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How do I host a kbin instance on NixOS? (kbin.social)
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Hello, does anyone know about how to run a kbin instance on NixOS? Will the steps on https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/wiki#admin-guide (but replacing the apt installs with adding packages in configuration.nix) just work, or is there a better, more reproducible way?

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EDIT: I meant a kbin instance, not lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Will the steps on https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/wiki#admin-guide (but replacing the apt installs with adding packages in configuration.nix) just work

No, they will not. It's not about having packages available, it's about packaging it properly and configuring the system to accommodate it.

or is there a better, more reproducible way?

First you'll need to package kbin. This might actually be rather trivial since php does not involve a real build process AFAIK? See other PHP packages for inspiration.

Next you need to set up a module that internally declares a service and configures other services such as Redis or Nginx accordingly. Again, see other PHP modules for reference.

An alternative would be to use Docker/OCI containers to run kbin.