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@@ -44,3 +44,39 @@ In containers containing virtuoso instances, it is important to secure authentication by changing default user passwords and disabling unnecessary users. See [[https://issues.genenetwork.org/topics/systems/virtuoso][virtuoso gemtext documentation]] on passwords for more details. + +* Getting a Shell into the Container + +When you start the container, you can get a shell into the container using the +~nsenter~ command. You will need the process ID of the container, which your +can get with something like: + +#+BEGIN_SRC sh + ps -e | grep shepherd +#+END_SRC + +That will give you output of the form: + +#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE + 11869 pts/3 00:00:00 shepherd +#+END_EXAMPLE + +From the guix [/operating-system/ Reference](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/operating_002dsystem-Reference.html) +under the *packages* option, the list of packages installed under the global +profile are found in */run/current-system/profile*, for example: + +#+BEGIN_SRC sh + /run/current-system/profile/ls /gnu/store +#+END_SRC + +to list the files under */gnu/store* + +With that knowledge, we can now get a shell using ~nsenter~ as follows: + +#+BEGIN_SRC sh + sudo nsenter -a -t 11869 /run/current-system/profile/bin/bash \ + --init-file /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile +#+END_SRC + +which will give you a bash shell with the ~PATH~ environment variable setup +correctly to give you access to all packages in the global profile. |