Nix & NixOS Workshop

Available VMs

Pre-configured VMs are available at: nix4u.btc4u.me

• Username: workshop
• Password: workshop

Inside the VMs:

• User: ws
• Password: workshop

These VMs are ready for the workshop with all prerequisites installed and this repository's files available.

About

This repository contains examples for learning Nix package manager and NixOS.

Structure

• 01-ubuntu-examples/ - Examples for Nix on Ubuntu
• 02-flakes-examples/ - Modern Nix flakes examples

Prerequisites

Ubuntu VM

# Install Nix
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon

# Enable flakes (optional)
mkdir -p ~/.config/nix
echo "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" >> ~/.config/nix/nix.conf

NixOS VM

Flakes should be enabled in configuration.nix

Workshop Flow

1. Nix Channels
2. nix-build (local packages)
3. nix-build (GitHub packages)
4. nix-shell
5. nix-env
6. Flakes introduction
7. NixOS configuration with flakes