Improve import process and add README

README.md

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+This is a unified repo to contain my personal configurations for NixOS machines.
+
+# How To Use This
+
+Go through the normal process to setup a NixOS system during installation.
+
+1. Boot from an appropriate medium
+2. Parition the drives
+3. Mount them
+4. Before you generate out the configuration, clone this repoistory to your
+   /etc/nixos folder
+5. Run the configuration generator. It should only genreate the hardware-configuration.nix
+   file, which this repo gitignores
+6. Symlink the folder for the appropriate host to the location 'host' as such:
+   `ln -s hosts/myhost host`.
+7. Run the nixos installation command
+
+# Adding new hosts
+
+To add a new host, create a folder in the directory `hosts/` that matches the name of
+the target system. Each host must contain, minimally, a `default.nix` file that serves
+as the basis of configuring that host.
+
+## Profiles
+
+Certain shared characteristics can be created in the `profiles/` folder and included in
+a particular host's configuration. For instance, any hosts that are running on a
+Raspsberry Pi 4 should include the `profiles/rpi4.nix` file to properly configure things
+like the kernel and boot parameters. Since I live in the "America/Chicago" timezone, hosts
+that run in my home will also include `profiles/home.nix`. That file will also set the
+domain that I use for my hosts at home. This allows shared content to be reused across
+multiple machines without the need to repeat it.

configuration.nix

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     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
       ./base.nix
-      ./host/default.nix
+      ./host
     ];
 }

hosts/2maccabees/default.nix

@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     ./networking.nix
     ./dnsmasq.nix
 	./home-assistant.nix
-    ../profiles/rpi4.nix
-	../profiles/home.nix
+    ../../profiles/rpi4.nix
+	../../profiles/home.nix
   ];
   networking.hostName = "2maccabees";
-  networking.domain = "home.thehellings.com";
 }

profiles/home.nix

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 {
   time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
+  networking.domain = "thehellings.lan";
 }