• NixOS Server
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  • Installation

NixOS Server

Configuration files for my personal server, powered by NixOS.

Modules

The configuration is sliced into different files, per category:

• ZFS pool configuration: hardware-configuration.nix
• Network configuration: networking.nix
• Synchronization and backup services: datasync.nix
• Web services and reverse proxy: webstack.nix
• Development tools: devops.nix
• Smartd: monitoring.nix
• Systemd services and timers: periodic.nix
• Curated articles: information.nix

All the modules are imported in configuration.nix

Installation

1. Download the sdcard image
2. Use initial config file

cp install.nix configuration.nix

1. Move the repo to the server and the agenix key

scp -r Projects/zion zion:/home/nixos/system
scp .ssh/zion root@zion:/etc/ssh/id_ed25519

1. Mount the firmware partition

mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /boot

1. Rebuild the system using Flakes

nix-shell -p git
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /home/nixos/system#zion

1. Restore the SQL databases

gunzip -c /vault/backups/zion/databases/all.sql.gz | psql -U postgres