nixos-anywhere

Install NixOS remotely on target machines.

NixOS

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Syntax

$nixos-anywhere [OPTIONS] --flake FLAKE HOST

Examples

$nixos-anywhere --flake .#server root@192.168.1.10

Examples

$nixos-anywhere --generate-hardware-config nixos-generate-config ./hw.nix root@host

Typical use cases

Remote install

nixos-anywhere --flake .#server root@host

Generate hardware config

nixos-anywhere --generate-hardware-config ...

Note Automates bare-metal/VM installation over SSH using flakes.

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