I want to set up a homeserver, however I currently don´t own any Hardware that I could use to install a Server on. What I do currently have is some spare time and my Laptop.

My Question is:

Can I setup the whole server enviroment in a VM on my Laptop and save it as some portable config? When I do have server hardware I just want to get it up and running quickly.

Thanks in advance

  • nek0d3r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I definitely recommend nix. In fact, I prototyped my NixOS server in a VM and then committed my config to a git repository to clone on the real server later

  • softotteep@pawb.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    If you copy the contents of the virtual hard disk used by to VM to a real disk, then you can just boot your server from that real disk. You’ll probably have to reconfigure some hardware and network stuff but it should be super simple.

  • CameronDev@programming.devEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Nix might be the answer for that, or ansible. You’ll still have to reinstall, but the second time will be super easy.