My dotfiles

Windows (WSL 2) - NixOS

Requirements

1. WSL 2 NixOS is enabled

Installing WSL 2 (NixOS)

1. Ensure WSL is enabled.

wsl --install --no-distribution

2. Download nixos-wsl.tar.gz from the latest release

3. Import the tarball into WSL 2

wsl --import NixOS $env:USERPROFILE\NixOS\ nixos-wsl.tar.gz --version 2

4. Set NixOS as the default distro (optional - but recommended)

wsl --set-default NixOS

5. You can now run NixOS (-d NixOS is not required because NixOS is default distro)

wsl

Installation

1. Clone the repo

nix-shell -p git --run 'git clone https://github.com/davethai/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles'

2. Apply the appropriate NixOS hostname configuration (ex: dewgong is shown here) and shutdown the WSL 2 Virtual Machine (VM)

nix-shell -p git --run 'sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/.dotfiles/nix#dewgong'

3. Reconnect to WSL 2 VM

wsl

Darwin (MacOS) - Nix

Requirements

1. Nix package manager is installed
2. Command Line Tools for Xcode

Install Nix

1. Run the command below

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)

Install Xcode Command Line Tools (Installs git)

1. Run the command below

xcode-select --install

Installation

1. Clone dotfiles repo

nix-shell -p git --run 'git clone https://github.com/davethai/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles'

2. Run nix-darwin with flake.nix and replace with the appropriate hostname. rhydon is shown here.

nix run nix-darwin --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' -- switch --flake ~/.dotfiles/nix#rhydon

3. cd into $HOME/.dotfiles directory

cd ~/.dotfiles

4. Install Docker Desktop imperatively

5. Install Xcode from Mac App Store imperatively

6. Sign in to VSCode to sync settings, and run Cmd + Shift + P = Install code command in path to install code

7. Copy vscode icons to extensions

cp -r ~/.dotfiles/vscode/icons ~/.vscode/extensions

Host Naming Convention

Host Short Name: Pokemon

Host Long Name: [LOCATION]-[TYPE]-[ROLE]-[UNIQUE_ID]

LOCATION (Not Applicable to TYPE L) [COUNTRY_CODE (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)]-[ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA]-[LOCALITY]-[B-BUILDING_CODE]-[F-FLOOR]-[R-ROOM]

TYPE

• D = Desktop
• L = Laptop
• S = Server
• P = Printer
• W = WiFi Access Point

ROLE

• WS - Workstation
• APP - Application Server
• DB - Database Server

UNIQUE_ID (Numeric)

Credits

• @use-the-fork - for introducing to me to Nix!
• @NotAShelf/nyx - scalable file structure and code inspiration