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* [https://www.netcup.de/ Netcup] - NixOS ISO can be uploaded via FTP to be available in the server control panel. (in the SCP, navigate to: 'Media' -> 'Images')
* [https://www.netcup.de/ Netcup] - NixOS ISO can be uploaded via FTP to be available in the server control panel. (in the SCP, navigate to: 'Media' -> 'Images')
* [https://www.hetzner.de/ 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)
* [https://www.hetzner.de/ 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)
* [https://liteserver.nl/ LiteServer] - NixOS ISO is available from the control panel.


== Other means of installation ==
== Other means of installation ==

Revision as of 11:23, 24 September 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)
  • LiteServer - NixOS ISO is available from the control panel.

Other means of installation

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.