creating a custom installer iso

.gitignore

@@ -165,3 +165,6 @@ test.*
 
 # syncthing
 .stfolder
+
+# nixos build results
+result

flake.nix

@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
           ];
           specialArgs = { inherit inputs outputs; };
         };
+        installer = lib.nixosSystem {
+          modules = [
+            ./systems/installer
+          ];
+          specialArgs = { inherit inputs outputs; };
+        };
       };
     };
 }

systems/installer/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  inputs,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  modulesPath,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  imports = [ (modulesPath + "/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix") ];
+
+  environment.systemPackages = [
+    inputs.system_tools.packages.x86_64-linux.default
+  ];
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+
+  systemd.services.sshd.wantedBy = pkgs.lib.mkForce [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+  users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+    "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJYZFsc9CSH03ZUP7y81AHwSyjLwFmcshVFCyxDcYhBT rhapsody-in-green" # cspell:disable-line
+  ];
+}

users/richie/home/cli/zsh.nix

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
       "rspace" = "'for f in *\ *; do mv \"$f\" \"\${f// /_}\"; done'";
       "rebuild" = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /home/richie/dotfiles#$HOST";
-      "nix-test" = "nixos-rebuild test --flake /home/richie/dotfiles";
+      "build_iso" = "nix build .#nixosConfigurations.installer.config.system.build.isoImage";
     };
   };
 }