[Nix-dev] [Bachelors Thesis] Studi-Cloud VMs managing with Nix?

[Wout Mertens]

So basically you need a frontend that creates .nix files for profs and a vm
image with all binaries for everything already on it?

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:34 PM Matthias Beyer <mail at beyermatthias.de>
wrote:

> On 11-12-2015 15:56:00, Marc Weber wrote:
> >
> > But serausly, if the profs need etiher mysql or postgresql why not put
> > both on one iso and be done? Should students switch isos if they "happen
> > to require the other software .." ?
>
> Because we would have N different ISOs flying around. Each Prof needs
> another custom image, and having N configuration.nix vs. having N
> vm.iso flying around ... is a deal, actually.
>
> >
> > Because nixos can "switch configurations" there are more options: use
> > usb sticks, then each prof can provide his config and students can
> > update their 'usb clone' fast because only differences will be fetched
> > (doing as much sharing on the stick as possible).
> >
>
> We cannot expect the profs to write .nix files.
>
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Wout.
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