{ ... }: { # Don't make the nix store read-only, as this would prevent the overlay FS # from being able to mount it. boot.readOnlyNixStore = false; # Mount the hut nix store via NFS in read-only mode. fileSystems."/mnt/hut-nix-store" = { device = "hut:/nix/store"; fsType = "nfs"; options = [ "ro" ]; }; # A workdir is also needed, so setup a permanent dir using tmpfiles. systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [ "d /mnt/nix-work 0700 root root -" ]; # Mount an overlay in /nix/store using as lower layer the NFS store and upper # layer the disk nix store. The destination is still the nix store in # /nix/store (confusing). We need rw access, as the daemon need to write the # lock files to build derivations locally. fileSystems."/nix/store" = { device = "overlay"; fsType = "overlay"; options = [ "lowerdir=/mnt/hut-nix-store,upperdir=/nix/store,workdir=/mnt/nix-work" ]; depends = [ "/nix/store" "/mnt/hut-nix-store" "/mnt/nix-work" ]; }; }