nix/README.md

NixOS Configuration Repository

Repo for nix configuration files

Information

Common

• Used to house all common configurations, including dotfiles

Desktops

• Used to house DWM configurations, such as Gnome

Hosts

• Contains hardware configurations

Software

• Contains pieces of software, such as Promtail

Users

• Contains user configurations via home-manager

Root

• flake.nix - The main configuration file for all systems
• configuration.nix - Common configuration across alls ystems

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Theming

• To change system-wide themes, you need to change the following:
  1. desktops/gnome.nix - Change the imports at the bottom.
  2. users/albert/gnome-dconf.nix - Change the theme variants in the following:
     • org/gnome/shell/extensions/nightthemeswitcher/gtk-variants
     • org/gnome/shell/extensions/nightthemeswitcher/icon-variants
     • org/gnome/shell/extensions/nightthemeswitcher/shell-variants
  3. common/dotfiles/neovim.nix - Change the following:
     • plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins - Add your theme under "Themes"
     • extraConfig - Change the colorscheme section

GPG Keys

1. Import your GPG key albert.key
2. Add it to your GPG Keyring via gpg --import albert.key
3. Mark it as ultimately trusted via gpg --edit-key albert@sysctl.io, then type trust, then 5
4. Repeat this step for all users who need a GPG key assigned

SOPS Secrets

1. To edit a file: cd to /path/to/nix-files/ and run:
   • nix-shell -p sops --run "sops secrets/secret_file.yml
2. Ensure your GPG keys are set up.