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Docker and NixOS playing nicely together

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+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.
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+As I've added software to my NixOS homelab server, I've found some things that aren't yet available in the nixpkgs repository.
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+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.
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+[I've moved my development projects from Docker to devenv][1], but I still have Docker installed and available.
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+I knew it was easy to create a container image from a Nix-based setup, but the opposite is also true.
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+It's very easy to run containers within NixOS.
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+For example, here's [how I've configured Tube Archivist][0].
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+This was created using a tool called `compose2nix`, but I've seen simpler examples for other services.
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+This made it easy to take a Docker Compose file and convert it to a Docker or Podman container.
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+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.
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+[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