How to Install Squidex on NixOS Latest

Squidex is an open-source headless CMS that enables users to create, manage and publish content to any platform. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Squidex on the latest version of NixOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure your NixOS system has the following:

• sudo privileges
• curl command line tool
• access to a terminal shell

Step 1: Install Squidex

To install Squidex on NixOS, we need to add the Squidex repository as a channel in the system's configuration file. Open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/squidex/squidex-nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz squidex

Next, update your NixOS system:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Alternatively, you can install Squidex via the command line:

sudo nix-env -iA nixos.squidex

Step 2: Configure Squidex

Once Squidex is installed, we need to configure it to work with our system. To do that, create the directory /etc/nixos/:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/nixos/

Then, create a new configuration file for Squidex:

sudo nano /etc/nixos/squidex.nix

Add the following content to the file:

{
  services.squidex = {
    enable = true;
    domain = "example.com";
  };
}

(Note: Change the domain name to your domain name.)

Save and exit the file.

Step 3: Restart NixOS & Start Squidex

Restart your NixOS system to load the new configuration:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch

After the reboot, start Squidex as follows:

sudo systemctl start squidex

Verify that Squidex is up and running:

sudo systemctl status squidex

If everything looks good, enable Squidex to start automatically at system startup:

sudo systemctl enable squidex

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Squidex on your NixOS system. To access the Squidex web interface, open your browser and navigate to http://example.com:5000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we've shown you how to install Squidex on the latest version of NixOS. We hope this has been helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them in the comments section below.