<description>&lt;p&gt;“This project was fueled by the idea that we should be less dependent on proprietary software. We don’t have control over software managed by companies that can access, analyze and sell our private data. It was a journey to own our software again”, says Julien Malka. He and Camille Mondon have implemented Clevis in NixOS to make it possible to remotely reboot servers with full disk encryption. The project was extended to port the Proxmox Hypervisor on NixOS. In this podcast episode they explain their project and talk about self-hosting as an antidote to the centralization of the internet.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/257525"&gt;NixOS/Clevis repo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://nixos.org/"&gt;NixOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/NixOS-Clevis/"&gt;NixOS/Clevis NGI Zero project page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;footer&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/"&gt;NGI Zero&lt;/a&gt; is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by &lt;a href="https://nlnet.nl/"&gt;NLnet&lt;/a&gt;. It provides &lt;a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html"&gt;financial&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/"&gt;practical support&lt;/a&gt; to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on &lt;a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero"&gt;@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz&lt;/a&gt;. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the &lt;a href="https://ec.europa.eu/"&gt;European Commission&lt;/a&gt;’s &lt;a href="https://ngi.eu/"&gt;Next Generation Internet&lt;/a&gt; initiative.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"&gt;CC BY-NC-ND 4.0&lt;/a&gt; license.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/footer&gt;</description>

NGI0: Next Generation Internet

NLnet foundation

The internet should be a public good - NixOS/Clevis

FEB 26, 202551 MIN
NGI0: Next Generation Internet

The internet should be a public good - NixOS/Clevis

FEB 26, 202551 MIN

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<p>“This project was fueled by the idea that we should be less dependent on proprietary software. We don’t have control over software managed by companies that can access, analyze and sell our private data. It was a journey to own our software again”, says Julien Malka. He and Camille Mondon have implemented Clevis in NixOS to make it possible to remotely reboot servers with full disk encryption. The project was extended to port the Proxmox Hypervisor on NixOS. In this podcast episode they explain their project and talk about self-hosting as an antidote to the centralization of the internet.</p> <p>Links:<br /> <a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/257525">NixOS/Clevis repo</a><br /> <a href="https://nixos.org/">NixOS</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/NixOS-Clevis/">NixOS/Clevis NGI Zero project page</a></p> <footer><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a>. It provides <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">financial</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a>. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/">European Commission</a>’s <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative.</p> <p>The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.</p> <p>The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.</p> </footer>