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+# This is a customized configuration that can be edited slightly and then
+# dropped on a 100TB machine that is being crossgraded to NixOS.
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  # Make all these correct.
+  interface = "eno1";
+  publicIPv4 = "69.36.183.24";
+  prefixLength = 24;
+  gateway = "69.36.183.1";
+  gatewayInterface = "eno1";
+  grubDeviceID = "wwn-0x5000c500936410b9";
+  rootPublicKey = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIN4GenAY/YLGuf1WoMXyyVa3S9i4JLQ0AG+pt7nvcLlQ exarkun@baryon";
+in {
+  imports =
+    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+      ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ];
+
+  boot.loader.timeout = 1;
+  boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.grub.version = 2;
+  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/disk/by-id/${grubDeviceID}";
+
+  # Let me in to do subsequent configuration.
+  networking.firewall.enable = false;
+  services.openssh.enable = true;
+
+  users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+    rootPublicKey
+  ];
+
+  # Provide the static network configuration.
+  networking.dhcpcd.enable = false;
+  networking.interfaces = {
+    "${interface}".ipv4.addresses = [
+      { address = publicIPv4; inherit prefixLength; }
+    ];
+  };
+  networking.defaultGateway = {
+    address = gateway;
+    interface = gatewayInterface;
+  };
+  networking.nameservers = [
+    "4.2.2.1"
+    "8.8.8.8"
+  ];
+
+  # This value determines the NixOS release with which your system is to be
+  # compatible, in order to avoid breaking some software such as database
+  # servers. You should change this only after NixOS release notes say you
+  # should.
+  system.stateVersion = "19.03"; # Did you read the comment?
+}