Standard Tools

NixFleet builds on standard NixOS tooling. Every host produced by mkHost is a regular nixosSystem or darwinSystem output, so the standard deployment commands work unchanged.

Fresh install (with disk partitioning)

nixos-anywhere --flake .#hostname root@192.168.1.42

Disko partitions the disk according to the host’s disk config, then installs the NixOS closure.

Local rebuild

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#hostname

Remote rebuild

nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#hostname --target-host root@192.168.1.42

Evaluates locally, copies the closure to the target, and activates it.

macOS rebuild

darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#hostname

When to reach for more

These commands work because mkHost returns standard nixosSystem/darwinSystem outputs. The orchestration layer (control plane + agent) is additive - use it when your fleet grows beyond manual rebuilds.