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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-obtaining">
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<title>Obtaining NixOS</title>
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<para>
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NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS
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download page</link>. There are a number of installation options. If
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you happen to have an optical drive and a spare CD, burning the
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image to CD and booting from that is probably the easiest option.
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Most people will need to prepare a USB stick to boot from.
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<xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb" /> describes the preferred
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method to prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are
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presented in the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media">NixOS
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Wiki</link>.
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</para>
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<para>
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As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a
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running NixOS system through several other means:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
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that can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from
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the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS
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download page</link>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2. To find one for your region and
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instance type, please refer to the
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix">list
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of most recent AMIs</link>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which
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allows you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from
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declarative specifications. Check out the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixops">NixOps
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homepage</link> for details.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</chapter>
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