In reply to @kraftnix:matrix.org

so the test is failing because you can't use the standard machine.start() testing framework because the host is NixOS

nix-repl> :b Flake.checks.x86_64-linux.customTestFor-NixOS-attempt
error: builder for '/nix/store/rk1ln00fsbvxblr67q38yylnvg69rq3w-nixos-test-driver-attempt.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 5 log lines:
       > /nix/store/yka1w2y65nf2vl3n52l20qm68z1y2qj8-nixos-test-driver-attempt/test-script:2:12 undefined name 'machine'
       > /nix/store/yka1w2y65nf2vl3n52l20qm68z1y2qj8-nixos-test-driver-attempt/test-script:5:1 undefined name 'machine'
       > /nix/store/yka1w2y65nf2vl3n52l20qm68z1y2qj8-nixos-test-driver-attempt/test-script:6:1 undefined name 'machine'
       > /nix/store/yka1w2y65nf2vl3n52l20qm68z1y2qj8-nixos-test-driver-attempt/test-script:7:1 undefined name 'machine'
       > /nix/store/yka1w2y65nf2vl3n52l20qm68z1y2qj8-nixos-test-driver-attempt/test-script:9:6 undefined name 'machine'
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/rk1ln00fsbvxblr67q38yylnvg69rq3w-nixos-test-driver-attempt.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/yl5v5rcxv9k1ddjx40dl60hbm9ss6kyg-vm-test-run-attempt.drv' failed to build

I can get the test working if I add change it to NixOS.start() or if in the machine config I add networking.hostName = lib.mkForce "machine";, is there any other way to access the actual hostname easily without this override?

In reply to @blaggacao:matrix.org
I think a pervasive solution would be machines["<fqdn>"]

In reply to @blaggacao:matrix.org
What's worse, python identifier can't have dashes. So the set of legal hostnames (= dns label) is not RFC1035(?) compliant. Just for tests.

In reply to @blaggacao:matrix.org
We could map that to the config's fqdn, but at the same time expose node names as direct identifier's, e.g. machine2...

In reply to @timdeh:matrix.org
If you have a WIP profile that breaks test? Or maybe some of your profiles use private information that cannot be pulled into test environment (just off top of my head)

princemachiavelli:

{ containers.my-coolcontainer = imports = [ ./path-to-host.nix ]; }

princemachiavelli:

{ containers.my-cool-container = imports = [ ./path-to-host.nix ]; }

princemachiavelli:

{ containers.my-cool-container = { imports = [ ./path-to-host.nix ]; }; }

princemachiavelli:

{ containers.my-cool-container.config = { imports = [ ./path-to-host.nix ]; }; }