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a527bb251a libstore/build: cgroup delegation to sandbox
We offer full cgroup delegation to our sandbox now, required for running
containers inside the sandbox.

To run systemd-nspawn or containers managers inside the sandbox, there
is a need for one extra ingredient now: control over your own cgroup
subtree inside the sandbox.

If, in addition, you need multiple UIDs, for e.g. rootless usecases, you
need to run with the `uid-range` system feature.

Therefore, when the daemon or Nix runs under the right condition, e.g.
systemd-style delegation of the cgroup subtree while placing the
nix-daemon in a supervisor sub-cgroup, we create a new sub-cgroup for
each build based on the build UID and delegate that sub-cgroup to the
builder's process.

Additionally, `uid-range` always request the `cgroups` feature now, as
`uid-range` builds would probably always benefit from having cgroups
delegated, but the converse is not true.

Inspired from https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/11412 with a different
design that does not use function-local statics to derive the root
cgroup.

Co-authored-by: Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>
Co-authored-by: Parker Hoyes <contact@parkerhoyes.com>
Change-Id: Ic8947c5adaf4b5bbd153386e05fad65a935274fa
Signed-off-by: Raito Bezarius <raito@lix.systems>
2025-06-10 20:50:00 +02:00

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# Test whether we can run a NixOS container inside a Nix build using systemd-nspawn.
{ lib, nixpkgs, ... }:
{
name = "containers";
nodes =
{
host =
{ config, lib, pkgs, nodes, ... }:
{ virtualisation.writableStore = true;
virtualisation.diskSize = 2048;
virtualisation.additionalPaths =
[ pkgs.stdenvNoCC
(import ./systemd-nspawn.nix { inherit nixpkgs; }).toplevel
];
virtualisation.memorySize = 4096;
nix.settings = {
substituters = lib.mkForce [ ];
use-cgroups = true;
};
nix.extraOptions =
''
extra-experimental-features = nix-command auto-allocate-uids cgroups
extra-system-features = uid-range
'';
nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=${nixpkgs}" ];
};
};
testScript = { nodes }: ''
start_all()
host.succeed("nix --version >&2")
# Test that 'id' gives the expected result in various configurations.
# Existing UIDs, sandbox.
host.succeed("nix build -v --no-auto-allocate-uids --no-use-cgroups --sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-1")
host.succeed("[[ $(cat ./result) = 'uid=1000(nixbld) gid=100(nixbld) groups=100(nixbld)' ]]")
# Existing UIDs, no sandbox.
host.succeed("nix build -v --no-auto-allocate-uids --no-use-cgroups --no-sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-2")
host.succeed("[[ $(cat ./result) = 'uid=30001(nixbld1) gid=30000(nixbld) groups=30000(nixbld)' ]]")
# Auto-allocated UIDs, sandbox but no cgroups.
host.fail("nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --no-use-cgroups --sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-3")
# Auto-allocated UIDs, no sandbox but no cgroups.
host.fail("nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --no-use-cgroups --no-sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-4")
# Auto-allocated UIDs, UID range, sandbox, via daemon.
host.succeed("NIX_REMOTE=daemon nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-5 --arg uidRange true")
host.succeed("[[ $(cat ./result) = 'uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)' ]]")
# Auto-allocated UIDs, UID range, no sandbox, with and without daemon.
host.fail("NIX_REMOTE=daemon nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --no-sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-6 --arg uidRange true")
host.fail("nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --no-use-cgroups --no-sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-7 --arg uidRange true")
# Run systemd-nspawn in a Nix build, via daemon.
host.succeed("NIX_REMOTE=daemon nix build -vv --auto-allocate-uids --sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./systemd-nspawn.nix} --argstr nixpkgs ${nixpkgs}")
host.succeed("[[ $(cat ./result/msg) = 'Hello World' ]]")
# Auto-allocated UIDs, UID range, sandbox, WITHOUT daemon (so-called: Nix as root), IN `systemd-run` transient scope.
# `systemd-run` is CRITICAL to run this successfully.
host.succeed("systemd-run --same-dir --wait -p Delegate=yes -p DelegateSubgroup=supervisor nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./id-test.nix} --argstr name id-test-8 --arg uidRange true -I nixpkgs=${nixpkgs}")
host.succeed("[[ $(cat ./result) = 'uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)' ]]")
# Run systemd-nspawn in a Nix build, WITHOUT daemon (so-called: Nix as root) IN `systemd-run`.
# `systemd-run` is CRITICAL to run this successfully.
host.succeed("systemd-run --same-dir --wait -p Delegate=yes -p DelegateSubgroup=supervisor nix build -v --auto-allocate-uids --sandbox -L --offline --impure --file ${./systemd-nspawn.nix} --argstr nixpkgs ${nixpkgs} -I nixpkgs=${nixpkgs}")
host.succeed("[[ $(cat ./result/msg) = 'Hello World' ]]")
'';
}