# Deployments

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/c/dev/sig-deployments/20.md

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## [About the Deployments category](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/about-the-deployments-category/1298)

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**Author:** [@zimbatm](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/zimbatm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/about-the-deployments-category/1298 "2020-10-28T04:01:07Z")

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This is an informal gathering of people interested in deploying NixOS onto various targets. This includes nixops, bare-metal, containers, kubernetes, terraform, … See also Workgroup:Deployment - NixOS Wiki

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## [Issues hosting Cloudflare website in a flake. Possibly ACME?](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/issues-hosting-cloudflare-website-in-a-flake-possibly-acme/79928)

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**Author:** [@magdalenasolis](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/magdalenasolis)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/issues-hosting-cloudflare-website-in-a-flake-possibly-acme/79928 "2026-09-15T14:24:29Z")

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Hello. If you try to access my site currently, you’ll get “Error code 521”. I’m hosting this in a modular setup of three flakes, and for some reason everything seems fine over LAN (besides trying to connect to the localh…

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## [Panix - Universal NixOS Deployment Tool](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/panix-universal-nixos-deployment-tool/77911)

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**Author:** [@mihak](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/mihak)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/panix-universal-nixos-deployment-tool/77911 "2026-08-22T16:12:39Z")

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Panix is a Universal NixOS Deployment Tool. Description: Stateless, phase-oriented deployment with real-time visibility across multi-flake fleets. Phases: inspect, bootstrap, build, transfer, secrets, activate, rollbac…

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## [Simple deployment strategy using nix-copy-closure](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/simple-deployment-strategy-using-nix-copy-closure/46687)

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**Author:** [@pdg137](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/pdg137)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/simple-deployment-strategy-using-nix-copy-closure/46687 "2026-07-02T04:19:09Z")

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Hello! I’ve been working superficially with NixOS and Nixops for a few years but only recently tried to develop a deep understanding of the ecosystem. One of my goals is to replace Nixops with a simpler and more transpa…

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## [Deploying NixOS without deploying Nix?](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/deploying-nixos-without-deploying-nix/69961)

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**Author:** [@zwol](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/zwol)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/deploying-nixos-without-deploying-nix/69961 "2026-05-06T15:03:55Z")

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I think it would be useful to be able to use NixOS to build and deploy an installation that didn’t include the Nix daemon or any of the nix commands. Obviously a system like this would need to be maintained externally, …

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## [Adding flake protocol support to nix-snapshotter](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/adding-flake-protocol-support-to-nix-snapshotter/76484)

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**Author:** [@bglgwyng](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/bglgwyng)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/adding-flake-protocol-support-to-nix-snapshotter/76484 "2026-03-23T11:25:33Z")

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I’ve been working on adding flake URL support to nix-snapshotter and opened a PR upstream, but it’s been sitting without review for a while. Figured I’d share it here and see what people think. The existing nix:0 prefix…

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## [Server apps commodified: digital autonomy for the masses](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/server-apps-commodified-digital-autonomy-for-the-masses/75817)

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**Author:** [@kiara](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/kiara)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/server-apps-commodified-digital-autonomy-for-the-masses/75817 "2026-03-05T15:22:58Z")

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as part of my involvement in Fediversity, I decided to do a write-up on the project: how it aims to bring open-source to more people using NixOS, and how we hope to build on (and expand) the NixOS ecosystem to make this …

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## [Clan Core Changelog 16.02.2026](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-16-02-2026/75493)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-16-02-2026/75493 "2026-02-20T10:47:28Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [Cross build raspberry pi 0 2w, using camera v2](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cross-build-raspberry-pi-0-2w-using-camera-v2/75066)

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**Author:** [@preprius](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/preprius)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cross-build-raspberry-pi-0-2w-using-camera-v2/75066 "2026-02-12T18:50:55Z")

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I only asking for help to have nix flake crossbuild code to use picamera2. I am a hardware guy trying to do this whole project called Cat Traption. Cat Traption Project: i have a working raspberry pi 2 controlling a a…

