Configuration structure

All deployable NixOS configurations can be found in the flake.nix.

Each configuration in the flake.nix plugs together

• hardware specific configurations from the machines subdirectory
• user specific configurations from the dotfiles directory
• system specific configurations from the environments directory, which in turn plugs together configurations from the services, and options directory

In the following sections I describe what each subdirectory should contain.

The machines directory

The machines directory contains a subdirectory for every physical machine running NixOS.

Each of those machine directories contains the

• generated hardware-configuration.nix
• hardware specific configurations like bluetooth and networking

The dotfiles directory

The dotfiles directory contains configurations for user application configurations like nvim, git, etc. and the following files that combine these user application configurations depending on the usage environment.

• common unifies all user application configurations that can be used on any machine.
• desktop unifies all user application configurations that can be used on machines with a desktop.
• work contains user applications that are only used for work.

The environments directory

The environments directory unifies system related configurations from the services, options, etc. directory depending on the environment

• common unifies all system configurations that can be used on any machine.
• desktop unifies all system configurations that can be used on machines with a desktop.
• work contains system configurations that are only used for work.

The options directory

This directory contains all system configurations from the options category.

The services directory

This directory contains all system configurations from the services category.