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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+ pkgs2storeContents = l : map (x: { object = x; symlink = "none"; }) l;
+
+in {
+  # Docker image config.
+  imports = [
+    ../installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix
+    ./minimal.nix
+    ./clone-config.nix
+  ];
+
+  # Create the tarball
+  system.build.tarball = import ../../lib/make-system-tarball.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv perl xz pathsFromGraph;
+
+    contents = [];
+    extraArgs = "--owner=0";
+
+    # Some container managers like lxc need these
+    extraCommands = "mkdir -p proc sys dev";
+
+    # Add init script to image
+    storeContents = [
+      { object = config.system.build.toplevel + "/init";
+        symlink = "/init";
+      }
+    ] ++ (pkgs2storeContents [ pkgs.stdenv ]);
+  };
+
+  boot.postBootCommands =
+    ''
+      # After booting, register the contents of the Nix store in the Nix
+      # database.
+      if [ -f /nix-path-registration ]; then
+        ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-store --load-db < /nix-path-registration &&
+        rm /nix-path-registration
+      fi
+
+      # nixos-rebuild also requires a "system" profile and an
+      # /etc/NIXOS tag.
+      touch /etc/NIXOS
+      ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set /run/current-system
+    '';
+
+  boot.isContainer = true;
+
+  # Disable some features that are not useful in a container.
+  sound.enable = mkDefault false;
+  services.udisks2.enable = mkDefault false;
+
+  # Shut up warnings about not having a boot loader.
+  system.build.installBootLoader = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/true";
+}