# NixOS server: hostname, user, SSH, auto-rebuild from dotfiles repo. # # One-time on server: clone repo to /etc/dotfiles (root needs git access). # If private repo: use SSH (ssh:// or git@) and add root's key to GitHub, or use HTTPS + token. # Then: sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/dotfiles/nixos#nixos-server # Timer runs every 15 min: git fetch, pull if origin/main changed, rebuild. { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let dotfilesDir = "/etc/dotfiles"; flakeRef = "${dotfilesDir}/nixos#nixos-server"; in { imports = [ ./nixos-server-hardware.nix ]; networking.hostName = "nixos-server"; time.timeZone = "Europe/Copenhagen"; boot.kernelParams = [ "consoleblank=60" ]; # blank TTY after 60s to reduce burn-in # Turn off panel backlight after boot so the screen actually dims (consoleblank only blanks framebuffer). # At the console, run: light -S 100 (or any 0–100) to restore brightness. programs.light.enable = true; systemd.services.server-backlight-off = { description = "Turn off panel backlight after console idle (reduce burn-in)"; after = [ "multi-user.target" ]; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot"; script = '' ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep 65 for d in /sys/class/backlight/*; do [ -f "$d/brightness" ] && echo 0 > "$d/brightness" 2>/dev/null || true done ''; }; nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ]; system.stateVersion = "24.11"; users.users.danny = { isNormalUser = true; extraGroups = [ "wheel" "video" ]; # video: backlight control via light(1) # SSH keys: push via scp, don't commit. NixOS does not manage authorized_keys so scp’d keys persist. # Example: scp ~/.ssh/id_*_github.pub danny@server:/tmp/ then on server: mkdir -p ~/.ssh; cat /tmp/*.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys }; services.openssh.enable = true; environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.git ]; # for clone/bootstrap and timer # Pull dotfiles and rebuild if the repo has new commits. systemd.services.dotfiles-rebuild = { description = "Pull dotfiles and run nixos-rebuild if repo changed"; path = with pkgs; [ git nix ]; script = '' set -euo pipefail cd ${dotfilesDir} git fetch origin if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(git rev-parse origin/main)" ]; then exit 0 fi git pull origin main exec nixos-rebuild switch --flake ${flakeRef} ''; serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot"; }; systemd.timers.dotfiles-rebuild = { wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ]; timerConfig.OnCalendar = "*-*-* *:00/15:00"; # every 15 minutes timerConfig.RandomizedDelaySec = "2min"; }; }