This repository contains a Nix flake for easily deploying an instance of LiberaForms to a public NixOS VM using the deploy-rs tool. The default/tested config is for Digital Ocean (DO), but in theory it could be to any virtualization platform supported by NixOS.
- Build a custom image for DO from the nixos-unstable branch, upload it through their web interface, and then use it to create a new droplet (VM).
- Configure a DNS A record to point to the IP address of the new VM and then confirm that you can login as root at your domain, for example
ssh root@forms.example.org. - Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/ngi-nix/deploy-liberaformsto your local system running Nix with flakes enabled. - Modify the flake.nix file to fill in the required configs (hostname, domain, email).
- Run the deployment
nix run github:serokell/deploy-rs .#liberaforms-vm.
You should now have a new instance of LiberaForms running on your domain and can follow the instructions on bootstrapping a first Admin user. For more information, see the NixOS page of the LiberaForms documentation.
TODO:
- Update the nixpkgs branches in the flake inputs, and the image branch in these docs, to 21.11 after it is released (for greater stability).
- Update 'github.com/ngi-nix/liberaforms' flake inputs and doc links to the upstream repo
gitlab.com/liberaforms/liberaformsif/when the package flake is merged there.