scripts: add create-host tool for automated host configuration generation
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Implements Phase 2 of the automated deployment pipeline.

This commit adds a Python CLI tool that automates the creation of NixOS host
configurations, eliminating manual boilerplate and reducing errors.

Features:
- Python CLI using typer framework with rich terminal UI
- Comprehensive validation (hostname format/uniqueness, IP subnet/uniqueness)
- Jinja2 templates for NixOS configurations
- Automatic updates to flake.nix and terraform/vms.tf
- Support for both static IP and DHCP configurations
- Dry-run mode for safe previews
- Packaged as Nix derivation and added to devShell

Usage:
  create-host --hostname myhost --ip 10.69.13.50/24

The tool generates:
- hosts/<hostname>/default.nix
- hosts/<hostname>/configuration.nix
- Updates flake.nix with new nixosConfigurations entry
- Updates terraform/vms.tf with new VM definition

All generated configurations include full system imports (monitoring, SOPS,
autoupgrade, etc.) and are validated with nix flake check and tofu validate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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### Phase 2: Host Configuration Generator
### Phase 2: Host Configuration Generator ✅ COMPLETED
**Status:** ✅ Fully implemented and tested
**Completed:** 2025-02-01
**Goal:** Automate creation of host configuration files
Doesn't have to be a plain shell script, we could also use something like python, would probably make templating easier.
**Implementation:**
- Python CLI tool packaged as Nix derivation
- Available as `create-host` command in devShell
- Rich terminal UI with configuration previews
- Comprehensive validation (hostname format/uniqueness, IP subnet/uniqueness)
- Jinja2 templates for NixOS configurations
- Automatic updates to flake.nix and terraform/vms.tf
**Tasks:**
- [ ] Create script `scripts/create-host-config.sh`
- [ ] Takes parameters: hostname, IP, CPU cores, memory, disk size
- [ ] Generates `/hosts/<hostname>/` directory structure from template
- [ ] Creates `configuration.nix` with proper hostname and networking
- [ ] Generates `default.nix` with standard imports
- [ ] Copies/links `hardware-configuration.nix` from template
- [ ] Add host entry to `flake.nix` programmatically
- [ ] Parse flake.nix
- [ ] Insert new nixosConfiguration entry
- [ ] Maintain formatting
- [ ] Generate corresponding OpenTofu configuration
- [ ] Create `terraform/hosts/<hostname>.tf` with VM definition
- [ ] Use parameters from script input
- [x] Create Python CLI with typer framework
- [x] Takes parameters: hostname, IP, CPU cores, memory, disk size
- [x] Generates `/hosts/<hostname>/` directory structure
- [x] Creates `configuration.nix` with proper hostname and networking
- [x] Generates `default.nix` with standard imports
- [x] References shared `hardware-configuration.nix` from template
- [x] Add host entry to `flake.nix` programmatically
- [x] Text-based manipulation (regex insertion)
- [x] Inserts new nixosConfiguration entry
- [x] Maintains proper formatting
- [x] Generate corresponding OpenTofu configuration
- [x] Adds VM definition to `terraform/vms.tf`
- [x] Uses parameters from CLI input
- [x] Supports both static IP and DHCP modes
- [x] Package as Nix derivation with templates
- [x] Add to flake packages and devShell
- [x] Implement dry-run mode
- [x] Write comprehensive README
**Deliverable:** Script generates all config files for a new host
**Usage:**
```bash
# In nix develop shell
create-host \
--hostname test01 \
--ip 10.69.13.50/24 \ # optional, omit for DHCP
--cpu 4 \ # optional, default 2
--memory 4096 \ # optional, default 2048
--disk 50G \ # optional, default 20G
--dry-run # optional preview mode
```
**Files:**
- `scripts/create-host/` - Complete Python package with Nix derivation
- `scripts/create-host/README.md` - Full documentation and examples
**Deliverable:** ✅ Tool generates all config files for a new host, validated with Nix and Terraform
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