# bij `bij` is a remote deploy tool for NixOS similar to [colmena](). It tries to work without extra configuration with a Nix Flake exposing `nixosConfigurations`. ## Usage Deploy configuration of host `astatine`. ``` bij apply astatine ``` By default the FQDN of the host is used as the host addresse, but you can specify your own. ``` bij apply astatine --target 192.168.187.6 ``` Normally the flake of the current working directory is used. But you can specify a custom path. ``` bij --flake /etc/nixos apply astatine ``` Sometimes it is required to execute some commands on a host directly. ``` bij exec astatine -- hostname ```