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

hosts/lio/flake.nix

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
               # ./sway_customizations.nix
               ./i3_customizations.nix
               ./opencode-shim.nix
+              ./vms.nix
               (
                 {
                   config,

hosts/lio/vms.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  options = { };
+
+  config = {
+    users.users.josh.extraGroups = [ "libvirtd" "kvm" ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      virt-manager
+      virt-viewer
+      spice
+      spice-gtk
+      spice-protocol
+      win-virtio
+      win-spice
+      adwaita-icon-theme
+    ];
+
+    virtualisation = {
+      libvirtd = {
+        enable = true;
+        qemu = {
+          swtpm.enable = true;
+          ovmf.enable = true;
+          ovmf.packages = [ pkgs.OVMFFull.fd ];
+        };
+      };
+      spiceUSBRedirection.enable = true;
+    };
+    services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
+  };
+}

hosts/testbed/configuration.nix

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  ...
-}:
-{
-  system.stateVersion = "25.05"; # Did you read the comment?
-}

hosts/testbed/flake.nix

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
-    # nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager.url = "github:rycee/home-manager/release-25.05";
 
     # Use relative to get current version for testing
-    # common.url = "path:../../common";
-    common.url = "git+https://git.joshuabell.xyz/ringofstorms/dotfiles";
+    # common.url = "path:../../flakes/common";
+    common.url = "git+https://git.joshuabell.xyz/ringofstorms/dotfiles?dir=flakes/common";
 
     disko.url = "github:nix-community/disko/latest";
     disko.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     # impermanence.url = "github:nix-community/impermanence";
 
+    # hyprland.url = "path:../../flakes/hyprland";
+    hyprland.url = "git+https://git.joshuabell.xyz/ringofstorms/dotfiles?dir=flakes/hyprland";
+
     ros_neovim.url = "git+https://git.joshuabell.xyz/ringofstorms/nvim";
   };
 
@@ -18,88 +21,102 @@
     {
       self,
       nixpkgs,
+      home-manager,
       common,
       ros_neovim,
       disko,
+      hyprland,
       # impermanence,
       ...
     }:
     let
-      configuration_name = "testbed";
+      configurationName = "testbed";
+      stateVersion = "25.05";
+      primaryUser = "luser";
       lib = nixpkgs.lib;
     in
     {
       packages = {
-        x86_64-linux.vm = self.nixosConfigurations.${configuration_name}.config.system.build.vmWithDisko;
+        x86_64-linux.vm = self.nixosConfigurations.${configurationName}.config.system.build.vmWithDisko;
       };
       nixosConfigurations = {
-        "${configuration_name}" = (
+        "${configurationName}" = (
           lib.nixosSystem {
             modules = [
+              home-manager.nixosModules.default
+
               disko.nixosModules.disko
-              # impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
-              common.nixosModules.default
               ros_neovim.nixosModules.default
-              ./configuration.nix
+              hyprland.nixosModules.default
+              # impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
+
+              common.nixosModules.essentials
+              common.nixosModules.git
+              common.nixosModules.boot_systemd
+              common.nixosModules.hardening
+              common.nixosModules.nix_options
+              common.nixosModules.podman
+              common.nixosModules.timezone_auto
+              common.nixosModules.zsh
+
               ./hardware-configuration.nix
               ./disko-config.nix
               (
                 { config, pkgs, ... }:
-                {
+                rec {
+                  # Home Manager
+                  home-manager = {
+                    useUserPackages = true;
+                    useGlobalPkgs = true;
+                    backupFileExtension = "bak";
+                    # add all normal users to home manager so it applies to them
+                    users = lib.mapAttrs (name: user: {
+                      home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
+                      programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+                    }) (lib.filterAttrs (name: user: user.isNormalUser or false) users.users);
+
+                    sharedModules = [
+                      common.homeManagerModules.tmux
+                      common.homeManagerModules.atuin
+                      common.homeManagerModules.direnv
+                      common.homeManagerModules.git
+                      common.homeManagerModules.postgres_cli_options
+                      common.homeManagerModules.starship
+                      common.homeManagerModules.zoxide
+                      common.homeManagerModules.zsh
+                    ];
+                  };
+
+                  # System configuration
+                  system.stateVersion = stateVersion;
+                  networking.hostName = configurationName;
+                  programs.nh.flake = "/home/${primaryUser}/.config/nixos-config/hosts/${configurationName}";
+                  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+                  users.users = {
+                    "${primaryUser}" = {
+                      isNormalUser = true;
+                      initialPassword = "password1";
+                      shell = pkgs.zsh;
+                      extraGroups = [
+                        "wheel"
+                        "networkmanager"
+                        "video"
+                        "input"
+                      ];
+                      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+                      ];
+                    };
+                    root = {
+                      shell = pkgs.zsh;
+                      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+                      ];
+                    };
+                  };
+
                   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
                     cowsay
                     lolcat
                   ];
-
-                  ringofstorms_common = {
-                    systemName = configuration_name;
-                    boot.systemd.enable = true;
-                    programs = {
-                      ssh.enable = true;
-                      podman.enable = true;
-                    };
-                    users = {
-                      admins = [ "luser" ]; # First admin is also the primary user owning nix config
-                      users = {
-                        root = {
-                          openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-                            "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIH2KFSRkViT+asBTjCgA7LNP3SHnfNCW+jHbV08VUuIi nix2nix"
-                          ];
-                          shell = pkgs.zsh;
-                        };
-                        luser = {
-                          openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-                            "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIH2KFSRkViT+asBTjCgA7LNP3SHnfNCW+jHbV08VUuIi nix2nix"
-                          ];
-                          extraGroups = [
-                            "networkmanager"
-                            "video"
-                            "input"
-                          ];
-                          shell = pkgs.zsh;
-                        };
-                      };
-                    };
-                    homeManager = {
-                      users = {
-                        luser = {
-                          imports = with common.homeManagerModules; [
-                            kitty
-                            tmux
-                            atuin
-                            direnv
-                            git
-                            nix_deprecations
-                            postgres
-                            ssh
-                            starship
-                            zoxide
-                            zsh
-                          ];
-                        };
-                      };
-                    };
-                  };
                 }
               )
             ];

