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5 <refentrytitle><filename>configuration.nix</filename>
6 </refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
7 <refmiscinfo class="source">NixOS</refmiscinfo>
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11 <refname><filename>configuration.nix</filename>
12 </refname><refpurpose>NixOS system configuration specification</refpurpose>
13 </refnamediv>
14 <refsection>
15 <title>Description</title>
16 <para>
17 The file <filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> contains the
18 declarative specification of your NixOS system configuration. The command
19 <command>nixos-rebuild</command> takes this file and realises the system
20 configuration specified therein.
21 </para>
22 </refsection>
23 <refsection>
24 <title>Options</title>
25 <para>
26 You can use the following options in <filename>configuration.nix</filename>.
27 </para>
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30 </refsection>
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