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Generate NixOS configuration modules.

This command is part of the ~~<code>~~nixos-install-tools~~</code>~~ package. It analyzes your hardware configuration and generates two files of:

This command is part of the {{nixos:package|nixos-install-tools}} package. It analyzes your hardware configuration and generates two files of:

* <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code> - the main system configuration file.

* <code>/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix</code> - a hardware-specific configuration file, including detected devices and modules.

For details on configuring the system configuration file, see [[Overview of the NixOS Linux distribution#Declarative Configuration]].

= Usage =

# nixos-generate-config

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To generate configuration files with a specific root directory (commonly used during installation):

# nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

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To print the detected hardware configuration to standard output without writing to disk:

# nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config

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= ~~Hardware~~ specific ~~notes~~ =

= Specifying specific hardware =

~~If you are using an SSD it may~~ be ~~useful to enable TRIM support as well as set filesystem flags to improve the SSD performance~~:

A collection of hardware specific platforms with their config can be found at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware NixOS Hardware repository].

~~{{file|~~/~~etc~~/~~nixos~~/~~configuration.nix|nix|~~

~~<nowiki>~~

~~fileSystems."~~/".~~options = [ "noatime" "nodiratime" "discard" ];~~

~~</nowiki>~~

}}

~~A collection of hardware specific platforms with their config can be found at~~ [~~https~~:~~//github.com/~~NixOS~~/nixos-hardware NixOS Hardware repository~~]

[[Category:NixOS]]

[[Category:Configuration]]

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 Generate NixOS configuration modules.
-This command is part of the <code>nixos-install-tools</code> package. It analyzes your hardware configuration and generates two files of:
+This command is part of the {{nixos:package|nixos-install-tools}} package. It analyzes your hardware configuration and generates two files of:
 * <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code> - the main system configuration file.
 * <code>/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix</code> - a hardware-specific configuration file, including detected devices and modules.
+For details on configuring the system configuration file, see [[Overview of the NixOS Linux distribution#Declarative Configuration]].
 = Usage =
-<syntaxHighlight lang=bash>
+<syntaxHighlight lang=console>
 # nixos-generate-config
 </syntaxHighlight>
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 To generate configuration files with a specific root directory (commonly used during installation):
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
 # nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 To print the detected hardware configuration to standard output without writing to disk:
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
 # nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config
 </syntaxhighlight>
-= Hardware specific notes =
+= Specifying specific hardware =
-If you are using an SSD it may be useful to enable TRIM support as well as set filesystem flags to improve the SSD performance:
+A collection of hardware specific platforms with their config can be found at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware NixOS Hardware repository].
-{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|
-<nowiki>
-fileSystems."/".options = [ "noatime" "nodiratime" "discard" ];
-</nowiki>
-}}
-A collection of hardware specific platforms with their config can be found at [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware NixOS Hardware repository]
+[[Category:NixOS]]
+[[Category:Configuration]]