How to Install Anchr on nixOS

Anchr is a self-hosted web application deployment platform that aims at providing developers an easy and effective way to deploy their applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Anchr on nixOS.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of nixOS latest
• A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update Your System

Before we start, make sure your nixOS system is up to date:

sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Step 2: Install Anchr

We can install Anchr using nix package manager. Run the following command to install Anchr:

nix-env -iA nixos.anchr

The above command will install the latest version of Anchr available in the nix package manager.

Step 3: Configure Anchr

After installing Anchr, we need to configure it.

Create a configuration file at /etc/anchr/config.json with the following contents:

{
  "http": {
    "port": 8080
  },
  "staticFiles": {
    "location": "/var/anchr/static"
  }
}

The above configuration file sets the port to 8080 and specifies the location of static files.

Step 4: Start Anchr

Start the Anchr service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start anchr

This will start the Anchr server with the configuration we have added previously.

Step 5: Access Anchr

To access Anchr, open your web browser and go to http://SERVER_IP:8080. Replace SERVER_IP with the IP address of your server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Anchr on nixOS latest. Now, you can use Anchr to easily deploy your web applications.

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