# | nix-amer |

```yaml
name:        nix-amer
version:     0.1.0
description: Configuration automation tool
author:      xdrm-brackets
```

>Need to automate the setup of your linux server or desktop ? This tool is made for you.



[TOC]



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### I. Build Format

Your whole setup remains in 1 only build file. Each line contains one instruction, the list of instructions is listed below.



#### 1) package management

These instructions allow you to interact with the package system available on your system.

```
ins <packages>
```
Install the listed packages. If more than one, use spaces to separate package names.

```
upd
```
Update/upgrade your system.

```
del <packages>
```
Remove the listed packages. If more than one, use spaces to separate package names.



#### 3) update configuration files

This instruction allow you to update configuration files without the need of an editor and in a developer-readable manner.

```
cnf <expr> <content>
```
Update a configuration file where \<expr\> is a dot-separated human-readable [path expression](#ii-path-expressions) and \<content\> is a string or a file. If a string is given, it will <u>override/add the field</u> ; if a file is given the configuration file will be <u>replaced</u> by it.


```
cnf <expr>
```
Remove a configuration field matching the \<expr\> path.




#### 4) service management

These instructions allow you to interact with the service system (_cf. systemd_).

```
ser [enable|start|stop|restart|reload] <services>
```
Perform the action on services. If more than one, use spaces to separate service names.



#### 5) custom scripts

These instructions allow you to use custom scripts for complex operations.

```
run <script>
```

Execute the \<script\> file.



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### II. Path Expressions

The syntax is pretty fast-forward, it uses 3 levels to find your configuration line : `[location]@[field.path]`.

| Field     | Description                          | Example                    |
| --------- | :----------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `location` | Path to the configuration file to edit. The file will be created if not found. | `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`, `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`, `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default` |
| `field.path` | Dot-separated chain of strings that match with a configuration field. If **omitted**, the \<value\> will just be added at the end of the configuration file. In the same way if the field does not point to a raw field but a parent or group containing fields, the \<value\> will be added to the group. | `/etc/ssh/sshd_config@AllowGroups`, `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf@http.gzip` |

> When a file is given as \<content\>, the `cnf` command acts as the shell command `mv` (copy).



#### File Formats

Configuration files can be written according to some standards or application-specific syntax. This tool uses standard and third-party to parse the following formats :

- [xml](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Markup_Language) and [json](https://json.org/) are read/written using the go standard library (_cf. [json](https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/json/), [xml](https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/xml/)_).
- [yaml](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) with [go-yaml/yaml](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml).

-  [ini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file) with [go-ini/ini](https://github.com/go-ini/ini).
-  [toml](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOML) with [BurntSushi/toml](https://github.com/BurntSushi/toml).
-  [nginx configurations](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/basic-functionality/managing-configuration-files/) with [lytics/confl](https://github.com/lytics/confl).
-  _and more to come..._



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## Example

_myserver.build_

```
sys name    ubuntu # required to choose which
sys version 18.4   # package-manager to use

[install]
upd
ins nginx ssh sslh

[nginx]
cnf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf@http.gzip           on
cnf /etc/nginx/sites-available/new-site      ./localConfFile
ser enable nginx
ser start nginx

[sshd]
cnf /etc/ssh/sshd_config@PermitRootLogin      no
cnf /etc/ssh/sshd_config@PermitEmptyPasswords no
cnf /etc/ssh/sshd_config@StrictModes          yes
cnf /etc/ssh/sshd_config@Port                 22
ser enable sshd
ser enable ssh

[sslh]
cnf /etc/default/sslh@RUN                  yes
cnf /etc/default/sslh@DEAMON_OPTS          "--user sslh --listen 0.0.0.0:443 --ssh 127.0.0.1:22 --ssl 127.0.0.1:44300 --pidfile /var/run/sslh/sslh.pid"
ser enable sslh
ser start sslh
```