Homelab - Category - cd ~https://mikeyboy.github.io/categories/homelab/Homelab - Category - cd ~Hugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400A starting point for using NixOS in a homelabhttps://mikeyboy.github.io/posts/nixos-homelab-template/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400mikey-boyhttps://mikeyboy.github.io/posts/nixos-homelab-template/Last year I bought a used Lenovo ThinkStation P510 from BestBuy to replace my cluster of RPIs that I had running in my home. With this change, I wanted a more reliable configuration for my services instead of the ad-hoc approach I took previously. One of the main challenges I encountered was trying to troubleshoot a broken service that I configured 6 months ago and remembering all the changes I had previously made. This is how I stumbled upon NixOS and from my experience it has the following pros & cons.

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