Re: A few questions about guix containers

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

Arun Isaac writes:

>> So I've been using guix system container with some success for a while
>> now, but I've been relying on this old patch I wrote to add shared
>> network support, in the same way that guix environment can do it [1]
>>
>> 1: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28128
>>
>> I haven't given it enough attention, but recently Arun Isaac looks to
>> have picked it up, so I'm hopeful that this functionality might be more
>> widely available soon.
>
> I finished and pushed this patch to master a week ago. So, it is ready
> for wider use! :-)

Ooh, amazing!  I look forward to giving this a whirl :D

Alex

>
> After this patch, I have started using this on my home server. The
> server runs Parabola. I can't migrate all services immediately to
> Guix. So, I have a Guix container running inside Parabola that runs some
> of the services and the host Parabola runs the rest. Once I migrate all
> services to the Guix container, I will simply replace Parabola with a
> full Guix installation.