dockerTools.buildImageWithNixDb: populate the Nix Db of the image Nix store

Currently, the contents closure is copied to the layer but there is no
nix database initialization. If pkgs.nix is added in the contents,
nix-store doesn't work because there is no nix database.

From the contents of the layer, this commit generates and loads the
database in the nix store of the container. This only works if there
is no parent layer that already have a nix store (to support several
nix layers, we would have to merge nix databases of parent layers).

We also add an example to play with the nix store inside the
container. Note it seems `more` is a missing dependency of the nix
package!
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Antoine Eiche
2017-09-20 20:14:24 +02:00
parent 2c2cd34b54
commit df589a438e
2 changed files with 46 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
# $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A dockerTools.examples.redis
# $ docker load < result
{ pkgs, buildImage, pullImage, shadowSetup }:
{ pkgs, buildImage, pullImage, shadowSetup, buildImageWithNixDb }:
rec {
# 1. basic example
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ rec {
};
# 4. example of pulling an image. could be used as a base for other images
nix = pullImage {
nixFromDockerHub = pullImage {
imageName = "nixos/nix";
imageTag = "1.11";
# this hash will need change if the tag is updated at docker hub
@@ -101,4 +101,17 @@ rec {
pkgs.nano
];
};
# 5. nix example to play with the container nix store
# docker run -it --rm nix nix-store -qR $(nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A nix)
nix = buildImageWithNixDb {
name = "nix";
contents = [
# nix-store -qR uses the 'more' program which is not included in
# the pkgs.nix dependencies. We then have to manually get it
# from the 'eject' package:/
pkgs.eject
pkgs.nix
];
};
}