Merge pull request #14018 from kampfschlaefer/feature/hostbridge_and_ipv6_for_containers

containers: hostbridge and IPv6

nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix

@@ -28,14 +28,23 @@ let
 
       # Initialise the container side of the veth pair.
       if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
+
         ip link set host0 name eth0
         ip link set dev eth0 up
+
+        if [ -n "$LOCAL_ADDRESS" ]; then
+          ip addr add $LOCAL_ADDRESS dev eth0
+        fi
+        if [ -n "$LOCAL_ADDRESS6" ]; then
+          ip -6 addr add $LOCAL_ADDRESS6 dev eth0
+        fi
         if [ -n "$HOST_ADDRESS" ]; then
           ip route add $HOST_ADDRESS dev eth0
           ip route add default via $HOST_ADDRESS
         fi
-        if [ -n "$LOCAL_ADDRESS" ]; then
+        if [ -n "$HOST_ADDRESS6" ]; then
-          ip addr add $LOCAL_ADDRESS dev eth0
+          ip -6 route add $HOST_ADDRESS6 dev eth0
+          ip -6 route add default via $HOST_ADDRESS6
         fi
       fi
 
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ let
   system = config.nixpkgs.system;
 
   bindMountOpts = { name, config, ... }: {
-  
+
     options = {
       mountPoint = mkOption {
         example = "/mnt/usb";
@@ -68,13 +77,13 @@ let
         description = "Determine whether the mounted path will be accessed in read-only mode.";
       };
     };
-    
+
     config = {
       mountPoint = mkDefault name;
     };
-    
+
   };
-  
+
   mkBindFlag = d:
                let flagPrefix = if d.isReadOnly then " --bind-ro=" else " --bind=";
                    mountstr = if d.hostPath != null then "${d.hostPath}:${d.mountPoint}" else "${d.mountPoint}";
@@ -142,12 +151,33 @@ in
               '';
             };
 
+            hostBridge = mkOption {
+              type = types.nullOr types.string;
+              default = null;
+              example = "br0";
+              description = ''
+                Put the host-side of the veth-pair into the named bridge.
+                Only one of hostAddress* or hostBridge can be given.
+              '';
+            };
+
             hostAddress = mkOption {
               type = types.nullOr types.str;
               default = null;
               example = "10.231.136.1";
               description = ''
                 The IPv4 address assigned to the host interface.
+                (Not used when hostBridge is set.)
+              '';
+            };
+
+            hostAddress6 = mkOption {
+              type = types.nullOr types.string;
+              default = null;
+              example = "fc00::1";
+              description = ''
+                The IPv6 address assigned to the host interface.
+                (Not used when hostBridge is set.)
               '';
             };
 
@@ -161,6 +191,16 @@ in
               '';
             };
 
+            localAddress6 = mkOption {
+              type = types.nullOr types.string;
+              default = null;
+              example = "fc00::2";
+              description = ''
+                The IPv6 address assigned to <literal>eth0</literal>
+                in the container.
+              '';
+            };
+
             interfaces = mkOption {
               type = types.listOf types.string;
               default = [];
@@ -185,7 +225,7 @@ in
               example = { "/home" = { hostPath = "/home/alice";
                                       isReadOnly = false; };
                         };
-                        
+
               description =
                 ''
                   An extra list of directories that is bound to the container.
@@ -238,154 +278,180 @@ in
   };
 
 
-  config = mkIf (config.boot.enableContainers) {
+  config = mkIf (config.boot.enableContainers) (let
 
-    systemd.services."container@" =
+    unit = {
-      { description = "Container '%i'";
+      description = "Container '%i'";
 
-        unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = [ "/var/lib/containers/%i" ];
+      unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = [ "/var/lib/containers/%i" ];
 
-        path = [ pkgs.iproute ];
+      path = [ pkgs.iproute ];
 
-        environment.INSTANCE = "%i";
+      environment.INSTANCE = "%i";
-        environment.root = "/var/lib/containers/%i";
+      environment.root = "/var/lib/containers/%i";
 
