# NixOS on Fedora

Please note that these instructions are not offically supported or condoned by Nix and are not guaranteed to always work, but from my testing everything seems to work perfectly fine.

These steps may not be required if https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2374 is resolved.

## SELinux

These commands are required for both Fedora Workstation and Fedora Silverblue
```bash
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t etc_t '/nix/store/[^/]+/etc(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t lib_t '/nix/store/[^/]+/lib(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t systemd_unit_file_t '/nix/store/[^/]+/lib/systemd/system(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t man_t '/nix/store/[^/]+/man(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t bin_t '/nix/store/[^/]+/s?bin(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t usr_t '/nix/store/[^/]+/share(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t var_run_t '/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket(/.*)?'
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t usr_t '/nix/var/nix/profiles(/per-user/[^/]+)?/[^/]+'
```

If you are on Fedora Workstation, skip past the [Fedora Silverblue](#fedora-silverblue) section down to [Install Nix](#install-nix)

## Fedora Silverblue

If you are running Fedora Silverblue, you will need to follow these extra steps.

### Create the nix directory in a persistent location
```bash
sudo mkdir /var/nix
```

### `/etc/systemd/system/mkdir-rootfs@.service`
```
[Unit]
Description=Enable mount points in / for ostree
DefaultDependencies=no
ConditionPathExists=!%f

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre=chattr -i /
ExecStart=mkdir -p '%f'
ExecStopPost=chattr +i /
```

### `/etc/systemd/system/nix.mount`
```
[Unit]
After=mkdir-rootfs@nix.service
Wants=mkdir-rootfs@nix.service

[Mount]
What=/var/nix
Where=/nix
Options=bind
Type=none

[Install]
WantedBy=local-fs.target
```

Enable and mount the nix mount and reset the SELinux context. 
```bash
# Ensure systemd picks up the newly created units
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# Enable the nix mount on boot.
sudo systemctl enable nix.mount
# Mount the nix mount now.
sudo systemctl start nix.mount
# R = recurse, F = full context (not just target)
sudo restorecon -RF /nix
```

## Install Nix

After you have configured SELinux (and if you are on Silverblue, configured a `/nix` mount), it's time to install [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix).

```bash
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
```

If you are on Fedora Workstation, you have just installed Nix and should be ready to rock!

---

If you are on Fedora Silverblue, you will need to run a few more commands:
```bash
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl link /var/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl link /var/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl add-requires nix-daemon.socket nix.mount
```

This links the nix services from `/var/nix` rather than `/nix` which fixes an issue where the units would not start automatically on boot due to systemd not finding the services files due to them missing until `nix.mount` gets mounted.  It also adds a requirement that `nix.mount` be mounted before `nix-daemon.socket` can start.