I haven’t seen a tutorial explain this in detail, so I created my own.
I’m interested in feedback about whether this can be simplified or improved.
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I enjoy NixOS for my laptop and use it for some servers but there’s a bit of challenge managing multiple machines via gitops.
I forget about which machines need which secrets (agenix) and what version each machine is at.
I should just have them pull on a quick cron to assume they are on latest but /shrug
Great guide! I agree there isn’t much about deploying NixOS apps to prod, since there are a few peculiarities compared to just running it on your laptop. Two resources I found helpful:
- It takes 68 steps to deploy Odoo with NixOS - It was pretty helpful to see some of the more gnarly things fleshed out, like secrets and host bootstrapping with
nixos-anywhere. - NixOS in… by Gabriella Gonzalez [Leanpub PDF/iPad/Kindle] (still in progress though)
Maybe others might find them helpful.
This project should be doing what you want GitHub - nlewo/comin: GitOps For NixOS Machines
(Disclaimer: I want o try it but didn’t get to it yet)
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