Let’s write an nbd
service module for NixOS. We’ll look at the shape of NixOS modules, define the service’s options, generate the configuration for the server, write tests, and see how upstreaming into nixpkgs
works.
Let’s write an nbd
service module for NixOS. We’ll look at the shape of NixOS modules, define the service’s options, generate the configuration for the server, write tests, and see how upstreaming into nixpkgs
works.
Many recent distributed programs like etcd
or Kubernetes require TLS certificates to communicate securely. Creating these by hand is tedious, so let’s see how to automate it with a nix flake.
NixOS 21.11 switched to the nf_tables
backend for iptables
. Let’s see what this means, and what new things we can and cannot do.