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# Nix application VMs: security through virtualization
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Simple application VMs (hypervisor-based sandbox) based on Nix package manager.
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Uses one **read-only** /nix directory for all appvms. So creating a new appvm (but not first) is just about one minute.
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![appvm screenshot](screenshots/2018-07-05.png)
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## Dependencies
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$ sudo apt install golang virt-manager curl git
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$ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $USER
$ echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ echo 'source ~/.bash_profile' >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bash_profile
You need to **relogin** if you install virt-manager (libvirt) first time.
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## Install Nix package manager
$ sudo mkdir -m 0755 /nix && sudo chown $USER /nix
$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
$ . ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
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## Libvirt from user (required if you need access to shared files)
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$ echo user = "\"$USER\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
$ sudo systemctl restart libvirtd
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## Install appvm tool
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$ go get code.dumpstack.io/tools/appvm
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## Update appvm tool
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$ go get -u code.dumpstack.io/tools/appvm
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## Search for applications
$ appvm search chromium
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## Generate new application
$ nix-channel --list
nix https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
$ appvm generate nix.firefox
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## Run application
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$ appvm start chromium
$ # ... long wait for first time, because we need to collect a lot of packages
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You can customize local settings in **~/.config/appvm/nix/local.nix**.
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Default hotkey to release cursor: ctrl+alt.
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## Shared directory
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$ ls appvm/chromium
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foo.tar.gz
bar.tar.gz
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## Close VM
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$ appvm stop chromium
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## Automatic ballooning
Add this command:
$ appvm autoballoon
to crontab like that:
$ crontab -l
* * * * * /home/user/dev/go/bin/appvm autoballoon
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# App description
$ cat nix/chromium.nix
{pkgs, ...}:
{
imports = [
<nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix>
<nix/base.nix>
];
services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands =
"while [ 1 ]; do ${pkgs.chromium}/bin/chromium; done &";
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}
For create new app you should add package name (search at https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html) and path to binary (typically same as package name).