diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1bcc4bc..bb33c3c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Use with extreme caution and preferably only on newly provisioned systems. This script has successfully been tested on at least the follow hosting providers and plans: +* [Aliyun ECS](https://cn.aliyun.com/product/ecs/) * [AWS Lightsail](https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/) * [Clouding.io](https://clouding.io) * [Cockbox](https://cockbox.org) @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ This script has successfully been tested on at least the follow hosting provider * [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/) * [OVHcloud](https://www.ovh.com/) * [Scaleway](https://scaleway.com) +* [ServArica](https://servarica.com/) * [Tencent Cloud Lighthouse](https://cloud.tencent.com/product/lighthouse) * [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/) * [Windcloud](https://windcloud.de/) @@ -63,6 +65,48 @@ A failure will leave the system in an inconsistent state, and so it is advised to run with `bash -x`. ## Hoster notes: + +### Aliyun ECS +Aliyun ECS tested on ecs.s6-c1m2.large, region **cn-shanghai**, needs a few tweaks: +- replace nix binary cache with [tuna mirror](https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/help/nix/) (with instructions in the page) + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2021-12-28| +|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2023-04-05| + +### AWS Lightsail +Make sure to set `PROVIDER="lightsail"`. + +Setting a root ssh key manually is not necessary, the key provided as part of the instance launch process will be used. + +If you run into issues, debug using the most similar ec2 instance that is on the Nitro platform. Nitro platform instances have a serial console that allow you to troubleshoot boot issues, and Lightsail instances are just EC2 with a different pricing model and UI. + +### Clouding.io +I could not get it to run via UserData scripts, but downloading and executing the script worked flawlessly. + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Debian | 11 |**success**|2022-12-20| + +### Cockbox +Requred some Xen modules to work out, after that NixOS erected itself without a hinch. +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-06-12| + +### Contabo +Tested on Cloud VPS. Contabo sets the hostname to something like `vmi######.contaboserver.net`, Nixos only allows RFC 1035 compliant hostnames ([see here](https://search.nixos.org/options?show=networking.hostName&query=hostname)). Run `hostname something_without_dots` before running the script. If you run the script before changing the hostname - remove the `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` so it's regenerated with the new hostname. + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2022-09-26| + + ### Digital Ocean You may utilize Digital Ocean's "user data" mechanism (found in the Web UI or HTTP API), and supply to it the following example yaml stanzas: @@ -119,22 +163,19 @@ runcmd: |Ubuntu |20.04 x64 |**success**|2022-03-23| |Ubuntu |22.04 x64 |**success**|2022-10-14| -### Vultr -To set up a NixOS Vultr server, instantiate an Ubuntu box with the following "Cloud-Init User-Data": - -```bash -#!/bin/sh - -curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.11 bash -``` - -Allow for a few minutes over the usual Ubuntu deployment time for NixOS to download & install itself. +### GalaxyGate #### Tested on |Distribution| Name | Status | test date| |------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -| Ubuntu | 18.10 x64 |**success**|(Unknown) | -| Ubuntu | 22.04 x64 |**success**|2022-07-04| +|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-04-02| + +### Google Cloud Platform + +#### Tested on +|Distribution. | Name | Status | test date| +|-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +| Ubuntu on Ampere Altra (Arm64) | 20.04 |**success**|2022-09-07| ### Hetzner cloud @@ -154,6 +195,8 @@ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | | Ubuntu | 20.04 x64 |**success**|(Unknown) | | Ubuntu | 22.04 x64 |**success**|2022-06-29| + + ### InterServer VPS #### Tested on @@ -165,28 +208,25 @@ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | |Ubuntu | 18.04 |**success**|2021-01-29| |Ubuntu | 14.04 |**success**|2021-01-29| +### Liga Hosting -### Tencent Cloud Lighthouse -Tencent Cloud Lighthouse **Hong Kong** Region Works out of the box. +Liga Hosting works without any issue. You'll need to add your ssh key to the host either during +build time or using `ssh-copy-id` before running nixos-infect -Other Regions in China may not work because of the unreliable connection between China and global Internet or [GFW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall). +``` +#!/bin/sh + +curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log +``` #### Tested on |Distribution| Name | Status | test date| |------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Debian | 10 |**success**|2021-03-11| +|Debian | 11 |**success**|2022-12-01| +|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-12-01| +|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2022-12-01| -### OVHcloud -Before executing the install script, you may need to check your mounts with `df -h`. By default, OVH adds a relatively short in memory `tmpfs` mount on the `/tmp` folder, so the install script runs short in memory and fails. Just execute `umount /tmp` before launching the install script. Full install process described [here](https://lyderic.origenial.fr/install-nixos-on-ovh) - -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-------------------|-----------|----------| -|Arch Linux | Arch Linux x86-64 |**success**|2021-03-25| -|Debian | 10 |**success**|2021-04-29| -|Debian | 11 |**success**|2021-11-17| -|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2022-06-19| - ### Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Tested for both VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro (x86) and VM.Standard.A1.Flex (AArch64) instances. @@ -206,97 +246,17 @@ Tested for both VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro (x86) and VM.Standard.A1.Flex (AArch64) i PR#100 Adopted 8G Swap device [2] OL9.1 had 2GB /boot, 100MB /boot/efi (nixos used as /boot) and swapfile -### Aliyun ECS -Aliyun ECS tested on ecs.s6-c1m2.large, region **cn-shanghai**, needs a few tweaks: -- replace nix binary cache with [tuna mirror](https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/help/nix/) (with instructions in the page) -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2021-12-28| -|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2023-04-05| +### OVHcloud +Before executing the install script, you may need to check your mounts with `df -h`. By default, OVH adds a relatively short in memory `tmpfs` mount on the `/tmp` folder, so the install script runs short in memory and fails. Just execute `umount /tmp` before launching the install script. Full install process described [here](https://lyderic.origenial.fr/install-nixos-on-ovh) +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-------------------|-----------|----------| +|Arch Linux | Arch Linux x86-64 |**success**|2021-03-25| +|Debian | 10 |**success**|2021-04-29| +|Debian | 11 |**success**|2021-11-17| +|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2022-06-19| -### GalaxyGate -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-04-02| - - -### Cockbox -Requred some Xen modules to work out, after that NixOS erected itself without a hinch. -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-06-12| - -### Google Cloud Platform - -#### Tested on -|Distribution. | Name | Status | test date| -|-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -| Ubuntu on Ampere Altra (Arm64) | 20.04 |**success**|2022-09-07| - -### Contabo -Tested on Cloud VPS. Contabo sets the hostname to something like `vmi######.contaboserver.net`, Nixos only allows RFC 1035 compliant hostnames ([see here](https://search.nixos.org/options?show=networking.hostName&query=hostname)). Run `hostname something_without_dots` before running the script. If you run the script before changing the hostname - remove the `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` so it's regenerated with the new hostname. - -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2022-09-26| - -### Liga Hosting - -Liga Hosting works without any issue. You'll need to add your ssh key to the host either during -build time or using `ssh-copy-id` before running nixos-infect - -``` -#!/bin/sh - -curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log -``` - -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Debian | 11 |**success**|2022-12-01| -|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-12-01| -|Ubuntu | 22.04 |**success**|2022-12-01| - -### AWS Lightsail -Make sure to set `PROVIDER="lightsail"`. - -Setting a root ssh key manually is not necessary, the key provided as part of the instance launch process will be used. - -If you run into issues, debug using the most similar ec2 instance that is on the Nitro platform. Nitro platform instances have a serial console that allow you to troubleshoot boot issues, and Lightsail instances are just EC2 with a different pricing model and UI. - -### Windcloud -Tested on vServer. The network configuration seems to be important so the same tweaks as for DigitalOcean are necessary (see above). - -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-12-09| - -### ServArica -Requires the same static network settings that Digital Ocean does. - - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=servarica NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.11 bash - -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Debian | 11.4 |**success**|2022-12-12| -|Ubuntu | 20.04 | success |2022-11-26| - -### Clouding.io -I could not get it to run via UserData scripts, but downloading and executing the script worked flawlessly. - -#### Tested on -|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| -|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| -|Debian | 11 |**success**|2022-12-20| ### Scaleway As of November 2020, it is easy to get a NixOS VM running on Scaleway by using nixos-infect and Scaleway's support for cloud init. @@ -320,3 +280,53 @@ runcmd: |Distribution| Name | Status | test date| |------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| |Ubuntu | 20.04 | success |2020-11-??| + +### ServArica +Requires the same static network settings that Digital Ocean does. + + curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=servarica NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.11 bash + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Debian | 11.4 |**success**|2022-12-12| +|Ubuntu | 20.04 | success |2022-11-26| + + +### Tencent Cloud Lighthouse +Tencent Cloud Lighthouse **Hong Kong** Region Works out of the box. + +Other Regions in China may not work because of the unreliable connection between China and global Internet or [GFW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall). + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Debian | 10 |**success**|2021-03-11| + + +### Vultr +To set up a NixOS Vultr server, instantiate an Ubuntu box with the following "Cloud-Init User-Data": + +```bash +#!/bin/sh + +curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.11 bash +``` + +Allow for a few minutes over the usual Ubuntu deployment time for NixOS to download & install itself. + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +| Ubuntu | 18.10 x64 |**success**|(Unknown) | +| Ubuntu | 22.04 x64 |**success**|2022-07-04| + + +### Windcloud +Tested on vServer. The network configuration seems to be important so the same tweaks as for DigitalOcean are necessary (see above). + +#### Tested on +|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| +|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------| +|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-12-09| +