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jackos1998 a7ea91f529 docs: Document the boxes
Add a top-level `README.md` mapping the boxes and per-machine docs under
`docs/boxes/` (grouped `colony/`, `home/`, `misc/`), one file per host, VM and
container documenting role, services and networking with source pointers.

Also point `AGENTS.md` at the new docs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-14 22:45:20 +01:00

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installer

The custom NixOS installer image used to bootstrap new boxes.

Role

  • Defines nixos.systems.installer, a minimal system whose my.buildAs.* outputs produce installable artifacts — primarily a bootable ISO (isoImage), and the same base is reused for kexec/netboot trees.
  • Build it with the devshell commands (see AGENTS.md):
    • build-iso installer
    • build-kexec installer / build-netboot installer
  • A released ISO is what colony's VM definitions reference as install media; the update-installer devshell command tags a release to trigger a rebuild.

This is a build target rather than a deployed machine — there is no running installer host.