Is it suitable to create server images?

I want to create a server with a web server and some other services, would blue build a good option or would it be better to use another tool?
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MR sticky piston
i think it would be the best to just install ucore and run everything in docker containers
Siegfried27
Siegfried27OP2d ago
But I want to customise some host stuff like certificates
MR sticky piston
If im correct certificates are installed to /etc and thus should be changeable even on an immutable distros I would recommend building your own images if you have more than one server, so you only have to do things once. But if you only have one server it is probably more work maintaining your image than just using ucore and changing a few things
Siegfried27
Siegfried27OP2d ago
Yes, I will have multiple servers
MR sticky piston
Multiple physical servers?
Siegfried27
Siegfried27OP2d ago
Yes I want to bu this minipc( https://slimbook.com/en/zero), install my services and distribute them also provide the image freely so someone that has a pc can install it himself
MR sticky piston
Well that changes a lot, i can recommend this, but only if you have sufficient bandwidth for updates as they can be quite heavy
Siegfried27
Siegfried27OP2d ago
okay do you tjink NixOs would be better?
Luke Skywunker
That's up to you. I don't know about NixOs, but Fedora Atomic requires rebooting to update You can build uCore images if you want. UBlue has a base image with no DE if you want to do that

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