-        preStart =
+      preStart =
-          ''
+        ''
-            # Clean up existing machined registration and interfaces.
+          # Clean up existing machined registration and interfaces.
-            machinectl terminate "$INSTANCE" 2> /dev/null || true
+          machinectl terminate "$INSTANCE" 2> /dev/null || true
 
-            if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
+          if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
-              ip link del dev "ve-$INSTANCE" 2> /dev/null || true
+            ip link del dev "ve-$INSTANCE" 2> /dev/null || true
+            ip link del dev "vb-$INSTANCE" 2> /dev/null || true
+          fi
+       '';
+
+      script =
+        ''
+          mkdir -p -m 0755 "$root/etc" "$root/var/lib"
+          mkdir -p -m 0700 "$root/var/lib/private" "$root/root" /run/containers
+          if ! [ -e "$root/etc/os-release" ]; then
+            touch "$root/etc/os-release"
+          fi
+
+          mkdir -p -m 0755 \
+            "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/$INSTANCE" \
+            "/nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-container/$INSTANCE"
+
+          cp --remove-destination /etc/resolv.conf "$root/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+          if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
+            extraFlags+=" --network-veth"
+            if [ -n "$HOST_BRIDGE" ]; then
+              extraFlags+=" --network-bridge=$HOST_BRIDGE"
             fi
+          fi
 
+          for iface in $INTERFACES; do
+            extraFlags+=" --network-interface=$iface"
+          done
 
-            if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
+          for iface in $MACVLANS; do
-              ip link del dev "ve-$INSTANCE" 2> /dev/null || true
+            extraFlags+=" --network-macvlan=$iface"
+          done
+
+          # If the host is 64-bit and the container is 32-bit, add a
+          # --personality flag.
+          ${optionalString (config.nixpkgs.system == "x86_64-linux") ''
+            if [ "$(< ''${SYSTEM_PATH:-/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/$INSTANCE/system}/system)" = i686-linux ]; then
+              extraFlags+=" --personality=x86"
             fi
-         '';
+          ''}
-
-        script =
-          ''
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 "$root/etc" "$root/var/lib"
-            mkdir -p -m 0700 "$root/var/lib/private" "$root/root" /run/containers
-            if ! [ -e "$root/etc/os-release" ]; then
-              touch "$root/etc/os-release"
-            fi
-
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 \
-              "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/$INSTANCE" \
-              "/nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-container/$INSTANCE"
-
-            cp --remove-destination /etc/resolv.conf "$root/etc/resolv.conf"
-
-            if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
-              extraFlags+=" --network-veth"
-            fi
-
-            for iface in $INTERFACES; do
-              extraFlags+=" --network-interface=$iface"
-            done
-
-            for iface in $MACVLANS; do
-              extraFlags+=" --network-macvlan=$iface"
-            done
-
-            # If the host is 64-bit and the container is 32-bit, add a
-            # --personality flag.
-            ${optionalString (config.nixpkgs.system == "x86_64-linux") ''
-              if [ "$(< ''${SYSTEM_PATH:-/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/$INSTANCE/system}/system)" = i686-linux ]; then
-                extraFlags+=" --personality=x86"
-              fi
-            ''}
 
 
 
