# This module deploys a NixOS host by building a system closure # located at the specified attribute in the current repository. # # The closure's derivation path is persisted in the Terraform state to # determine after Nix evaluation whether the system closure has # changed and needs to be built/deployed. # # The system configuration is then built (or substituted) on the # machine that runs `terraform apply`, then copied and activated on # the target machine using `nix-copy-closure`. variable "attrpath" { description = "attribute set path pointing to the NixOS system closure" type = string } variable "target_name" { description = "unique name of the target machine" type = string } variable "target_host" { description = "address (IP or hostname) at which the target is reachable" type = string } variable "target_user" { description = "username on the target machine" type = string } variable "target_user_ssh_key" { description = "SSH key to use for connecting to the target" type = string sensitive = true } # Fetch the derivation hash for the NixOS system. data "external" "nixos_system" { program = ["${path.module}/nixos-eval.sh"] query = { attrpath = var.attrpath } } # Deploy the NixOS configuration if anything changed. resource "null_resource" "nixos_deploy" { connection { type = "ssh" host = var.target_host user = var.target_user private_key = var.target_user_ssh_key } # 1. Wait for SSH to become available. provisioner "remote-exec" { inline = ["true"] } # 2. Build NixOS system. provisioner "local-exec" { command = "nix-build ${data.external.nixos_system.result.drv} --no-out-link" } # 3. Copy closure to the target. provisioner "local-exec" { command = "${path.module}/nixos-copy.sh" environment = { SYSTEM_DRV = data.external.nixos_system.result.drv TARGET_HOST = var.target_host DEPLOY_KEY = var.target_user_ssh_key TARGET_USER = var.target_user } } # 4. Activate closure on the target. provisioner "remote-exec" { inline = [ "set -eu", "SYSTEM=$(nix-build ${data.external.nixos_system.result.drv} --no-out-link)", "sudo nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set $SYSTEM", "sudo $SYSTEM/bin/switch-to-configuration switch", ] } triggers = { nixos_drv = data.external.nixos_system.result.drv attrpath = var.attrpath target_host = var.target_host target_name = var.target_name } } output "nixos_drv" { value = data.external.nixos_system.result }