Polish ringtail NixOS config and add documentation

Sway keybinding for wezterm, fish as default shell, remove
initialPassword, add 1Password/chezmoi/dev tool packages.
Add ringtail reference card and update host inventory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Erich Blume 2026-02-18 09:51:10 -08:00
commit 8c99efee79
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Polish ringtail NixOS config: sway keybinding, fish shell, 1Password, chezmoi, and dev tools. Add ringtail reference documentation.

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---
title: Hosts
modified: 2026-02-10
modified: 2026-02-18
tags:
- infrastructure
---
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| **Indri** | Mac Mini M1, 2020 - Primary server | [[indri|Details]] |
| **Gilbert** | MacBook Air M4, 2025 - Workstation | [[gilbert|Details]] |
| **[[sifaka|Sifaka]]** | Synology NAS - Storage & backups | [[sifaka|Details]] |
| **[[ringtail|Ringtail]]** | Custom PC, NixOS - Service host & gaming | [[ringtail|Details]] |
| **Mouse** | MacBook Air M2 - Allison's laptop | - |
| **UniFi** | UniFi Express 7 - Home WiFi | [[unifi|Details]] |
| **Dwarf** | iPad Air - Employer-provided, off tailnet | - |

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---
title: Ringtail
modified: 2026-02-18
tags:
- infrastructure
- host
---
# Ringtail
Service host and gaming PC. Custom-built PC running NixOS.
## Specifications
| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **CPU** | AMD (desktop) |
| **GPU** | NVIDIA RTX 4080 (16GB VRAM) |
| **Storage** | NVMe (boot) + 3x SATA drives |
| **OS** | NixOS 25.11 (Sway/Wayland) |
| **Tailscale hostname** | `ringtail.tail8d86e.ts.net` |
## Software
Managed declaratively via `nixos/ringtail/configuration.nix`.
- **Desktop:** Sway (Wayland compositor) with wezterm terminal
- **Shell:** Fish (default login shell)
- **Gaming:** Steam
- **Dotfiles:** chezmoi (requires `.chezmoiignore` updates in dotfiles repo for Linux)
- **Secrets:** 1Password CLI + GUI (CLI integration via desktop app biometric unlock)
## Maintenance Notes
**NixOS rebuild:** From the blumeops repo, run `mise run provision-ringtail` or on ringtail directly:
```bash
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#ringtail
```
**NVIDIA drivers:** Uses proprietary (closed-source) drivers. The `--unsupported-gpu` flag is passed to sway via greetd since sway officially only supports open-source drivers.
**Chezmoi:** The dotfiles repo (`github.com/eblume/dotfiles`) is macOS-centric. A `.chezmoiignore` needs to be added to skip macOS-only files on Linux (Brewfile, macOS-specific PATH/SSH_AUTH_SOCK). This is tracked as a separate task outside blumeops.
## Related
- [[hosts]] - Device inventory
- [[tailscale]] - Network configuration

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- [[hosts|Hosts]] - Device inventory
- [[indri]] - Primary server
- [[ringtail]] - Service host & gaming PC
- [[gilbert]] - Development workstation
- [[tailscale]] - ACLs, groups, tags
- [[gandi]] - DNS hosting for `eblu.me`

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grim # screenshots
slurp # region selection
];
extraConfig = ''
set $term wezterm
bindsym $mod+Return exec $term
'';
};
security.polkit.enable = true;
security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = false;
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pulse.enable = true;
};
# Fish shell
programs.fish.enable = true;
# Steam
programs.steam = {
enable = true;
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# User account
users.users.eblume = {
isNormalUser = true;
initialPassword = "changeme";
shell = pkgs.fish;
extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "video" ];
openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
"ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILmh1SSCdDAyu3vkSQH7kAXEPDi8APyjo9JXDTjtha2j"
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htop
curl
wget
_1password-cli
_1password-gui
chezmoi
neovim
eza
fd
fzf
zoxide
starship
atuin
bat
ripgrep
];
# Enable nix flakes