I run Docker on my Nixos server. Nixos for easy reproducible operating system configuration, and Docker for application deployment so simple even application developers can do it ;)

I feel Docker is a better solution to application deployment than Nix is, but NixOS is the best OS configuration out there hands down.

> I feel Docker is a better solution to application deployment than Nix is.

So use Nix to build your Docker images (or rather OCI images).

That's the same thing I do and it is great.

I don't need much on my host server side but having that stuff be easily configurable in one place and be mostly idempotent made my life easier.

> Nixos for easy reproducible operating system configuration

I'm somewhat out of my depth here, but isn't Vagrant suitable for this purpose?

You usually use Vagrant to provision a machine with a suitable image and then use some other tech to setup your environment on that image. Common choices are Chef, Puppet or Salt, last time I checked.

You can use NixOS to replace both the OS image and the configuration tech.

Watch https://youtu.be/tl9I-R83lKo for a quick overview. It me in the video btw.

Great run-through, thank you!

You don't use Vagrant for your desktop, do you?

No no no. Vagrant is for spinning up dev environment VMs with a virtualization tool like VirtualBox.