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Hey y'all, I know getting a setup that feels "right" can be a process. We all have different goals, tech preferences, etc.

I wanted to a share my blog post walking through how I finally built a setup that I can just be happy with and use. It goes over my goals, requirements, tech choices, layout, and some specific problems I've resolved.

Where I've landed of course isn't where everyone else will, but I hope it can serve as a good reference. I’ve really benefited from the content and software folks have freely shared, and hope I can continue that and help others.

Happy to answer questions!

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[–] mirdaki@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh that provision command sounds interesting! Did it take a bit of tinkering to get right?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but no dark magic involved.

  • build image
  • copy to proxmox ISO store
  • import, resize disk
  • start, wait to come online
  • read ssh pubkey, save it
  • rekey secrets
  • rebuild VM

The only "magic" parts are two nix modules for handling proper networking and hardware setup, and exposing required attributes to the script.

Works really well, zero manual config (beyond the services you want to run...) required on nix or proxmox side.

[–] mirdaki@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice! No dark magic being involved is always a good thing haha

Btw, nice read OP. Always great to see more Nix "in the wild".