Cheatsheet instructions for building on remote machine for current machine

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• README.md
  • @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ Prefer the new `nix` CLI when possible instead of the old `nix-*` commands. It's
    | List system generations | `nixos-rebuild list-generations` | | Switch to generation | `run0 fish -c "cd /nix/var/nix/profiles && nix-env --switch-generation 314 -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system && system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch"` | | Get changes between system generations | `nix profile diff-closures --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system` | - | Deploy to current machine | `nixos-rebuild switch --sudo` | - | Deploy to remote machine | `NIX_SSHOPTS="-i ~/.ssh/nixos-rebuild" nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#Unnamed-Server --target-host root@unnamed.website` | + | Build and deploy to current machine | `nixos-rebuild switch --sudo` | + | Build on remote machine and deploy to current machine | `sudo env SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK nixos-rebuild switch --build-host sipb@boss-baby --use-substitutes` (needs root to add untrusted paths to the Nix store) | + | Build on current machine and deploy to remote machine | `NIX_SSHOPTS="-i ~/.ssh/nixos-rebuild" nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#Unnamed-Server --target-host root@unnamed.website` | | Build VM from config | `nixos-rebuild build-vm && result/bin/run-* -m 4G -smp 8 -device virtio-vga-gl -display sdl,gl=on` (may need to change the QEMU version in the run script if the config uses a different nixpkgs) | | Install specific version of package | https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/ | | Run Nix file | `nix eval -f main.nix` |