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| author | tv <tv@krebsco.de> | 2018-09-28 17:01:38 +0200 | 
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| committer | tv <tv@krebsco.de> | 2018-09-28 17:01:38 +0200 | 
| commit | b922b41fe371896cbc38bb1dc9d0074d11686ec3 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d275ad88de5043c801cfb6a3e71391cb5eb1367 | |
| parent | 75e1338628aea086ea0dc8d19103c7263f4e6b8a (diff) | |
README: add more words to the example =)
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 21 | 
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
| @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@  # krops (krebs ops) -krops is a lightweigt toolkit to deploy nixos systems, remotely or locally. +krops is a lightweigt toolkit to deploy NixOS systems, remotely or locally. -fancy features include: +## Some Features  - store your secrets in passwordstore  - build your system remotely -- minimal overhead +- minimal overhead (it's basically just `nixos-rebuild switch`!)  - run from custom nixpkgs branch/checkout/fork -minimal example: +## Minimal Example + +Create a file named `krops.nix` (name doesn't matter) with following content: -create a krops.nix somewhere  ```  let -  #krops = ./.;    krops = (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchgit {      url = https://cgit.krebsco.de/krops/;      rev = "3022582ade8049e6ccf18f358cedb996d6716945"; @@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ let      nixpkgs.git = {        ref = "4b4bbce199d3b3a8001ee93495604289b01aaad3";        url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs; -      };      nixos-config.file = toString (pkgs.writeText "nixos-config" ''        { pkgs, ... }: { -          fileSystems."/" = { device = "/dev/sda1"; };          boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;          services.openssh.enable = true; @@ -47,8 +45,11 @@ in    }  ``` -and run `$(nix-build krops.nix)`. This results in a script which deploys the machine via ssh & rsync on the target machine. +and run `$(nix-build --no-out-link krops.nix)` to deploy the target machine. + +Under the hood, this will make the sources available on the target machine +below `/var/src`, and execute `nixos-rebuild switch -I /var/src`.  ## References -- [Blog post with in-depth example](http://tech.ingolf-wagner.de/nixos/krops/) by [Ingolf Wagner](https://ingolf-wagner.de/) +- [In-depth example](http://tech.ingolf-wagner.de/nixos/krops/) by [Ingolf Wagner](https://ingolf-wagner.de/) | 
