Timothy J. Aveni
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# NixOS ZFS EC2 AMI Builder
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This project publishes a matched EC2 AMI artifact:
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- root volume: bootable NixOS EC2 image
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- secondary volume: preseeded ZFS pool mounted at `/nix`
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The root snapshot and `/nix` snapshot are registered together in one AMI block
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device mapping. Runtime deployments should consume the AMI ID directly and
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should not independently choose a `/nix` snapshot.
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The image is intentionally project-agnostic. It provides NixOS, ZFS, SSM,
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flakes, and systemd ordering so the Nix daemon waits for `/nix`. The final AMI
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also disables the default shell-oriented `amazon-init` service and enables a
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small generic service that treats EC2 user-data as `/etc/nixos/flake.nix`, then
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runs `nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos`.
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## Publish
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The normal flow builds on a temporary EC2 instance, so your local machine does
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not need to be the same architecture as the target AMI:
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```bash
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cd tofu/ami-builder
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./publish-ami.sh --builder-instance-type t4g.large
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```
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`publish-ami.sh` applies this OpenTofu project to create a temporary builder
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instance and `/nix` volume. The builder user data installs a ZFS-capable NixOS
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boot generation, reboots once, seeds the ZFS `/nix` volume, installs the final
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boot generation that expects `/nix`, and powers off.
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After the instance is stopped, `publish-ami.sh` creates the final AMI from the
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stopped instance, tags the AMI and snapshots, and writes `artifact.json`.
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The OpenTofu state in this directory owns only temporary builder resources.
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The published AMI and its snapshots are created by the script and are not in
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OpenTofu state, so `tofu destroy` here can clean up the builder without
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deregistering the AMI.
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Pass extra OpenTofu variables after `--`:
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```bash
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./publish-ami.sh --builder-instance-type t4g.large -- \
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-var base_nixos_ami_id=ami-...
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```
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## Artifact Metadata
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The final AMI is tagged with:
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- `Architecture`
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- `InputHash`
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- `BuilderGitRev`
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- `FlakeLockRev`
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- `RootSnapshotId`
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- `NixSnapshotId`
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- `NixosSystemClosure`
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Do not deregister the AMI or delete either snapshot while runtime deployments
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use it.
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