Pre-flight Checklist

Send this to participants one week before the workshop.

What to bring

• A laptop with one of:
  • (a) NixOS already installed, or
  • (b) A NixOS live USB ready to boot, or
  • (c) A spare machine you can wipe (we provide USB keys at the lab)
• Ethernet cable if you have one (workshop wifi is the enemy of P2P traffic)
• An SSH client you are comfortable with

Optional but useful

• A second monitor (Kate + Konsole + Firefox side by side is the ideal layout)
• A basic understanding of what a systemd unit is

No Nix experience required

You do not need to know Nix before the workshop. We will walk through the flake together before anyone touches a keyboard.

Facilitator pre-flight (day before)

• Flash 5 USB keys with the workshop ISO
• Test ISO boots on at least one Holoport / NUC
• Verify colmena apply reaches all 5 nodes over the local network
• Confirm the hApp installer enabled hREA, Kando and Requests & Offers on every node (journalctl -u holochain-happ-installer | grep 'Enabled app'); the bundles are fetched by hash, nothing goes in happs/
• Bring a dedicated router (tested) — do not rely on Sensorica lab wifi alone
• Print or share the participant handout
• Have Grafana dashboard URL ready on a shared screen