-            # Run systemd-nspawn without startup notification (we'll
+          # Run systemd-nspawn without startup notification (we'll
-            # wait for the container systemd to signal readiness).
+          # wait for the container systemd to signal readiness).
-            EXIT_ON_REBOOT=1 NOTIFY_SOCKET= \
+          EXIT_ON_REBOOT=1 NOTIFY_SOCKET= \
-            exec ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemd-nspawn \
+          exec ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemd-nspawn \
-              --keep-unit \
+            --keep-unit \
-              -M "$INSTANCE" -D "$root" $extraFlags \
+            -M "$INSTANCE" -D "$root" $extraFlags \
-              $EXTRA_NSPAWN_FLAGS \
+            $EXTRA_NSPAWN_FLAGS \
-              --bind-ro=/nix/store \
+            --bind-ro=/nix/store \
-              --bind-ro=/nix/var/nix/db \
+            --bind-ro=/nix/var/nix/db \
-              --bind-ro=/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket \
+            --bind-ro=/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket \
-              --bind=/run/systemd/notify:/var/lib/private/host-notify \
+            --bind=/run/systemd/notify:/var/lib/private/host-notify \
-              --bind="/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/$INSTANCE:/nix/var/nix/profiles" \
+            --bind="/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-container/$INSTANCE:/nix/var/nix/profiles" \
-              --bind="/nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-container/$INSTANCE:/nix/var/nix/gcroots" \
+            --bind="/nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-container/$INSTANCE:/nix/var/nix/gcroots" \
-              --setenv PRIVATE_NETWORK="$PRIVATE_NETWORK" \
+            --setenv PRIVATE_NETWORK="$PRIVATE_NETWORK" \
-              --setenv HOST_ADDRESS="$HOST_ADDRESS" \
+            --setenv HOST_BRIDGE="$HOST_BRIDGE" \
-              --setenv LOCAL_ADDRESS="$LOCAL_ADDRESS" \
+            --setenv HOST_ADDRESS="$HOST_ADDRESS" \
-              --setenv PATH="$PATH" \
+            --setenv LOCAL_ADDRESS="$LOCAL_ADDRESS" \
-              ${containerInit} "''${SYSTEM_PATH:-/nix/var/nix/profiles/system}/init"
+            --setenv HOST_ADDRESS6="$HOST_ADDRESS6" \
-          '';
+            --setenv LOCAL_ADDRESS6="$LOCAL_ADDRESS6" \
+            --setenv PATH="$PATH" \
+            ${containerInit} "''${SYSTEM_PATH:-/nix/var/nix/profiles/system}/init"
+        '';
 
-        postStart =
+      postStart =
-          ''
+        ''
-            if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
+          if [ "$PRIVATE_NETWORK" = 1 ]; then
+            if [ -z "$HOST_BRIDGE" ]; then
               ifaceHost=ve-$INSTANCE
               ip link set dev $ifaceHost up
               if [ -n "$HOST_ADDRESS" ]; then
                 ip addr add $HOST_ADDRESS dev $ifaceHost
               fi
+              if [ -n "$HOST_ADDRESS6" ]; then
+                ip -6 addr add $HOST_ADDRESS6 dev $ifaceHost
+              fi
               if [ -n "$LOCAL_ADDRESS" ]; then
                 ip route add $LOCAL_ADDRESS dev $ifaceHost
               fi
+              if [ -n "$LOCAL_ADDRESS6" ]; then
+                ip -6 route add $LOCAL_ADDRESS6 dev $ifaceHost
+              fi
             fi
+          fi
 
-            # Get the leader PID so that we can signal it in
+          # Get the leader PID so that we can signal it in
-            # preStop. We can't use machinectl there because D-Bus
+          # preStop. We can't use machinectl there because D-Bus
-            # might be shutting down. FIXME: in systemd 219 we can
+          # might be shutting down. FIXME: in systemd 219 we can
-            # just signal systemd-nspawn to do a clean shutdown.
+          # just signal systemd-nspawn to do a clean shutdown.
-            machinectl show "$INSTANCE" | sed 's/Leader=\(.*\)/\1/;t;d' > "/run/containers/$INSTANCE.pid"
+          machinectl show "$INSTANCE" | sed 's/Leader=\(.*\)/\1/;t;d' > "/run/containers/$INSTANCE.pid"
-          '';
+        '';
 
-        preStop =
+      preStop =
+        ''
+          pid="$(cat /run/containers/$INSTANCE.pid)"
+          if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
+            kill -RTMIN+4 "$pid"
+          fi
+          rm -f "/run/containers/$INSTANCE.pid"
+        '';
+
+      restartIfChanged = false;
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecReload = pkgs.writeScript "reload-container"
           ''
-            pid="$(cat /run/containers/$INSTANCE.pid)"
+            #! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -e
-            if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
+            ${nixos-container}/bin/nixos-container run "$INSTANCE" -- \
-              kill -RTMIN+4 "$pid"
+              bash --login -c "''${SYSTEM_PATH:-/nix/var/nix/profiles/system}/bin/switch-to-configuration test"
-            fi
-            rm -f "/run/containers/$INSTANCE.pid"
           '';
 
-        restartIfChanged = false;
+        SyslogIdentifier = "container %i";
-        #reloadIfChanged = true; # FIXME
 
