Shared Kubernetes/node prerequisites in modules/k8s-common.nix
Shared cluster defaults in modules/k8s-cluster-settings.nix
Role-specific settings for control planes and workers
Generated per-node host configs from flake.nix (no duplicated host files)
Bootstrap helper commands:
- th-kubeadm-init
- th-kubeadm-join-control-plane
- th-kubeadm-join-worker
- th-kubeadm-status

Hardware config files

The flake automatically imports hosts/hardware/<host>.nix if present. Copy each node's generated hardware config into this folder:

sudo nixos-generate-config
sudo cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix ./hosts/hardware/cp-1.nix

Repeat for each node (cp-2, cp-3, wk-1, wk-2, wk-3).

Deploy approach

Start from one node at a time while experimenting:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#cp-1

For remote target-host workflows, use your preferred deploy wrapper later (nixos-rebuild --target-host ... or deploy-rs/colmena).

Bootstrap runbook (kubeadm + kube-vip + Cilium)

Apply Nix config on all nodes (cp-*, then wk-*).
On cp-1, run:

sudo th-kubeadm-init

This infers the control-plane VIP as <node-subnet>.250 on eth0, creates the kube-vip static pod manifest, and runs kubeadm init.

Install Cilium from cp-1:

helm repo add cilium https://helm.cilium.io
helm repo update
helm upgrade --install cilium cilium/cilium \
  --namespace kube-system \
  --set kubeProxyReplacement=true

Generate join commands on cp-1:

sudo kubeadm token create --print-join-command
sudo kubeadm init phase upload-certs --upload-certs

Join cp-2 and cp-3:

sudo th-kubeadm-join-control-plane '<kubeadm join ... --control-plane --certificate-key ...>'

Join workers:

sudo th-kubeadm-join-worker '<kubeadm join ...>'

Validate from a control plane:

kubectl get nodes -o wide
kubectl -n kube-system get pods -o wide

Repeatable rebuild flow (recommended)

Copy and edit inventory:

cp ./scripts/inventory.example.env ./scripts/inventory.env
$EDITOR ./scripts/inventory.env

Rebuild all nodes and bootstrap cluster:

./scripts/rebuild-and-bootstrap.sh

If you only want to reset Kubernetes state on existing VMs:

./scripts/reset-cluster-nodes.sh

For a full nuke/recreate lifecycle:

run Terraform destroy/apply for VMs first,
then run ./scripts/rebuild-and-bootstrap.sh again.

Notes

Scripts are intentionally manual-triggered (predictable for homelab bring-up).
If .250 on the node subnet is already in use, change controlPlaneVipSuffix in modules/k8s-cluster-settings.nix before bootstrap.