→ cat guesthouse.md                                                                                                                     Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:41:45 PM CDT
# Guesthouse
## Hardware
Alienware x15 R2
CPU 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H
RAM 32GB DDR5 5200MHz
DISK 2x 1TB NVME PCIe x4, RAID 0
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, 8GB DDR6
puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books
  → cat rokkenjima.md                                                                                                                     Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:41:51 PM CDT
# Rokkenjima
## Homelab Goals
1. Fully documented and reproducible.
2. Use as much FOSS as possible.
## Goals
- [x] Working NixOS on WSL (Guesthouse)
- [x] Refactor WSL into separate module
- [ ] Setup Home Manager module
puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books
  → cd blog                                                                                                                               Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:41:54 PM CDT
puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books/blog
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puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books/blog
  → cat myxuuolyuwlxowtwylkyywktssuwmtox.md                                                                                               Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:42:17 PM CDT
# Creating WSL Module
## Create wsl.nix
1. Add `wsl.nix`
1. Edit `flake.nix`
1. `sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake .#guesthouse`
1. `wsl -t guesthouse`
1. `wsl -d guesthouse --user root exit`
1. `wsl -t guesthouse`
1. `wsl -d guesthouse`
## Move rokkenjima to new user
1. `cp -r /home/nixos/rokkenjima .`
1. `jj config set --user user.name "puchiedarcy"`
1. `jj config set --user user.email "[email protected]"`
puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books/blog
  → cat poslymnzqqkyrkvxvllmxkotqtptvpwt.md                                                                                               Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:42:20 PM CDT
# Getting Started with NixOS on WSL
## Guesthouse
### Install
1. Download latest NixOS-WSL [release](https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL/releases).
1. `wsl --install --from-file nixos-2411-6-0.wsl --name guesthouse`
1. `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` to get rid of initial welcome messages
### Create Nix Shell with Minumum Dev Tools
1. `nix-shell -p vim jujutsu tmux`
1. `cd`
1. `mkdir rokkenjima`
1. `cd rokkenkjima`
1. `jj git init`
1. `jj config set --user user.name "puchiedarcy"`
1. `jj config set --user user.email "[email protected]"`
1. `jj describe --reset-author --no-edit`
### Create Documentation
1. `mkdir city-of-books`
1. Create `rokkenjima.md`
1. Create `guesthouse.md`
1. `mkdir city-of-books/blog`
### Create Nix Flake
1. `nix flake init --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'`
1. Edit `flake.nix`
  1. Add NixOS-WSL to `inputs`
  1. Add `nixos-wsl` to `outputs`
  1. Create `nixosConfiguration` for current host
1. Copy existing NixOS config file from `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`
1. `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .`
### Uninstall
1. `wsl --unregister guesthouse`
puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books/blog
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puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books/blog
  → cat slnwmymkupwlolywqpkwwtttxotvyvlr.md                                                                                               Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:42:46 PM CDT
# Home Manager
## Bootstrap
1. `nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager`
1. `nix-channel --update`
1. `nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install`
## Install
1. Add `home-manager` to `flake.nix` `inputs`
1. Create `home.nix` and cleanup `configuration.nix` and `flake.nix`
1. `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .`
1. `home-manager switch --flake .`
puchie@guesthouse:~/rokkenjima/city-of-books/blog
  → cat usuoposxquloyruslpxqpnsposvmuslm.md                                                                                               Wed 30 Jul 2025 12:42:47 PM CDT
# Refactor flake by host and user
## configuration.nix
- Set zsh as default
- Define default user
## flake.nix
- Add more settings
- Let hostname and current logged in user select the nixOS config and home-manager modules of the same name
## guesthouse.nix
- Define hostname
- Include wsl.nix
## puchie.nix
- Define user and programs
## wsl.nix
- Enable wsl for host and set default user