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docs: Ubuntu on Ampere Altra (Arm64) on GCP works (#110) 
Co-authored-by: Eric Litak <elitak@gmail.com>
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# NixOS-Infect
## What is this?
A script to install NixOS on non-NixOS hosts.
NixOS-Infect is so named because of the high likelihood of rendering a system inoperable.
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:
* [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/)
* [Hetzner Cloud](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud)
* [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/)
* [Interserver VPS](https://www.interserver.net/vps/)
* [Tencent Cloud Lighthouse](https://cloud.tencent.com/product/lighthouse)
* [OVHcloud](https://www.ovh.com/)
* [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/)
* [GalaxyGate](https://galaxygate.net)
* [Cockbox](https://cockbox.org)
* [Google Cloud Platform](https://cloud.google.com/)
* [Contabo](https://contabo.com)
Should you find that it works on your hoster,
feel free to update this README and issue a pull request.
## Motivation
Motivation for this script: nixos-assimilate should supplant this script entirely,
if it's ever completed.
nixos-in-place was quite broken when I tried it,
and also took a pretty janky approach that was substantially more complex than this
(although it supported more platforms):
it didn't install to root (/nixos instead),
left dregs of the old filesystem
(almost always unnecessary since starting from a fresh deployment),
and most importantly, simply didn't work for me!
(old system was being because grub wasnt properly reinstalled)
## How do I use it?
0) **Read and understand the [the script](./nixos-infect)**
1) Deploy any custom configuration you want on your host
2) Deploy your host as non-Nix Operating System.
3) Deploy an SSH key for the root user.
> *NB:* This step is important.
> The root user will not have a password when nixos-infect runs to completion.
> To enable root login, you *must* have an SSH key configured.
4) run the script with:
```
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.05 bash -x
```
*NB*: This script wipes out the targeted host's root filesystem when it runs to completion.
Any errors halt execution.
A failure will leave the system in an inconsistent state,
and so it is advised to run with `bash -x`.
## Hoster notes:
### 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:
```yaml
#cloud-config
runcmd:
- curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=digitalocean NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
```
#### Potential tweaks:
- `/etc/nixos/{,hardware-}configuration.nix`: rudimentary mostly static config
- `/etc/nixos/networking.nix`: networking settings determined at runtime tweak if no ipv6, different number of adapters, etc.
```yaml
#cloud-config
write_files:
- path: /etc/nixos/host.nix
permissions: '0644'
content: |
{pkgs, ...}:
{
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ vim ];
}
runcmd:
- curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=digitalocean NIXOS_IMPORT=./host.nix NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
```
#### Tested on
|Distribution| Name | Status | test date|
|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|
|CentOS |6.9 x32 | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|CentOS |6.9 x64 | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|CentOS |7.6 x64 | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|CentOS |8.1 x64 |**success**|2020-03-30|
|CoreOS |2345.3.0 (stable)| _unable_ |2020-03-30|
|CoreOS |2411.1.0 (beta) | _unable_ |2020-03-30|
|CoreOS |2430.0.0 (alpha) | _unable_ |2020-03-30|
|Debian |10.3 x64 |**success**|2020-03-30|
|Debian |9.12 x64 |**success**|2020-03-30|
|Fedora |30 x64 |**success**|2020-03-30|
|Fedora |31 x64 |**success**|2020-03-30|
|FreeBSD |11.3 x64 ufs | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|FreeBSD |11.3 x64 zfs | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|FreeBSD |12.1 x64 ufs | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|FreeBSD |12.1 x64 zfs | _failure_ |2020-03-30|
|RancherOS |v1.5.5 | _unable_ |2020-03-30|
|Ubuntu |16.04.6 (LTS) x32|**success**|2020-03-30|
|Ubuntu |16.04.6 (LTS) x64|**success**|2020-03-30|
|Ubuntu |18.04.3 (LTS) x64|**success**|2020-03-30|
|Ubuntu |19.10 x64 |**success**|2020-03-30|
|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-22.05 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|
### Hetzner cloud
Hetzner cloud works out of the box.
When creating a server provide the following script as "User data":
```
#!/bin/sh
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-22.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
```
#### Tested on
|Distribution| Name | Status | test date|
|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|
| Debian | 11 |**success**|2021-11-26|
| Ubuntu | 20.04 x64 |**success**|(Unknown) |
| Ubuntu | 22.04 x64 |**success**|2022-06-29|
### InterServer VPS
#### Tested on
|Distribution| Name | Status | test date|
|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|
|Debian | 9 |**success**|2021-01-29|
|Debian | 10 |**success**|2021-01-29|
|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2021-01-29|
|Ubuntu | 18.04 |**success**|2021-01-29|
|Ubuntu | 14.04 |**success**|2021-01-29|
### 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|
### 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.
#### Tested on
|Distribution| Name | Status | test date| Shape |
|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|----------|
|Oracle Linux| 7.9 |**success**|2021-05-31| |
|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-03-23| |
|Ubuntu | 20.04 |**success**|2022-04-19| free arm |
|Oracle Linux| 8.0 | -failure- |2022-04-19| free amd |
|CentOS | 8.0 | -failure- |2022-04-19| free amd |
|Oracle Linux| 7.9[1] |**success**|2022-04-19| free amd |
[1] The Oracle 7.9 layout has 200Mb for /boot 8G for swap
PR#100 Adopted 8G Swap device
### Aliyun ECS
Aliyun ECS tested on ecs.s6-c1m2.large, region **cn-shanghai**, needs a little bit 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|
### 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|
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