# Systemd services for lxd. { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.virtualisation.lxd; in { ###### interface options = { virtualisation.lxd = { enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = '' This option enables lxd, a daemon that manages containers. Users in the "lxd" group can interact with the daemon (e.g. to start or stop containers) using the lxc command line tool, among others. ''; }; zfsSupport = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = '' enables lxd to use zfs as a storage for containers. This option is enabled by default if a zfs pool is configured with nixos. ''; }; recommendedSysctlSettings = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = '' enables various settings to avoid common pitfalls when running containers requiring many file operations. Fixes errors like "Too many open files" or "neighbour: ndisc_cache: neighbor table overflow!". See https://lxd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production-setup/ for details. ''; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf cfg.enable { environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.lxd ]; security.apparmor = { enable = true; profiles = [ "${pkgs.lxc}/etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.lxc-start" "${pkgs.lxc}/etc/apparmor.d/lxc-containers" ]; packages = [ pkgs.lxc ]; }; systemd.services.lxd = { description = "LXD Container Management Daemon"; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ]; path = lib.optional cfg.zfsSupport pkgs.zfs; preStart = '' mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/lib/lxc/rootfs ''; serviceConfig = { ExecStart = "@${pkgs.lxd.bin}/bin/lxd lxd --group lxd"; Type = "simple"; KillMode = "process"; # when stopping, leave the containers alone LimitMEMLOCK = "infinity"; LimitNOFILE = "1048576"; LimitNPROC = "infinity"; TasksMax = "infinity"; }; }; users.groups.lxd.gid = config.ids.gids.lxd; users.users.root = { subUidRanges = [ { startUid = 1000000; count = 65536; } ]; subGidRanges = [ { startGid = 1000000; count = 65536; } ]; }; boot.kernel.sysctl = mkIf cfg.recommendedSysctlSettings { "fs.inotify.max_queued_events" = 1048576; "fs.inotify.max_user_instances" = 1048576; "fs.inotify.max_user_watches" = 1048576; "vm.max_map_count" = 262144; "kernel.dmesg_restrict" = 1; "net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3" = 8192; "net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3" = 8192; "kernel.keys.maxkeys" = 2000; }; }; }