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Artefact — Declarative multi-host configuration

Machines are described rather than assembled — a shared NixOS base · a replicated desktop and terminal · and Proxmox underneath the virtualised side.

running 2020– 4 hosts on the declarative base
  • NixOS
  • Niri
  • Proxmox
  • Neovim
  • Zsh
  • Ghostty

Artefact — Declarative multi-host configuration

Status: stub. A redacted excerpt of the configuration tree lands in Phase 7. No hostnames, addresses or keys are published.

What the artefact is

The shape of the configuration: one shared base, per-host modules, and the parts that make the desktop and the terminal identical everywhere — window manager, editor, shell and the plugins that carry the work. Proxmox hosts the virtualised side, including the file server and the home automation appliance.

What it proves

That a machine can be rebuilt from a description, and that the same environment follows the person between machines instead of being re-created by memory.

Limits stated on the page

The terminal-first setup is deliberate: a heavier desktop was downgraded to the terminal on one machine for memory headroom. A phone-as-server experiment is on hold, not shipped, and is described as on hold.

When it is delivered

Phase 7. Source facts: evidence notes section 3.

Artefacts behind this page

Referenced from

Status running — Running today.

Last verified 2026-10-26 · id platform-nixos · platform/l3/platform-nixos.md