containers

A set of NixOS system configurations to be run as lightweight containers. Each container appears as a service container-«name» on the host system, allowing it to be started and stopped via systemctl.

Type

attribute set of (submodule)

Default

{ }

Example

{ webserver =
    { path = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/webserver";
    };
  database =
    { config =
        { config, pkgs, ... }:
        { services.postgresql.enable = true;
          services.postgresql.package = pkgs.postgresql_14;

          system.stateVersion = "26.05";
        };
    };
}

Declared

<nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix>