NixOS friendly hosters

1st class NixOS support

• packet.net - https://www.packet.net/promo/nixos/
• linode

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

• Linode - See Install NixOS on Linode
• 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.