diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42187739..efd902f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /roles/**/files/scratchpad
 .DS_Store
 .python-version
-flake.lock
+.direnv
 
 # ignore roles pulled by ansible-galaxy
 /roles/galaxy/*
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5204abc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1683777345,
+        "narHash": "sha256-V2p/A4RpEGqEZussOnHYMU6XglxBJGCODdzoyvcwig8=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "635a306fc8ede2e34cb3dd0d6d0a5d49362150ed",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}