Nixcademy Blog Posts with Tag "nixos-modules"

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.

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.