From a6c19474bd52555e575343c2d4d51888e5b592fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leandro Emmanuel Reina Kiperman Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:43:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update vmTools docs after rebase --- doc/builders/special/vm-tools.section.md | 88 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/builders/special/vm-tools.section.md b/doc/builders/special/vm-tools.section.md index c838f3efbf4..3b6fb0d2556 100644 --- a/doc/builders/special/vm-tools.section.md +++ b/doc/builders/special/vm-tools.section.md @@ -14,43 +14,69 @@ A bash script fragment that produces a disk image at `destination`. ## `vmTools.runInLinuxVM` {#vm-tools-runInLinuxVM} -Run a derivation in a Linux virtual machine (using Qemu/KVM). By default, there is no disk image; the root filesystem is -a `tmpfs`, and the nix store is shared with the host (via the 9P protocol). Thus, any pure Nix derivation should run -unmodified. +Run a derivation in a Linux virtual machine (using Qemu/KVM). +By default, there is no disk image; the root filesystem is a `tmpfs`, and the Nix store is shared with the host (via the [9P protocol](https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9p#9p_Protocol)). +Thus, any pure Nix derivation should run unmodified. -If the build fails and Nix is run with the `-K` option, a script `run-vm` will be left behind in the temporary build -directory that allows you to boot into the VM and debug it interactively. +If the build fails and Nix is run with the `-K/--keep-failed` option, a script `run-vm` will be left behind in the temporary build directory that allows you to boot into the VM and debug it interactively. ### Attributes * `preVM` (optional). Shell command to be evaluated *before* the VM is started (i.e., on the host). -* `memSize` (optional, default `512`). The memory size of the VM in megabytes. -* `diskImage` (optional). A file system image to be attached to `/dev/sda` (Note that currently we expect the image to - contain a filesystem, not a full disk image with a partition table etc). +* `memSize` (optional, default `512`). The memory size of the VM in MiB. +* `diskImage` (optional). A file system image to be attached to `/dev/sda`. + Note that currently we expect the image to contain a filesystem, not a full disk image with a partition table etc. ### Examples +Build the derivation hello inside a VM: ```nix -# Build the derivation hello inside a VM +{ pkgs }: with pkgs; with vmTools; runInLinuxVM hello - -# Build inside a VM with extra memory -runInLinuxVM (hello.overrideAttrs (_: { memSize = 1024; })) - -# Use VM with a disk image (implicitly sets `diskImage`, see `vmTools.createEmptyImage`) -runInLinuxVM (hello.overrideAttrs (_: { preVM = createEmptyImage { size = 1024; fullName = "vm-image"; }; })) ``` - + +Like [](#vm-tools-extractFs), but it makes use of a [Memory Technology Device (MTD)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_Technology_Device). ## `vmTools.runInLinuxImage` {#vm-tools-runInLinuxImage} -Like [](#vm-tools-runInLinuxVM), but run the build not using the `stdenv` from the Nix store, but using the tools -provided by `/bin`, `/usr/bin`, etc. from the specified filesystem image, which typically is a filesystem containing a -non-NixOS Linux distribution. +Like [](#vm-tools-runInLinuxVM), but instead of using `stdenv` from the Nix store, run the build using the tools provided by `/bin`, `/usr/bin`, etc. from the specified filesystem image, which typically is a filesystem containing a [FHS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard)-based Linux distribution. ## `vmTools.makeImageTestScript` {#vm-tools-makeImageTestScript} @@ -58,11 +84,15 @@ Generate a script that can be used to run an interactive session in the given im ### Examples +Create a script for running a Fedora 27 VM: ```nix -# Create a script for running a Fedora 27 VM +{ pkgs }: with pkgs; with vmTools; makeImageTestScript diskImages.fedora27x86_64 +``` -# Create a script for running an Ubuntu 20.04 VM +Create a script for running an Ubuntu 20.04 VM: +```nix +{ pkgs }: with pkgs; with vmTools; makeImageTestScript diskImages.ubuntu2004x86_64 ``` @@ -88,22 +118,24 @@ A set of functions that build a predefined set of minimal Linux distributions im * `ubuntu1804x86_64` * `ubuntu2004i386` * `ubuntu2004x86_64` + * `ubuntu2204i386` + * `ubuntu2204x86_64` * Debian - * `debian9i386` - * `debian9x86_64` * `debian10i386` * `debian10x86_64` + * `debian11i386` + * `debian11x86_64` ### Attributes -* `size` (optional, defaults to `4096`). The size of the image, in megabytes. -* `extraPackages` (optional). A list names of additional packages from the distribution that should be included in the - image. +* `size` (optional, defaults to `4096`). The size of the image, in MiB. +* `extraPackages` (optional). A list names of additional packages from the distribution that should be included in the image. ### Examples +8GiB image containing Firefox in addition to the default packages: ```nix -# 8G image containing Firefox in addition to the default packages. +{ pkgs }: with pkgs; with vmTools; diskImageFuns.ubuntu2004x86_64 { extraPackages = [ "firefox" ]; size = 8192; } ```