-        serviceConfig = {
+        EnvironmentFile = "-/etc/containers/%i.conf";
-          ExecReload = pkgs.writeScript "reload-container"
-            ''
-              #! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -e
-              ${nixos-container}/bin/nixos-container run "$INSTANCE" -- \
-                bash --login -c "''${SYSTEM_PATH:-/nix/var/nix/profiles/system}/bin/switch-to-configuration test"
-            '';
 
-          SyslogIdentifier = "container %i";
+        Type = "notify";
 
-          EnvironmentFile = "-/etc/containers/%i.conf";
+        NotifyAccess = "all";
 
-          Type = "notify";
+        # Note that on reboot, systemd-nspawn returns 133, so this
+        # unit will be restarted. On poweroff, it returns 0, so the
+        # unit won't be restarted.
+        RestartForceExitStatus = "133";
+        SuccessExitStatus = "133";
 
-          NotifyAccess = "all";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
 
-          # Note that on reboot, systemd-nspawn returns 133, so this
+        # Hack: we don't want to kill systemd-nspawn, since we call
-          # unit will be restarted. On poweroff, it returns 0, so the
+        # "machinectl poweroff" in preStop to shut down the
-          # unit won't be restarted.
+        # container cleanly. But systemd requires sending a signal
-          RestartForceExitStatus = "133";
+        # (at least if we want remaining processes to be killed
-          SuccessExitStatus = "133";
+        # after the timeout). So send an ignored signal.
-
+        KillMode = "mixed";
-          Restart = "on-failure";
+        KillSignal = "WINCH";
-
-          # Hack: we don't want to kill systemd-nspawn, since we call
-          # "machinectl poweroff" in preStop to shut down the
-          # container cleanly. But systemd requires sending a signal
-          # (at least if we want remaining processes to be killed
-          # after the timeout). So send an ignored signal.
-          KillMode = "mixed";
-          KillSignal = "WINCH";
-        };
       };
+    };
+  in {
+    systemd.services = listToAttrs (filter (x: x.value != null) (
+      # The generic container template used by imperative containers
+      [{ name = "container@"; value = unit; }]
+      # declarative containers
+      ++ (mapAttrsToList (name: cfg: nameValuePair "container@${name}" (
+        if cfg.autoStart then
+          unit // {
+            wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+            wants = [ "network.target" ];
+            after = [ "network.target" ];
+            restartTriggers = [ cfg.path ];
+            reloadIfChanged = true;
+          }
+        else null
+      )) config.containers)
+    ));
 
     # Generate a configuration file in /etc/containers for each
     # container so that container@.target can get the container
@@ -396,12 +462,21 @@ in
             SYSTEM_PATH=${cfg.path}
             ${optionalString cfg.privateNetwork ''
               PRIVATE_NETWORK=1
+              ${optionalString (cfg.hostBridge != null) ''
+                HOST_BRIDGE=${cfg.hostBridge}
+              ''}
               ${optionalString (cfg.hostAddress != null) ''
                 HOST_ADDRESS=${cfg.hostAddress}
               ''}
+              ${optionalString (cfg.hostAddress6 != null) ''
+                HOST_ADDRESS6=${cfg.hostAddress6}
+              ''}
               ${optionalString (cfg.localAddress != null) ''
                 LOCAL_ADDRESS=${cfg.localAddress}
               ''}
+              ${optionalString (cfg.localAddress6 != null) ''
+                LOCAL_ADDRESS6=${cfg.localAddress6}
+              ''}
             ''}
              INTERFACES="${toString cfg.interfaces}"
            ${optionalString cfg.autoStart ''
@@ -420,31 +495,5 @@ in
     networking.dhcpcd.denyInterfaces = [ "ve-*" ];
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ nixos-container ];
-
+  });
-    # Start containers at boot time.
-    systemd.services.all-containers =
-      { description = "All Containers";
-
-        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-
-        unitConfig.ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty = "/etc/containers";
-
-        serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
-
-        script =
-          ''
-            res=0
-            shopt -s nullglob
-            for i in /etc/containers/*.conf; do
-              AUTO_START=
-              source "$i"
-              if [ "$AUTO_START" = 1 ]; then
-                systemctl start "container@$(basename "$i" .conf).service" || res=1
-              fi
-            done
-            exit $res
-          ''; # */
-      };
-
-  };
 }

