Nixcademy Blog Posts with Tag "systemd"

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.

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.

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.