http://kn100.me/tags/homelab/Recent content in Homelab on kn100Hugoen-gbThu, 16 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0500http://kn100.me/nixpilled/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0500http://kn100.me/nixpilled/<p>I&rsquo;ve had a fair bit of fun with Proxmox for a couple of years, but recently I got a bit bored and decided to give NixOS a go. What I was looking for was a simpler way to manage my stack of services, as well as a more declarative way of doing so.</p> <figure class="markup-image"> <picture> <source srcset="http://kn100.me/nixpilled/nix_hu_cc285f16bb9d02a1.webp" type="image/webp"> <img src="http://kn100.me/nixpilled/nix_hu_c71e02948bc4c65f.png" width="964" height="481" alt="Nix" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </picture> </figure><h2 id="how-we-got-here"> How we got here <a class="header-anchor" href="#how-we-got-here" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </h2> <p>I tried various iterations of setups using Proxmox. My first iteration involved running many small LXC containers each hosting a single service. This approach worked okay, but I kept running into really irritating quirks of doing things this way. For example, the uid/gid mapping within LXC containers is a constant source of confusion and pain, as well as hardware passthrough being beyond me with regards to getting it all set up.</p>