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darmanandClaude Sonnet 5 2a27d2cf4b terra: kexec-local hangs hard on real hardware, switch docs to USB installer
Confirmed on real hardware: kexec's device_shutdown() pass runs (SCSI disks
sync fine in the log) then the machine goes dark for good — journalctl
--list-boots showed a ~15min gap before the next boot, a genuine hang needing
a manual power cycle, not a slow jump. Near-certainly amdgpu (RX 6800 XT):
discrete AMD GPUs are known to hang during kexec's device-shutdown pass with
no clean handoff before the jump, same class of issue as jupiter's
reboot=pci warm-reboot workaround, just fatal here instead of slow.

README's terra install section now leads with the USB installer path instead
(build ISO, dd to USB, rsync the repo over, disko + nixos-install locally).
CLAUDE.md's gotchas list gets the same warning. installer-iso is renamed from
jupiter-installer to homelab-installer since it's genuinely host-agnostic,
and now ships git.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-24 01:11:52 +02:00

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{
description = "Homelab NixOS configuration";
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-26.05";
# Second nixpkgs, used for ONE package: immich. 26.05 pins 2.7.5, but
# jupiter's imported database was written by 3.0.0 and immich never
# migrates a schema backwards. NOT `follows` — the point is a different
# package set. See services/media/immich.nix.
nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
disko = {
url = "github:nix-community/disko";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
sops-nix = {
url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
nixos-images = {
url = "github:nix-community/nixos-images";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
home-manager = {
url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-26.05";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
mediamanager-nix = {
url = "github:strangeglyph/mediamanager-nix";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
# Deliberately NOT `inputs.nixpkgs.follows` — upstream states overriding it
# breaks their pinned python dependency set. Costs a second nixpkgs in the
# lock; builds come prebuilt from nix-community's Cachix.
authentik-nix.url = "github:nix-community/authentik-nix";
# Unofficial packaging of Proton's pass-cli (not in nixpkgs) — used by
# ./scripts/deploy to pull sudo/ssh passwords from the "HomeLab" vault.
proton-pass-cli = {
url = "github:tomsch/proton-pass-cli-nix";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
# Tome (formerly AudibleLibrary) — darman's own .NET/Photino desktop app.
# Private repo on our own gitea; fetched over ssh with darman's ambient key,
# same as any other git flake input. `flake = false`: it's a plain source
# tree, not itself a flake. See pkgs/tome.nix.
tome = {
url = "git+ssh://gitea@git.mgaction.town:2222/darman/TOME.git";
flake = false;
};
};
outputs = { self, nixpkgs, disko, sops-nix, nixos-images, home-manager, mediamanager-nix, authentik-nix, ... }@inputs:
let
system = "x86_64-linux";
in
{
packages.${system}.tome = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.callPackage ./pkgs/tome.nix {
src = inputs.tome;
};
nixosConfigurations = {
# Real host — install on the ZimaBlade.
# disko owns the OS-disk partitioning + filesystems (see disk-config.nix).
jupiter = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system;
specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
modules = [
disko.nixosModules.disko
sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
./hosts/jupiter/configuration.nix
];
};
# netcup VPS — public reverse proxy + tailnet node.
neptun = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system;
specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
modules = [
disko.nixosModules.disko
sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
./hosts/neptun/configuration.nix
];
};
# terra — Ryzen 9 5900X desktop (MSI MS-7A32). Replaces CachyOS on the
# OS SSD; Hyprland desktop + tailnet node. See hosts/terra/*.
terra = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system;
specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
modules = [
disko.nixosModules.disko
sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
./hosts/terra/configuration.nix
];
};
