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NixOS: upgrade to 22.05, mail notification, procedure for system upgrade

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Signed-off-by: Maurice Zhou <jasper@apvc.uk>
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Maurice Zhou
2022-06-01 21:34:18 +02:00
committed by George Melikov
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docs/Getting Started/NixOS/Root on ZFS/4-system-installation.rst
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@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@ of declaratively configuring the system.
users.users.root.initialHashedPassword = "${INST_ROOT_PASSWD}";
EOF
#. If boot pool encryption is used and installation fails with::
#mktemp: failed to create directory via template
#‘/mnt/tmp.coRUoqzl1P/initrd-secrets.XXXXXXXXXX’: No such file or directory
#failed to create initrd secrets: No such file or directory
This is `a bug <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/157989>`__.
Complete the installation by executing::
nixos-enter --root /mnt -- nixos-rebuild boot
System installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -78,6 +67,16 @@ System installation
nixos-install -v --show-trace --no-root-passwd --root /mnt
#. If boot pool encryption is used and installation fails with::
#mktemp: failed to create directory via template
#‘/mnt/tmp.coRUoqzl1P/initrd-secrets.XXXXXXXXXX’: No such file or directory
#failed to create initrd secrets: No such file or directory
This is `a bug <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/157989>`__.
Complete the installation by executing::
nixos-enter --root /mnt -- nixos-rebuild boot
Finish installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -100,6 +99,44 @@ Finish installation
reboot
Upgrade NixOS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Routine updates within the same major version
=============================================
Updates within the same major version, such as from [21.11].001 to
[21.11].100, can be done with one of the following commands::
# take immediate effect
nixos-rebuild --upgrade switch
# update upon reboot
nixos-rebuild --upgrade boot
Upgrade to a newer major version
================================
Upgrading to a newer major version involves switching software
distribution channel.
#. To view existing channels, run as root::
nix-channel --list
#nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.11
#this is the major version released around November 2021
#. To view available channels::
w3m https://hydra.nixos.org/project/nixos
#. To switch to a newer channel (22.05)::
nix-channel --add nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-22.05
#. Then follow the procedures for updating witin minor versions.
Immutable root file system
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~