# Provide a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: with lib; { imports = [ # Enable devices which are usually scanned, because we don't know the # target system. ../installer/scan/detected.nix ../installer/scan/not-detected.nix # Allow "nixos-rebuild" to work properly by providing # /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. ./clone-config.nix # Include a copy of Nixpkgs so that nixos-install works out of # the box. ../installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix ]; config = { system.nixos.variant_id = lib.mkDefault "installer"; # Enable in installer, even if the minimal profile disables it. documentation.enable = mkImageMediaOverride true; # Show the manual. documentation.nixos.enable = mkImageMediaOverride true; # Use less privileged nixos user users.users.nixos = { isNormalUser = true; extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "video" ]; # Allow the graphical user to login without password initialHashedPassword = ""; }; # Allow the user to log in as root without a password. users.users.root.initialHashedPassword = ""; # Allow passwordless sudo from nixos user security.sudo = { enable = mkDefault true; wheelNeedsPassword = mkImageMediaOverride false; }; # Automatically log in at the virtual consoles. services.getty.autologinUser = "nixos"; # Some more help text. services.getty.helpLine = '' The "nixos" and "root" accounts have empty passwords. To log in over ssh you must set a password for either "nixos" or "root" with `passwd` (prefix with `sudo` for "root"), or add your public key to /home/nixos/.ssh/authorized_keys or /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. If you need a wireless connection, type `sudo systemctl start wpa_supplicant` and configure a network using `wpa_cli`. See the NixOS manual for details. '' + optionalString config.services.xserver.enable '' Type `sudo systemctl start display-manager' to start the graphical user interface. ''; # We run sshd by default. Login is only possible after adding a # password via "passwd" or by adding a ssh key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. # The latter one is particular useful if keys are manually added to # installation device for head-less systems i.e. arm boards by manually # mounting the storage in a different system. services.openssh = { enable = true; settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes"; }; # Enable wpa_supplicant, but don't start it by default. networking.wireless.enable = mkDefault true; networking.wireless.userControlled.enable = true; systemd.services.wpa_supplicant.wantedBy = mkOverride 50 []; # Tell the Nix evaluator to garbage collect more aggressively. # This is desirable in memory-constrained environments that don't # (yet) have swap set up. environment.variables.GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE = "1M"; # Make the installer more likely to succeed in low memory # environments. The kernel's overcommit heustistics bite us # fairly often, preventing processes such as nix-worker or # download-using-manifests.pl from forking even if there is # plenty of free memory. boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.overcommit_memory" = "1"; # To speed up installation a little bit, include the complete # stdenv in the Nix store on the CD. system.extraDependencies = with pkgs; [ stdenv stdenvNoCC # for runCommand busybox jq # for closureInfo # For boot.initrd.systemd makeInitrdNGTool systemdStage1 systemdStage1Network ]; boot.swraid.enable = true; # Show all debug messages from the kernel but don't log refused packets # because we have the firewall enabled. This makes installs from the # console less cumbersome if the machine has a public IP. networking.firewall.logRefusedConnections = mkDefault false; # Prevent installation media from evacuating persistent storage, as their # var directory is not persistent and it would thus result in deletion of # those entries. environment.etc."systemd/pstore.conf".text = '' [PStore] Unlink=no ''; }; }