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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# NixOS Host Configuration Generator
Automated tool for generating NixOS host configurations, flake.nix entries, and Terraform VM definitions for homelab infrastructure.
## Installation
The tool is available in the Nix development shell:
```bash
nix develop
```
## Usage
### Basic Usage
Create a new host with DHCP networking:
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create --hostname test01
```
Create a new host with static IP:
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname test01 \
--ip 10.69.13.50/24
```
Create a host with custom resources:
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname bighost01 \
--ip 10.69.13.51/24 \
--cpu 8 \
--memory 8192 \
--disk 100G
```
### Dry Run Mode
Preview what would be created without making changes:
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname test01 \
--ip 10.69.13.50/24 \
--dry-run
```
### Options
- `--hostname` (required): Hostname for the new host
- Must be lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens
- Must be unique (not already exist in repository)
- `--ip` (optional): Static IP address with CIDR notation
- Format: `10.69.13.X/24`
- Must be in `10.69.13.0/24` subnet
- Last octet must be 1-254
- Omit this option for DHCP configuration
- `--cpu` (optional, default: 2): Number of CPU cores
- Must be at least 1
- `--memory` (optional, default: 2048): Memory in MB
- Must be at least 512
- `--disk` (optional, default: "20G"): Disk size
- Examples: "20G", "50G", "100G"
- `--dry-run` (flag): Preview changes without creating files
## What It Does
The tool performs the following actions:
1. **Validates** the configuration:
- Hostname format (RFC 1123 compliance)
- Hostname uniqueness
- IP address format and subnet (if provided)
- IP address uniqueness (if provided)
2. **Generates** host configuration files:
- `hosts/<hostname>/default.nix` - Import wrapper
- `hosts/<hostname>/configuration.nix` - Full host configuration
3. **Updates** repository files:
- `flake.nix` - Adds new nixosConfigurations entry
- `terraform/vms.tf` - Adds new VM definition
4. **Displays** next steps for:
- Reviewing changes with git diff
- Verifying NixOS configuration
- Verifying Terraform configuration
- Committing changes
- Deploying the VM
## Generated Configuration
### Host Features
All generated hosts include:
- Full system imports from `../../system`:
- Nix binary cache integration
- SSH with root login
- SOPS secrets management
- Internal ACME CA integration
- Daily auto-upgrades with auto-reboot
- Prometheus node-exporter
- Promtail logging to monitoring01
- VM guest agent from `../../common/vm`
- Hardware configuration from `../template/hardware-configuration.nix`
### Networking
**Static IP mode** (when `--ip` is provided):
```nix
systemd.network.networks."ens18" = {
matchConfig.Name = "ens18";
address = [ "10.69.13.50/24" ];
routes = [ { Gateway = "10.69.13.1"; } ];
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
};
```
**DHCP mode** (when `--ip` is omitted):
```nix
systemd.network.networks."ens18" = {
matchConfig.Name = "ens18";
networkConfig.DHCP = "ipv4";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
};
```
### DNS Configuration
All hosts are configured with:
- DNS servers: `10.69.13.5`, `10.69.13.6` (ns1, ns2)
- Domain: `home.2rjus.net`
## Examples
### Create a test VM with defaults
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create --hostname test99
```
This creates a DHCP VM with 2 CPU cores, 2048 MB memory, and 20G disk.
### Create a database server with static IP
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname pgdb2 \
--ip 10.69.13.52/24 \
--cpu 4 \
--memory 4096 \
--disk 50G
```
### Preview changes before creating
```bash
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname test99 \
--ip 10.69.13.99/24 \
--dry-run
```
## Error Handling
The tool validates input and provides clear error messages for:
- Invalid hostname format (must be lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens)
- Duplicate hostname (already exists in repository)
- Invalid IP format (must be X.X.X.X/24)
- Wrong subnet (must be 10.69.13.0/24)
- Invalid last octet (must be 1-254)
- Duplicate IP address (already in use)
- Resource constraints (CPU < 1, memory < 512 MB)
## Integration with Deployment Pipeline
This tool implements **Phase 2** of the automated deployment pipeline:
1. **Phase 1**: Template building ✓ (build-and-deploy-template.yml)
2. **Phase 2**: Host configuration generation ✓ (this tool)
3. **Phase 3**: Bootstrap automation (planned)
4. **Phase 4**: Secrets management (planned)
5. **Phase 5**: DNS automation (planned)
6. **Phase 6**: Full integration (planned)
## Development
### Project Structure
```
scripts/create-host/
├── create_host.py # Main CLI entry point (typer app)
├── __init__.py # Package initialization
├── validators.py # Validation logic
├── generators.py # File generation using Jinja2
├── manipulators.py # Text manipulation for flake.nix and vms.tf
├── models.py # Data models (HostConfig)
├── templates/
│ ├── default.nix.j2 # Template for default.nix
│ └── configuration.nix.j2 # Template for configuration.nix
└── README.md # This file
```
### Testing
Run the test cases from the implementation plan:
```bash
# Test 1: DHCP host with defaults
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create --hostname testdhcp --dry-run
# Test 2: Static IP host
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname test50 --ip 10.69.13.50/24 --dry-run
# Test 3: Custom resources
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname test51 --ip 10.69.13.51/24 \
--cpu 8 --memory 8192 --disk 100G --dry-run
# Test 4: Duplicate hostname (should error)
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create --hostname ns1 --dry-run
# Test 5: Invalid subnet (should error)
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create \
--hostname testbad --ip 192.168.1.50/24 --dry-run
# Test 6: Invalid hostname (should error)
python -m scripts.create_host.create_host create --hostname Test_Host --dry-run
```
## License
Part of the nixos-servers homelab infrastructure repository.