diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
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+{ nixosSystem, home-manager, lib, nixpkgs-unstable, ... }: {
+  sterni = nixosSystem {
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+    modules = [
+      ./configs/sterni/configuration.nix
+      home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+      {
+        home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+        home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+      }
+      ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+        # defined overlays injected by the nixflake
+        nixpkgs.overlays = [
+          (_self: _super: {
+            # we assign the overlay created before to the overlays of nixpkgs.
+            unstable = nixpkgs-unstable.legacyPackages.${pkgs.system};
+          })
+        ];
+
+        # imports of modules
+        imports = [ <backup-module> <krops-lib> <cluster-module> <modules> ];
+      })
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+
+  description = "my krops file";
+
+  inputs = {
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-21.05";
+    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    nix-doom-emacs = {
+      url = "github:vlaci/nix-doom-emacs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-21.05";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    krops = {
+      url = "github:Mic92/krops";
+      #url = "file:/home/palo/dev/krops-mic92-fork";
+      inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, krops, flake-utils, nix-doom-emacs
+    , nixpkgs-unstable, ... }:
+    (flake-utils.lib.eachSystem [ "x86_64-linux" ] (system:
+      let
+
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        writeCommand = krops.packages.${system}.writeCommand;
+
+      in {
+
+        # deploy like this:
+        #  nix run ".#deploy.sterni"
+        apps.deploy = pkgs.callPackage ./krops.nix {
+          inherit writeCommand;
+          lib = krops.lib;
+        };
+
+      })) // {
+        nixosConfigurations = import ./configurations.nix {
+          nixosSystem = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem;
+          inherit home-manager nixpkgs-unstable lib;
+        };
+
+      };
+
+}
diff --git a/krops.nix b/krops.nix
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+{ writeCommand, lib, ... }:
+let
+
+  secrets = name: {
+    secrets.pass = {
+      dir = toString ~/.password-store;
+      name = "krops/${name}/secrets";
+    };
+    common_secrets.pass = {
+      dir = toString ~/.password-store;
+      name = "krops/common_secrets";
+    };
+  };
+
+  desktopSecrets = {
+    desktop_secrets.pass = {
+      dir = toString ~/.password-store;
+      name = "krops/desktop_secrets";
+    };
+  };
+
+  source = {
+
+    # only workhorse
+    # property.file = toString ./submodules/property;
+
+    assets.file = toString ./assets;
+    configs.file = toString ./configs;
+    library.file = toString ./library;
+    modules.file = toString ./modules;
+    #mqtt.file = toString ./mqtt;
+    pkgs.file = toString ./pkgs;
+    system.file = toString ./system;
+
+    #backup-module.file = toString ~/dev/backup;
+    backup-module.git = {
+      url = "https://git.ingolf-wagner.de/nix-modules/backup.git";
+      ref = "1.3.3";
+    };
+
+    #kops-lib.file = toString ~/dev/krops-lib;
+    krops-lib.git = {
+      url = "https://git.ingolf-wagner.de/nix-modules/krops.git";
+      ref = "1.0.3";
+    };
+
+    #cluster-module.file = toString ~/dev/cluster-module;
+    cluster-module.git = {
+      url = "https://git.ingolf-wagner.de/nix-modules/cluster.git";
+      ref = "1.2.0";
+    };
+
+  };
+
+in {
+  sterni = writeCommand "deploy-sterni" {
+    source = source // (secrets "sterni") // desktopSecrets;
+    target = lib.mkTarget "root@sterni.private";
+  };
+}