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NixOS on DigitalOcean

How to start a new NixOS droplet on Digital Ocean using nixos-infect.

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Chris Martin
Oct 05, 2016
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How to start a new NixOS droplet on Digital Ocean using nixos-infect:

  1. Start an Ubuntu 16.04 droplet.

  2. Enable ipv6.

  3. Add your key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and SSH in as root.

  4. Download nixos-infect:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect
  1. Run nixos-infect:

bash nixos-infect
  1. NixOS will install (this takes a little while) and t…

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