From 374daf8d7408033010b00f73f1c4e436e23de1cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Lechner <mail@jalr.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:43:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions how to build a system config

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d6c327..332bf77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ nix run github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere -- --flake .#<somehost> root@<someho
 nix-shell -p nixUnstable --run 'nixos-install --flake https://gitlab.jalr.de/jalr/nixos-configuration#somehost --no-channel-copy'
 ```
 
+### Build a configuration
+
+```
+nix build .#nixosConfigurations.iron.config.system.build.toplevel
+```
+
 ### setting up sops
 Get the host key and convert it.
 ```bash