diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-12-10.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-12-10.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f1037741 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-12-10.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: Docker and NixOS playing nicely together +date: 2024-12-10 +permalink: daily/2024/12/10/docker-nixos +tags: + - software-development + - linux + - docker + - nix + - nixos +cta: ~ +snippet: | + My homelab laptop is running a combination of native NixOS services and some running with Docker and Docker Compose. +--- + +As I've added software to my NixOS homelab server, I've found some things that aren't yet available in the nixpkgs repository. + +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. + +[I've moved my development projects from Docker to devenv][1], but I still have Docker installed and available. + +I knew it was easy to create a container image from a Nix-based setup, but the opposite is also true. + +It's very easy to run containers within NixOS. + +For example, here's [how I've configured Tube Archivist][0]. + +This was created using a tool called `compose2nix`, but I've seen simpler examples for other services. + +This made it easy to take a Docker Compose file and convert it to a Docker or Podman container. + +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. + +[0]: https://github.com/opdavies/dotfiles/blob/8cdc6a511dab5a31b1bc0a90bcdcf361043498e7/nix/modules/nixos/features/homelab/tubearchivist-container.nix +[1]: {{site.url}}/daily/2024/12/09/drupal-devenv