Merge pull request #2995 from tweag/post-build-hook

Add a post build hook

doc/manual/advanced-topics/advanced-topics.xml

@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 <xi:include href="distributed-builds.xml" />
 <xi:include href="cores-vs-jobs.xml" />
 <xi:include href="diff-hook.xml" />
+<xi:include href="post-build-hook.xml" />
 
 </part>

doc/manual/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      xml:id="chap-post-build-hook"
+      version="5.0"
+      >
+
+<title>Using the <xref linkend="conf-post-build-hook" /></title>
+<subtitle>Uploading to an S3-compatible binary cache after each build</subtitle>
+
+
+<section xml:id="chap-post-build-hook-caveats">
+  <title>Implementation Caveats</title>
+  <para>Here we use the post-build hook to upload to a binary cache.
+  This is a simple and working example, but it is not suitable for all
+  use cases.</para>
+
+  <para>The post build hook program runs after each executed build,
+  and blocks the build loop. The build loop exits if the hook program
+  fails.</para>
+
+  <para>Concretely, this implementation will make Nix slow or unusable
+  when the internet is slow or unreliable.</para>
+
+  <para>A more advanced implementation might pass the store paths to a
+  user-supplied daemon or queue for processing the store paths outside
+  of the build loop.</para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+  <title>Prerequisites</title>
+
+  <para>
+    This tutorial assumes you have configured an S3-compatible binary cache
+    according to the instructions at
+    <xref linkend="ssec-s3-substituter-authenticated-writes" />, and
+    that the <literal>root</literal> user's default AWS profile can
+    upload to the bucket.
+  </para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+  <title>Set up a Signing Key</title>
+  <para>Use <command>nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key</command> to
+  create our public and private signing keys. We will sign paths
+  with the private key, and distribute the public key for verifying
+  the authenticity of the paths.</para>
+
+  <screen>
+# nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key example-nix-cache-1 /etc/nix/key.private /etc/nix/key.public
+# cat /etc/nix/key.public
+example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
+</screen>
+
+<para>Then, add the public key and the cache URL to your
+<filename>nix.conf</filename>'s <xref linkend="conf-trusted-public-keys" />
+and <xref linkend="conf-substituters" /> like:</para>
+
+<programlisting>
+substituters = https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://example-nix-cache
+trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
+</programlisting>
+
+<para>we will restart the Nix daemon a later step.</para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+  <title>Implementing the build hook</title>
+  <para>Write the following script to
+  <filename>/etc/nix/upload-to-cache.sh</filename>:
+  </para>
+
+  <programlisting>
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+set -f # disable globbing
+export IFS=' '
+
+echo "Signing paths" $OUT_PATHS
+nix sign-paths --key-file /etc/nix/key.private $OUT_PATHS
+echo "Uploading paths" $OUT_PATHS
+exec nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache' $OUT_PATHS
+</programlisting>
+
+  <note>
+    <title>Should <literal>$OUT_PATHS</literal> be quoted?</title>
+    <para>
+      The <literal>$OUT_PATHS</literal> variable is a space-separated
+      list of Nix store paths. In this case, we expect and want the
+      shell to perform word splitting to make each output path its
+      own argument to <command>nix sign-paths</command>. Nix guarantees
+      the paths will not contain any spaces, however a store path
+      might contain glob characters. The <command>set -f</command>
+      disables globbing in the shell.
+    </para>
+  </note>
+  <para>
+    Then make sure the hook program is executable by the <literal>root</literal> user:
+    <screen>
+# chmod +x /etc/nix/upload-to-cache.sh
+</screen></para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+  <title>Updating Nix Configuration</title>
+
+  <para>Edit <filename>/etc/nix/nix.conf</filename> to run our hook,
+  by adding the following configuration snippet at the end:</para>
+
+  <programlisting>
+post-build-hook = /etc/nix/upload-to-cache.sh
+</programlisting>
+
+<para>Then, restart the <command>nix-daemon</command>.</para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+  <title>Testing</title>
+
+  <para>Build any derivation, for example:</para>
+
+  <screen>
+$ nix-build -E '(import &lt;nixpkgs&gt; {}).writeText "example" (builtins.toString builtins.currentTime)'
+these derivations will be built:
+  /nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv
+building '/nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv'...
+running post-build-hook '/home/grahamc/projects/github.com/NixOS/nix/post-hook.sh'...
+post-build-hook: Signing paths /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
+post-build-hook: Uploading paths /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
+/nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
+</screen>
+
+  <para>Then delete the path from the store, and try substituting it from the binary cache:</para>
+  <screen>
+$ rm ./result
+$ nix-store --delete /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
+</screen>
+
+<para>Now, copy the path back from the cache:</para>
+<screen>
+$ nix store --realize /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
+copying path '/nix/store/m8bmqwrch6l3h8s0k3d673xpmipcdpsa-example from 's3://example-nix-cache'...
+warning: you did not specify '--add-root'; the result might be removed by the garbage collector
+/nix/store/m8bmqwrch6l3h8s0k3d673xpmipcdpsa-example
+</screen>
+</section>
+<section>
+  <title>Conclusion</title>
+  <para>
+    We now have a Nix installation configured to automatically sign and
+    upload every local build to a remote binary cache.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+    Before deploying this to production, be sure to consider the
+    implementation caveats in <xref linkend="chap-post-build-hook-caveats" />.
+  </para>
+</section>
+</chapter>

doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml

@@ -664,6 +664,62 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-post-build-hook">
+    <term><literal>post-build-hook</literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Optional. The path to a program to execute after each build.</para>
+
+      <para>This option is only settable in the global
+      <filename>nix.conf</filename>, or on the command line by trusted
+      users.</para>
+
+      <para>When using the nix-daemon, the daemon executes the hook as
+      <literal>root</literal>. If the nix-daemon is not involved, the
+      hook runs as the user executing the nix-build.</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem><para>The hook executes after an evaluation-time build.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>The hook does not execute on substituted paths.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>The hook's output always goes to the user's terminal.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>If the hook fails, the build succeeds but no further builds execute.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>The hook executes synchronously, and blocks other builds from progressing while it runs.</para>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>The program executes with no arguments. The program's environment
+      contains the following environment variables:</para>
+
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><envar>DRV_PATH</envar></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>The derivation for the built paths.</para>
+            <para>Example:
+            <literal>/nix/store/5nihn1a7pa8b25l9zafqaqibznlvvp3f-bash-4.4-p23.drv</literal>
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><envar>OUT_PATHS</envar></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>Output paths of the built derivation, separated by a space character.</para>
+            <para>Example:
+            <literal>/nix/store/zf5lbh336mnzf1nlswdn11g4n2m8zh3g-bash-4.4-p23-dev
+            /nix/store/rjxwxwv1fpn9wa2x5ssk5phzwlcv4mna-bash-4.4-p23-doc
+            /nix/store/6bqvbzjkcp9695dq0dpl5y43nvy37pq1-bash-4.4-p23-info
+            /nix/store/r7fng3kk3vlpdlh2idnrbn37vh4imlj2-bash-4.4-p23-man
+            /nix/store/xfghy8ixrhz3kyy6p724iv3cxji088dx-bash-4.4-p23</literal>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+
+      <para>See <xref linkend="chap-post-build-hook" /> for an example
+      implementation.</para>
+
+    </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-repeat"><term><literal>repeat</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>How many times to repeat builds to check whether

src/libstore/build.cc

@@ -1629,6 +1629,61 @@ void DerivationGoal::buildDone()
            being valid. */
         registerOutputs();
 
+        if (settings.postBuildHook != "") {
+            Activity act(*logger, lvlInfo, actPostBuildHook,
+                fmt("running post-build-hook '%s'", settings.postBuildHook),
+                Logger::Fields{drvPath});
+            PushActivity pact(act.id);
+            auto outputPaths = drv->outputPaths();
+            std::map<std::string, std::string> hookEnvironment = getEnv();
+
+            hookEnvironment.emplace("DRV_PATH", drvPath);
+            hookEnvironment.emplace("OUT_PATHS", chomp(concatStringsSep(" ", outputPaths)));
+
+            RunOptions opts(settings.postBuildHook, {});
+            opts.environment = hookEnvironment;
+
+            struct LogSink : Sink {
+                Activity & act;
+                std::string currentLine;
+
+                LogSink(Activity & act) : act(act) { }
+
+                void operator() (const unsigned char * data, size_t len) override {
+                    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                        auto c = data[i];
+
+                        if (c == '\n') {
+                            flushLine();
+                        } else {
+                            currentLine += c;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                void flushLine() {
+                    if (settings.verboseBuild) {
+                        printError("post-build-hook: " + currentLine);
+                    } else {
+                        act.result(resPostBuildLogLine, currentLine);
+                    }
+                    currentLine.clear();
+                }
+
+                ~LogSink() {
+                    if (currentLine != "") {
+                        currentLine += '\n';
+                        flushLine();
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            LogSink sink(act);
+
+            opts.standardOut = &sink;
+            opts.mergeStderrToStdout = true;
+            runProgram2(opts);
+        }
+
         if (buildMode == bmCheck) {
             done(BuildResult::Built);
             return;

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ public:
         "pre-build-hook",
         "A program to run just before a build to set derivation-specific build settings."};
 
+    Setting<std::string> postBuildHook{this, "", "post-build-hook",
+        "A program to run just after each succesful build."};
+
     Setting<std::string> netrcFile{this, fmt("%s/%s", nixConfDir, "netrc"), "netrc-file",
         "Path to the netrc file used to obtain usernames/passwords for downloads."};
 

src/libutil/logging.hh

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ typedef enum {
     actVerifyPaths = 107,
     actSubstitute = 108,
     actQueryPathInfo = 109,
+    actPostBuildHook = 110,
 } ActivityType;
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ typedef enum {
     resSetPhase = 104,
     resProgress = 105,
     resSetExpected = 106,
+    resPostBuildLogLine = 107,
 } ResultType;
 
 typedef uint64_t ActivityId;

