ubuntu-nix-systemd

Nix package manager on Ubuntu - systemd

Usage

Keep systemd in background and use it with another user

container_id="$(podman run --rm --detach ghcr.io/kachick/ubuntu-nix-systemd:latest)"
sleep 1
podman exec --user=user -it "$container_id" bash

Make sure non root and non sudoers can run nix features

user@541fad9ac911:/$ nix --version
nix (Nix) 2.20.3
user@541fad9ac911:/$ nix run nixpkgs#hello
Hello, world!
user@541fad9ac911:/$ ps -ef | grep systemd
root           1       0  0 10:53 ?        00:00:00 /bin/systemd --system
root          15       1  0 10:53 ?        00:00:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-journald
systemd+      22       1  0 10:53 ?        00:00:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved
user         770      26  0 10:55 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto systemd
user@541fad9ac911:/$ sudo
bash: sudo: command not found

Motivation

• nixos/nix is not NixOS, but it does not have some basic tools as groupadd
  ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75653182/why-do-some-official-nix-docker-containers-not-have-the-nixos-rebuild-command
• I want flake by default
• I prefer ubuntu rather than alpine for daily use

Note

• Devcontainer
  • kachick/wait-other-jobs#517
  • https://github.com/kachick/devcontainer-ubuntu-nix
• Installer