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## [Deploying NixOS OpenStack cloud](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/deploying-nixos-openstack-cloud/21066)

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**Author:** [@JosW](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/JosW)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/deploying-nixos-openstack-cloud/21066 "2026-02-08T08:25:51Z")

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Been wanting to ask this question for a long time, still getting to learn the inners of Nix(OS) and OpenStack though, but was wondering. As a follow up on the questions raised in this topic, https://discourse.nixos.org/…

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## [Clan Core Changelog 02.02.2026](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-02-02-2026/75040)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-02-02-2026/75040 "2026-02-07T19:17:02Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [Clan Core Changelog 26.01.2026](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-26-01-2026/74813)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-26-01-2026/74813 "2026-01-29T04:51:32Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [Seeking advice: "Heroku-style" push-to-deploy workflow on Raspberry Pi (No Docker, Remote Builds)](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/seeking-advice-heroku-style-push-to-deploy-workflow-on-raspberry-pi-no-docker-remote-builds/74521)

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**Author:** [@WillyWagen](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/WillyWagen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/seeking-advice-heroku-style-push-to-deploy-workflow-on-raspberry-pi-no-docker-remote-builds/74521 "2026-01-25T12:47:47Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m running NixOS on a Raspberry Pi and I want to use it to host several small hobby projects (Node.js, Python, etc.). My goal is to achieve a “Heroku-like” workflow: push code to a repository → app automat…

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## [Clan Core Changelog 14.01.2026](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-14-01-2026/74356)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-14-01-2026/74356 "2026-01-16T09:13:18Z")

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:memo: Changelog 14.01.2026 Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to ach…

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## [Using the same nixosConfiguration for different build systems](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/using-the-same-nixosconfiguration-for-different-build-systems/41170)

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**Author:** [@proski](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/proski)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/using-the-same-nixosconfiguration-for-different-build-systems/41170 "2026-01-02T05:28:07Z")

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I’m converting my nix code from flake-utils to flake-parts. The code generates images for flashing on aarch64-linux devices. Those devices are described in the top-level flake.nix in the nixosConfigurations attribute. f…

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## [Clan Core Changelog 2.12.2025](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-2-12-2025/72847)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-core-changelog-2-12-2025/72847 "2025-12-17T10:57:37Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [Kamal like Nix deployment tool](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/kamal-like-nix-deployment-tool/72643)

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**Author:** [@JonasThowsen](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/JonasThowsen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/kamal-like-nix-deployment-tool/72643 "2025-11-28T18:04:08Z")

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Hi! I was just wondering if anyone knows about a deployment tool that has the same focus as Kamal (the deployment tool from Basecamp), just based around nix-built docker images? I really like Colmena, but would preferabl…

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## [Clan Weekly Changelog 26.11.2025](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-weekly-changelog-26-11-2025/72570)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-weekly-changelog-26-11-2025/72570 "2025-11-26T17:02:22Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [Clan Weekly Changelog 19.11.2025](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-weekly-changelog-19-11-2025/72333)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-weekly-changelog-19-11-2025/72333 "2025-11-20T11:28:29Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [NixOS automation with AI](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-automation-with-ai/72275)

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**Author:** [@fieldempty](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/fieldempty)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-automation-with-ai/72275 "2025-11-19T15:29:13Z")

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Since NixOS is Unix-like system, with a text based interface, and configuration in one file, can LLM fully automate it? I’m just a casual NixOS user (mid-level at best), and I don’t have any working prototype yet - only…

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## [Rebuild is caching the flake](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/rebuild-is-caching-the-flake/36058)

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**Author:** [@tcurdt](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tcurdt)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/rebuild-is-caching-the-flake/36058 "2025-11-12T23:07:55Z")

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I have infected a host via ssh and now have a bare NixOS server. I then apply my flake like this: nixos-rebuild switch --flake git+ssh://git@github.com/tcurdt/nixcfg.git#utm-arm and get the system I want. :tada: But w…

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## [Clan Weekly Changelog 12.11.2025](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-weekly-changelog-12-11-2025/72061)