nixos/release.nix

@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ in rec {
   tests.cadvisor = hydraJob (import tests/cadvisor.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; });
   tests.chromium = callSubTests tests/chromium.nix {};
   tests.cjdns = callTest tests/cjdns.nix {};
-  tests.containers = callTest tests/containers.nix {};
+  tests.containers-ipv4 = callTest tests/containers-ipv4.nix {};
+  tests.containers-ipv6 = callTest tests/containers-ipv6.nix {};
+  tests.containers-bridge = callTest tests/containers-bridge.nix {};
+  tests.containers-imperative = callTest tests/containers-imperative.nix {};
   tests.docker = hydraJob (import tests/docker.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; });
   tests.dockerRegistry = hydraJob (import tests/docker-registry.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; });
   tests.dnscrypt-proxy = callTest tests/dnscrypt-proxy.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; };

nixos/tests/containers-bridge.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Test for NixOS' container support.
+
+let
+  hostIp = "192.168.0.1";
+  containerIp = "192.168.0.100/24";
+  hostIp6 = "fc00::1";
+  containerIp6 = "fc00::2/7";
+in
+
+import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "containers-bridge";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ aristid aszlig eelco chaoflow ];
+  };
+
+  machine =
+    { config, pkgs, ... }:
+    { imports = [ ../modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix ];
+      virtualisation.writableStore = true;
+      virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
+
+      networking.bridges = {
+        br0 = {
+          interfaces = [];
+        };
+      };
+      networking.interfaces = {
+        br0 = {
+          ip4 = [{ address = hostIp; prefixLength = 24; }];
+          ip6 = [{ address = hostIp6; prefixLength = 7; }];
+        };
+      };
+
+      containers.webserver =
+        {
+          autoStart = true;
+          privateNetwork = true;
+          hostBridge = "br0";
+          localAddress = containerIp;
+          localAddress6 = containerIp6;
+          config =
+            { services.httpd.enable = true;
+              services.httpd.adminAddr = "foo@example.org";
+              networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ];
+              networking.firewall.allowPing = true;
+            };
+        };
+
+      virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.stdenv ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      $machine->waitForUnit("default.target");
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container list") =~ /webserver/ or die;
+
+      # Start the webserver container.
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container status webserver") =~ /up/ or die;
+
+      "${containerIp}" =~ /([^\/]+)\/([0-9+])/;
+      my $ip = $1;
+      chomp $ip;
+      $machine->succeed("ping -n -c 1 $ip");
+      $machine->succeed("curl --fail http://$ip/ > /dev/null");
+
+      "${containerIp6}" =~ /([^\/]+)\/([0-9+])/;
+      my $ip6 = $1;
+      chomp $ip6;
+      $machine->succeed("ping6 -n -c 1 $ip6");
+      $machine->succeed("curl --fail http://[$ip6]/ > /dev/null");
+
+      # Stop the container.
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container stop webserver");
+      $machine->fail("curl --fail --connect-timeout 2 http://$ip/ > /dev/null");
+      $machine->fail("curl --fail --connect-timeout 2 http://[$ip6]/ > /dev/null");
+
+      # Destroying a declarative container should fail.
+      $machine->fail("nixos-container destroy webserver");
+    '';
+
+})

nixos/tests/containers-imperative.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Test for NixOS' container support.
 
 import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
-  name = "containers";
+  name = "containers-imperative";
   meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ aristid aszlig eelco chaoflow ];
   };
@@ -11,40 +11,11 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     { imports = [ ../modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix ];
       virtualisation.writableStore = true;
       virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
-
-      containers.webserver =
-        { privateNetwork = true;
-          hostAddress = "10.231.136.1";
-          localAddress = "10.231.136.2";
-          config =
-            { services.httpd.enable = true;
-              services.httpd.adminAddr = "foo@example.org";
-              networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ];
-              networking.firewall.allowPing = true;
-            };
-        };
-
       virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.stdenv ];
     };
 
