How to Install Strider on nixOS

Strider is an open-source continuous deployment platform developed on Node.js. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Strider on nixOS.

Prerequisites

To install Strider, you need to have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• nixOS
• Node.js

Step 1: Update your nixOS system

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure your system is up to date. You can run the following command in your terminal:

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

Step 2: Install Strider

You can install Strider by creating a new configuration file for it using the nix-shell command. Here is how you do it:

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install Strider.

2. Create a new file called strider.nix and add the following code to it:

   { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
   
   let
     strider = pkgs.nodePackages.strider;
     mongodb = pkgs.mongodb;
     npm = pkgs.npm;
   in
   
   pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "strider";
     buildInputs = [ mongodb npm ];
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
     src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "Strider-CD";
       repo = "strider";
       rev = "v1.x-lts";
       sha256 = "0gzs0nni6dyc1j5k1w5sp5gh5n5q5f5z9jk8xvxpembzj2qf3crq";
     };
     installPhase = ''
       cp -R . $out
     '';
   }
   

   This configuration file uses the fetchFromGitHub function to download Strider from GitHub, and installs it using the npm package manager.

3. Save the file and run the following command in your terminal:

   nix-shell strider.nix --command 'npm install'
   

   This command will create a new shell environment with all the required packages installed and it will run the npm install command to install Strider.

Step 3: Start Strider

To start Strider, you need to run the following command:

npm run dev

This command will start the Strider server in development mode.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Strider on nixOS Latest. You can now use Strider for continuous deployment of your projects. If you encounter any issues during the installation, please refer to the Strider documentation or seek help from the Strider community.

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