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ void clearEnv()
         unsetenv(name.first.c_str());
 }
 
+void replaceEnv(std::map<std::string, std::string> newEnv)
+{
+    clearEnv();
+    for (auto newEnvVar : newEnv)
+    {
+        setenv(newEnvVar.first.c_str(), newEnvVar.second.c_str(), 1);
+    }
+}
+
 
 Path absPath(Path path, Path dir)
 {
@@ -1019,10 +1028,22 @@ void runProgram2(const RunOptions & options)
     if (options.standardOut) out.create();
     if (source) in.create();
 
+    ProcessOptions processOptions;
+    // vfork implies that the environment of the main process and the fork will
+    // be shared (technically this is undefined, but in practice that's the
+    // case), so we can't use it if we alter the environment
+    if (options.environment)
+        processOptions.allowVfork = false;
+
     /* Fork. */
     Pid pid = startProcess([&]() {
+        if (options.environment)
+            replaceEnv(*options.environment);
         if (options.standardOut && dup2(out.writeSide.get(), STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
             throw SysError("dupping stdout");
+        if (options.mergeStderrToStdout)
+            if (dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("cannot dup stdout into stderr");
         if (source && dup2(in.readSide.get(), STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
             throw SysError("dupping stdin");
 
@@ -1047,7 +1068,7 @@ void runProgram2(const RunOptions & options)
             execv(options.program.c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args_).data());
 
         throw SysError("executing '%1%'", options.program);
-    });
+    }, processOptions);
 
     out.writeSide = -1;
 

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -270,12 +270,14 @@ struct RunOptions
     std::optional<uid_t> uid;
     std::optional<uid_t> gid;
     std::optional<Path> chdir;
+    std::optional<std::map<std::string, std::string>> environment;
     Path program;
     bool searchPath = true;
     Strings args;
     std::optional<std::string> input;
     Source * standardIn = nullptr;
     Sink * standardOut = nullptr;
+    bool mergeStderrToStdout = false;
     bool _killStderr = false;
 
     RunOptions(const Path & program, const Strings & args)

src/nix/progress-bar.cc

@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ public:
                 name, sub);
         }
 
+        if (type == actPostBuildHook) {
+            auto name = storePathToName(getS(fields, 0));
+            if (hasSuffix(name, ".drv"))
+                name.resize(name.size() - 4);
+            i->s = fmt("post-build " ANSI_BOLD "%s" ANSI_NORMAL, name);
+            i->name = DrvName(name).name;
+        }
+
         if (type == actQueryPathInfo) {
             auto name = storePathToName(getS(fields, 0));
             i->s = fmt("querying " ANSI_BOLD "%s" ANSI_NORMAL " on %s", name, getS(fields, 1));
@@ -228,14 +236,18 @@ public:
             update(*state);
         }
 
-        else if (type == resBuildLogLine) {
+        else if (type == resBuildLogLine || type == resPostBuildLogLine) {
             auto lastLine = trim(getS(fields, 0));
             if (!lastLine.empty()) {
                 auto i = state->its.find(act);
                 assert(i != state->its.end());
                 ActInfo info = *i->second;
                 if (printBuildLogs) {
-                    log(*state, lvlInfo, ANSI_FAINT + info.name.value_or("unnamed") + "> " + ANSI_NORMAL + lastLine);
+                    auto suffix = "> ";
+                    if (type == resPostBuildLogLine) {
+                        suffix = " (post)> ";
+                    }
+                    log(*state, lvlInfo, ANSI_FAINT + info.name.value_or("unnamed") + suffix + ANSI_NORMAL + lastLine);
                 } else {
                     state->activities.erase(i->second);
                     info.lastLine = lastLine;

tests/dependencies.nix

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let {
     builder = ./dependencies.builder0.sh + "/FOOBAR/../.";
     input1 = input1 + "/.";
     input2 = "${input2}/.";
+    input1_drv = input1;
     meta.description = "Random test package";
   };
 

tests/local.mk

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ nix_tests = \
   check.sh \
   plugins.sh \
   search.sh \
-  nix-copy-ssh.sh
+  nix-copy-ssh.sh \
+  post-hook.sh
   # parallel.sh
 
 install-tests += $(foreach x, $(nix_tests), tests/$(x))

tests/post-hook.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+source common.sh
+
+clearStore
+
+export REMOTE_STORE=$TEST_ROOT/remote_store
+
+# Build the dependencies and push them to the remote store
+nix-build dependencies.nix --post-build-hook $PWD/push_to_store.sh
+
+clearStore
+
+# Ensure that we the remote store contains both the runtime and buildtime
+# closure of what we've just built
+nix copy --from "$REMOTE_STORE" --no-require-sigs -f dependencies.nix
+nix copy --from "$REMOTE_STORE" --no-require-sigs -f dependencies.nix input1_drv

tests/push_to_store.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo Pushing "$@" to "$REMOTE_STORE"
+echo -n "$OUT_PATHS" | xargs -d: nix copy --to "$REMOTE_STORE" --no-require-sigs