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= Deployment with Arion
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Arion projects can be deployed in Nix-like or Docker-like ways.
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== Docker images
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When you disable `useHostStore`, arion will build images, which can be deployed
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to any Docker host, including non-NixOS hosts.
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=== Remote Docker socket
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NOTE: Access to a Docker socket is equivalent to root access on the host.
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Docker supports authentication via TLS client certificates.
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The xref:hercules-ci-effects:ROOT:reference/nix-functions/runArion.adoc[runArion Effect] uses this technique.
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Because this technique works with a single Docker host, it does not need a registry.
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=== Upload to registry
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You can either use `arion push` or write custom push logic using the `arion cat`
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command, the `eval` function on the `arion` package, or the `lib.eval` function
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on the flake to retrieve the images defined in a project.
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== NixOS module
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Arion projects can be deployed as part of a NixOS configuration. This ties the
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project revision to the system configuration revision, which can be good or bad
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thing, depending on your deployment strategy. At a low level, a benefit is that
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no store paths need to be copied locally and remote NixOS deployments can use
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Nix's copy-closure algorithm for efficient transfers, and transparent binary
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caches rather than an inherently stateful Docker registry solution.
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Extend your NixOS configuration by adding the configuration elements to an
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existing configuration. You could create a new module file for it, if your
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choice of `imports` allows it.
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NOTE: This deployment method does NOT use an `arion-pkgs.nix` file, but reuses
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the host `pkgs`.
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```nix
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{
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imports = [
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# Pick one of:
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# - niv
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((import ./nix/sources.nix).arion + "/nixos-module.nix")
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# - flakes (where arion is a flake input)
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arion.nixosModules.arion
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# - other
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arionPath + "/nixos-module.nix")
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];
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virtualisation.arion = {
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backend = "podman-socket"; # or "docker"
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projects.example.settings = {
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# Specify you project here, or import it from a file.
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# NOTE: This does NOT use ./arion-pkgs.nix, but defaults to NixOS' pkgs.
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imports = [ ./arion-compose.nix ];
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};
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};
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}
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```
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See also:
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- xref:hercules-ci-effects:ROOT:reference/nix-functions/runNixOS.adoc[runNixOS Effect]
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- xref:hercules-ci-effects:ROOT:reference/nix-functions/runNixOps2.adoc[runNixOps2 Effect]
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