nixos
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Managing secrets in Nix using Agenix
If tomorrow my laptop were to go in flames, I would lose two things. First I would lose my data, and this is what backups are for. The second thing I would lose is my configuration (software installed, network setup, …). Nix offers a way to preserve this (assuming the configuration is replicated externally like…
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Managing databases users using nix
Recently I had the following challenge: manage database (robotic) users using nix. More specifically I wanted to declare a list of MariaDB/MySQL users, alongside passwords, and permissions using nix. And while nix has some options for this (e.g. services.mysql.ensureUsers.*.name). Some aspects can’t be declared with nix options like the credentials or its permissions for given…
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Publishing a pelican website using nix
This website is statically generated using pelican and development on the website is done via nix flakes. Here is how : Overview¶ I use pelican to publish this website. Pelican is a python based command line tool to generate a static website. Pelican requires writing the articles in reStructuredText or Markdown and placing these files…