nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/netboot/netboot.nix
2019-08-28 11:07:32 +00:00

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# This module creates netboot media containing the given NixOS
# configuration.
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
{
options = {
netboot.storeContents = mkOption {
example = literalExample "[ pkgs.stdenv ]";
description = ''
This option lists additional derivations to be included in the
Nix store in the generated netboot image.
'';
};
};
config = {
# Don't build the GRUB menu builder script, since we don't need it
# here and it causes a cyclic dependency.
boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
# !!! Hack - attributes expected by other modules.
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.grub2_efi ]
++ (if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-linux"
then []
else [ pkgs.grub2 pkgs.syslinux ]);
fileSystems."/" =
{ fsType = "tmpfs";
options = [ "mode=0755" ];
};
# In stage 1, mount a tmpfs on top of /nix/store (the squashfs
# image) to make this a live CD.
fileSystems."/nix/.ro-store" =
{ fsType = "squashfs";
device = "../nix-store.squashfs";
options = [ "loop" ];
neededForBoot = true;
};
fileSystems."/nix/.rw-store" =
{ fsType = "tmpfs";
options = [ "mode=0755" ];
neededForBoot = true;
};
fileSystems."/nix/store" =
{ fsType = "unionfs-fuse";
device = "unionfs";
options = [ "allow_other" "cow" "nonempty" "chroot=/mnt-root" "max_files=32768" "hide_meta_files" "dirs=/nix/.rw-store=rw:/nix/.ro-store=ro" ];
};
boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "squashfs" ];
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "loop" ];
# Closures to be copied to the Nix store, namely the init
# script and the top-level system configuration directory.
netboot.storeContents =
[ config.system.build.toplevel ];
# Create the squashfs image that contains the Nix store.
system.build.squashfsStore = pkgs.callPackage ../../../lib/make-squashfs.nix {
storeContents = config.netboot.storeContents;
};
# Create the initrd
system.build.netbootRamdisk = pkgs.makeInitrd {
inherit (config.boot.initrd) compressor;
prepend = [ "${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/initrd" ];
contents =
[ { object = config.system.build.squashfsStore;
symlink = "/nix-store.squashfs";
}
];
};
system.build.netbootIpxeScript = pkgs.writeTextDir "netboot.ipxe" ''
#!ipxe
kernel ${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.kernelTarget} init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init initrd=initrd ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}
initrd initrd
boot
'';
boot.loader.timeout = 10;
boot.postBootCommands =
''
# After booting, register the contents of the Nix store
# in the Nix database in the tmpfs.
${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-store --load-db < /nix/store/nix-path-registration
# nixos-rebuild also requires a "system" profile and an
# /etc/NIXOS tag.
touch /etc/NIXOS
${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set /run/current-system
'';
};
}