NixOS API Container

Configure your nixos modules, profiles & suites.

nixos

hosts, modules, suites, and profiles for NixOS

Type: submodule or path convertible to it

Default

{}

nixos.hostDefaults

Defaults for all hosts. the modules passed under hostDefaults will be exported to the 'nixosModules' flake output. They will also be added to all hosts.

Type: submodule

Default

{}

nixos.hostDefaults.channelName

Channel this host should follow

Type: channel defined in channels

nixos.hostDefaults.exportedModules

modules to include in all hosts and export to nixosModules output

Type: list of valid modules or anything convertible to it or path convertible to it

Default

[]

nixos.hostDefaults.externalModules

The externalModules option has been removed. Any modules that should be exported should be defined with the exportedModules option and all other modules should just go into the modules option.

Type: list of valid modules or anything convertible to it

Default

[]

nixos.hostDefaults.modules

modules to include that won't be exported meant importing modules from external flakes

Type: list of valid modules or anything convertible to it or path convertible to it

Default

[]

nixos.hostDefaults.system

system for this host

Type: null or system defined in supportedSystems

Default

null

nixos.hosts

configurations to include in the nixosConfigurations output

Type: attribute set of submodules

Default

{}

nixos.hosts.<name>.channelName

Channel this host should follow

Type: null or channel defined in channels

Default

null

nixos.hosts.<name>.modules

modules to include

Type: list of valid modules or anything convertible to it or path convertible to it

Default

[]

nixos.hosts.<name>.system

system for this host

Type: null or system defined in supportedSystems

Default

null

nixos.hosts.<name>.tests

tests to run

Type: list of valid NixOS test or path convertible to its or anything convertible to it

Default

[]

Example

{"_type":"literalExpression","text":"[\n  {\n    name = \"testname1\";\n    machine = { ... };\n    testScript = ''\n      # ...\n    '';\n  }\n  ({ corutils, writers, ... }: {\n    name = \"testname2\";\n    machine = { ... };\n    testScript = ''\n      # ...\n    '';\n  })\n  ./path/to/test.nix\n];\n"}

nixos.importables

Packages of paths to be passed to modules as specialArgs.

Type: attribute set

Default

{}

nixos.importables.suites

collections of profiles

Type: null or attribute set of list of paths or anything convertible to its or path convertible to it

Default

null