Can't setup on NixOS

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1

Unable to setup. I am using NixOS linux.

# twingate setup
Twingate Setup 1.0.60.47219 | 0.130.0
By continuing, you agree to the User Terms of Service (https://twingate.com/terms/user)
and acknowledge the Privacy Policy (https://twingate.com/privacy). [A]gree/[q]uit: A
Enter the name of your Twingate network (eg. "acme" for "acme.twingate.com"): NETWORK
checking...
NETWORK is a valid Twingate network
No such file or directory (os error 2)
Expected NETWORK but found ''. Try again? [Y/n]: n
Do you want to automatically start the Twingate service at boot? [Y/n]: n
No such file or directory (os error 2)
Do you want the Twingate service to automatically login after restart?
This requires saving authentication data in /var/lib/twingate (accessible only to root) [y/N]: y
No such file or directory (os error 2)
Do you want to automatically share application error reports with Twingate? [Y/n]: n
No such file or directory (os error 2)
Do you want to start Twingate now? [Y/n]:
Please run "twingate setup" first to configure access to your Twingate network.
To start desktop notifications, run `twingate desktop-start`.
Alternatively, you can run `/usr/bin/twingate-notifier console` in order to receive Twingate authentication requests in the console.
No such file or directory (os error 2)
2

This looks like it’s unable to find the /etc/twingate directory to write the configs.

If you run sudo twingate setup do you see a change in behaviour?

3

Yes, I’ve ran it with sudo. My /etc is readonly. Is there any workaround for this? Perhaps it might make sense to log the exact errors.

How can I write this config file manually?

FYI: when shell command example starts with # it means that it is being run as a root. When with $, it means that it is being run as a user

4

Have you enabled the service via
services.twingate.enable = true;
in your nixOS configuration?

Enabling the service should create the relevant /etc/twingate directory. Once you’ve enabled the service, twingate setup should work, but let us know if you’re still encountering errors.

5

Yes, I’ve found this option, thank you!
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