Running NixOS Guests on QEMU

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  1. Vagrant

    Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

    Running NixOS on a virtual machine (VM) is a safe and reproducible way to test such configurations. As for VMs, I have used VirtualBox, Vagrant and lxd in the past. However, I have found QEMU to be the simplest and most flexible solution for my needs.

  2. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  3. nix.dev

    Official documentation for getting things done with Nix.

    For further information, you may refer to the Official NixOS Manual and nix.dev tutorial “NixOS Virtual Machines”.

  4. lxd

    Powerful system container and virtual machine manager

    Running NixOS on a virtual machine (VM) is a safe and reproducible way to test such configurations. As for VMs, I have used VirtualBox, Vagrant and lxd in the past. However, I have found QEMU to be the simplest and most flexible solution for my needs.

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