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**Author:** [@Luis-Hebendanz](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Luis-Hebendanz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clan-weekly-changelog-12-11-2025/72061 "2025-11-12T17:15:07Z")

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Clan is a toolkit that makes it easier to manage networks of VPN-connected NixOS machines. The ultimate goal is to lower the barrier to self-hosted services massively and allow anyone to achieve this without special har…

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## [Don't expose Source Code in Binary Cache](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dont-expose-source-code-in-binary-cache/33024)

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**Author:** [@BeneSim](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/BeneSim)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dont-expose-source-code-in-binary-cache/33024 "2025-09-15T18:57:24Z")

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Hey, I’m currently preparing an internal presentation at my company to promote the usage of nix. However, I’m having a hard time getting my head around a particular problem: At our company we take care of thousands of …

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## [Non-root profile service deployment](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/non-root-profile-service-deployment/66481)

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**Author:** [@alinnow](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/alinnow)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/non-root-profile-service-deployment/66481 "2025-07-16T12:00:12Z")

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I’d like to continuously deploy some software on a NixOS system with a separate cadence to the system profile. I can’t seem to find much about this, although I’ve seen it referred to in various posts, e.g. Home-manager i…

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## [Anyone got a good default for a terminal only config.nix](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/anyone-got-a-good-default-for-a-terminal-only-config-nix/59721)

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**Author:** [@CakeVision](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/CakeVision)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/anyone-got-a-good-default-for-a-terminal-only-config-nix/59721 "2025-02-02T20:12:02Z")

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Info: I’m deploying the containers on my proxmox 8.4 server, but any configs are welcome Lookin for what others use as their default config when making a new shell only container. Just want to see what others find essen…

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## [Best way to compile x86\_64-linux from Apple silicon?](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/best-way-to-compile-x86-64-linux-from-apple-silicon/52488)

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**Author:** [@onnimonni](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/onnimonni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/best-way-to-compile-x86-64-linux-from-apple-silicon/52488 "2024-12-13T03:24:14Z")

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Hey, I read this amazing blog post while ago and understood that it’s easy to compile aarch64-linux from apple silicon host but not to x86\_64-linux targets: How are the users of M1 machines currently deploying to rem…

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## [Rootless partition with graphical installer](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/rootless-partition-with-graphical-installer/53913)

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**Author:** [@bittner](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/bittner)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/rootless-partition-with-graphical-installer/53913 "2024-10-08T02:40:18Z")

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I would like to be able to set up a rootless partition setup (aka “Erase your darlings”) using the Graphical Installer. Impermanence out-of-the-box One popular motivation and a compelling reason to use NixOS, I believe,…

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## [Networking isolated NixOS containers with auto-generated hostnames](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/networking-isolated-nixos-containers-with-auto-generated-hostnames/50928)

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**Author:** [@Gabriella439](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Gabriella439)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/networking-isolated-nixos-containers-with-auto-generated-hostnames/50928 "2024-08-21T14:53:35Z")

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I wanted to ask if there were some existing way to (A) deploy NixOS containers with private networking enabled (i.e. privateNetwork = true;) while (B) making them all reachable via hostnames autogenerated from the contai…

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## [CI/CD rebuilds via github](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/ci-cd-rebuilds-via-github/36059)

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**Author:** [@tcurdt](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tcurdt)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/ci-cd-rebuilds-via-github/36059 "2024-06-06T02:41:47Z")

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I have my server configuration on github and want to trigger deployments/rebuilds via github workflows. The idea would be to have very restricted ssh account that is only allowed to pull my flake repo and then trigger a…

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## [Pgpool gethostbyname failed](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pgpool-gethostbyname-failed/45714)

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**Author:** [@Alpha](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Alpha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pgpool-gethostbyname-failed/45714 "2024-05-20T08:12:06Z")

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Hello, I have a problem with pgpool package that I installed on a nixos 23.11. context : 3 VMs , a postgresql and pgpool installed on each of theam, they can all be reachable on the port 5432 nc -v clustering-0 5432 s…

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