# mercury — Raspberry Pi 3B+ (aarch64), DNS/DHCP. Boots from an SD image:
# nix build .#nixosConfigurations.mercury.config.system.build.sdImage
# (aarch64 build — needs binfmt/qemu on this x86 host, or a remote/aarch64
# builder; substitutes most paths from cache.nixos.org.)
mercury = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "aarch64-linux";
specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
modules = [
(nixpkgs + "/nixos/modules/installer/sd-card/sd-image-aarch64.nix")
sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
./hosts/mercury/configuration.nix
];
};
# x86_64 QEMU VM to runtime-test mercury's DNS/DHCP stack (pihole +
# unbound) before flashing the aarch64 SD. Build + run:
# nix build .#nixosConfigurations.mercury-vm.config.system.build.vm
# ./result/bin/run-mercury-vm-vm
mercury-vm = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system; # x86_64-linux, fast to build/boot with KVM
modules = [
(nixpkgs + "/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix")
./common.nix
./services/network/unbound.nix
./services/network/pihole.nix
({ lib, ... }: {
networking.hostName = "mercury-vm";
networking.nameservers = [ "1.1.1.1" "9.9.9.9" ]; # host resolver (not pihole)
users.users.darman.initialPassword = "test";
users.users.root.initialPassword = "test";
services.openssh.settings.PasswordAuthentication = lib.mkForce true;
virtualisation.graphics = false;
virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
virtualisation.forwardPorts = [
{ from = "host"; host.port = 2223; guest.port = 22; }
{ from = "host"; host.port = 8081; guest.port = 80; }
];
system.stateVersion = "26.05";
})
];
};
# VirtualBox test image. Build the OVA with:
# nix build .#nixosConfigurations.jupiter-vbox.config.system.build.virtualBoxOVA
# NOTE: no disko here — the virtualbox-image module supplies the disk.
jupiter-vbox = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system;
specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
modules = [ ./hosts/jupiter/vm.nix ];
};
# Custom kexec installer with our SSH key baked in, for headless install
# onto a box with a read-only root (ZimaOS) where nixos-anywhere can't
# ssh-copy-id. Build the tarball:
# nix build .#nixosConfigurations.kexec.config.system.build.kexecInstallerTarball
# then scp it to the target's writable /tmp and run kexec/run (see README).
kexec = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system;
modules = [
nixos-images.nixosModules.kexec-installer
({ ... }: {
users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
"ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIGZpkPVhzi1zG5JI9hWyUgdyvNIQbp4ts4jw3idpMhhN erik@laptop"
];
})
];
};
# Bootable USB recovery installer with our SSH key + sshd + DHCP.
# Reusable for any host's manual-USB install path (jupiter, terra, ...).
# Build the ISO:
# nix build .#nixosConfigurations.installer-iso.config.system.build.isoImage
# dd it to a USB stick, boot the target from it, SSH in, ./deploy install.
installer-iso = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit system;
modules = [
(nixpkgs + "/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix")
({ pkgs, ... }: {
services.openssh.enable = true;
services.openssh.settings.PermitRootLogin = "prohibit-password";
users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
"ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIGZpkPVhzi1zG5JI9hWyUgdyvNIQbp4ts4jw3idpMhhN erik@laptop"
];
networking.hostName = "homelab-installer";
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.git ];
})
];
};
};
# VM test for `./scripts/deploy kexec-local`. Run:
# nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.kexec-local -L
#
# Worth having because kexec-local is the one command that cannot be
# rehearsed on real hardware: it jumps the machine you are typing at, and
# a failure looks exactly like a slow boot. It regression-tests the
# subtle one — kexec-run.sh backgrounds `sleep 6 && kexec -e` and returns,
# so anything that cleans up the staging dir on exit deletes the binary
# that performs the jump and the box silently never leaves the old kernel.
#
# After the jump the test driver's backdoor is gone with the old kernel,
# so the installer is driven over a forwarded ssh port instead (the same
# approach nixos-images uses in its own kexec test).
checks.${system}.kexec-local =
let
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
tarball = self.nixosConfigurations.kexec.config.system.build.kexecInstallerTarball;
sshKey = nixos-images + "/nix/kexec-installer/ssh-keys/id_ed25519";
in
pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
name = "deploy-kexec-local";
nodes.machine = { modulesPath, ... }: {
imports = [ (modulesPath + "/profiles/minimal.nix") ];
virtualisation.vlans = [ ];
# kexec-local refuses to run if RAM < 3x the installer image, and
# the staging dir needs ~3x the tarball on /var/tmp.
virtualisation.memorySize = 4 * 1024;
virtualisation.diskSize = 12 * 1024;
virtualisation.forwardPorts = [{ host.port = 2222; guest.port = 22; }];
services.openssh.enable = true;
users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ "${sshKey}.pub" ];