readme.md

@@ -27,12 +27,103 @@
 
 1. Install nix minimal: (new with btrfs backing)
 
+```bash
+# Partition main drive with btrfs
+lsblk
+echo "Read the above output and determine what drive to install NixOS on"
+read -p "Enter device name: " DEVICE
+
+# Partitioning
+echo "Creating partitions on $DEVICE..."
+parted /dev/$DEVICE -- mklabel gpt # make GPT partition table
+parted /dev/$DEVICE -- mkpart NIXROOT 2GB 100% # make root partition (2GB offset for boot)
+parted /dev/$DEVICE -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MB 2GB # make boot partition, 1MB alignment offset
+parted /dev/$DEVICE -- set 2 esp on # make boot partition bootable
+
+ROOT=$DEVICE"1"
+BOOT=$DEVICE"2"
+
+# Encryption Luks
+prompt="Use encryption on root partition?" var=ENC && read -r -p "$prompt (y/n) [n]: " resp && resp=$(echo "$resp" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'); [[ "$resp" == "y" || "$resp" == "yes" || "$resp" == "1" ]] && export $var=true || export $var=false
+if [ $ENC = true ]; then
+  while true; do
+    echo "Setting up encrypted root, you will want to save the passphrase somewhere!"
+    cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/$ROOT
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      echo "Encryption setup successful"
+      cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/$ROOT cryptroot
+      break
+    elif [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
+      echo "Missmatched passphrase, try again or select NO to cancel encryption"
+    else
+      prompt="Failed to setup encrypted root, continue without encryption?" var=CON && read -r -p "$prompt (y/n) [n]: " resp && resp=$(echo "$resp" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'); [[ "$resp" == "y" || "$resp" == "yes" || "$resp" == "1" ]] && export $var=true || export $var=false
+      if [ $CON = true ]; then
+        ENC=false
+        break
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ $ENC = true ]; then ROOTP="/dev/mapper/cryptroot" ; else ROOTP="/dev/$ROOT"; fi
+
+# Formatting
+echo "Formatting drives..."
+mkfs.fat -F 32 -n NIXBOOT /dev/$BOOT
+mkfs.btrfs -fL NIXROOT $ROOTP
+
+# Subvolumes
+prompt="Use subvolumes for nix store and snapshots?" var=SUBV && read -r -p "$prompt (y/n) [n]: " resp && resp=$(echo "$resp" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'); [[ "$resp" == "y" || "$resp" == "yes" || "$resp" == "1" ]] && export $var=true || export $var=false
+if [ $SUBV = true ]; then
+  mount $ROOTP /mnt
+  btrfs subvolume create /mnt/root
+  btrfs subvolume create /mnt/nix
+  btrfs subvolume create /mnt/snapshots
+  umount /mnt
+fi
+
+if [ $SUBV = true ]; then
+  mount $ROOTP /mnt
+  mount -o subvol=root,compress=zstd,noatime $ROOTP /mnt
+  mkdir -p /mnt/{nix,boot,.snapshots}
+  mount -o subvol=nix,compress=zstd,noatime $ROOTP /mnt/nix
+  mount -o subvol=snapshots,compress=zstd,noatime $ROOTP /mnt/.snapshots
+  mount -o umask=077 /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot
+else
