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vm-stack-osx

Where at each layer dependencies can be managed using nix

 OS X                        Operating system
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 xhyve hypervisor            Virtual Machine runs Linux kernel
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 Alpine Linux                Host system for containers, uses Nix to provision
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 Bocker                      Run containers
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 Alpine Linux containers     Contain and run applications, uses nix

parts

  • host: must be built using packer to either support being run through xhyve or optionally QEMU / AMI virtual machines (e.g. deploy to production)
  • host: must fetch initial deps + get nix so that a single config file can be passed that provisions the rest of the system
  • bocker: needs to be forked to become more robust
  • containers: possibly the same image as host

alpine

Alpine is the best fit for a system for it's size + ease to load nix. There's no fluff, you build your own system.

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