doing all sorts of random stuff, custom isntaller iso, testbed, etc

utilities/nixos-installers/flake.lock

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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "stable": "stable",
+        "unstable": "unstable"
+      }
+    },
+    "stable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1763622513,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1jQnuyu82FpiSxowrF/iFK6Toh9BYprfDqfs4BB+19M=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "c58bc7f5459328e4afac201c5c4feb7c818d604b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-25.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "unstable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1763421233,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Stk9ZYRkGrnnpyJ4eqt9eQtdFWRRIvMxpNRf4sIegnw=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "89c2b2330e733d6cdb5eae7b899326930c2c0648",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}

utilities/nixos-installers/flake.nix

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+{
+  description = "NixOS installer ISOs with extra bits I like";
+
+  inputs = {
+    stable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
+    unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    { stable, unstable, ... }:
+    let
+      lib = stable.lib;
+      systems = lib.systems.flakeExposed;
+
+      channels = {
+        stable = stable;
+        unstable = unstable;
+      };
+
+      # Build a NixOS system that is an installation ISO with SSH enabled
+      minimal =
+        { nixpkgs, system }:
+        nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+          inherit system;
+          modules = [
+            (
+              { pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+              {
+                imports = [
+                  (modulesPath + "/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix")
+                ];
+
+                nix.settings.experimental-features = [
+                  "nix-command"
+                  "flakes"
+                ];
+
+                environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+                  neovim
+                  fastfetch
+                  fzf
+                ];
+
+                services.openssh = {
+                  enable = true;
+                  settings = {
+                    PermitRootLogin = "yes";
+                    PasswordAuthentication = true;
+                  };
+                };
+
+                users.users.nixos = {
+                  password = "password";
+                  initialHashedPassword = lib.mkForce null;
+                };
+                users.users.root = {
+                  password = "password";
+                  initialHashedPassword = lib.mkForce null;
+                };
+              }
+            )
+          ];
+        };
+
+      mkIsoPkgsForSystem =
+        system:
+        builtins.listToAttrs (
+          builtins.map (channelName: {
+            name = "iso-minimal-${channelName}";
+            value =
+              (minimal {
+                nixpkgs = channels.${channelName};
+                inherit system;
+              }).config.system.build.isoImage;
+          }) (builtins.attrNames channels)
+        );
+    in
+    {
+      packages = lib.genAttrs systems (system: mkIsoPkgsForSystem system);
+    };
+}