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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/download.html#nixos-iso">NixOS
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download page</link>. Follow the instructions in
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<xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb" /> to create a bootable USB
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flash drive.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have a very old system that can’t boot from USB, you can burn
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the image to an empty CD. NixOS might not work very well on such
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systems.
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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/download.html#nixos-virtualbox">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, please
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refer to the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-amazon">download
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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 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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