nixos/qemu-vm: use CA certificates from host

nixos/modules/profiles/macos-builder.nix

@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ in
       # This ensures that anything built on the guest isn't lost when the guest is
       # restarted.
       writableStoreUseTmpfs = false;
+
+      # Pass certificates from host to the guest otherwise when custom CA certificates
+      # are required we can't use the cached builder.
+      useHostCerts = true;
     };
   };
 }

nixos/modules/security/ca.nix

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ in
 {
 
   options = {
+    security.pki.installCACerts = mkEnableOption "Add CA certificates to system" // {
+      default = true;
+      internal = true;
+    };
 
     security.pki.certificateFiles = mkOption {
       type = types.listOf types.path;
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ in
 
   };
 
-  config = {
+  config = mkIf cfg.installCACerts {
 
     # NixOS canonical location + Debian/Ubuntu/Arch/Gentoo compatibility.
     environment.etc."ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt".source = caBundle;

nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ let
       # Create a directory for exchanging data with the VM.
       mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/xchg"
 
+      ${lib.optionalString cfg.useHostCerts
+      ''
+        mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/certs"
+        if [ -e "$NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE" ]; then
+          cp -L "$NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE" "$TMPDIR"/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+        else
+          echo \$NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE should point to a valid file if virtualisation.useHostCerts is enabled.
+        fi
+      ''}
+
       ${lib.optionalString cfg.useEFIBoot
       ''
         # Expose EFI variables, it's useful even when we are not using a bootloader (!).
@@ -877,7 +887,6 @@ in
           '';
       };
 
-
     virtualisation.bios =
       mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.package;
@@ -890,6 +899,17 @@ in
           '';
       };
 
+    virtualisation.useHostCerts =
+      mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description =
+          lib.mdDoc ''
+            If enabled, when `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE` is set on the host,
+            pass the CA certificates from the host to the VM.
+          '';
+      };
+
   };
 
   config = {
@@ -1024,8 +1044,14 @@ in
         source = ''"''${SHARED_DIR:-$TMPDIR/xchg}"'';
         target = "/tmp/shared";
       };
+      certs = mkIf cfg.useHostCerts {
+        source = ''"$TMPDIR"/certs'';
+        target = "/etc/ssl/certs";
+      };
     };
 
+    security.pki.installCACerts = mkIf cfg.useHostCerts false;
+
     virtualisation.qemu.networkingOptions =
       let
         forwardingOptions = flip concatMapStrings cfg.forwardPorts