linuxlab.nix/installer/default.nix

{ pkgs, lib, modulesPath, config, target, ... }:

with lib;

let
  installer = pkgs.callPackage ./installer.nix { inherit target; };

  auto-installer =
    let
      # This removes the direct dependency from the installer to the target image.
      # The install script is realized later during runtime using the cache.
      # To make this work, the cache must provide the real installer script.
      installer-path = builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (toString installer);

    in
    pkgs.writers.writeBash "auto-installer" ''
        set -o errexit
        set -o nounset
        set -o pipefail

        set -x

        ${pkgs.retry}/bin/retry \
          --times 10 \
          --delay 15 \
          -- ${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix-store \
            --realize \
            --add-root /tmp/installer \
            "${installer-path}"

      /tmp/installer

      reboot
    '';

in
{
  imports = [
    "${modulesPath}/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix"

    ../shared/users.nix
    ../shared/network.nix
    ../shared/cache.nix
  ];

  _module.args = {
    name = "installer";
  };

  networking.useDHCP = mkForce true;

  services.getty.autologinUser = lib.mkForce "root";

  systemd.services."auto-install" = {
    description = "Automated NixOS installer";

    wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
    after = [ "network-online.target" ];

    conflicts = [ "getty@tty1.service" ];

    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];

    path = with pkgs; [ bash nix ];

    unitConfig = {
      FailureAction = "force-reboot";
    };

    serviceConfig = {
      Type = "oneshot";

      ExecStart = auto-installer;

      StandardInput = "none";
      StandardOutput = "journal+console";
      StandardError = "journal+console";
    };
  };

  # Expose the installer script
  system.build.installer = installer;

  system.stateVersion = config.system.nixos.release;
}