In reply to @cw:kernelpanic.cafe
Migrating 10k+ line config to flakes has been brutal to me. Nixos is already black magic enough on it's own

Hey there, I was redirected here after asking in Matrix Disocrd #general.

So I've got all my machines set up with Colmena. I can build the config for any machine locally on said machine with colmena apply-local, however I'm having trouble pushing a build from my main machine to my laptop. I've set up an ssh key, so I can ssh into my laptop with ssh isaac@localip with no password. But when I run sudo colmena apply --to laptop from my main PC, I get this:

❯ sudo colmena apply --on laptop
[sudo] password for isaac:
[INFO ] Using flake: git+file:///home/isaac/.dotfiles
[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
[INFO ] Selected 1 out of 2 hosts.
       ❌ 4s Failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
laptop ✅ 4s Evaluated laptop
laptop ✅ 0s Built "/nix/store/klgnlk5l0cbx6yzn6xcfn6w4hbbmhp51-nixos-system-laptop-23.05pre-git"
laptop ❌ 0s Push failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to push system closure to laptop - Last 5 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) ssh: Could not resolve hostname laptop: Name or service not known
[ERROR]   stderr) error: cannot connect to 'isaac@laptop'
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 1

Could anyone clarify how to fix this? My one buddy somehow got it working with SOPS but IDK really what to do.

Hey there, I was redirected here after asking in Matrix Discord #general.

So I've got all my machines set up with Colmena. I can build the config for any machine locally on said machine with colmena apply-local, however I'm having trouble pushing a build from my main machine to my laptop. I've set up an ssh key, so I can ssh into my laptop with ssh isaac@localip with no password. But when I run sudo colmena apply --to laptop from my main PC, I get this:

❯ sudo colmena apply --on laptop
[sudo] password for isaac:
[INFO ] Using flake: git+file:///home/isaac/.dotfiles
[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
[INFO ] Selected 1 out of 2 hosts.
       ❌ 4s Failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
laptop ✅ 4s Evaluated laptop
laptop ✅ 0s Built "/nix/store/klgnlk5l0cbx6yzn6xcfn6w4hbbmhp51-nixos-system-laptop-23.05pre-git"
laptop ❌ 0s Push failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to push system closure to laptop - Last 5 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) ssh: Could not resolve hostname laptop: Name or service not known
[ERROR]   stderr) error: cannot connect to 'isaac@laptop'
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 1

Could anyone clarify how to fix this? My one buddy somehow got it working with SOPS but IDK really what to do.

So that I have tried:

      laptop = {
        deployment = {
          allowLocalDeployment = true;
          tags = ["laptop"];
          targetUser = "isaac";
          targetHost = "10.0.0.22";
        };

        imports = [
          ./nixos/laptop
          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
          {
            home-manager = {
              extraSpecialArgs = {
                inherit user;
              };
              useGlobalPkgs = true;
              users.${user} = {
                imports = [(import ./nixos/laptop/home-manager.nix)];
              };
              useUserPackages = true;
            };
          }
        ];
      };

But I get this:

❯ sudo colmena apply --on laptop
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
[INFO ] Using flake: git+file:///home/isaac/.dotfiles
[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
[INFO ] Selected 1 out of 2 hosts.
       ❌ 5s Failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
laptop ✅ 4s Evaluated laptop
laptop ✅ 0s Built "/nix/store/klgnlk5l0cbx6yzn6xcfn6w4hbbmhp51-nixos-system-laptop-23.05pre-git"
laptop ❌ 0s Push failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to push system closure to laptop - Last 5 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) isaac@10.0.0.22: Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
[ERROR]   stderr) error: cannot connect to 'isaac@10.0.0.22'
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 1

