"value":"\n <p>As I've added software to my NixOS homelab server, I've found some things that aren't yet available in the nixpkgs repository.<\/p>\n\n<p>A common approach seems to be to use Docker and Docker Compose to run things in containers, especially ones that need multiple services like a web server, a database and a cache or proxy.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2024\/12\/09\/drupal-devenv\">I've moved my development projects from Docker to devenv<\/a>, but I still have Docker installed and available.<\/p>\n\n<p>I knew it was easy to create a container image from a Nix-based setup, but the opposite is also true.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's very easy to run containers within NixOS.<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, here's <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/opdavies\/dotfiles\/blob\/8cdc6a511dab5a31b1bc0a90bcdcf361043498e7\/nix\/modules\/nixos\/features\/homelab\/tubearchivist-container.nix\">how I've configured Tube Archivist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>This was created using a tool called <code>compose2nix<\/code>, but I've seen simpler examples for other services.<\/p>\n\n<p>This made it easy to take a Docker Compose file and convert it to a Docker or Podman container.<\/p>\n\n<p>My preference is to use NixOS services if they exist, but it's great to be able to do this as an alternative when needed.<\/p>\n\n ",
"processed":"\n <p>As I've added software to my NixOS homelab server, I've found some things that aren't yet available in the nixpkgs repository.<\/p>\n\n<p>A common approach seems to be to use Docker and Docker Compose to run things in containers, especially ones that need multiple services like a web server, a database and a cache or proxy.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2024\/12\/09\/drupal-devenv\">I've moved my development projects from Docker to devenv<\/a>, but I still have Docker installed and available.<\/p>\n\n<p>I knew it was easy to create a container image from a Nix-based setup, but the opposite is also true.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's very easy to run containers within NixOS.<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, here's <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/opdavies\/dotfiles\/blob\/8cdc6a511dab5a31b1bc0a90bcdcf361043498e7\/nix\/modules\/nixos\/features\/homelab\/tubearchivist-container.nix\">how I've configured Tube Archivist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>This was created using a tool called <code>compose2nix<\/code>, but I've seen simpler examples for other services.<\/p>\n\n<p>This made it easy to take a Docker Compose file and convert it to a Docker or Podman container.<\/p>\n\n<p>My preference is to use NixOS services if they exist, but it's great to be able to do this as an alternative when needed.<\/p>\n\n ",