# Everything the script shells out to, minus nix — the test uses the
# HOMELAB_KEXEC_* hook so no build happens inside the VM.
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
bash gnutar coreutils findutils util-linux cpio gzip
];
system.extraDependencies = [ tarball pkgs.cpio pkgs.gzip ];
environment.etc."deploy".source = ./scripts/deploy;
};
testScript = /* python */ ''
import os, shutil, subprocess, tempfile, time
start_all()
machine.wait_for_unit("sshd.service")
# ssh refuses a private key that is group/world readable, and nix
# store paths are 0444 — copy it out and tighten the mode.
keydir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
key = os.path.join(keydir, "id_ed25519")
shutil.copyfile("${sshKey}", key)
os.chmod(key, 0o600)
def ssh(cmd, check=True, stdout=None):
return subprocess.run(
[ "${pkgs.openssh}/bin/ssh",
"-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
"-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
"-o", "ConnectTimeout=1",
"-i", key,
"-p", "2222", "root@127.0.0.1", "--" ] + cmd,
text=True, check=check, stdout=stdout)
machine.succeed("install -Dm755 /etc/deploy /root/deploy")
# systemd-run starts units with a bare PATH that lacks
# /run/current-system/sw/bin, so `#!/usr/bin/env bash` cannot even
# resolve bash, let alone tar/findmnt/nohup. Set it explicitly.
env = (
" --setenv=PATH=/run/wrappers/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin"
" --setenv=HOMELAB_KEXEC_TARBALL=${tarball}/nixos-kexec-installer-${system}.tar.gz"
" --setenv=HOMELAB_KEXEC_CPIO=${pkgs.cpio}/bin/cpio"
" --setenv=HOMELAB_KEXEC_GZIP=${pkgs.gzip}/bin/gzip"
)
# Same values for the foreground (non-systemd-run) invocation below.
envsh = (
"HOMELAB_KEXEC_TARBALL=${tarball}/nixos-kexec-installer-${system}.tar.gz"
" HOMELAB_KEXEC_CPIO=${pkgs.cpio}/bin/cpio"
" HOMELAB_KEXEC_GZIP=${pkgs.gzip}/bin/gzip"
)
# Marker on a tmpfs: it must NOT survive the jump, proving we really
# booted a new kernel rather than just restarting a service.
machine.succeed("touch /run/pre-kexec-marker")
host_key_before = machine.succeed("cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub").strip()
while ssh(["true"], check=False).returncode != 0:
time.sleep(1)
# Refuses without --yes when stdin is not a tty (read gets EOF).
# Must reach the confirmation prompt, so it needs the same env —
# otherwise it just dies early on the nix build and proves nothing.
out = machine.fail(f"{envsh} /root/deploy kexec-local </dev/null 2>&1")
assert "using prebuilt kexec installer" in out, \
f"never reached the prompt, so the refusal proves nothing:\n{out}"
# systemd-run so the call returns immediately: the script stays
# alive ~60s on purpose, outliving kexec-run.sh's `sleep 6`.
machine.succeed(f"systemd-run --collect --unit=kexec-local{env} /root/deploy kexec-local --yes")
print("waiting for the jump...")
deadline = time.time() + 300
while ssh(["true"], check=False).returncode == 0:
# Surface a dead unit immediately instead of stalling until the
# deadline and blaming "never left the old kernel".
st = ssh(["systemctl", "is-active", "kexec-local"],
check=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout or ""
if st.strip() in ("failed", "inactive"):
# NB: not `log` — the driver already binds that name to its
# AbstractLogger and the type check rejects the shadowing.
unit_log = ssh(["journalctl", "-u", "kexec-local", "--no-pager"],
check=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout or ""
raise AssertionError(
f"kexec-local.service ended ({st.strip()}) without jumping:\n{unit_log}")
assert time.time() < deadline, "machine never left the old kernel"
time.sleep(1)
print("waiting for the installer...")
deadline = time.time() + 300
while ssh(["true"], check=False).returncode != 0:
assert time.time() < deadline, "installer never came up"
time.sleep(1)
# It really is the RAM installer, not the old system.
host = ssh(["hostname"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.strip()
assert host == "nixos-installer", f"hostname is {host}, not nixos-installer"
assert ssh(["ls", "/run/pre-kexec-marker"], check=False).returncode != 0, \
"old /run survived — this was not a fresh kernel"
# The host key is carried across (kexec-run.sh copies /etc/ssh into
# the appended initrd), which is why `kexec` does no ssh-keygen -R.
host_key_after = ssh(
["cat", "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE
).stdout.strip()
assert host_key_before == host_key_after, \
f"host key changed: {host_key_before} != {host_key_after}"
machine.crash()
'';
};
};
}