nixos-container
Starts NixOS containers using Linux containers.
TLDR
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]
