How to Install Genesis on NixOS Latest

Genesis is a framework for deploying everything. It is developed by Stark & Wayne and supports various infrastructure tools like Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Kubernetes, and many more.

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Genesis on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Step 1 - Update NixOS

Before installing Genesis, update your NixOS system to the latest version:

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

Step 2 - Install Genesis

The easiest way to install Genesis on NixOS is to use Nix package management. Run the following command in your terminal:

nix-env -i starkandwayne/genesis

This command will download and install the genesis package and its dependencies.

Finally, verify that Genesis is installed and working correctly by running:

genesis version

This should print the version number of the installed Genesis package.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Genesis on NixOS Latest. Genesis is a powerful tool for deploying everything and can make your infrastructure setup much more manageable. With the steps outlined in this guide, you should now have a working Genesis installation on your NixOS system.

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