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		ochoseis on Jan 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NixOS: Declarative Builds and Deployments If Hetzner allows custom images, then this tool may help: https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators Cloud-init can be clumsy to get going, but it’s possible.

p_l on Jan 15, 2024 [–]

I used kexec into nixos installer image from hetzner recovery, using nixos-generators to make the image.

1. Boot with hetzner recovery OS

2. Install Nix in it (not nixos!)

3. Install nixos-generators

4. Generate kexec-bundle image

5. run the result of 4 and continue installation from it.

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