Force Reinstall

Force Panix to bootstrap over an already running NixOS system, wiping and reinstalling it from scratch.

The flags plug into the regular bootstrap flow; kexec settings follow Kexec and connection details follow Bootstrap SSH.

Fragment: nest under fleet.flakes.<flake>.installables.<type>.<name>.machines.

machines:
  existing-nixos:
    ssh:
      hostname: 192.168.1.100
    bootstrap:
      allow_destructive_actions: true    # Required for force_bootstrap
      force_bootstrap: true              # Force bootstrap even if NixOS detected
      force_bootstrap_kexec: true        # Use kexec to boot into installer first
      kexec:
        ssh_port: 22                     # SSH port for kexec installer (default: 22)

Options

Option	Description
`allow_destructive_actions`	Required to enable force bootstrap. Acknowledges destructive operations.
`force_bootstrap`	Bootstrap even if the machine is already running NixOS.
`force_bootstrap_kexec`	Use kexec to boot into a fresh installer environment before reinstalling.