nixos-command - a redesign of nixos-rebuild

Provides a command nixos. This command is meant to bring the NixOS tooling up to par with the Nix3 CLI and especially flakes.

Supported features

• Verbs
  • build
  • build-vm
  • build-vm-with-bootloader (now build-vm --bootloader)
  • boot
  • switch
  • apply (alias for switch for that supreme DevOps feel)
  • test
  • dry-activate
  • dry-build
  • edit
• Flags
  • --profile-name
  • --rollback
  • --install-bootloader
  • --build-host
  • --target-host
• Miscellaneous
  • (?) Building non-flake configurations
  • nixos-install
  • nixos-version

Install

In your user's profile

nix profile install github:max-privatevoid/nixos-command

Or use it in a temporary shell

nix shell github:max-privatevoid/nixos-command

Usage examples

Build the NixOS configuration for the flake in the current directory

nixos build

Build the NixOS configuration for the host "paris" in .

nixos build .#paris

The classic nixos-rebuild switch, assuming /etc/nixos is a flake

nixos switch /etc/nixos

Build a system from a GitHub repository and activate on next boot

nixos boot github:my-company/nixos-infra#styx