add disko

Justfile

@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ gc:
 generations:
     sudo nix-env --list-generations --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
 
+# Build the installer ISO (bootable USB image)
+iso:
+    nix build .#nixosConfigurations.installer.config.system.build.isoImage
+    @echo ""
+    @echo "ISO built at: $(readlink -f result)/iso/*.iso"
+    @echo "Flash with:   sudo dd if=result/iso/*.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress && sync"
+
 # Edit the SOPS-encrypted secrets file
 secrets:
     sops secrets/secrets.yaml

flake.lock

@@ -34,6 +34,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "disko": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1779226674,
+        "narHash": "sha256-wuOkjI6pRiN4sEn/EPBRnNW5cmcpvd7xtIM8y5LooAs=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "disko",
+        "rev": "65fb947964bd44fc0008faf77d1fcb7a9f40bb32",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "disko",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-aspects": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1773552804,
@@ -337,6 +357,7 @@
       "inputs": {
         "claude-code": "claude-code",
         "den": "den",
+        "disko": "disko",
         "flake-aspects": "flake-aspects",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "import-tree": "import-tree",

flake.nix

@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
 {
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
+    nixpkgs.url          = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
     nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    import-tree.url = "github:vic/import-tree";
+    import-tree.url      = "github:vic/import-tree";
-    flake-aspects.url = "github:vic/flake-aspects";
+    flake-aspects.url    = "github:vic/flake-aspects";
-    den.url = "github:vic/den";
+    den.url              = "github:vic/den";
+
     home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
+      url    = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
+    disko = {
+      url    = "github:nix-community/disko";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
     niri-flake.url = "github:sodiboo/niri-flake";
+
     sops-nix = {
-      url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
+      url    = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
     claude-code.url = "github:sadjow/claude-code-nix";
+
     qml-niri = {
-      url = "github:imiric/qml-niri/main";
+      url    = "github:imiric/qml-niri/main";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
   };
@@ -30,6 +40,14 @@
         specialArgs.inputs = inputs;
       }).config.flake;
     in flake // {
+      nixosConfigurations = flake.nixosConfigurations // {
+        installer = inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+          inherit system;
+          modules     = [ ./installer/default.nix ];
+          specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+        };
+      };
+
       devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
         packages = [ pkgs.just ];
       };

