Tag: nixos

7 posts

Moonstone

Personal ATProto PDS implementation optimised for NixOS/Caddy, with no Bluesky infrastructure defaults.

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Ewan's Project Documentation
docs.ewancroft.uk
Apr 10, 2026

Nix Starter

Beginner-friendly, self-contained NixOS configurations with no personal infrastructure or shared abstractions.

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Ewan's Project Documentation
docs.ewancroft.uk
Apr 10, 2026

Dipping a Toe into the Fediverse (Again)

On standing up a GoToSocial instance, migrating to Sharkey when the lack of quote posts became too annoying, and why the fediverse is more fun than I remember.

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Ewan’s Blog
Mar 21, 2026

nix-config-tools

Rust CLI tools for managing nixos/nix-darwin configurations — now part of the @ewanc26/pkgs monorepo.

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Ewan's Project Documentation
docs.ewancroft.uk
Mar 6, 2026

~/.config/nix-config Rewritten: What I Actually Changed (And Why)

With thanks to Isabel.

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Ewan’s Blog
Feb 19, 2026

Setting up NixOS to use an SSH CA

I've been experimenting with NixOS again recently — having had several failed attempts before due to the utterly impenetrable documentation — but I'm curious enough to spend a bit more effort on it. Even though I'm only running it in test VMs right now I still want to get a good feel for running it on a server, so I want to be able to log in using a signed certificate. Initially I did it the "easy" way by adding a cert-authority key for my user in configuration.nix:

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james(bl)og
jamesog.pckt.blog
Jan 30, 2026

Deploying my Blog to NixOS - Toolbox #4

you think having 3 repositories and NixOS involved in running a static website is ridiculous? Well, no, you are ridiculous!

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Marius Lab
Jan 9, 2026