In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing systemd-nspawn on NixOS latest. systemd-nspawn is a utility for Linux systems that provides users with the ability to create lightweight containers for running applications.
Before we get started, ensure that you have access to a Linux system running NixOS latest.
First, open a terminal and update your system to the latest packages. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Once your system is up-to-date, you can install systemd-nspawn by running the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.systemd-nspawn
This command will install systemd-nspawn on your system.
To verify the installation of systemd-nspawn, run the following command:
systemd-nspawn --version
This command will print the version of systemd-nspawn installed on your system.
Now that you have successfully installed systemd-nspawn, you can create a container by running the following command:
sudo systemd-nspawn -D /var/lib/containername -b
This command will create a container with the specified name and boot it up.
Once the container is up and running, you can interact with it by running the following command:
sudo systemd-nspawn -D /var/lib/containername /bin/bash
This command will open a shell inside the container, allowing you to run commands and execute applications as if you were running them on a separate system.
In this tutorial, we have guided you through the process of installing systemd-nspawn on NixOS latest and creating a container using the utility. We hope that you found this tutorial helpful and that you are now able to use systemd-nspawn to create containers for running applications on your Linux system.
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