Administration

This chapter describes various aspects of managing a running NixOS system, such as how to use the systemd service manager.

• Service Management

• Rebooting and Shutting Down

• User Sessions

• Control Groups

• Logging

• Cleaning the Nix Store
  • NixOS Boot Entries

• Container Management
  • Imperative Container Management
  • Declarative Container Specification
  • Container Networking

• Troubleshooting
  • Boot Problems
  • Maintenance Mode
  • Rolling Back Configuration Changes
  • Nix Store Corruption
  • Network Problems