installer/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, modulesPath, inputs, ... }:
+let
+  installScript = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "nixos-install-host" ''
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    BOLD='\033[1m'
+    RED='\033[0;31m'
+    GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+    YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+    NC='\033[0m'
+
+    header() { echo -e "\n''${BOLD}==> $1''${NC}"; }
+    ok()     { echo -e "''${GREEN}[ok]''${NC} $1"; }
+    warn()   { echo -e "''${YELLOW}[warn]''${NC} $1"; }
+    die()    { echo -e "''${RED}[error]''${NC} $1"; exit 1; }
+
+    FLAKE="path:/etc/nixos-config"
+
+    header "NixOS Installer"
+    echo "Available hosts:"
+    nix eval "$FLAKE#nixosConfigurations" --apply builtins.attrNames --json 2>/dev/null \
+      | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -r '.[]' | grep -v installer | sed 's/^/  /'
+    echo ""
+
+    read -p "Host to install: " HOST
+    [ -z "$HOST" ] && die "No host specified."
+
+    header "Available disks"
+    lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE,MODEL --noheadings | grep -v loop
+    echo ""
+
+    CONFIGURED_DISK=$(nix eval "$FLAKE#nixosConfigurations.$HOST.config.local.notebook.disk" --raw 2>/dev/null \
+      || echo "/dev/nvme0n1")
+    echo -e "Disk configured for this host: ''${BOLD}$CONFIGURED_DISK''${NC}"
+    read -p "Target disk [$CONFIGURED_DISK]: " DISK_INPUT
+    DISK="''${DISK_INPUT:-$CONFIGURED_DISK}"
+
+    [ ! -b "$DISK" ] && die "$DISK is not a valid block device."
+
+    if [ "$DISK" != "$CONFIGURED_DISK" ]; then
+      warn "Disk $DISK differs from configured $CONFIGURED_DISK."
+      warn "Edit modules/_hardware/<host>-disko.nix and rebuild the ISO if it doesn't match."
+    fi
+
+    header "Age key (secrets decryption)"
+    KEYS_PATH=""
+
+    for candidate in /run/media/nixos/*/keys.txt /run/media/*/keys.txt /tmp/keys.txt; do
+      if [ -f "$candidate" ]; then
+        KEYS_PATH="$candidate"
+        ok "Found at $KEYS_PATH"
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+
+    if [ -z "$KEYS_PATH" ]; then
+      warn "Age key not found automatically."
+      echo "Options:"
+      echo "  1. Copy keys.txt to a USB, mount it, and it will be found at /run/media/*"
+      echo "  2. Enter the path manually below"
+      read -p "Path to keys.txt: " KEYS_PATH
+    fi
+
+    [ ! -f "$KEYS_PATH" ] && die "Age key not found at $KEYS_PATH"
+
+    header "Confirmation"
+    echo -e "  Host   : ''${BOLD}$HOST''${NC}"
+    echo -e "  Disk   : ''${BOLD}$DISK''${NC} (ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED)"
+    echo -e "  Keys   : ''${BOLD}$KEYS_PATH''${NC}"
+    echo ""
+    read -p "Type 'yes' to continue: " CONFIRM
+    [ "$CONFIRM" != "yes" ] && { echo "Aborted."; exit 1; }
+
+    header "Partitioning and formatting"
+    echo "(You will be prompted to set the LUKS passphrase.)"
+    disko --mode destroy,format,mount --flake "$FLAKE#$HOST"
+
+    header "Copying age key"
+    mkdir -p /mnt/etc/sops/age
+    install -m 600 "$KEYS_PATH" /mnt/etc/sops/age/keys.txt
+    ok "Age key installed."
+
+    header "Installing NixOS"
+    nixos-install --root /mnt --flake "$FLAKE#$HOST" --no-root-passwd
+
+    echo ""
+    ok "Installation complete! Remove the USB drive and reboot."
+  '';
+in {
+  imports = [
+    "${modulesPath}/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix"
+  ];
+
+  services.getty.autologinUser = lib.mkForce "root";
+
+  nix.settings = {
+    experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
+    tarball-ttl            = 0;
+  };
+
+  # NetworkManager instead of wpa_supplicant for nmtui support
+  networking.networkmanager.enable   = true;
+  networking.wireless.enable         = lib.mkForce false;
+
+  environment.systemPackages = [
+    installScript
+    inputs.disko.packages.${pkgs.system}.default
+    pkgs.git
+    pkgs.age
+    pkgs.sops
+    pkgs.jq
+    pkgs.neovim
+  ];
+
+  # Embed the flake source so the install script can reference it at path:/etc/nixos-config
+  environment.etc."nixos-config".source = ../.;
+
+  documentation.enable       = lib.mkForce false;
+  documentation.nixos.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+
+  system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+}

modules/_hardware/notebook-disko.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }: {
+  options.local.notebook.disk = lib.mkOption {
+    type        = lib.types.str;
+    default     = "/dev/nvme0n1";
+    description = "Target block device for the notebook. Change this if the machine does not have an NVMe drive (e.g. /dev/sda).";
+  };
+
+  config.disko.devices = {
+    disk.main = {
+      device = config.local.notebook.disk;
+      type   = "disk";
+      content = {
+        type = "gpt";
+        partitions = {
+          ESP = {
+            size = "512M";
+            type = "EF00";
+            content = {
+              type         = "filesystem";
+              format       = "vfat";
+              mountpoint   = "/boot";
+              mountOptions = [ "fmask=0077" "dmask=0077" ];
+            };
+          };
+
+          luks = {
+            size    = "100%";
+            content = {
+              type = "luks";
+              name = "cryptroot";
+              settings.allowDiscards = true;
+              content = {
+                type      = "btrfs";
+                extraArgs = [ "-f" ];
+                subvolumes = {
+                  "@root" = {
+                    mountpoint   = "/";
+                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+                  };
+                  "@nix" = {
+                    mountpoint   = "/nix";
+                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+                  };
+                  "@home" = {
+                    mountpoint   = "/home";
+                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+                  };
+                  "@log" = {
+                    mountpoint   = "/var/log";
+                    mountOptions = [ "compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/_hardware/notebook-hardware.nix

