NixOS Installation Guide: Difference between revisions

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== Installing on VPS & Cloud Providers ==

Not all providers allow to upload own images or provide NixOS images for installation. However there are a few ways to install NixOS anyhow. [https://github.com/jeaye/nixos-in-place nixos-in-place] and [https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect nixos-infect] are generic approaches to install NixOS from an existing Linux. A different approach is to build an kexec-based image to start the installer from an booted linux as shown in this [https://github.com/cleverca22/nix-tests/tree/master/kexec repo]. Here we list methods known to work on specific providers:

Not all providers allow to upload own images or provide NixOS images for installation. However there are a few ways to install NixOS anyhow. [https://github.com/jeaye/nixos-in-place nixos-in-place] and [https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect nixos-infect] are generic approaches to install NixOS from an existing Linux. A different approach is to build an kexec-based image to start the installer from an booted linux as shown in this [https://github.com/cleverca22/nix-tests/tree/master/kexec repo].

For no-hassle NixOS installations check out [[NixOS friendly hosters]]. The [[NixOps]] project also provides interfaces to different cloud providers.

Here we list methods known to work on specific providers:

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=== Google Compute Engine ===

See [[~~Installing~~ NixOS on GCE]].

See [[Install NixOS on GCE]].

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 == Installing on VPS & Cloud Providers ==
-Not all providers allow to upload own images or provide NixOS images for installation. However there are a few ways to install NixOS anyhow. [https://github.com/jeaye/nixos-in-place nixos-in-place] and [https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect nixos-infect] are generic approaches to install NixOS from an existing Linux. A different approach is to build an kexec-based image to start the installer from an booted linux as shown in this [https://github.com/cleverca22/nix-tests/tree/master/kexec repo]. Here we list methods known to work on specific providers:
+Not all providers allow to upload own images or provide NixOS images for installation. However there are a few ways to install NixOS anyhow. [https://github.com/jeaye/nixos-in-place nixos-in-place] and [https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect nixos-infect] are generic approaches to install NixOS from an existing Linux.  A different approach is to build an kexec-based image to start the installer from an booted linux as shown in this [https://github.com/cleverca22/nix-tests/tree/master/kexec repo].
+For no-hassle NixOS installations check out [[NixOS friendly hosters]]. The [[NixOps]] project also provides interfaces to different cloud providers.
+Here we list methods known to work on specific providers:
 === Hetzner ===
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 === Google Compute Engine ===
-See [[Installing NixOS on GCE]].
+See [[Install NixOS on GCE]].
 === Online.net ===