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== Other means of installation == | == Other means of installation == | ||
* [https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ AWS EC2] - See [[NixOS on Amazon EC2]] | * [https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ AWS EC2] - See [[NixOS on Amazon EC2]] | ||
* [https://www.online.net online.net] - See [[Install_NixOS_on_Online.Net]] | * [https://www.online.net online.net] - See [[Install_NixOS_on_Online.Net]] | ||
Revision as of 22:19, 22 August 2017
1st class NixOS support
Support NixOS via custom ISO
- Vultr - nixos.wiki is running on a NixOS VPS at Vultr
- Netcup - NixOS ISO can be uploaded via FTP to be available in the server control panel. (in the SCP, navigate to: 'Media' -> 'Images')
- Hetzner - NixOS ISO can be provided by the support. Just request them to make the ISO available via the support formular (provide a download link to the ISO)
Other means of installation
- AWS EC2 - See NixOS on Amazon EC2
- online.net - See Install_NixOS_on_Online.Net
- Rackspace - See Install_NixOS_on_Rackspace_Cloud_Servers
- OVH / Kimsufi / SoYouStart - See blogpost by Augustin Borsu
- Google Cloud Platform - See Installing NixOS on GCE
Hoster-agnostic means of installation
1. Upload a prepared closure to the victim server running Debian or Centos (you have to use rsync, nix-copy-closure won't copy to the server which has no nix), then run "touch /etc/NIXOS; $toplevel/bin/switch-to-configuration boot; reboot". There are several tools for making this easier: nix-infect, ...
2. Turn any running Linux system into NixOS without reboot, using kexec, ...
This is also described here.