diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6a9f18a..0000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -# University PC NixOS config - -The repo here is located **originally** on my personal [Greg's -Forgejo](https://forgejo.gregorbednov.ru/gregorbednov/configuration.nix). - -It was used as a ready-to-go declarative installation of all required software -in Industrial Informatics Department in MIREA. So feel free to fork it and -modify it. - -## Architecture - -### Context and requirements - -I worked on the config in university department with its own student PC machines -fleet, about from 50 to 70 machines. - -- from 50 to 70 machines needed to install Linux for student work and a bunch of - cross-platform apps (by the way most of PCs were on Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu - 22.04, each with unique history and packages set. And I installed NixOS on - each). - -- non-NixOS (Debian) Server - able to host files, unable to switch fully on - NixOS using [nixos-infect](https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect) or - something. It listens on `10.0.174.12` in my personal case; - -- me and my collegues couldn't operate on network routers and DNS servers, - because it's not our competence (only central networking and security - operating team could set up our routers and domain resolving, and would leave - no exceptions without special cases in prior to security) - -- and on the other hand, students were already allowed to unplug Ethernet cables - from PC and to plug it into their own laptops; as my collegues said, that's - why none of them don't want to support (pseudo)static IPv4. and also, students - in tech when something doesn't work properly *for them*, are trying to hack it - --- so, may be we would get fake static IPs issues. - -- students vandals some settings sometimes, however it would be nice if they had - customization options - -### Description and solutions - -- Debian server `10.0.174.12` --- Yggdrasil Peer and Fileserver - - NixOS builds `nixos.builds.node` virtual machine on it --- doesn't have - static IP but has well-known static Yggdrasil IPv6 -- 50-70x NixOSxWindows dual-boot PCs with - - dynamic IPv4 - - static Yggdrasil-overlayed IPv6 - - configuration.nix and flake.nix in /etc/nixos, - - all of hardware specifics is left in hardware-configuration.nix - - any time student user can be reset completely with `resethome` command