alex's nix flake#

Installation#

NixOS#

1. Install Nix and enable flakes
2. Switch to this flake: nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:bates64/nixfiles

To switch to a specific machine, e.g. merlow, use github:bates64/nixfiles#merlow as the flake URI.

home-manager#

1. Install Nix and enable flakes
2. Install home-manager: nix run home-manager/master -- init --switch
3. Restart shell
4. Switch to this flake: nix run home-manager/master -- switch --flake github:bates64/nixfiles

Networking#

Tailscale mesh VPN connects NixOS hosts on a private network. Authenticate once per machine:

sudo tailscale up --accept-dns

Then SSH between hosts should Just Work.