nixpkgs/modules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network/nixos-deploy-network.sh
Sander van der Burg 9c722e474d - Added nixos-build-vms command, which builds a virtual network from a network.nix expression (also used by nixos-deploy-network)
- Added a backdoor option to the interactive run-vms script. This allows me to intergrate the virtual network approach with Disnix
- Small documentation fixes

Some explanation:

The nixos-build-vms command line tool can be used to build a virtual network of a network.nix specification.
For example, a network configuration (network.nix) could look like this:

{
  test1 = 
    {pkgs, config, ...}:
 
    {
      services.openssh.enable = true;
      ...
    };

  test2 =
    {pkgs, config, ...}:
    
    {
      services.openssh.enable = true;
      services.xserver.enable = true;
    }

    ;
}

By typing the following instruction:

$ nixos-build-vms -n network.nix

a virtual network is built, which can be started by typing:

$ ./result/bin/run-vms

It is also possible to enable a backdoor. In this case *.socket files are stored in the current directory
which can be used by the end-user to invoke remote instruction on a VM in the network through a Unix
domain socket.

For example by building the network with the following instructions:

$ nixos-build-vms -n network.nix --use-backdoor

and launching the virtual network:

$ ./result/bin/run-vms

You can find two socket files in your current directory, namely: test1.socket and test2.socket.
These Unix domain sockets can be used to remotely administer the test1 and test2 machine
in the virtual network.

For example by running:

$ socat ./test1.socket stdio
ls /root

You can retrieve the contents of the /root directory of the virtual machine with identifier test1


svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=24410
2010-10-21 22:50:12 +00:00

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#! @shell@ -e
# Shows the usage of this command to the user
showUsage()
{
echo "Usage: $0 -n network_expr -i infrastructure_expr"
echo "Options:"
echo
echo "-n,--network Network Nix expression which captures properties of machines in the network"
echo "-i,--infrastructure Infrastructure Nix expression which captures properties of machines in the network"
echo "--show-trace Shows an output trace"
echo "-h,--help Shows the usage of this command"
}
# Parse valid argument options
PARAMS=`getopt -n $0 -o n:i:h -l network:,infrastructure:,show-trace,help -- "$@"`
if [ $? != 0 ]
then
showUsage
exit 1
fi
eval set -- "$PARAMS"
# Evaluate valid options
while [ "$1" != "--" ]
do
case "$1" in
-n|--network)
networkExpr=`readlink -f $2`
;;
-i|--infrastructure)
infrastructureExpr=`readlink -f $2`
;;
--show-trace)
showTraceArg="--show-trace"
;;
-h|--help)
showUsage
exit 0
;;
esac
shift
done
# Validate the given options
if [ "$infrastructureExpr" = "" ]
then
echo "ERROR: A infrastructure expression must be specified!" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ "$networkExpr" = "" ]
then
echo "ERROR: A network expression must be specified!" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "$NIXOS" ]
then
NIXOS=/etc/nixos/nixos
fi
# Deploy the network
nix-build $NIXOS/modules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network/deploy.nix --argstr networkExpr $networkExpr --argstr infrastructureExpr $infrastructureExpr $showTraceArg
./result/bin/deploy-systems
rm -f result