+++
date    = "2022-11-01T13:11:21+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-11-01T13:12:21+00:00"
tags    = [ "linux" ]
author  = "tdro"
+++

I feel sorta conflicted about
[my posted notes](https://www.thedroneely.com/posts/nixops-towards-the-final-frontier/)
on [`nixops`](https://nixops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview.html) because
shortly after that I discovered
[nixos-rebuild](https://www.mankier.com/8/nixos-rebuild) had remote deploys. Now
nixos-rebuild itself is just a
[bash script](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/28dae620b2132d836f998a83b98e4b59ba5c5e4c/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh)
and taking a peek inside is well, you know.. enlightening. There's even a
[NixOS](https://nixos.org/download.html#download-nixos) deployment tool written
[in just nix](https://github.com/pinpox/lollypops#readme). I use
nixos-rebuild...

```shell {caption="Build locally, deploy remotely"}
nixos-rebuild switch \
  --target-host "nix@remote.host" \
  --build-host "localhost" \
  --no-build-nix
```