Nixpkgs: Prebuilt lxc/lxd images of nixos?

[AndrewMorsillo]

I can't find much information about running nixos in an lxc container. Are there any images for nixos such as those found on https://us.images.linuxcontainers.org/ ? Would it be difficult to create and list an image there?

[samueldr]

Hi, #9735 has some discussion as to the past situation of LXC images of nixos.

Earlier this year I wrote this hacky walkthrough to get an LXC container of NixOS going in Proxmox.

As far as support? I don't know if the issues I had with nixos-rebuild were specific to how Proxmox works, but it works, if one were to disregard the warnings and errors on rebuild.

I don't know what differences Promox has with other LXC solutions, so I can't really say how much of it applies.

And as far as distributing images elsewhere, it's kind of a hassle, just as our iso images aren't distributed and mirrored at many locations. This is because every time the nixos release updates, a new iso image (and container images) have been built for that new update. It would need a constant feed of not-that-long-lived images.

[asbachb]

I guess the most convenient way for now would be that hydra builds that image. This could be easily imported via lxc import.

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[nathan-at-least]

This issue is not stale for me, a new-comer to nixos. I use lxd images for development and prototyping, so it would be my primary platform for a nixos installation.