chooseYN() {
     done
 }
 
+remoteAddr=""
+echo "If you are configuring a remote machine, ensure you have ssh access with keys."
+echo -n "Configuring [local machine]: "
+read -r CHOICE
+if [[ -n $CHOICE ]]; then
+    remoteAddr="$CHOICE"
+fi
+sshCmd=""
+if [[ -n $remoteAddr ]]; then
+    if ssh "$remoteAddr" /usr/bin/env true; then
+        sshCmd="ssh $remoteAddr"
+    else
+        echo "Unable to confirm connection to remote $remoteAddr"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # Determine video drivers based on PCI devices.
 videoDrivers="unknown"
-pciRaw=$(lspci | grep -E 'VGA')
+pciRaw=$($sshCmd lspci | grep -E 'VGA')
 if [[ "$pciRaw" =~ QXL ]]; then
     videoDrivers="qxl"
 elif [[ "$pciRaw" =~ NVIDIA ]]; then
@@ -111,7 +127,7 @@ echo
 echo "Select a disk from the list below:"
 # List disks to allow a choice to be made without stopping
 # configuration and verifying available disks.
-lsblk -o PATH,ID-LINK,SIZE -t
+$sshCmd lsblk -o PATH,ID-LINK,SIZE -t
 echo
 echo -n "Choose disk (/dev/disk/by-id/{ID-LINK}) [$diskDefault]: "
 read -r disk
@@ -143,7 +159,7 @@ if [[ "$CHOICE" == "y" ]]; then
         echo "Passwords do not match, try again."
     done
     # Save the password to the tmpfs for disko to pick up during partitioning.
-    echo "$luksPasswd" > /tmp/secret.key
+    echo -n "$luksPasswd" | $sshCmd dd of=/tmp/secret.key
 fi
 
 # Get username for the main user.
@@ -171,7 +187,7 @@ while true; do
 done
 # Use mkpasswd to create a hashed password with the lastest
 # linux password hashing algorithm.
-password=$(mkpasswd "$mainPasswd")
+password=$($sshCmd mkpasswd "\"$mainPasswd\"")
 
 # Determine SSH keys to allow into the system.
 sshKeys=()
@@ -231,7 +247,7 @@ rec {
   locale = "en_US.UTF-8";
   packages = "${PACKAGES}";
   profile = "${PROFILE}";
-  hostId = (builtins.substring 0 8 (builtins.readFile "/etc/machine-id"));
+  hostId = "$(tr -dc a-f0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 8)";
   hostName = "${hostName}";
   videoDrivers = "${videoDrivers}";
   disk = {
@@ -261,4 +277,4 @@ EOF
 # Generate hardware-configuration.nix without filesystems as we use the disko partitoning flake.
 echo
 echo "Generating hardware-configuration.nix"
-nixos-generate-config --no-filesystems --show-hardware-config | tee "$nixosDir/hardware-configuration.nix"
+$sshCmd nixos-generate-config --no-filesystems --show-hardware-config | tee "$nixosDir/hardware-configuration.nix"

install.sh

@@ -4,10 +4,30 @@
 cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null || exit
 nixosDir=$(pwd)
 
+remoteAddr=""
+echo -n "Install on [local machine]: "
+read -r CHOICE
+if [[ -n $CHOICE ]]; then
+    remoteAddr="$CHOICE"
+fi
+sshCmd=""
+if [[ -n $remoteAddr ]]; then
+    if ssh "$remoteAddr" /usr/bin/env true; then
+        sshCmd="ssh $remoteAddr"
+    else
+        echo "Unable to confirm connection to remote $remoteAddr"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # Get short hostname to work with host specific configurations.
-host=$(hostname -s)
+host=""
-if [[ -n $nixHostOverride ]]; then
+if [[ "$(grep hostName settings.nix)" =~ \"(.*)\" ]]; then
-    host=$nixHostOverride
+    host=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+fi
+
+# If hostname wasn't found, try using the hostname command.
+if [[ -z $host ]]; then
+    host=$($sshCmd hostname -s)
 fi
 
 # Confirm host configuration is available; If not, we should not continue.
@@ -15,6 +35,19 @@ if ! grep -q "nixosConfigurations.$host " flake.nix; then
     host="default"
 fi
 
-# Install NixOS.
+# If remote address provided, use nixos-anywhere.
+if [[ -n $remoteAddr ]]; then
+    localArch=$(uname -m)
+    remoteArch=$($sshCmd uname -m)
+    if [[ "$localArch" != "$remoteArch" ]]; then
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' run 'github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere' -- --build-on-remote --flake "path:$nixosDir/#$host" "$remoteAddr"  $@
+    else
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' run 'github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere' -- --flake "path:$nixosDir/#$host" "$remoteAddr"  $@
+    fi
+else
+    # Otherwise install with disko-install.
     # shellcheck disable=SC2068
     nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' run 'github:nix-community/disko#disko-install' -- --flake "path:$nixosDir/#$host" $@
+fi

rsync.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,43 @@
 cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null || exit
 nixosDir=$(pwd)
 
+
+# Print the help for this command.
+print_help() {
+    echo "NixOS Rsync"
+    echo
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo "$0 [--help|--include-settings] {host}"
+    exit
+}
+
+# Defaults
+remoteAddr=""
+excludes="--exclude settings.nix --exclude hardware-configuration.nix"
+
+# Parse provided arguments.
+while (( $# > 0 )); do
+    case "$1" in
+        -h|h|help|--help)
+            print_help "$@"
+        ;;
+        -i|--include-settings)
+            excludes=""
+            shift
+        ;;
+        *)
+            remoteAddr="$1"
+            shift
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# If no address provided, exit.
+if [[ -z $remoteAddr ]]; then
+    echo "You must provide a host."
+    echo
+    print_help "$@"
+fi
+
 # Sync configuration via rsync.
-rsync -av --delete --exclude settings.nix --exclude hardware-configuration.nix "$nixosDir/" "$1:nixos/"
+eval rsync -av --delete "$excludes" "'$nixosDir/'" "'$remoteAddr:nixos/'"