Nixcademy Blog Posts with Tag "nixos"

Immutable A/B system partitions with NixOS for over-the-air updates

Immutable A/B system partitions with NixOS for over-the-air updates
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📆 Mon Nov 03 2025 by Jacek Galowicz
Part 3 of our NixOS appliance image series - Learn how to use systemd-sysupdate to automatically update systems that run on immutable partitions.

Minimizing NixOS images

Minimizing NixOS images
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📆 Tue Oct 21 2025 by Jacek Galowicz
Part 2 of our NixOS appliance image series - Learn how to use native Nix tools to shrink the size of your NixOS system images with quick iteration cycles!

Self-growing NixOS appliance images with systemd-repart

Self-growing NixOS appliance images with systemd-repart
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📆 Fri Oct 03 2025 by Jacek Galowicz
How to build small, self-inflating NixOS images with systemd-repart that automatically repartition to use the full disk on the first boot.

Run and Auto-Update Docker Containers on NixOS

Run and Auto-Update Docker Containers on NixOS
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📆 Thu Nov 21 2024 by Jacek Galowicz
Learn how to run the Home Assistant Docker image on NixOS on a Raspberry Pi 4 or other NixOS machines and how to keep it up to date automatically.

Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 2)

Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 2)
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📆 Fri Dec 01 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
Unlock the NixOS Integration Test Driver! Discover its architecture, setup, interactive debugging, and OCR for efficient, reproducible testing.

Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 1)

Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 1)
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📆 Tue Oct 24 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
This guide explores how to efficiently run the blazingly fast NixOS integration tests, orchestrate multiple VMs, and leverage Python scripting.

Hosting OpenStreetMap on NixOS

Hosting OpenStreetMap on NixOS
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📆 Tue Sep 26 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
Host OpenStreetMap on NixOS with ease! This guide helps you set up a OSM on NixOS for reproducible and quick deployment. Ideal for airgapped or custom setups!

Multi-Version PHP with Nginx on NixOS: Containerized and Not

Multi-Version PHP with Nginx on NixOS: Containerized and Not
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📆 Mon Sep 04 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
Configure a web server with multiple PHP versions on NixOS using its declarative approach, and wrap it into NixOS containers for extra isolation.

Running NixOS from any Linux Distro in systemd-nspawn Containers

Running NixOS from any Linux Distro in systemd-nspawn Containers
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📆 Tue Aug 29 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
Run NixOS on any Linux distro using systemd-nspawn! Discover how to leverage machinectl for seamless, persistent, and configurable container management.

Remote Deployments with nixos-rebuild

Remote Deployments with nixos-rebuild
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📆 Thu Aug 10 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
Explore how nixos-rebuild's remote capabilities simplify deployment across machines. Learn the efficient steps for seamless remote builds and deployments!

Magic Deployments with nixos-rebuild

Magic Deployments with nixos-rebuild
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📆 Mon Jul 31 2023 by Jacek Galowicz
Discover the power of nixos-rebuild for seamless system configuration, upgrades, and rollbacks with just a few commands. Explore its versatile capabilities!​