Usually podman can be configured declarative using Quadlets. Nix however has it's own way of wrapping podman run commands, which I'm currently using. This approach is native to NixOS and doesn't require an additional flake input. However it is only relevant in the context of nix, while Quadlets work on any systemd system.
This is where quadlet-nix comes in: It allows to use Quadlets, but using Nix to configure them. Some nice to have features: Networks, Volumes and Auto-Update1.
I want to migrate all my existing containers to quadlet-nix.
Usually podman can be configured declarative using Quadlets. Nix however has it's own way of wrapping
podman runcommands, which I'm currently using. This approach is native to NixOS and doesn't require an additional flake input. However it is only relevant in the context of nix, while Quadlets work on any systemd system.This is where quadlet-nix comes in: It allows to use Quadlets, but using Nix to configure them. Some nice to have features: Networks, Volumes and Auto-Update1.
I want to migrate all my existing containers to quadlet-nix.
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