nixos-container

linux

Start NixOS containers using Linux containers.

Examples (6)

List running containers

sudo nixos-container list

Create a NixOS container with a specific configuration file

sudo nixos-container create container_name --config-file path/to/nix_config_file

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