clean up file and add uptime kuma

hosts/nixos/vaniville/configuration.nix

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ let
 in
 {
   imports =
-    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+    [
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
       ../../nixos
       ../../../users/blake
       ../../../modules/system
-      #../../../modules/holocron
       ../../../modules/homelab
+      #../../../modules/holocron
     ];
 
   home-manager.users.blake.imports = [
@@ -25,18 +25,16 @@ in
     tailscale.enable = false;
   };
   homelab = {
+    base_domain = "vaniville.lan";
+    host_ip = "10.10.0.11";
     ddns.enable = true;
+    uptime-kuma = {
+      enable = true;
+      url = "up.blakedheld.xyz";
+    };
+
   };
 
-  services.tailscale = {
-    enable = true;
-    useRoutingFeatures = "server";
-  };
-
-
-  # use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
-  #boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
-
   boot = { 
     loader = {
       efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
@@ -50,37 +48,31 @@ in
     };
   };
 
- 
-
   # define shell
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
   users.defaultUserShell = pkgs.zsh;
 
-  # package install list
+  # packages reccomended by linode
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     inetutils
     mtr
     sysstat
   ];
 
-  # allow proprietary packages
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
-
-  # enable flakes
-  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
-
-  # setup hostname and networking stack
+  # setup the network forwarding this host is designed for
+  # general networking config
   networking = {
     hostName = "vaniville"; # Define your hostname.
     usePredictableInterfaceNames = false;
     useDHCP = false;
-    interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = true;
-    #networkmanager.enable = true;  # Easiest to use and most distros use this by default.
+    interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = true; # public ipv4 interface
 
+    # the proper way to forward ports on nixos, need to figure it out locally then try to get it working over vps
     nat = {
       enable = true;
       externalInterface = "eth0";          # your PUBLIC_IF
       internalInterfaces = [ "tailscale0" ];
+      # maybe one day i will figure out the forward ports proper
       forwardPorts = [
 #        { sourcePort = 80;    destination = "10.10.0.10:80";    proto = "tcp"; } # http
 #        { sourcePort = 443;   destination = "10.10.0.10:443";   proto = "tcp"; } # https
@@ -98,6 +90,7 @@ in
       ];
     };
   
+    # what actually does the forwarding
     firewall = {
       enable = true;
       allowedTCPPorts = [ 22 80 443 25777 7567 21115 21116 21117 21118 21119 ];
@@ -127,6 +120,12 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  # enable tailscale for to forward over!
+  services.tailscale = {
+    enable = true;
+    useRoutingFeatures = "server";
+  };
+
 
   system.stateVersion = "25.05"; # Did you read the comment?