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NixOS in production?
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Note that unless you really need containers (such as the separate root fs), systemd services can provide pretty much all of container's isolation. It's opt-in but
systemd-analyze security
can tell you about potential things you can lock down. Some NixOS modules already do this by default.And together with NixOS's excellent modules which are usually a lot better than the container experience, personally I don't see the use case for containers on NixOS especially looking at the added complexity they bring with them.
Ah, good to know, thank you. I hadn't really considered that if the whole environment is scripted out like it is, then I wouldn't get as much benefit out of them as I do otherwise. Good tip!