# Introducing nixos-up, a dead-simple installer for NixOS

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/introducing-nixos-up-a-dead-simple-installer-for-nixos/12350
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/introducing-nixos-up-a-dead-simple-installer-for-nixos/12350 "2021-04-07T06:59:26Z")
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### Author: ![samuela](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/samuela/32/2486_2.png) [@samuela](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/samuela)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/introducing-nixos-up-a-dead-simple-installer-for-nixos/12350/13 "2021-04-08T21:28:44Z")

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Ok, I took a stab at using `passwordFile`, but ran into the issue here: [How to use users.users.\<name\>.passwordFile?](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-users-users-name-passwordfile/12378)

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