Nixcademy Blog Posts with Tag "systemd"
Faster and cheaper NixOS integration tests with containers
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📆 Fri Mar 13 2026 by Jacek Galowicz
The new container support in the NixOS integration test driver allows for faster and lighter testing, let's see how it works!
NixOS OTA Updates with systemd-sysupdate: Immutable A/B System Partitions
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📆 Mon Nov 03 2025 by Jacek Galowicz
NixOS systemd-sysupdate tutorial: build immutable A/B system partitions for over-the-air appliance updates. Part 3 of our NixOS image series.
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
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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
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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.