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Fresh install on a new machine

On a fresh NixOS installation, run the following commands.

nix develop nixpkgs#git # optional if you don't have git, it's needed by the next command
nix flake clone github:gvolpe/nix-config --dest /choose/a/path
./build fresh-install # requires sudo
reboot

SSH key

If you have a private repo depending on the nix-config (like I do), you'll need to create a new SSH key and add it to your Github settings.

gen-ssh-key [email protected]

Then you'll copy the output of the following command and set it on your Github SSH settings.

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

You should now be able to clone a private repo via SSH.

git clone [email protected]:gvolpe/private-flake.git

NOTE: the gen-ssh-key should be installed by Home Manager (defined here).

GPG migration & secrets

Once git-crypt is installed (set up via Home Manager in the previous step), we'll need a valid GPG key to decode secrets. The GPG key can be imported from another machine as follows:

  1. Export private GPG key on the existing machine.
gpg --export-secret-keys 0x121D4302A64B2261 > private-key
  1. Copy private GPG key to the new machine.
$ scp USER@HOST:/path/to/private-key .
# for example
scp gvolpe@tongfang-amd:/home/gvolpe/workspace/private-key .
(gvolpe@tongfang-amd) Password:
  1. Import private GPG key on the new machine.
gpg --import private-key
  1. Decode secrets on the private repo.
git-crypt unlock