get TF in prod to the same 'installable ... does not correspond to a Nix language value' for non-flakes

seemingly gets further when a similar command is tried from terminal.
as per https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/8752#issuecomment-1694714693,
this may have to do with aligning the current working directory.

panel/src/panel/templates/configuration_form.html

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
           hx-trigger="click"
           hx-indicator="#spinner-container"
           hx-disabled-elt="this"
-          hx-target="#deployment-result"
+          hx-swap="none"
-          hx-swap="innerHTML"
           name="deploy">
       Deploy
   </button>
@@ -20,8 +19,5 @@
   <div id="spinner-container" class="htmx-indicator">
     <span class="loader"></span>
   </div>
-
-  <div id="deployment-result">
-  </div>
 </form>
 {% endblock %}

panel/src/panel/templates/partials/deployment_result.html

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{% if deployment_status %}
-  <p>{{ deployment_status }}</p>
-
-  <ul>
-  {% for service, state in services.items %}
-    {% if state %}
-    <li>
-        ✓ {{ service }}
-    </li>
-    {% endif %}
-  {% endfor %}
-  </ul>
-{% endif %}

panel/src/panel/views.py

@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView, DetailView
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormView
 
-from django.shortcuts import render
 from panel import models, settings
+from panel import models
 from panel.configuration import forms
 
-
 class Index(TemplateView):
     template_name = 'index.html'
 
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ class ConfigurationForm(LoginRequiredMixin, FormView):
         initial.update(self.convert_enums_to_names(config_dict))
         return initial
 
-
 class Save(ConfigurationForm):
     def form_valid(self, form):
         obj = self.get_object()
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ class Save(ConfigurationForm):
 
         return super().form_valid(form)
 
-
 class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
     def form_valid(self, form):
         obj = self.get_object()
@@ -102,20 +99,9 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
 
         # Check for deploy button
         if "deploy" in self.request.POST.keys():
-            deployment_result, deployment_params = self.deployment(obj)
+            self.deployment(obj)
-            if deployment_result.returncode == 0:
-                deployment_status = "Deployment Succeeded"
-            else:
-                deployment_status = "Deployment Failed"
 
-        return render(self.request, "partials/deployment_result.html", {
+        return super().form_valid(form)
-            "deployment_status": deployment_status,
-            "services": {
-                "peertube": deployment_params['peertube']['enable'],
-                "pixelfed": deployment_params['pixelfed']['enable'],
-                "mastodon": deployment_params['mastodon']['enable']
-                }
-            })
 
     def deployment(self, obj):
         submission = obj.parsed_value.model_dump_json()
@@ -129,7 +115,7 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
           },
         }
         # serialize back and forth now we still need to manually inject the dummy user
-        deployment_params = dummy_user | json.loads(submission)
+        deployment = dummy_user | json.loads(submission)
         env = {
             "PATH": settings.bin_path,
             # used in nixos-anywhere for ssh-copy-id
@@ -138,7 +124,7 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
         } | {
             # pass in form info to our deployment
             # FIXME: ensure sensitive info is protected
-            f"TF_VAR_{k}": v if isinstance(v, str) else json.dumps(v) for k, v in deployment_params.items()
+            f"TF_VAR_{k}": v if isinstance(v, str) else json.dumps(v) for k, v in deployment.items()
         }
         cwd = f"{settings.repo_dir}/launch"
         # FIXME: move init to packaging phase
@@ -152,4 +138,4 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
         ]
         deployment_result = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, env=env)
         print(deployment_result)
-        return deployment_result, deployment_params
+        return deployment_result