@@ -1,54 +1,17 @@
-# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# Hardware-specific configuration for the notebook.
-# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# fileSystems and swap are declared by disko (notebook-disko.nix).
-# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+# Regenerate this file with: nixos-generate-config --no-filesystems --show-hardware-config
-{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+{ config, lib, modulesPath, ... }:
-
 {
-  imports =
+  imports = [
-    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
-    ];
+  ];
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "ehci_pci" "ahci" "usb_storage" "ums_realtek" "sd_mod" "sr_mod" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules                 = [ "kvm-intel" ];
-  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages           = [];
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
 
-  fileSystems."/" =
+  networking.useDHCP    = lib.mkDefault true;
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/79211c8d-bd5e-4d19-b47c-2e57a4c6253e";
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform  = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
-      fsType = "btrfs";
-      options = [ "subvol=root" ];
-    };
-
-  fileSystems."/nix" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/79211c8d-bd5e-4d19-b47c-2e57a4c6253e";
-      fsType = "btrfs";
-      options = [ "subvol=nix" ];
-    };
-
-  fileSystems."/home" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/79211c8d-bd5e-4d19-b47c-2e57a4c6253e";
-      fsType = "btrfs";
-      options = [ "subvol=home" ];
-    };
-
-  fileSystems."/boot" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/8981-AD7D";
-      fsType = "vfat";
-      options = [ "fmask=0077" "dmask=0077" ];
-    };
-
-  swapDevices =
-    [ { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/43d24b75-0fe1-422c-8a8f-b89f32063d3c"; }
-    ];
-
-  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
-  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
-  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
-  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
-  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.enp2s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.wlp3s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-
-  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
   hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
 }

modules/notebook.nix

@@ -1,35 +1,48 @@
-{ den, ... }: {
+{ den, inputs, lib, ... }: {
   den.aspects.notebook-specific.nixos = { pkgs, ... }: {
-    imports = [ ./_hardware/notebook-hardware.nix ];
+    imports = [
+      ./_hardware/notebook-hardware.nix
+      ./_hardware/notebook-disko.nix
+      inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
+    ];
 
-    hardware = {
+    hardware.graphics = {
-      graphics = {
+      enable      = true;
-        enable = true;
+      enable32Bit = true;
-        enable32Bit = true;
+    };
-      };
+
+    security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = lib.mkForce true;
+
+    networking.firewall = {
+      enable          = true;
+      allowedTCPPorts = [];
+      allowedUDPPorts = [];
     };
 
     services.thermald.enable = true;
-    powerManagement.enable = true;
+    powerManagement.enable   = true;
+
     services.tlp = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable   = true;
       settings = {
-        CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_AC = "performance";
+        CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_AC  = "performance";
         CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_BAT = "powersave";
       };
     };
 
     boot = {
-      initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "ahci" "usbhid" "sd_mod"];
+      initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "ahci" "usbhid" "sd_mod" ];
-      initrd.kernelModules = [];
+      initrd.kernelModules          = [ "dm-crypt" ];
-      kernelModules = ["kvm-intel"];
+      kernelModules                 = [ "kvm-intel" ];
-      initrd.compressor = "zstd";
+      initrd.compressor             = "zstd";
+
       loader = {
         grub = {
-          enable = true;
+          enable             = true;
-          device = "nodev";
+          device             = "nodev";
-          efiSupport = true;
+          efiSupport         = true;
           configurationLimit = 2;
+          enableCryptodisk   = true;
         };
         efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
       };