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+```
+nixos-container root-login mastodon
+sudo -u mastodon bash
+cd
+source mastodon-env
+RAILS_ENV=production tootctl
+```
+
+to completely destroy a container
+* remove from the definition
+* switch
+* `rm -fr /var/lib/nixos-containers/mastodon/`
+    *