nomicon/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-init.nix

{ config, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:

# This attempts to pull a nix expression from this EC2 instance's user-data.

let
  bootScript = pkgs.writeScript "bootscript.sh" ''
    #!${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -eu

    echo "attempting to fetch configuration from EC2 user data..."

    export PATH=${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [ config.nix.package pkgs.systemd pkgs.gnugrep pkgs.gnused config.system.build.nixos-rebuild]}:$PATH
    export NIX_PATH=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos:nixos-config=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix:/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels

    userData=/etc/ec2-metadata/user-data

    if [ -s "$userData" ]; then

      # If the user-data looks like it could be a nix expression,
      # copy it over. Also, look for a magic three-hash comment and set
      # that as the channel.
      if sed '/^\(#\|SSH_HOST_.*\)/d' < "$userData" | grep -q '\S'; then
        channels="$(grep '^###' "$userData" | sed 's|###\s*||')"
        printf "%s" "$channels" | while read channel; do
          echo "writing channel: $channel"
        done

        if [[ -n "$channels" ]]; then
          printf "%s" "$channels" > /root/.nix-channels
          nix-channel --update
        fi

        echo "setting configuration from EC2 user data"
        cp "$userData" /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
      else
        echo "user data does not appear to be a Nix expression; ignoring"
        exit
      fi
    else
      echo "no user data is available"
      exit
    fi

    nixos-rebuild switch
  '';
in {
  boot.postBootCommands = ''
    ${bootScript} &
  '';
}