NixOS

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Nix

Current version

2.3.8

Quick install

The quickest way to install Nix is to open a terminal and run the following command (as a user other than root with sudo permission): 

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Make sure to follow the instructions output by the script.

The installation script requires that you have sudo access to root.

Verify installation

You may want to verify the integrity of the installation script using GPG:

$ curl -o install-nix-2.3.8 https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.8/install
$ curl -o install-nix-2.3.8.asc https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.8/install.asc
$ gpg2 --recv-keys B541D55301270E0BCF15CA5D8170B4726D7198DE
$ gpg2 --verify ./install-nix-2.3.8.asc
$ sh ./install-nix-2.3.8

The signing key has fingerprint B541 D553 0127 0E0B CF15 CA5D 8170 B472 6D71 98DE. It is also available on GitHub.

Uninstall

You can uninstall Nix simply by running rm -rf /nix.

NixOS

Current version

20.09

ISO image

You can install NixOS on physical hardware by burning one of the CD images onto a blank CD/DVD disk, or by copying it onto a USB stick. For installation instructions, please see the manual.

Graphical ISO image

The graphical installation ISO image contains NixOS installer as well as Desktop Environment and several applications. It’s a live CD, so it allows you to get an impression of NixOS (and the Nix package manager) without installing it.

Minimal ISO image

The minimal installation ISO image does not contain the graphical user interface, and is therefore a lot smaller. You have to run the installer from the console. It contains a number of rescue tools.

VirtualBox

VirtualBox image includes the Plasma Desktop (was KDE) as well as the VirtualBox guest additions.

To use it

  • Download the OVA file using the button above.
  • Open VirtualBox.
  • Run File → Import Appliance from the menu.
  • Select previously downloaded OVA file.
  • Click Import.
  • You can then start the virtual machine.
  • You can log in as user demo, password demo.
  • To obtain a root shell, run sudo -i in the terminal (konsole).

Amazon EC2

NixOS can be deployed to Amazon EC2 with a pre-generated AMI image that you can select bellow.

Via AWS Management Console

You can create an instance using the AWS Management Console by selecting the region and clicking the Launch button.

Choose region:
Root storage Virtualisation AMI
EBS Hardware ami-045288859a39de009
EBS Hardware ami-06505fd2bf44a59a7
EBS Hardware ami-0754b4c014eea1e8a
EBS Hardware ami-05100e32242ae65a6
EBS Hardware ami-0b3f693d3a2a0b9ae
EBS Hardware ami-02471872bc876b610
EBS Hardware ami-0787786a38cde3905
EBS Hardware ami-0979d39762a4d2a02
EBS Hardware ami-0b14e273185c66e9b
EBS Hardware ami-0d90f16418e3c364c
EBS Hardware ami-0635ec0780ea57cfe
EBS Hardware ami-0714e94352f2eabb9
EBS Hardware ami-0a937748db48fb00d
EBS Hardware ami-0f8b063ac3f2d9645
EBS Hardware ami-0959202a0393fdd0c
EBS Hardware ami-096d50833b785478b
EBS Hardware ami-0fc31031df0df6104

Via Command Line

You can also create an instance from the command line. For example, to create an instance in region eu-west-1 using the EC2 API tools, just run:

$ nix-shell -p ec2_api_tools
(nix-shell) $ ec2-run-instances ami-0d90f16418e3c364c --region eu-west-1 -k my-key-pair