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@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@ * dotfiles [[https://builds.sr.ht/~euandreh/dotfiles][file:https://builds.sr.ht/~euandreh/dotfiles.svg]] +** Instructions - setting up a new NixOS installation +*** 1. Prepare the USB stick +Get the link for the [[https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html][NixOS ISO image]] and burn it to the USB stick: +#+BEGIN_SOURCE shell +NIXOS_URL='https://releases.nixos.org/nixos...linux.iso' +curl https://euandre.org/dotfiles/nixos/burn.sh | bash -s "$NIXOS_URL" /dev/sdb +#+END_SOURCE +*** 2. Performing a fresh install +Put the USB stick in the new laptop and boot from it. + +First we need to get the internet connection working. Check that the wireless interface name is actually =wlp2s0= or something else (use =ip a= of =ifconfig= for that), and use =wpa_supplicant= to perform the connection: +#+BEGIN_SOURCE shell +wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase SSID PASSPHRASE) +#+END_SOURCE +Now we need to also double check the driver name with =lsblk=. We'll assume it's =/dev/sda=. + +After that all we need is to download the installation script and run it with the correct arguments: +#+BEGIN_SOURCE shell +curl https://euandre.org/dotfiles/nixos/install.sh > install.sh +chmod +x install.sh +LAPTOP_NAME='velhinho-nixos' +./install.sh "${LAPTOP_NAME}" /dev/sda +#+END_SOURCE +*** 3. Bootstraping the new installation's configuration and data +After booting up from the freshly installed NixOS, we'll need the GPG keys to decrypt the Git Annex repo, decrypt the SSH keys and bootstrap from there. + +Get the =keys.gpg= file with both private and public keys (see [[#exporting-gpg-key-pairs][exporting GPG keys]] below on how to do that) and run the setup script: +#+BEGIN_SOURCE shell +curl https://euandre.org/dotfiles/nixos/setup.sh | bash -s ~/path/to/keys.gpg +#+END_SOURCE +Now open up Firefox and login back to it! That's all! +** Resources +*** Exporting GPG key pairs +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: exporting-gpg-key-pairs +:END: ** Instructions - setting up a new installation (NixOS) *** 1. Download NixOS image from [[https://nixos.org/][the website]]. *** 2. Follow USB ISO installation steps in =nixos/os-installation.sh= |