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https://github.com/NixOS/nixops
NixOps is a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixops
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NixOps is a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/NixOS/nixops
- Owner: NixOS
- License: lgpl-3.0
- Created: 2011-10-24T15:49:58.000Z (about 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-10T11:14:58.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T14:38:05.736Z (10 days ago)
- Topics: aws, cloud, devops, digialocean, gce, hetzner, libvirt, nix, nixops, nixos, python, virtualbox
- Language: Python
- Homepage: https://nixos.org/nixops
- Size: 6.7 MB
- Stars: 1,846
- Watchers: 57
- Forks: 365
- Open Issues: 328
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: COPYING
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README
# NixOps
> [!Warning]
> NixOps is in low-maintenance mode and probably not suited for new projects. Use at your own risks.
> [!Note]
> An experimental rewrite of NixOps is happening under https://github.com/nixops4/nixops4
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_NixOps_ is a tool for deploying to [NixOS](https://nixos.org) machines in a network or the cloud. Key features include:
- **Declarative**: NixOps determines and carries out actions necessary to realise a deployment configuration.
- **Testable**: Try your deployments on [VirtualBox](https://github.com/nix-community/nixops-vbox) or [libvirtd](https://github.com/nix-community/nixops-libvirtd).
- **Multi Cloud Support**: Currently supports deployments to [AWS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixops-aws), [Hetzner](https://github.com/NixOS/nixops-hetzner), and [GCE](https://github.com/AmineChikhaoui/nixops-gce)
- **Separation of Concerns**: Deployment descriptions are divided into _logical_ and _physical_ aspects. This makes it easy to separate parts that say _what_ a machine should do from _where_ they should do it.
- **Extensible**: _NixOps_ is extensible through a plugin infrastructure which can be used to provide additional backends.
For more information, please refer to the [NixOps manual](https://nixos.org/nixops/manual/).
### Running
_NixOps_ is included in nixpkgs and can be executed in a shell as follows:
```
$ nix-shell -p nixops
```
or for a bleeding edge version, including many fixes relative to the 1.7 series,
```
$ nix-shell -p nixopsUnstable
```
You may need access to a Nix remote builder if your system does not support the deployment's `system` builds directly. MacOS users may use a virtual machine with NixOS for this purpose.
It is also possible to use cross-compilation with NixOps, by setting `nixpkgs.localSystem` and `nixpkgs.crossSystem`. A mix of remote, emulated and cross builds is also possible; see [this writeup on eno.space](https://eno.space/blog//2021/08/nixos-on-underpowered-devices).
### Building And Developing
#### Building The Nix Package
You can build the Nix package by simply invoking `nix-build` on the project root:
```
$ nix-build
```
#### Development Shell
`shell.nix` provides an environment with all dependencies required for working on _NixOps_. You can use `nix-shell` to
enter a shell suitable for working on _NixOps_ which will contain all Python dependencies specified in [pyproject.toml](./pyproject.toml)
```
$ nix-shell
```
#### Executing Tests
Inside the development shell the tests can be executed as follows:
```
$ pytest
```
#### Documentation
NixOps' documentation uses reStructuredText. When editing the docs,
get a live-reloading, rendered version of the docs:
```
nixops$ ./live-docs.py
Serving on http://127.0.0.1:5500
```
and verify its lints before committing:
```
nixops$ lint-docs
```
### Contributing
Contributions to the project are welcome in the form of GitHub PRs. Please consider the following guidelines before creating PRs:
- Please make sure to format your code using [black](https://github.com/psf/black).
- Please add type signatures using [mypy](http://mypy-lang.org/).
- If you are planning to make any considerable changes, you should first present your plans in a GitHub issue so it can be discussed.
- If you are adding features, please also add reasonable tests.
### License
Licensed under [LGPL-3.0](./COPYING).