AveryanAlex's NixOS Configuration

Declarative, reproducible NixOS infrastructure managed as a single flake. Machines auto-discovered from machines/, secrets encrypted with ragenix, deployed with Colmena.

🖥 Machines

Host	Purpose	Arch	Hardware
alligator	Main desktop	x86_64	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, RX 6800 XT, 32 GB
hamster	Laptop	x86_64	ThinkBook 14
whale	Home server	x86_64	Xeon E5-2696v3, 64 GB, 25 TB+ storage
lizard	Dacha server	aarch64	Raspberry Pi 4B, 8 GB

🖱 Desktop

• Compositor — Niri (scrollable tiling Wayland)
• Shell — Zsh + Powerlevel10k, zoxide, fzf, eza, atuin, direnv
• Editors — VS Code, Zed
• AI tools — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode

🐋 Server (whale)

Whale runs a mix of native NixOS services and Podman containers via Quadlet.

🏗 Infrastructure

• Nginx — reverse proxy + ACME certificates
• CoreDNS — internal DNS
• PostgreSQL / MySQL

💬 Communication

• Simple NixOS Mailserver — full mail stack (Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd)
• Matrix Synapse — decentralized chat

☁️ Apps

• Vaultwarden — password manager
• Nextcloud — file sync & collaboration
• Forgejo — Git forge
• SearXNG — metasearch engine
• Radicale — CalDAV / CardDAV
• Home Assistant — home automation
• ntfy — push notifications

🎵 Media

• Navidrome — music streaming
• qBittorrent — BitTorrent client
• Lidarr — music collection manager
• Prowlarr — indexer manager
• Slskd — Soulseek client

🤖 AI / Dev

• LiteLLM — LLM proxy
• Qdrant — vector database
• Woodpecker CI — continuous integration
• Pterodactyl — game server panel

📊 Analytics

• Matomo — web analytics
• Wakapi — coding time tracking

🔧 Other

• BorgBackup — deduplicating backups
• Syncthing — file synchronization
• I2P — anonymous network
• WebTLO — torrent tracker management
• Remote Nix builder

🦎 Server (lizard)

Home automation at the dacha.

• Home Assistant — home automation
• Frigate — NVR with object detection
• Mosquitto — MQTT broker

🌐 Networking

• Yggdrasil mesh overlay between all machines
• Nebula VPN (whale is lighthouse)
• WireGuard tunnel on whale
• systemd-networkd everywhere, NetworkManager on laptops

📁 Repo structure

machines/        Per-host configs (auto-discovered by the flake)
roles/
  core/          Base system, networking, Podman, shell, Home Manager
  desktop/       Desktop stack (imports core + dev)
  dev/           Editors, AI tools, languages, LSPs
  family.nix     Family desktop role (user olga, Russian locale)
  server.nix     Server hardening (watchdog, sysctl, BBR)
profiles/        Reusable opt-in modules (bluetooth, libvirt, printing, ...)
  server/        Native NixOS services for whale
apps/            Quadlet/Podman containers for whale
modules/         Custom NixOS modules (auto-exported)
hardware/        Hardware modules (auto-exported)
secrets/         Encrypted .age files (git submodule)
secrets.nix      Public-key ACL for agenix

🚀 Usage

nh os switch              # rebuild current machine
nh os build               # build without switching
./deploy.sh <host> switch # deploy to a remote host
nix flake check           # lint
treefmt                   # format

📝 License

MIT