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I have yet to find a single VPS provider that offers explicit support for NixOS [1]. As much as I like the idea of NixOS, it's difficult to evaluate its utility

I have yet to find a single VPS provider that offers explicit support for NixOS [1]. As much as I like the idea of NixOS, it's difficult to evaluate its utility when I cannot easily spin up a NixOS-powered VPS and kick the tires. There does not seem to be any support for NixOS on DigitalOcean [2], and the instructions I came across for Linode look daunting enough that I am unlikely to even try [3]. [1]: https://nixos.org/wiki/Hosting_providers_%26_NixOs https://nixos.org/wiki/Hosting_providers_%26_NixOs [2]: http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/4349028-support-nixos-image http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean... [3]: https://nixos.org/wiki/Install_NixOS_on_Linode https://nixos.org/wiki/Install_NixOS_on_Linode

vertex-four 12y ago
Pick any VPS provider offering KVM, and they'll likely offer the ability to insert your own boot CD, from which you can install NixOS. I use DireVPS for a small personal server, for example, although you'll have minor issues installing (you'll need to configure the network from the command line before starting to install, as well as specify the network configuration in the NixOS configuration.nix separately). You can also get NixOS running on EC2, if you happen to have an account: https://nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_on_Amazon_EC2 https://nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_on_Amazon_EC2
- Hello71 12y ago
  /me mumbles something about DO's "VPS"s
- mateuszf 12y ago
  Or any provider with Docker support.
  - listic 12y ago
    Do they explicitly advertise KVM or Docker support often?
    - vertex-four 12y ago
      If they're running one of those, yes. In general, if a VPS provider doesn't tell you what they're running somewhere (it's usually Xen or OpenVZ, KVM's rarer, Docker's a new platform that doesn't really do the same things), you want to stay away from them.
boothead 12y ago
The linode instructions are pretty up to date. Feel free to shoot any questions to @boothead if you give it a try.. * * source: followed said instructions to get my linode vps running on nixos.
notthemessiah 12y ago
I've set up NixOS on a Linode, and I was surprised how fast and easy it was, that instantly after nearly instantly running that bash script, I had NixOS set up and was ready to upload my configuration, I didn't even need to have a preconfigured image. Setting it up as a mail server, however, wasn't so much fun.
iElectric2 12y ago
Use Nixops to provision Cloud machines. It support EC2, Hetzner and Google backends. Easy to add more.
doublec 12y ago
It's not a one click install but it's not too difficult: How to install NixOS on a Linode with an encrypted root partition: http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2014/10/22/install-nixos-on-linode-with-encrypted-root.html http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2014/10/22/install-nixos-on-linode-...

vertex-four 12y ago

Pick any VPS provider offering KVM, and they'll likely offer the ability to insert your own boot CD, from which you can install NixOS. I use DireVPS for a small personal server, for example, although you'll have minor issues installing (you'll need to configure the network from the command line before starting to install, as well as specify the network configuration in the NixOS configuration.nix separately). You can also get NixOS running on EC2, if you happen to have an account: https://nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_on_Amazon_EC2 https://nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_on_Amazon_EC2

Hello71 12y ago
/me mumbles something about DO's "VPS"s
mateuszf 12y ago
Or any provider with Docker support.
- listic 12y ago
  Do they explicitly advertise KVM or Docker support often?
  - vertex-four 12y ago
    If they're running one of those, yes. In general, if a VPS provider doesn't tell you what they're running somewhere (it's usually Xen or OpenVZ, KVM's rarer, Docker's a new platform that doesn't really do the same things), you want to stay away from them.

boothead 12y ago

The linode instructions are pretty up to date. Feel free to shoot any questions to @boothead if you give it a try.. * * source: followed said instructions to get my linode vps running on nixos.

notthemessiah 12y ago

I've set up NixOS on a Linode, and I was surprised how fast and easy it was, that instantly after nearly instantly running that bash script, I had NixOS set up and was ready to upload my configuration, I didn't even need to have a preconfigured image. Setting it up as a mail server, however, wasn't so much fun.

iElectric2 12y ago

Use Nixops to provision Cloud machines. It support EC2, Hetzner and Google backends. Easy to add more.

doublec 12y ago

It's not a one click install but it's not too difficult: How to install NixOS on a Linode with an encrypted root partition: http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2014/10/22/install-nixos-on-linode-with-encrypted-root.html http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2014/10/22/install-nixos-on-linode-...