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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.chapter.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..832ec6146a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.chapter.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Obtaining NixOS {#sec-obtaining} + +NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the [NixOS download +page](https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html). There are a number of +installation options. If you happen to have an optical drive and a spare +CD, burning the image to CD and booting from that is probably the +easiest option. Most people will need to prepare a USB stick to boot +from. [](#sec-booting-from-usb) describes the preferred method to +prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are presented in +the [NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media). + +As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running +NixOS system through several other means: + +- Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) that + can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from the [NixOS + download page](https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html). + +- Using AMIs for Amazon's EC2. To find one for your region and + instance type, please refer to the [list of most recent + AMIs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix). + +- Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which allows + you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from declarative + specifications. Check out the [NixOps + homepage](https://nixos.org/nixops) for details. |