build(scripts/deploy): Init

This documents the commands used for the first deployment (i.e., with a
full, disko-driven, disk formatting step).

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/notes/deploy.md b/notes/deploy.md
index 2b274b5..8d159b1 100644
--- a/notes/deploy.md
+++ b/notes/deploy.md
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
-# Full redeployment
+# Full redeployment or first deployment
 
-After a complete server purge just load up the newest NixOS ISO, set the root password and run:
+This requires a root password and _some_ Linux distribution running on it.
+
+We assume that following variables are set.
+
+```bash
+HOST="<host-name>" # e.g., server1
+SSH_URL="<ssh-url>" # e.g., root@server1.vhack.eu
+```
+
+## Generate a networking configuration
+
+```bash
+scp scripts/mk_network_config.sh "$SSH_URL:/root/"
+ssh "$SSH_URL" /root/mk_networking_config.sh > "hosts/by-name/$HOST/networking.nix"
+```
+
+## Re-deploy
 
 ```bash
-ipv4_address=$(dig +short "<hostname>"); # ipv6 seems to fail in this context
-nix run github:numtide/nixos-anywhere -- --flake .#<hostname> root@"$ipv4_address"
+./scripts/deploy.sh "$SSH_URL" "$HOST"
 ```
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5c7b0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+[ "$#" -ne 2 ] && {
+    echo "Usage: $1 <ssh url> <host_name>"
+    exit 2
+}
+ssh_url="$1"
+host_name="$2"
+root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+nix run github:numtide/nixos-anywhere -- \
+    --flake ".#$host_name" \
+    --target-host "$ssh_url" \
+    --generate-hardware-config nixos-generate-config "$root/hosts/by-name/$host_name/hardware_config_$ssh_url.nix"
+
+# vim: ft=sh