docs(README): Add section about new NixOS module

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tool aims to fit a specific use-case very well, instead of covering
every possible logging setup.
In the initial version `journaldriver` will only work if deployed
directly to a Google Compute Engine instance and will use the
[metadata server][] to figure out credentials and instance
identification.
`journaldriver` can be run on GCP-instances with no additional
configuration as authentication tokens are retrieved from the
[metadata server][].
## Features
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`journaldriver` if unset, but it is recommended to - for
example - set it to the machine hostname.
## NixOS module
At Aprila we deploy all of our software using [NixOS][], including
`journaldriver`. The NixOS package repository [contains a module][]
for setting up `journaldriver`.
On a GCP instance the only required option is this:
```nix
services.journaldriver.enable = true;
```
When running outside of GCP, the configuration looks as follows:
```nix
services.journaldriver = {
enable = true;
logStream = "prod-environment";
logName = "hostname";
googleCloudProject = "gcp-project-name";
applicationCredentials = keyFile;
};
```
**Note**: The `journaldriver`-module is not yet included in a stable
release of NixOS, but it is available on the `unstable`-channel.
## Upcoming features:
* `journaldriver` will be added to [nixpkgs][] with a complementary
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[Stackdriver Logging]: https://cloud.google.com/logging/
[metadata server]: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata
[Google's documentation]: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/access-control
[nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/
[NixOS]: https://nixos.org/
[contains a module]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/42134