Merge pull request 'Add documentation how to connect to installer' (#2600) from Mic92-vars-fixes into main

docs/site/getting-started/installer.md

@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ sudo umount /dev/sdb1
         --ssh-pubkey <pubkey_path>
         ```
         If you do not have an ssh key yet, you can generate one with `ssh-keygen -t ed25519` command.
+        This ssh key will be installed into the root user.
+
+    - **Connect to the installer
+
+        On boot, the installer will display on-screen the IP address it received from the network.
+        If you need to configure Wi-Fi first, refer to the next section.
+        If Multicast-DNS (Avahi) is enabled on your own machine, you can also access the installer using the `flash-installer.local` address.
 
     - **List Keymaps**:
         You can get a list of all keymaps with the following command:
@@ -128,6 +135,12 @@ sudo umount /dev/sdb1
     sudo dd bs=4M conv=fsync status=progress if=./nixos-installer-x86_64-linux.iso of=/dev/sd<X>
     ```
 
+    - **Connect to the installer
+
+      On boot, the installer will display on-screen the IP address it received from the network.
+      If you need to configure Wi-Fi first, refer to the next section.
+      If Multicast-DNS (Avahi) is enabled on your own machine, you can also access the installer using the `nixos-installer.local` address.
+
 
 ###  Step 3: Boot From USB Stick
 - To use, boot from the Clan USB drive with **secure boot turned off**. For step by step instructions go to [Disabling Secure Boot](../manual/secure-boot.md)

nixosModules/installer/default.nix

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  network-status = pkgs.writeShellScript "network-status" ''
+  network-status = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "network-status" ''
     export PATH=${
       lib.makeBinPath (
         with pkgs;
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ in
     ./zfs-latest.nix
   ];
 
-  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.nixos-facter ];
+  environment.systemPackages = [
+    pkgs.nixos-facter
+    network-status
+  ];
 
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