@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ Usage: nixos-anywhere [options] [<ssh-host>]
88Options:
99
1010* -f, --flake <flake_uri>
11- set the flake to install the system from.
11+ set the flake to install the system from. i.e.
12+ nixos-anywhere --flake .#mymachine
13+ Also supports variants:
14+ nixos-anywhere --flake .#nixosConfigurations.mymachine.config.virtualisation.vmVariant
1215* --target-host <ssh-host>
13- specified the SSH target host to deploy onto.
16+ set the SSH target host to deploy onto.
1417* -i <identity_file>
1518 selects which SSH private key file to use.
1619* -p, --ssh-port <ssh_port>
@@ -26,8 +29,6 @@ Options:
2629* -s, --store-paths <disko-script> <nixos-system>
2730 set the store paths to the disko-script and nixos-system directly
2831 if this is given, flake is not needed
29- * --no-reboot
30- do not reboot after installation, allowing further customization of the target installation.
3132* --kexec <path>
3233 use another kexec tarball to bootstrap NixOS
3334* --kexec-extra-flags
@@ -38,18 +39,24 @@ Options:
3839 after kexec is executed, use a custom ssh port to connect. Defaults to 22
3940* --copy-host-keys
4041 copy over existing /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* host keys to the installation
41- * --stop-after-disko
42- exit after disko formatting, you can then proceed to install manually or some other way
4342* --extra-files <path>
4443 contents of local <path> are recursively copied to the root (/) of the new NixOS installation. Existing files are overwritten
45- Copied files will be owned by root. See documentation for details.
44+ Copied files will be owned by root unless specified by --chown option. See documentation for details.
45+ * --chown <path> <ownership>
46+ change ownership of <path> recursively. Recommended to use uid:gid as opposed to username:groupname for ownership.
47+ Option can be specified more than once.
4648* --disk-encryption-keys <remote_path> <local_path>
4749 copy the contents of the file or pipe in local_path to remote_path in the installer environment,
4850 after kexec but before installation. Can be repeated.
4951* --no-substitute-on-destination
5052 disable passing --substitute-on-destination to nix-copy
53+ implies --no-use-machine-substituters
54+ * --no-use-machine-substituters
55+ don't copy the substituters from the machine to be installed into the installer environment
5156* --debug
5257 enable debug output
58+ * --show-trace
59+ show nix build traces
5360* --option <key> <value>
5461 nix option to pass to every nix related command
5562* --from <store-uri>
@@ -58,6 +65,22 @@ Options:
5865 build the closure on the remote machine instead of locally and copy-closuring it
5966* --vm-test
6067 build the system and test the disk configuration inside a VM without installing it to the target.
68+ * --generate-hardware-config nixos-facter|nixos-generate-config <path>
69+ generate a hardware-configuration.nix file using the specified backend and write it to the specified path.
70+ The backend can be either 'nixos-facter' or 'nixos-generate-config'.
71+ * --phases
72+ comma separated list of phases to run. Default is: kexec,disko,install,reboot
73+ kexec: kexec into the nixos installer
74+ disko: first unmount and destroy all filesystems on the disks we want to format, then run the create and mount mode
75+ install: install the system
76+ reboot: unmount the filesystems, export any ZFS pools and reboot the machine
77+ * --disko-mode disko|mount|format
78+ set the disko mode to format, mount or destroy. Default is disko.
79+ disko: first unmount and destroy all filesystems on the disks we want to format, then run the create and mount mode
80+ * --no-disko-deps
81+ This will only upload the disko script and not the partitioning tools dependencies.
82+ Installers usually have dependencies available.
83+ Use this option if your target machine has not enough RAM to store the dependencies in memory.
6184* --build-on auto|remote|local
6285 sets the build on settings to auto, remote or local. Default is auto.
6386 auto: tries to figure out, if the build is possible on the local host, if not falls back gracefully to remote build
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