`runNixDarwin`

runNixDarwin :: AttrSet → Effect

Deploys a nix-darwin configuration, to maintain a macOS machine.

Use the nix-darwin installer first, then base the configuration off the generated ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix.

Parameters

The main configuration module; file path or module expression.

You can start out by copying ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix into your repo.

Path of the nix-darwin sources to use.

Path of the Nixpkgs sources to use.

Default: pkgs.path, where pkgs is the Nixpkgs invocation that included the effects overlay.

Example:

    secretsMap.ssh = "myuser-ssh";

See the named arguments in ssh. Example:

  ssh.destination = "root@example.com";

The Nix system of the machine to deploy.

Example: x86_64-darwin

Example: aarch64-darwin

Example:

    userSetupScript = ''
      writeSSHKey
      cat >>~/.ssh/known_hosts <<EOF
      203.0.113.2 ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AA.....pw=
      EOF
    '';

See:

Other attributes are passed to mkEffect, which passes its remaining arguments to mkDerivation.

An effect that switches the nix-darwin system as configured.

The effect has the following attributes in addition to the attributes returned by mkEffect.

The config parameter of the module system. This can be used to inspect the system configuration before committing it. For example:

nix repl ci.nix
nix-repl> my-host.prebuilt.config.services.postgresql.enable
false

A derivation representing the built system configuration.

Same as config.