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       <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-booting-via-kexec">

     

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         <title><quote>Booting</quote> into NixOS via kexec</title>

     

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         <para>

     

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           In some cases, your system might already be booted into/preinstalled

     

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           with another Linux distribution, and booting NixOS by attaching an

     

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           installation image is quite a manual process.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           This is particularly useful for (cloud) providers where you can’t

     

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           boot a custom image, but get some Debian or Ubuntu installation.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           In these cases, it might be easier to use <literal>kexec</literal>

     

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           to <quote>jump into NixOS</quote> from the running system, which

     

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           only assumes <literal>bash</literal> and <literal>kexec</literal> to

     

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           be installed on the machine.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           Note that kexec may not work correctly on some hardware, as devices

     

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           are not fully re-initialized in the process. In practice, this

     

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           however is rarely the case.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           To build the necessary files from your current version of nixpkgs,

     

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           you can run:

     

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         </para>

     

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         <programlisting>

     

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       nix-build -A kexec.x86_64-linux '&lt;nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix&gt;'

     

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       </programlisting>

     

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         <para>

     

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           This will create a <literal>result</literal> directory containing

     

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           the following:

     

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         </para>

     

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         <itemizedlist spacing="compact">

     

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           <listitem>

     

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             <para>

     

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               <literal>bzImage</literal> (the Linux kernel)

     

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             </para>

     

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           </listitem>

     

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           <listitem>

     

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             <para>

     

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               <literal>initrd</literal> (the initrd file)

     

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             </para>

     

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           </listitem>

     

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           <listitem>

     

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             <para>

     

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               <literal>kexec-boot</literal> (a shellscript invoking

     

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               <literal>kexec</literal>)

     

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             </para>

     

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           </listitem>

     

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         </itemizedlist>

     

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         <para>

     

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           These three files are meant to be copied over to the other already

     

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           running Linux Distribution.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           Note it’s symlinks pointing elsewhere, so <literal>cd</literal> in,

     

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           and use <literal>scp * root@$destination</literal> to copy it over,

     

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           rather than rsync.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           Once you finished copying, execute <literal>kexec-boot</literal>

     

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           <emphasis>on the destination</emphasis>, and after some seconds, the

     

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           machine should be booting into an (ephemeral) NixOS installation

     

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           medium.

     

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         </para>

     

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         <para>

     

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           In case you want to describe your own system closure to kexec into,

     

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           instead of the default installer image, you can build your own

     

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           <literal>configuration.nix</literal>:

     

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         </para>

     

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         <programlisting language="bash">

     

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       { modulesPath, ... }: {

     

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         imports = [

     

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           (modulesPath + &quot;/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix&quot;)

     

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         ];

     

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         services.openssh.enable = true;

     

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         users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [

     

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           &quot;my-ssh-pubkey&quot;

     

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         ];

     

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       }

     

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       </programlisting>

     

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         <programlisting>

     

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       nix-build '&lt;nixpkgs/nixos&gt;' \

     

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         --arg configuration ./configuration.nix

     

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         --attr config.system.build.kexecTree

     

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       </programlisting>

     

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         <para>

     

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           Make sure your <literal>configuration.nix</literal> does still

     

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           import <literal>netboot-minimal.nix</literal> (or

     

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           <literal>netboot-base.nix</literal>).

     

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         </para>

     

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       </section>

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           <title>Additional installation notes</title>

     

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           <xi:include href="installing-usb.section.xml" />

     

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           <title>Additional installation notes</title>

     

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           <xi:include href="installing-kexec.section.xml" />

     

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       # "Booting" into NixOS via kexec {#sec-booting-via-kexec}

     

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       In some cases, your system might already be booted into/preinstalled with

     

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       another Linux distribution, and booting NixOS by attaching an installation

     

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       image is quite a manual process.

     

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       This is particularly useful for (cloud) providers where you can't boot a custom

     

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       image, but get some Debian or Ubuntu installation.

     

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       In these cases, it might be easier to use `kexec` to "jump into NixOS" from the

     

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       running system, which only assumes `bash` and `kexec` to be installed on the

     

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       machine.

     

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       Note that kexec may not work correctly on some hardware, as devices are not

     

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       fully re-initialized in the process. In practice, this however is rarely the

     

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       case.

     

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       To build the necessary files from your current version of nixpkgs,

     

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       you can run:

     

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       ```ShellSession

     

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       nix-build -A kexec.x86_64-linux '<nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix>'

     

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       ```

     

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       This will create a `result` directory containing the following:

     

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        - `bzImage` (the Linux kernel)

     

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        - `initrd` (the initrd file)

     

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        - `kexec-boot` (a shellscript invoking `kexec`)

     

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       These three files are meant to be copied over to the other already running

     

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       Linux Distribution.

     

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       Note it's symlinks pointing elsewhere, so `cd` in, and use

     

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       `scp * root@$destination` to copy it over, rather than rsync.

     

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       Once you finished copying, execute `kexec-boot` *on the destination*, and after

     

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       some seconds, the machine should be booting into an (ephemeral) NixOS

     

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       installation medium.

     

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       In case you want to describe your own system closure to kexec into, instead of

     

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       the default installer image, you can build your own `configuration.nix`:

     

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       ```nix

     

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       { modulesPath, ... }: {

     

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         imports = [

     

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           (modulesPath + "/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix")

     

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         ];

     

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         services.openssh.enable = true;

     

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         users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [

     

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           "my-ssh-pubkey"

     

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         ];

     

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       }

     

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       ```

     

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       ```ShellSession

     

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       nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' \

     

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         --arg configuration ./configuration.nix

     

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         --attr config.system.build.kexecTree

     

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       ```

     

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       `netboot-base.nix`).

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