nixos/nix repository overview

This image contains an installation of the Nix package manager⁠.

Use this build to create your own customized images as follows:

FROM nixos/nix

RUN nix-channel --update

RUN nix-build -A pythonFull '<nixpkgs>'

⁠Limitations

By default sandboxing⁠ is turned off inside the container, even though it is enabled in new installations of nix. This can lead to differences between derivations built inside a docker container versus those built without any containerization, especially if a derivation relies on sandboxing to block sideloading of dependencies.

To enable sandboxing the container has to be started with the --privileged⁠ flag and sandbox = true set in /etc/nix/nix.conf.