NixOS is really nice for self hosting. Anything that has a NixOS module can be hosted in a few lines of nix code. But what if the service we want to host doesn’t come with a NixOS module written for us already in Nixpkgs? This is where NixOS can be a little hard, as a guide on setting up a service in Debian or Arch will rarely work on NixOS. Of course, the ’nix way’ would be to write your own package and module for it, but that can be a daunting task.
