nix-config

https://git.jan-leila.com/jan-leila/nix-config

nix multi user, multi system, configuration with sops secret management, home-manager, and nixos-anywhere setup via disko with zfs + impermanence

Hosts

Host Map

Hostname	Device Description	Primary User	Role	Provisioned	Using Nix
twilight	Desktop Computer	Leyla	Desktop	✅	✅
horizon	13 inch Framework Laptop	Leyla	Laptop	✅	✅
defiant	NAS Server	Leyla	Server	✅	✅
hesperium	Mac	?????	Mac	❌	❌
emergent	Desktop Computer	Eve	Desktop	✅	✅
threshold	Laptop	Eve	Laptop	❌	❌
wolfram	Steam Deck	House	Handheld	✅	❌
ceder	A5 Tablet	Leyla	Tablet	✅	❌
skate	A6 Tablet	Leyla	Tablet	❌	❌
shale	A6 Tablet	Eve	Tablet	✅	❌
coven	Pixel 8	Leyla	Android	✅	❌

Tooling

Rebuilding

./rebuild.sh

Updating

nix flake update

New host setup

./install.sh --target 192.168.1.130 --flake hostname

Updating Secrets

sops secrets/secrets_file_here.yaml

Inspecting a configuration

nix-inspect -p .

Notes:

Research topics

• Look into this for auto rotating sops keys https://technotim.live/posts/rotate-sops-encryption-keys/
• Look into this for npins https://jade.fyi/blog/pinning-nixos-with-npins/
• https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/
• proton mail now has an smtp server we could use that for our zfs and SMART test emails

Tasks:

Chores:

• test out crab hole service
• qbittorent should be downloading to rpool/persist/system/qbittorrent or maybe even rpool/persist/system/jellyfin but right now its downloading to rpool/persist/system/root this should be fixed

Tech Debt

• monitor configuration in ~/.config/monitors.xml should be sym linked to /run/gdm/.config/monitors.xml (https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/u09cz9/home_manager_create_my_own_symlinks_automatically/)
• migrate away from flakes and move to npins

Broken things

• figure out steam vr things?
• whisper was having issues

Data Integrity

• zfs email after scrubbing # TODO: test this
• SMART test with email results
• zfs encryption FIDO2 2fa (look into shavee)
• rotate sops encryption keys periodically (and somehow sync between devices?)
• Secure Boot - https://github.com/nix-community/lanzaboote
• auto turn off on power loss - nut
• secondary server with data sync. Maybe a Pi with a usb hdd enclosure and use rtcwake to only turn on once a week to sync data over tailscale with connection initiated from pi's side. We could probably put this at LZ. Hoping for it to draw only like $1 of power a month. Initial sync should probably be done here before we move it over because that will take a while. Data should be encrypted so that devices doesn't have access to it. Project will prob cost like $1800

Data Access

• nfs export should be backed by the same values for server and client
• samba mounts
• offline access for nfs mounts (overlay with rsync might be a good option here? https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-unionfs/msg07105.html note about nfs4 and overlay fs)
• figure out why syncthing and jellyfins permissions don't propagate downwards
• make radarr, sonarr, and bazarr accessible over vpn
• move searx, home-assistant, actual, vikunja, jellyfin, paperless, and immich to only be accessible via vpn

Services

• vikunja service for project management
• Penpot services (need to make this custom)
• minecraft server with old world file
• Create Tor guard/relay server
• mastodon instance
• screeps server

DevOps

• wake on LAN for updates
• remote distributed builds - https://nix.dev/tutorials/nixos/distributed-builds-setup.html
• ISO target that contains authorized keys for nixos-anywhere 4acc43ebc7/hosts/bootstrap/default.nix
• fix panoramax package
• claude code MCP servers should bundle node with them so they work in all environments

Observability

• graphana for dashboards
• prometheus and loki for metric and log collection
  • zfs storage usage
  • zfs drive health status
  • service version lag
  • network/cpu/ram utilization
  • http latency
  • postgres db load
  • nginx queries
• ntfy.sh for push notifications
• kuma for uptime visualization

Packages

• Custom private fork of MultiMC