I've collected the list of issues with containers. Go through this list before starting using them. Declarative containers are good, but be prepared
===== Bidirectional container access - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16754 Container interface is not removed when declarative container is removed - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16330 nixos-container doesn't have restart subcommand - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16753 Error message showed in `nixos-container run` - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16639 `/etc/resolv.conf` generation broken in systemd containers - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/15164 nixos-container.pl has overly strict sanity checks - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/15089 Container does not start after switching to 16.03 - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/14381 ip-up.target won't be activated in nixos-containers - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/14314 containers with extraModules in host - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/13852 unable to upgrade declarative nixos container - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/12396 Missing man page for nixos-container - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/10347 Installing NixOS in a container with a non-NixOS host is painful - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9884 nixos-container: wrong message for --show-trace - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/8970 A mechanism to run containers on different "channels" from their hosts - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/7467 Nixos-container cannot be used without root - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/6754 Indirect GC roots in containers don't work - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2310
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