Containix is a containerization tool that relies on Nix to define and build the container environment rather than using images of Linux system file trees like Docker does.
Containix uses Nix Flakes as the container definition format. Take a look at the examples to get an impression for what that looks like.
You must have Nix installed for containix to work. Therefore, you can run containix directly via nix:
$ nix run github:surma/containixRun a flake inside a container:
$ containix -f /path/to/flakeThis will build the flake’s containix package if it exists, otherwise it will use the default package.
Since any flake expression can be used for the container, you can run the examples from this repository:
$ containix -f 'github:surma/containix?dir=examples/simple_container'Many of the familiar flags from Docker are supported: -v mounts a host directory into the container, -e set an environment variable and -e expose a port:
$ containix -f 'github:surma/containix?dir=examples/webserver' \
--volume $PWD:/var/www:ro \
--port 8080:8123 \
--env PORT=8123Write your own container flake:
nix flake init -t github:surma/containix
# ... edit flake.nix ...
containix -f .Apache License 2.0