nixpkgs-suyu/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
Brandon Elam Barker f098e60ecf nixos/sandbox: improve documentation.
This was put together based on feedback from LnL on IRC.
2018-06-07 21:43:52 +01:00

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Nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.nix;
nix = cfg.package.out;
isNix20 = versionAtLeast (getVersion nix) "2.0pre";
makeNixBuildUser = nr:
{ name = "nixbld${toString nr}";
description = "Nix build user ${toString nr}";
/* For consistency with the setgid(2), setuid(2), and setgroups(2)
calls in `libstore/build.cc', don't add any supplementary group
here except "nixbld". */
uid = builtins.add config.ids.uids.nixbld nr;
group = "nixbld";
extraGroups = [ "nixbld" ];
};
nixbldUsers = map makeNixBuildUser (range 1 cfg.nrBuildUsers);
nixConf =
let
# In Nix < 2.0, If we're using sandbox for builds, then provide
# /bin/sh in the sandbox as a bind-mount to bash. This means we
# also need to include the entire closure of bash. Nix >= 2.0
# provides a /bin/sh by default.
sh = pkgs.runtimeShell;
binshDeps = pkgs.writeReferencesToFile sh;
in
pkgs.runCommand "nix.conf" { extraOptions = cfg.extraOptions; } (''
${optionalString (!isNix20) ''
extraPaths=$(for i in $(cat ${binshDeps}); do if test -d $i; then echo $i; fi; done)
''}
cat > $out <<END
# WARNING: this file is generated from the nix.* options in
# your NixOS configuration, typically
# /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. Do not edit it!
build-users-group = nixbld
${if isNix20 then "max-jobs" else "build-max-jobs"} = ${toString (cfg.maxJobs)}
${if isNix20 then "cores" else "build-cores"} = ${toString (cfg.buildCores)}
${if isNix20 then "sandbox" else "build-use-sandbox"} = ${if (builtins.isBool cfg.useSandbox) then boolToString cfg.useSandbox else cfg.useSandbox}
${if isNix20 then "extra-sandbox-paths" else "build-sandbox-paths"} = ${toString cfg.sandboxPaths} ${optionalString (!isNix20) "/bin/sh=${sh} $(echo $extraPaths)"}
${if isNix20 then "substituters" else "binary-caches"} = ${toString cfg.binaryCaches}
${if isNix20 then "trusted-substituters" else "trusted-binary-caches"} = ${toString cfg.trustedBinaryCaches}
${if isNix20 then "trusted-public-keys" else "binary-cache-public-keys"} = ${toString cfg.binaryCachePublicKeys}
auto-optimise-store = ${boolToString cfg.autoOptimiseStore}
${if isNix20 then ''
require-sigs = ${if cfg.requireSignedBinaryCaches then "true" else "false"}
'' else ''
signed-binary-caches = ${if cfg.requireSignedBinaryCaches then "*" else ""}
''}
trusted-users = ${toString cfg.trustedUsers}
allowed-users = ${toString cfg.allowedUsers}
${optionalString (isNix20 && !cfg.distributedBuilds) ''
builders =
''}
$extraOptions
END
'' + optionalString cfg.checkConfig ''
echo "Checking that Nix can read nix.conf..."
ln -s $out ./nix.conf
NIX_CONF_DIR=$PWD ${cfg.package}/bin/nix show-config >/dev/null
'');
in
{
###### interface
options = {
nix = {
package = mkOption {
type = types.package;
default = pkgs.nix;
defaultText = "pkgs.nix";
description = ''
This option specifies the Nix package instance to use throughout the system.
'';
};
maxJobs = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 1;
example = 64;
description = ''
This option defines the maximum number of jobs that Nix will try
to build in parallel. The default is 1. You should generally
set it to the total number of logical cores in your system (e.g., 16
for two CPUs with 4 cores each and hyper-threading).
'';
};
autoOptimiseStore = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
example = true;
description = ''
If set to true, Nix automatically detects files in the store that have
identical contents, and replaces them with hard links to a single copy.
This saves disk space. If set to false (the default), you can still run
nix-store --optimise to get rid of duplicate files.
'';
};
buildCores = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 1;
example = 64;
description = ''
This option defines the maximum number of concurrent tasks during
one build. It affects, e.g., -j option for make. The default is 1.
The special value 0 means that the builder should use all
available CPU cores in the system. Some builds may become
non-deterministic with this option; use with care! Packages will
only be affected if enableParallelBuilding is set for them.
'';
};
useSandbox = mkOption {
type = types.either types.bool (types.enum ["relaxed"]);
default = false;
description = "
If set, Nix will perform builds in a sandboxed environment that it
will set up automatically for each build. This prevents impurities
in builds by disallowing access to dependencies outside of the Nix
store by using network and mount namespaces in a chroot environment.
