nix/tests/remote-builds.nix

# Test Nix's remote build feature.

{ nixpkgs, system, overlay }:

with import (nixpkgs + "/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix") {
  inherit system;
  extraConfigurations = [ { nixpkgs.overlays = [ overlay ]; } ];
};

makeTest (

let

  # The configuration of the remote builders.
  builder =
    { config, pkgs, ... }:
    { services.openssh.enable = true;
      virtualisation.writableStore = true;
      nix.useSandbox = true;
    };

  # Trivial Nix expression to build remotely.
  expr = config: nr: pkgs.writeText "expr.nix"
    ''
      let utils = builtins.storePath ${config.system.build.extraUtils}; in
      derivation {
        name = "hello-${toString nr}";
        system = "i686-linux";
        PATH = "''${utils}/bin";
        builder = "''${utils}/bin/sh";
        args = [ "-c" "if [ ${toString nr} = 5 ]; then echo FAIL; exit 1; fi; echo Hello; mkdir $out $foo; cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname > $out/host; ln -s $out $foo/bar; sleep 10" ];
        outputs = [ "out" "foo" ];
      }
    '';

in

{
  name = "remote-builds";

  nodes =
    { builder1 = builder;
      builder2 = builder;

      client =
        { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
        { nix.maxJobs = 0; # force remote building
          nix.distributedBuilds = true;
          nix.buildMachines =
            [ { hostName = "builder1";
                sshUser = "root";
                sshKey = "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519";
                system = "i686-linux";
                maxJobs = 1;
              }
              { hostName = "builder2";
                sshUser = "root";
                sshKey = "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519";
                system = "i686-linux";
                maxJobs = 1;
              }
            ];
          virtualisation.writableStore = true;
          virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ config.system.build.extraUtils ];
          nix.binaryCaches = lib.mkForce [ ];
          programs.ssh.extraConfig = "ConnectTimeout 30";
        };
    };

  testScript = { nodes }: ''
    # fmt: off
    import subprocess

    start_all()

    # Create an SSH key on the client.
    subprocess.run([
      "${pkgs.openssh}/bin/ssh-keygen", "-t", "ed25519", "-f", "key", "-N", ""
    ], capture_output=True, check=True)
    client.succeed("mkdir -p -m 700 /root/.ssh")
    client.copy_from_host("key", "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
    client.succeed("chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_ed25519")

    # Install the SSH key on the builders.
    client.wait_for_unit("network.target")
    for builder in [builder1, builder2]:
      builder.succeed("mkdir -p -m 700 /root/.ssh")
      builder.copy_from_host("key.pub", "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys")
      builder.wait_for_unit("sshd")
      client.succeed(f"ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {builder.name} 'echo hello world'")

    # Perform a build and check that it was performed on the builder.
    out = client.succeed(
      "nix-build ${expr nodes.client.config 1} 2> build-output",
      "grep -q Hello build-output"
    )
    builder1.succeed(f"test -e {out}")

    # And a parallel build.
    paths = client.succeed(r'nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate ${expr nodes.client.config 2})\!out $(nix-instantiate ${expr nodes.client.config 3})\!out')
    out1, out2 = paths.split()
    builder1.succeed(f"test -e {out1} -o -e {out2}")
    builder2.succeed(f"test -e {out1} -o -e {out2}")

    # And a failing build.
    client.fail("nix-build ${expr nodes.client.config 5}")

    # Test whether the build hook automatically skips unavailable builders.
    builder1.block()
    client.succeed("nix-build ${expr nodes.client.config 4}")
  '';
})