   testScript =
     ''
-      $machine->succeed("nixos-container list") =~ /webserver/ or die;
-
-      # Start the webserver container.
-      $machine->succeed("nixos-container start webserver");
-
-      # Since "start" returns after the container has reached
-      # multi-user.target, we should now be able to access it.
-      my $ip = $machine->succeed("nixos-container show-ip webserver");
-      chomp $ip;
-      #$machine->succeed("ping -c1 $ip"); # FIXME
-      $machine->succeed("curl --fail http://$ip/ > /dev/null");
-
-      # Stop the container.
-      $machine->succeed("nixos-container stop webserver");
-      $machine->fail("curl --fail --connect-timeout 2 http://$ip/ > /dev/null");
-
       # Make sure we have a NixOS tree (required by ‘nixos-container create’).
       $machine->succeed("PAGER=cat nix-env -qa -A nixos.hello >&2");
 
@@ -111,9 +82,6 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
         # Ensure that the container path is gone
         "test ! -e /var/lib/containers/$id1"
       );
-
-      # Destroying a declarative container should fail.
-      $machine->fail("nixos-container destroy webserver");
     '';
 
 })

nixos/tests/containers-ipv4.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Test for NixOS' container support.
+
+import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "containers-ipv4";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ aristid aszlig eelco chaoflow ];
+  };
+
+  machine =
+    { config, pkgs, ... }:
+    { imports = [ ../modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix ];
+      virtualisation.writableStore = true;
+      virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
+
+      containers.webserver =
+        { privateNetwork = true;
+          hostAddress = "10.231.136.1";
+          localAddress = "10.231.136.2";
+          config =
+            { services.httpd.enable = true;
+              services.httpd.adminAddr = "foo@example.org";
+              networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ];
+              networking.firewall.allowPing = true;
+            };
+        };
+
+      virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.stdenv ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container list") =~ /webserver/ or die;
+
+      # Start the webserver container.
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container start webserver");
+
+      # wait two seconds for the container to start and the network to be up
+      sleep 2;
+
+      # Since "start" returns after the container has reached
+      # multi-user.target, we should now be able to access it.
+      my $ip = $machine->succeed("nixos-container show-ip webserver");
+      chomp $ip;
+      $machine->succeed("ping -n -c1 $ip");
+      $machine->succeed("curl --fail http://$ip/ > /dev/null");
+
+      # Stop the container.
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container stop webserver");
+      $machine->fail("curl --fail --connect-timeout 2 http://$ip/ > /dev/null");
+
+      # Destroying a declarative container should fail.
+      $machine->fail("nixos-container destroy webserver");
+    '';
+
+})

nixos/tests/containers-ipv6.nix

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+# Test for NixOS' container support.
+
+let
+  hostIp = "fc00::2";
+  localIp = "fc00::1";
+in
+
+import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "containers-ipv6";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ aristid aszlig eelco chaoflow ];
+  };
+
+  machine =
+    { config, pkgs, ... }:
+    { imports = [ ../modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix ];
+      virtualisation.writableStore = true;
+      virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
+
+      containers.webserver =
+        { privateNetwork = true;
+          hostAddress6 = hostIp;
+          localAddress6 = localIp;
+          config =
+            { services.httpd.enable = true;
+              services.httpd.adminAddr = "foo@example.org";
+              networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ];
+              networking.firewall.allowPing = true;
+            };
+        };
+
+      virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.stdenv ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      $machine->waitForUnit("default.target");
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container list") =~ /webserver/ or die;
+
+      # Start the webserver container.
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container start webserver");
+
+      # wait two seconds for the container to start and the network to be up
+      sleep 2;
+
+      # Since "start" returns after the container has reached
+      # multi-user.target, we should now be able to access it.
+      my $ip = "${localIp}";
+      chomp $ip;
+      $machine->succeed("ping6 -n -c 1 $ip");
+      $machine->succeed("curl --fail http://[$ip]/ > /dev/null");
+
+      # Stop the container.
+      $machine->succeed("nixos-container stop webserver");
+      $machine->fail("curl --fail --connect-timeout 2 http://[$ip]/ > /dev/null");
+
+      # Destroying a declarative container should fail.
+      $machine->fail("nixos-container destroy webserver");
+    '';
+
+})