I have several python scripts I need to be run as services and I want this configuration to be independent of the host and the user so I can install it on a new non-NixOS machine the same way normal packages are installed with “nix-env -iA”. I’ve packaged everything for home-manager and it works but I have to specify the user in home.nix which I don’t want to do. What’s the right way of doing what I’ve described?
Don’t use nix-env - https://stop-using-nix-env.privatevoid.net/
and you can use either home-manager for user services or GitHub - numtide/system-manager: Manage system config using nix on any distro for system services
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Thanks for the quick response!
I don’t use nix-env. What I meant was I want the same ease of installing a package (a set of packages) as with it. I’d like to be able to install and run all my services with just one command.
I am already using home-manager, the question is can I use it without changing the username in home.nix on every machine?
System-manager seems to be just what I need! I’ll give it a try. But it looks like it might not run well on distros other than Ubuntu. Maybe there’s some better way?
system-manager works on any systemd-based distro, I used it on Arch before. It manages systemd units and anything in /etc. I only stopped because I just use NixOS now.
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@waffle8946 thanks. I was about to dig into just trying to use straight “modules” to generate and manage systemd services on non-Nixos, but system-manager probably will be better.
Works perfectly! Thanks again 