Add Nix Packaging

Vagrantfile

@@ -78,14 +78,19 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     path: "provisioners/install-xfce-minimal.sh" \
       if gui_enabled
 
+  config.vm.provision :shell,
+    name: "Install APT Packages",
+    path: "provisioners/install-apt-packages.sh"
+
   config.vm.provision :shell,
     name: "Install Nix",
     path: "provisioners/install-nix.sh",
     privileged: false
 
   config.vm.provision :shell,
-    name: "Install APT Packages",
+    name: "Install Nix Packages",
-    path: "provisioners/install-apt-packages.sh"
+    path: "provisioners/install-nix-packages-flakes.sh",
+    privileged: false
 
   config.vm.provision :shell,
     name: "Setup SSH keys",

provisioners/install-nix-packages-flakes.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Installs packages to the nix profile using nix profile
+# Reference: https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-declarative-package-management
+
+set -ex
+
+nix_packages=(
+  # Personal tools
+  "vimHugeX"
+  "ranger"
+  "jq"
+  "yq"
+
+  # Professional tools
+  "kubernetes-helm"
+  "vault"
+  "kubectl"
+  "rancher"
+  "terraform"
+  "terragrunt"
+  "skopeo"
+  "awscli2"
+)
+
+
+mkdir -p ~/.config/nixpkgs/
+templated_insert=$(for nix_package in ${nix_packages[@]}; do echo "                $nix_package"; done)
+
+
+# Reference: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-profile-in-combination-with-declarative-package-management/21228/9
+cat << EOF > ~/.config/nixpkgs/flake.nix
+{
+  description = "A declarative system installation";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.11"; # also possible: `nixos-unstable`
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" ];
+
+      # Generate a user-friendly version number.
+      version = builtins.substring 0 8 self.lastModifiedDate;
+
+      # Helper function to generate an attrset '{ x86_64-linux = f "x86_64-linux"; ... }'.
+      forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems;
+
+      # Nixpkgs instantiated for supported system types.
+      nixpkgsFor = forAllSystems (system: import nixpkgs { inherit system; });
+    in {
+      packages = forAllSystems (system:
+        let
+          pkgs = nixpkgsFor.\${system};
+        in {
+          default = self.packages.\${system}.myPackageCollection;
+          myPackageCollection = # libs and clis
+            let
+              pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.\${system}; # here we need just legacy packages
+            in pkgs.buildEnv {
+              name = "myPackages";
+              paths = with pkgs; [
+${templated_insert}
+              ];
+
+               extraOutputsToInstall = [ "man" "doc" ];
+            };
+        }); # packages
+    }; # outputs
+}
+EOF
+
+install_nix_packages()
+{
+  # The name of the package we are going to install, needed to check for presence/uninstall
+  package_name=packages.x86_64-linux.myPackageCollection
+  if [ "${nix_packages[*]}" ]; then
+    if nix profile list | cut -d' ' -f 2 | grep -q "${package_name}"; then
+      echo "Removing previous version of profile"
+      nix profile remove "${package_name}"
+    fi
+    echo "Installing profile"
+    nix profile install "${HOME}/.config/nixpkgs/flake.nix#myPackageCollection"
+  fi
+}
+
+install_nix_packages