+  mount -o compress=zstd,noatime $ROOTP /mnt
+  mkdir -p /mnt/boot
+  mount -o umask=077 /dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT /mnt/boot
+fi
+
+echo "Generating nixos-config..."
+nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
+
+prompt="Add swap file?" var=SWP && read -r -p "$prompt (y/n) [n]: " resp && resp=$(echo "$resp" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'); [[ "$resp" == "y" || "$resp" == "yes" || "$resp" == "1" ]] && export $var=true || export $var=false
+if [ $SWP = true ]; then
+  SIZE=$(grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo | awk 'function ceil(x, y){y=int(x); return(x>y? y+1:y)} {print ceil($2/1024/1024)}')
+  read -r -p "Custom size in GB? [$SIZE]" SIZE_OVERRIDE
+  SIZE="${SIZE_OVERRIDE:-$SIZE}"
+
+  SWAP_DEVICE='  swapDevices = [ { device = "/.swapfile"; size = $SIZE * 1024; } ];'
+  sed -i "/swapDevices/c\\$SWAP_DEVICE" /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
+  echo "Added swap device to hardware configuration"
+fi
+
+echo "Getting initial config for Jason"
+curl -o /mnt/etc/nixos/jason.nix https://gist.joshuabell.xyz/ringofstorms/jason-nix/raw/HEAD/jason.nix
+sed -i '/\.\/hardware-configuration.nix/a \      ./jason.nix' /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+echo "Added config to imports of configuration.nix"
+
+echo "Installing nixos"
+sudo nixos-install
+```
+
 - Partitions
   - `parted /dev/DEVICE -- mklabel gpt` - make GPT partition table
   - `parted /dev/DEVICE -- mkpart NIXROOT 2GB 100%` - make root partition (2GB offset for boot)
   - `parted /dev/DEVICE -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MB 2GB` - make boot partition (2GB)
   - `parted /dev/DEVICE -- set 2 esp on` - make boot bootable
-- LUKS Encryption
+- LUKS Encryption (optional)
   - `cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/DEVICE_1`
     - Create passphrase and save to bitwarden
   - `cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/DEVUCE_1 cryptroot`
@@ -41,10 +132,11 @@
     - `chmod 400 /tmp/keyfile`
     - `cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/DEVICE_1 /tmp/keyfile_DEVICE_1`
 - Formatting
-  - `mkfs.btrfs -L NIXROOT /dev/mapper/cryptroot`
-  - `mkfs.fat -F 32 -n NIXBOOT /dev/DEVICE_2`
+- `mkfs.btrfs -L NIXROOT /dev/mapper/cryptroot`
+  - `/dev/sda1` if not encyrpted instead of dev mapper cryptroot
+- `mkfs.fat -F 32 -n NIXBOOT /dev/DEVICE_2`
 - Create btrfs subvolumes (optional: for better snapshot perf)
-  - `mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot /mnt`
+  - `mount /dev/mapper/cryptroot /mnt` (`/dev/sda1` for non encrypted)
   - `btrfs subvolume create /mnt/root`
   - `btrfs subvolume create /mnt/nix`
   - `btrfs subvolume create /mnt/snapshots`

utilities/nixos-installers/flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "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

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+  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);
+    };
+}