This isn't enabled by default for possible performance impacts due to
the initial setup time of a sandbox for each build. It doesn't affect
derivation hashes, so changing this option will not trigger a rebuild
of packages.
";
};
sandboxPaths = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
example = [ "/dev" "/proc" ];
description =
''
Directories from the host filesystem to be included
in the sandbox.
'';
};
extraOptions = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
example = ''
gc-keep-outputs = true
gc-keep-derivations = true
'';
description = "Additional text appended to <filename>nix.conf</filename>.";
};
distributedBuilds = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to distribute builds to the machines listed in
<option>nix.buildMachines</option>.
'';
};
daemonNiceLevel = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 0;
description = ''
Nix daemon process priority. This priority propagates to build processes.
0 is the default Unix process priority, 19 is the lowest.
'';
};
daemonIONiceLevel = mkOption {
type = types.int;
default = 0;
description = ''
Nix daemon process I/O priority. This priority propagates to build processes.
0 is the default Unix process I/O priority, 7 is the lowest.
'';
};
buildMachines = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.attrs;
default = [];
example = literalExample ''
[ { hostName = "voila.labs.cs.uu.nl";
sshUser = "nix";
sshKey = "/root/.ssh/id_buildfarm";
system = "powerpc-darwin";
maxJobs = 1;
}
{ hostName = "linux64.example.org";
sshUser = "buildfarm";
sshKey = "/root/.ssh/id_buildfarm";
system = "x86_64-linux";
maxJobs = 2;
speedFactor = 2;
supportedFeatures = [ "kvm" ];
mandatoryFeatures = [ "perf" ];
}
]
'';
description = ''
This option lists the machines to be used if distributed
builds are enabled (see
<option>nix.distributedBuilds</option>). Nix will perform
derivations on those machines via SSH by copying the inputs
to the Nix store on the remote machine, starting the build,
then copying the output back to the local Nix store. Each
element of the list should be an attribute set containing
the machine's host name (<varname>hostname</varname>), the
user name to be used for the SSH connection
(<varname>sshUser</varname>), the Nix system type
(<varname>system</varname>, e.g.,
<literal>"i686-linux"</literal>), the maximum number of
jobs to be run in parallel on that machine
(<varname>maxJobs</varname>), the path to the SSH private
key to be used to connect (<varname>sshKey</varname>), a
list of supported features of the machine
(<varname>supportedFeatures</varname>) and a list of
mandatory features of the machine
(<varname>mandatoryFeatures</varname>). The SSH private key
should not have a passphrase, and the corresponding public
key should be added to
<filename>~<replaceable>sshUser</replaceable>/authorized_keys</filename>
on the remote machine.
'';
};
# Environment variables for running Nix.
envVars = mkOption {
type = types.attrs;
internal = true;
default = {};
description = "Environment variables used by Nix.";
};
nrBuildUsers = mkOption {
type = types.int;
description = ''
Number of <literal>nixbld</literal> user accounts created to
perform secure concurrent builds. If you receive an error
message saying that all build users are currently in use,
you should increase this value.
'';
};
readOnlyStore = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
If set, NixOS will enforce the immutability of the Nix store
by making <filename>/nix/store</filename> a read-only bind
mount. Nix will automatically make the store writable when
needed.
'';
};
binaryCaches = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ https://cache.nixos.org/ ];
description = ''
List of binary cache URLs used to obtain pre-built binaries
of Nix packages.
'';
};
trustedBinaryCaches = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
example = [ http://hydra.nixos.org/ ];
description = ''
List of binary cache URLs that non-root users can use (in
addition to those specified using
<option>nix.binaryCaches</option>) by passing
<literal>--option binary-caches</literal> to Nix commands.
'';
};
requireSignedBinaryCaches = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
If enabled (the default), Nix will only download binaries from binary caches if
they are cryptographically signed with any of the keys listed in
<option>nix.binaryCachePublicKeys</option>. If disabled, signatures are neither
required nor checked, so it's strongly recommended that you use only
trustworthy caches and https to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
'';
};
binaryCachePublicKeys = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
example = [ "hydra.nixos.org-1:CNHJZBh9K4tP3EKF6FkkgeVYsS3ohTl+oS0Qa8bezVs=" ];
description = ''
List of public keys used to sign binary caches. If
<option>nix.requireSignedBinaryCaches</option> is enabled,
then Nix will use a binary from a binary cache if and only
if it is signed by <emphasis>any</emphasis> of the keys
listed here. By default, only the key for
<uri>cache.nixos.org</uri> is included.
