nixos-container

Starts NixOS containers using Linux containers.

• List running containers:

sudo nixos-container list

• Create a NixOS container with a specific configuration file:

sudo nixos-container create {container_name} --config-file {nix_config_file_path}

• Start, stop, terminate, or destroy a specific container:

sudo nixos-container {start|stop|terminate|destroy|status} {container_name}

• Run a command in a running container:

sudo nixos-container run {container_name} -- {command} {command_arguments}

• Update a container configuration:

sudo $EDITOR /var/lib/container/{container_name}/etc/nixos/configuration.nix && sudo nixos-container update {container_name}

• Enter an interactive shell session on an already-running container:

sudo nixos-container root-login {container_name}

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