commit e7c482f78974407d0a110959ef4bc89a4bcc2e50 · pyrox.dev/nixpkgs

+48

nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml

···

       1
       1
       +
       <chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-obtaining">

     

       2
       2
       +
         <title>Obtaining NixOS</title>

     

       3
       3
       +
         <para>

     

       4
       4
       +
           NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the

     

       5
       5
       +
           <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS

     

       6
       6
       +
           download page</link>. There are a number of installation options. If

     

       7
       7
       +
           you happen to have an optical drive and a spare CD, burning the

     

       8
       8
       +
           image to CD and booting from that is probably the easiest option.

     

       9
       9
       +
           Most people will need to prepare a USB stick to boot from.

     

       10
       10
       +
           <xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb" /> describes the preferred

     

       11
       11
       +
           method to prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are

     

       12
       12
       +
           presented in the

     

       13
       13
       +
           <link xlink:href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media">NixOS

     

       14
       14
       +
           Wiki</link>.

     

       15
       15
       +
         </para>

     

       16
       16
       +
         <para>

     

       17
       17
       +
           As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a

     

       18
       18
       +
           running NixOS system through several other means:

     

       19
       19
       +
         </para>

     

       20
       20
       +
         <itemizedlist>

     

       21
       21
       +
           <listitem>

     

       22
       22
       +
             <para>

     

       23
       23
       +
               Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF)

     

       24
       24
       +
               that can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from

     

       25
       25
       +
               the

     

       26
       26
       +
               <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS

     

       27
       27
       +
               download page</link>.

     

       28
       28
       +
             </para>

     

       29
       29
       +
           </listitem>

     

       30
       30
       +
           <listitem>

     

       31
       31
       +
             <para>

     

       32
       32
       +
               Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2. To find one for your region and

     

       33
       33
       +
               instance type, please refer to the

     

       34
       34
       +
               <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix">list

     

       35
       35
       +
               of most recent AMIs</link>.

     

       36
       36
       +
             </para>

     

       37
       37
       +
           </listitem>

     

       38
       38
       +
           <listitem>

     

       39
       39
       +
             <para>

     

       40
       40
       +
               Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which

     

       41
       41
       +
               allows you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from

     

       42
       42
       +
               declarative specifications. Check out the

     

       43
       43
       +
               <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixops">NixOps

     

       44
       44
       +
               homepage</link> for details.

     

       45
       45
       +
             </para>

     

       46
       46
       +
           </listitem>

     

       47
       47
       +
         </itemizedlist>

     

       48
       48
       +
       </chapter>

+1 -1

nixos/doc/manual/installation/installation.xml

···

       10
       10
        
          first-time use.

     

       11
       11
        
         </para>

     

       12
       12
        
        </partintro>

     

       13
       13
       -
        <xi:include href="obtaining.xml" />

     

       13
       13
       +
        <xi:include href="../from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml" />

     

       14
       14
        
        <xi:include href="installing.xml" />

     

       15
       15
        
        <xi:include href="changing-config.xml" />

     

       16
       16
        
        <xi:include href="upgrading.xml" />

+26

nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.chapter.md

···

       1
       1
       +
       # Obtaining NixOS {#sec-obtaining}

     

       2
       2
       +
       

     

       3
       3
       +
       NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the [NixOS download

     

       4
       4
       +
       page](https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html). There are a number of

     

       5
       5
       +
       installation options. If you happen to have an optical drive and a spare

     

       6
       6
       +
       CD, burning the image to CD and booting from that is probably the

     

       7
       7
       +
       easiest option. Most people will need to prepare a USB stick to boot

     

       8
       8
       +
       from. [](#sec-booting-from-usb) describes the preferred method to

     

       9
       9
       +
       prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are presented in

     

       10
       10
       +
       the [NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media).

     

       11
       11
       +
       

     

       12
       12
       +
       As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running

     

       13
       13
       +
       NixOS system through several other means:

     

       14
       14
       +
       

     

       15
       15
       +
       -   Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) that

     

       16
       16
       +
           can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from the [NixOS

     

       17
       17
       +
           download page](https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html).

     

       18
       18
       +
       

     

       19
       19
       +
       -   Using AMIs for Amazon's EC2. To find one for your region and

     

       20
       20
       +
           instance type, please refer to the [list of most recent

     

       21
       21
       +
           AMIs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix).

     

       22
       22
       +
       

     

       23
       23
       +
       -   Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which allows

     

       24
       24
       +
           you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from declarative

     

       25
       25
       +
           specifications. Check out the [NixOps

     

       26
       26
       +
           homepage](https://nixos.org/nixops) for details.

-54

nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml

···

       1
       1
       -
       <chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"

     

       2
       2
       -
                xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"

     

       3
       3
       -
                xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"

     

       4
       4
       -
                version="5.0"

     

       5
       5
       -
                xml:id="sec-obtaining">

     

       6
       6
       -
        <title>Obtaining NixOS</title>

     

       7
       7
       -
        <para>

     

       8
       8
       -
         NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the

     

       9
       9
       -
         <link

     

       10
       10
       -
       xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS download

     

       11
       11
       -
         page</link>. There are a number of installation options. If you happen to

     

       12
       12
       -
         have an optical drive and a spare CD, burning the image to CD and booting

     

       13
       13
       -
         from that is probably the easiest option. Most people will need to prepare a

     

       14
       14
       -
         USB stick to boot from. <xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb"/> describes the

     

       15
       15
       -
         preferred method to prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are

     

       16
       16
       -
         presented in the

     

       17
       17
       -
         <link

     

       18
       18
       -
       xlink:href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media">NixOS

     

       19
       19
       -
         Wiki</link>.

     

       20
       20
       -
        </para>

     

       21
       21
       -
        <para>

     

       22
       22
       -
         As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running NixOS

     

       23
       23
       -
         system through several other means:

     

       24
       24
       -
         <itemizedlist>

     

       25
       25
       -
          <listitem>

     

       26
       26
       -
           <para>

     

       27
       27
       -
            Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) that can be

     

       28
       28
       -
            imported into VirtualBox. These are available from the

     

       29
       29
       -
            <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS download

     

       30
       30
       -
            page</link>.

     

       31
       31
       -
           </para>

     

       32
       32
       -
          </listitem>

     

       33
       33
       -
          <listitem>

     

       34
       34
       -
           <para>

     

       35
       35
       -
            Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2. To find one for your region and instance

     

       36
       36
       -
            type, please refer to the

     

       37
       37
       -
            <link

     

       38
       38
       -
           xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix">list

     

       39
       39
       -
            of most recent AMIs</link>.

     

       40
       40
       -
           </para>

     

       41
       41
       -
          </listitem>

     

       42
       42
       -
          <listitem>

     

       43
       43
       -
           <para>

     

       44
       44
       -
            Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which allows you to

     

       45
       45
       -
            provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from declarative

     

       46
       46
       -
            specifications. Check out the

     

       47
       47
       -
            <link

     

       48
       48
       -
           xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixops">NixOps homepage</link> for

     

       49
       49
       -
            details.

     

       50
       50
       -
           </para>

     

       51
       51
       -
          </listitem>

     

       52
       52
       -
         </itemizedlist>

     

       53
       53
       -
        </para>

     

       54
       54
       -
       </chapter>