guix/gnu/system/linux-container.scm

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(define-module (gnu system linux-container)
  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
  #:use-module (guix config)
  #:use-module (guix store)
  #:use-module (guix gexp)
  #:use-module (guix derivations)
  #:use-module (guix monads)
  #:use-module (guix modules)
  #:use-module (gnu build linux-container)
  #:use-module (gnu services)
  #:use-module (gnu services base)
  #:use-module (gnu system)
  #:use-module (gnu system file-systems)
  #:export (system-container
            containerized-operating-system
            container-script))

(define (container-essential-services os)
  "Return a list of essential services corresponding to OS, a
non-containerized OS.  This procedure essentially strips essential services
from OS that are needed on the bare metal and not in a container."
  (define base
    (remove (lambda (service)
              (memq (service-kind service)
                    (list (service-kind %linux-bare-metal-service)
                          firmware-service-type
                          system-service-type)))
            (operating-system-essential-services os)))

  (cons (service system-service-type
                 (let ((locale (operating-system-locale-directory os)))
                   (with-monad %store-monad
                     (return `(("locale" ,locale))))))
        base))

(define (containerized-operating-system os mappings)
  "Return an operating system based on OS for use in a Linux container
environment.  MAPPINGS is a list of <file-system-mapping> to realize in the
containerized OS."
  (define user-file-systems
    (remove (lambda (fs)
              (let ((target (file-system-mount-point fs))
                    (source (file-system-device fs)))
                (or (string=? target (%store-prefix))
                    (string=? target "/")
                    (and (string? source)
                         (string-prefix? "/dev/" source))
                    (string-prefix? "/dev" target)
                    (string-prefix? "/sys" target))))
            (operating-system-file-systems os)))

  (define (mapping->fs fs)
    (file-system (inherit (file-system-mapping->bind-mount fs))
      (needed-for-boot? #t)))

  (define useless-services
    ;; Services that make no sense in a container.  Those that attempt to
    ;; access /dev/tty[0-9] in particular cannot work in a container.
    (list console-font-service-type
          mingetty-service-type
          agetty-service-type))

  (operating-system
    (inherit os)
    (swap-devices '()) ; disable swap
    (essential-services (container-essential-services os))
    (services (remove (lambda (service)
                        (memq (service-kind service)
                              useless-services))
                      (operating-system-user-services os)))
    (file-systems (append (map mapping->fs (cons %store-mapping mappings))
                          %container-file-systems
                          user-file-systems))))

(define* (container-script os #:key (mappings '()))
  "Return a derivation of a script that runs OS as a Linux container.
MAPPINGS is a list of <file-system> objects that specify the files/directories
that will be shared with the host system."
  (let* ((os           (containerized-operating-system os mappings))
         (file-systems (filter file-system-needed-for-boot?
                               (operating-system-file-systems os)))
         (specs        (map file-system->spec file-systems)))

    (define script
      (with-imported-modules (source-module-closure
                              '((guix build utils)
                                (gnu build linux-container)))
        #~(begin
            (use-modules (gnu build linux-container)
                         (gnu system file-systems) ;spec->file-system
                         (guix build utils))

            (call-with-container (map spec->file-system '#$specs)
              (lambda ()
                (setenv "HOME" "/root")
                (setenv "TMPDIR" "/tmp")
                (setenv "GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM" #$os)
                (for-each mkdir-p '("/run" "/bin" "/etc" "/home" "/var"))
                (primitive-load (string-append #$os "/boot")))
              ;; A range of 65536 uid/gids is used to cover 16 bits worth of
              ;; users and groups, which is sufficient for most cases.
              ;;
              ;; See: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-nspawn.html#--private-users=
              #:host-uids 65536))))

    (gexp->script "run-container" script)))