NixOS:nixos-rebuild build-vm

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Revision as of 20:43, 5 July 2022 by imported>Korfuri (initialPassword makes the password immediately usable; previously, with initialHashedPassword the user would have needed to hash it and this wasn't indicated)

A virtual machine can be created , it will use your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix to make a 'clone' of your system. Useful for testing new configurations.

nixos-rebuild build-vm

You will not be able to login to this virtual machine, as the passwords are not carried over to the virtual machine you build.

If you have a user called nixosvmtest for example, you can add 

users.users.nixosvmtest.initialPassword = "test";

to your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

you should now be able to login and test your system with this user and password.

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/default-login-and-password-for-nixos/4683/2

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