This is small demonstration of the nix package manager and loco process manager. It defines a "LAMP" stack (e.g. Apache + MySQL + PHP + NodeJS + Redis + Mailcatcher) for local development.
Install the nix package manager:
$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
And then run:
$ nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install && cachix use locolamp
$ git clone https://github.com/totten/locolamp
$ cd locolamp
$ nix-shell
[nix-shell]$ loco run
The last command (loco run) starts the services (e.g. Apache + MySQL etal). It creates a RAM-disk for storing service data (.loco/var); initializes the data/configuration files; and launch the services in the foreground. You can then open a web page, e.g.
To run CLI commands (such as php or mysql), open a new console tab and start nix-shell again:
$ cd locolamp
$ nix-shell
[nix-shell:~/src/locolamp]$ mysql
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 9
Server version: 10.2.17-MariaDB MariaDB Server
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE exampledb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
To stop the services, return to the original console (loco run) and press Ctrl-C.
To start again, run loco run again.
To destroy the ramdisk and any service data, run loco clean.
What if you want to change the configuration? Check the file-list and the cookbook/examples below.
- default.nix: List of software to download
- .loco/loco.yml: List of services to execute
- .loco/config: Configuration templates
- web: Web root (containing any HTML/PHP/JS/CSS)