In reply to @ask-yourself:matrix.org

So that I have tried:

      laptop = {
        deployment = {
          allowLocalDeployment = true;
          tags = ["laptop"];
          targetUser = "isaac";
          targetHost = "10.0.0.22";
        };

        imports = [
          ./nixos/laptop
          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
          {
            home-manager = {
              extraSpecialArgs = {
                inherit user;
              };
              useGlobalPkgs = true;
              users.${user} = {
                imports = [(import ./nixos/laptop/home-manager.nix)];
              };
              useUserPackages = true;
            };
          }
        ];
      };

But I get this:

❯ sudo colmena apply --on laptop
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
[INFO ] Using flake: git+file:///home/isaac/.dotfiles
[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
[INFO ] Selected 1 out of 2 hosts.
       ❌ 5s Failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
laptop ✅ 4s Evaluated laptop
laptop ✅ 0s Built "/nix/store/klgnlk5l0cbx6yzn6xcfn6w4hbbmhp51-nixos-system-laptop-23.05pre-git"
laptop ❌ 0s Push failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to push system closure to laptop - Last 5 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) isaac@10.0.0.22: Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
[ERROR]   stderr) error: cannot connect to 'isaac@10.0.0.22'
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 1

In reply to @ask-yourself:matrix.org

So that I have tried:

      laptop = {
        deployment = {
          allowLocalDeployment = true;
          tags = ["laptop"];
          targetUser = "isaac";
          targetHost = "10.0.0.22";
        };

        imports = [
          ./nixos/laptop
          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
          {
            home-manager = {
              extraSpecialArgs = {
                inherit user;
              };
              useGlobalPkgs = true;
              users.${user} = {
                imports = [(import ./nixos/laptop/home-manager.nix)];
              };
              useUserPackages = true;
            };
          }
        ];
      };

But I get this:

❯ sudo colmena apply --on laptop
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
[INFO ] Using flake: git+file:///home/isaac/.dotfiles
[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
warning: Git tree '/home/isaac/.dotfiles' is dirty
[INFO ] Selected 1 out of 2 hosts.
       ❌ 5s Failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
laptop ✅ 4s Evaluated laptop
laptop ✅ 0s Built "/nix/store/klgnlk5l0cbx6yzn6xcfn6w4hbbmhp51-nixos-system-laptop-23.05pre-git"
laptop ❌ 0s Push failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to push system closure to laptop - Last 5 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) isaac@10.0.0.22: Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
[ERROR]   stderr) error: cannot connect to 'isaac@10.0.0.22'
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 1

➜ colmena apply --on laptop
[INFO ] Using flake: git+file:///home/isaac/.dotfiles
[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
[INFO ] Selected 1 out of 4 hosts.
       ❌ 6s Failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
laptop ✅ 5s Evaluated laptop
laptop ✅ 0s Built "/nix/store/9zsi0h4lbmnj9hggbg8vzxr1mhy1wqw3-nixos-system-laptop-23.05pre-git"
laptop ❌ 1s Push failed: Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to complete requested operation - Last 1 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] Failed to push system closure to laptop - Last 9 lines of logs:
[ERROR]  created)
[ERROR]    state) Running
[ERROR]   stderr) copying 10 paths...
[ERROR]   stderr) copying path '/nix/store/3ddp6lnxxi98gb43rgqx6531n94ygcpl-home-manager-path' to 'ssh://isaac@10.0.0.22'...
[ERROR]   stderr) error: cannot add path '/nix/store/3ddp6lnxxi98gb43rgqx6531n94ygcpl-home-manager-path' because it lacks a valid signature
[ERROR]   stderr) copying path '/nix/store/jdc1w4iw3dd1n5rz257awxld13hs45f5-starship-config' to 'ssh://isaac@10.0.0.22'...
[ERROR]   stderr) error (ignored): error: writing to file: Broken pipe
[ERROR]   stderr) error: unexpected end-of-file
[ERROR]  failure) Child process exited with error code: 1
[ERROR] -----
[ERROR] Operation failed with error: Child process exited with error code: 1