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+# Take note the Guix store directory is empty. Also, we're trying to prevent
+# Guix from trying to downloading substitutes because of the restricted
+# access (assuming it's in a sandboxed environment).
+#
+# So this test is what it is: a basic test while trying to use Guix as much as
+# we possibly can (including the API) without triggering its download alarm.
+
+import ../make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "guix-basic";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ foo-dogsquared ];
+
+  nodes.machine = { config, ... }: {
+    environment.etc."guix/scripts".source = ./scripts;
+    services.guix = {
+      enable = true;
+      gc.enable = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import pathlib
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("guix-daemon.service")
+    machine.succeed("systemctl start guix-gc.service")
+
+    # Can't do much here since the environment has restricted network access.
+    with subtest("Guix basic package management"):
+      machine.succeed("guix build --dry-run --verbosity=0 hello")
+      machine.succeed("guix show hello")
+
+    # This is to see if the Guix API is usable and mostly working.
+    with subtest("Guix API scripting"):
+      scripts_dir = pathlib.Path("/etc/guix/scripts")
+
+      text_msg = "Hello there, NixOS!"
+      text_store_file = machine.succeed(f"guix repl -- {scripts_dir}/create-file-to-store.scm '{text_msg}'")
+      assert machine.succeed(f"cat {text_store_file}") == text_msg
+
+      machine.succeed(f"guix repl -- {scripts_dir}/add-existing-files-to-store.scm {scripts_dir}")
+  '';
+})