'';
};
trustedUsers = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ "root" ];
example = [ "root" "alice" "@wheel" ];
description = ''
A list of names of users that have additional rights when
connecting to the Nix daemon, such as the ability to specify
additional binary caches, or to import unsigned NARs. You
can also specify groups by prefixing them with
<literal>@</literal>; for instance,
<literal>@wheel</literal> means all users in the wheel
group.
'';
};
allowedUsers = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ "*" ];
example = [ "@wheel" "@builders" "alice" "bob" ];
description = ''
A list of names of users (separated by whitespace) that are
allowed to connect to the Nix daemon. As with
<option>nix.trustedUsers</option>, you can specify groups by
prefixing them with <literal>@</literal>. Also, you can
allow all users by specifying <literal>*</literal>. The
default is <literal>*</literal>. Note that trusted users are
always allowed to connect.
'';
};
nixPath = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default =
[
"$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels"
"nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos"
"nixos-config=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix"
"/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels"
];
description = ''
The default Nix expression search path, used by the Nix
evaluator to look up paths enclosed in angle brackets
(e.g. <literal>&lt;nixpkgs&gt;</literal>).
'';
};
checkConfig = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
If enabled (the default), checks that Nix can parse the generated nix.conf.
'';
};
};
};
###### implementation
config = {
nix.binaryCachePublicKeys = [ "cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY=" ];
environment.etc."nix/nix.conf".source = nixConf;
# List of machines for distributed Nix builds in the format
# expected by build-remote.pl.
environment.etc."nix/machines" =
{ enable = cfg.buildMachines != [];
text =
concatMapStrings (machine:
"${if machine ? sshUser then "${machine.sshUser}@" else ""}${machine.hostName} "
+ machine.system or (concatStringsSep "," machine.systems)
+ " ${machine.sshKey or "-"} ${toString machine.maxJobs or 1} "
+ toString (machine.speedFactor or 1)
+ " "
+ concatStringsSep "," (machine.mandatoryFeatures or [] ++ machine.supportedFeatures or [])
+ " "
+ concatStringsSep "," machine.mandatoryFeatures or []
+ "\n"
) cfg.buildMachines;
};
systemd.packages = [ nix ];
systemd.sockets.nix-daemon.wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
systemd.services.nix-daemon =
{ path = [ nix pkgs.utillinux ]
++ optionals cfg.distributedBuilds [ config.programs.ssh.package pkgs.gzip ]
++ optionals (!isNix20) [ pkgs.openssl.bin ];
environment = cfg.envVars
// { CURL_CA_BUNDLE = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"; }
// config.networking.proxy.envVars;
unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = "/nix/store";
serviceConfig =
{ Nice = cfg.daemonNiceLevel;
IOSchedulingPriority = cfg.daemonIONiceLevel;
LimitNOFILE = 4096;
};
restartTriggers = [ nixConf ];
};
nix.envVars =
optionalAttrs (!isNix20) {
NIX_CONF_DIR = "/etc/nix";
# Enable the copy-from-other-stores substituter, which allows
# builds to be sped up by copying build results from remote
# Nix stores. To do this, mount the remote file system on a
# subdirectory of /run/nix/remote-stores.
NIX_OTHER_STORES = "/run/nix/remote-stores/*/nix";
}
// optionalAttrs (cfg.distributedBuilds && !isNix20) {
NIX_BUILD_HOOK = "${nix}/libexec/nix/build-remote.pl";
};
# Set up the environment variables for running Nix.
environment.sessionVariables = cfg.envVars //
{ NIX_PATH = concatStringsSep ":" cfg.nixPath;
};
environment.extraInit = optionalString (!isNix20)
''
# Set up secure multi-user builds: non-root users build through the
# Nix daemon.
if [ "$USER" != root -o ! -w /nix/var/nix/db ]; then
export NIX_REMOTE=daemon
fi
'';
nix.nrBuildUsers = mkDefault (lib.max 32 cfg.maxJobs);
users.extraUsers = nixbldUsers;
services.xserver.displayManager.hiddenUsers = map ({ name, ... }: name) nixbldUsers;
# FIXME: use systemd-tmpfiles to create Nix directories.
system.activationScripts.nix = stringAfter [ "etc" "users" ]
''
# Nix initialisation.
install -m 0755 -d \
/nix/var/nix/gcroots \
/nix/var/nix/temproots \
/nix/var/nix/userpool \
/nix/var/nix/profiles \
/nix/var/nix/db \
/nix/var/log/nix/drvs
install -m 1777 -d \
/nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-user \
/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user \
/nix/var/nix/gcroots/tmp
'';
};
}