A service that turns target machines into an installer image.
inventory.instances = {
installer = {
module = {
name = "installer";
input = "clan-core";
};
roles.iso.machines."jon" = { };
};
};This turns the machine jon into an installer image. Build the ISO with clan machines build-machine jon --format iso.
The installer service configures a machine so it can be used as an installation ISO for physical installs. It imports the nixpkgs installation-device profile, needed for nixos-anywhere. Pins the latest ZFS-compatible kernel, configures kmscon with root autologin via agetty, and enables both serial and VGA consoles with VGA as the primary /dev/console.
The image includes nixos-install-tools, disko, nixos-facter, and rsync,
which covers the tools needed by nixos-anywhere and Clan's hardware-config workflow.
The only role. It imports the nixpkgs installation-device.nix profile, pins
the latest ZFS-compatible kernel, enables kmscon as the console terminal, and
forces getty autologin to root. Serial and VGA consoles are both enabled,
with VGA as the primary /dev/console.
If the same machine is also a server in a clan-core/tor instance, the
installer picks up the generated hidden-service hostnames and passes them to
the login banner via --tor-address. The operator then sees the onion address
alongside the local IPs, which is enough to run nixos-anywhere over Tor
without any further configuration.
The installer service has the following roles:
iso role has no configuration