nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
rnhmjoj 2bc5625877
nixos-install: remove root requirement for bind mount
This moves the creation of the bind mount inside the `nixos-enter`
invocation. The command are executed in an unshared mount namespace, so
they can be run as an unprivileged user.
2023-01-19 20:50:17 +01:00

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#! @runtimeShell@
# shellcheck shell=bash
set -e
shopt -s nullglob
export PATH=@path@:$PATH
# Ensure a consistent umask.
umask 0022
# Parse the command line for the -I flag
extraBuildFlags=()
flakeFlags=()
mountPoint=/mnt
channelPath=
system=
verbosity=()
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
i="$1"; shift 1
case "$i" in
--max-jobs|-j|--cores|-I|--substituters)
j="$1"; shift 1
extraBuildFlags+=("$i" "$j")
;;
--option)
j="$1"; shift 1
k="$1"; shift 1
extraBuildFlags+=("$i" "$j" "$k")
;;
--root)
mountPoint="$1"; shift 1
;;
--system|--closure)
system="$1"; shift 1
;;
--flake)
flake="$1"
flakeFlags=(--experimental-features 'nix-command flakes')
shift 1
;;
--recreate-lock-file|--no-update-lock-file|--no-write-lock-file|--no-registries|--commit-lock-file)
lockFlags+=("$i")
;;
--update-input)
j="$1"; shift 1
lockFlags+=("$i" "$j")
;;
--override-input)
j="$1"; shift 1
k="$1"; shift 1
lockFlags+=("$i" "$j" "$k")
;;
--channel)
channelPath="$1"; shift 1
;;
--no-channel-copy)
noChannelCopy=1
;;
--no-root-password|--no-root-passwd)
noRootPasswd=1
;;
--no-bootloader)
noBootLoader=1
;;
--show-trace|--impure|--keep-going)
extraBuildFlags+=("$i")
;;
--help)
exec man nixos-install
exit 1
;;
--debug)
set -x
;;
-v*|--verbose)
verbosity+=("$i")
;;
*)
echo "$0: unknown option \`$i'"
exit 1
;;
esac
done
if ! test -e "$mountPoint"; then
echo "mount point $mountPoint doesn't exist"
exit 1
fi
# Verify permissions are okay-enough
checkPath="$(realpath "$mountPoint")"
while [[ "$checkPath" != "/" ]]; do
mode="$(stat -c '%a' "$checkPath")"
if [[ "${mode: -1}" -lt "5" ]]; then
echo "path $checkPath should have permissions 755, but had permissions $mode. Consider running 'chmod o+rx $checkPath'."
exit 1
fi
checkPath="$(dirname "$checkPath")"
done
# Get the path of the NixOS configuration file.
if [[ -z $NIXOS_CONFIG ]]; then
NIXOS_CONFIG=$mountPoint/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
fi
if [[ ${NIXOS_CONFIG:0:1} != / ]]; then
echo "$0: \$NIXOS_CONFIG is not an absolute path"
exit 1
fi
if [[ -n $flake ]]; then
if [[ $flake =~ ^(.*)\#([^\#\"]*)$ ]]; then
flake="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
flakeAttr="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
fi
if [[ -z "$flakeAttr" ]]; then
echo "Please specify the name of the NixOS configuration to be installed, as a URI fragment in the flake-uri."
echo "For example, to use the output nixosConfigurations.foo from the flake.nix, append \"#foo\" to the flake-uri."
exit 1
fi
flakeAttr="nixosConfigurations.\"$flakeAttr\""
fi
# Resolve the flake.
if [[ -n $flake ]]; then
flake=$(nix "${flakeFlags[@]}" flake metadata --json "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" "${lockFlags[@]}" -- "$flake" | jq -r .url)
fi
if [[ ! -e $NIXOS_CONFIG && -z $system && -z $flake ]]; then
echo "configuration file $NIXOS_CONFIG doesn't exist"
exit 1
fi
# A place to drop temporary stuff.
tmpdir="$(mktemp -d -p "$mountPoint")"
trap 'rm -rf $tmpdir' EXIT
# store temporary files on target filesystem by default
export TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-$tmpdir}
sub="auto?trusted=1"
# Copy the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources to the target as the initial contents
# of the NixOS channel.
if [[ -z $noChannelCopy ]]; then
if [[ -z $channelPath ]]; then
channelPath="$(nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -q nixos --no-name --out-path 2>/dev/null || echo -n "")"
fi
if [[ -n $channelPath ]]; then
echo "copying channel..."
mkdir -p "$mountPoint"/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root
nix-env --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" --extra-substituters "$sub" \
-p "$mountPoint"/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels --set "$channelPath" --quiet \
"${verbosity[@]}"
install -m 0700 -d "$mountPoint"/root/.nix-defexpr
ln -sfn /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels "$mountPoint"/root/.nix-defexpr/channels
fi
fi
# Build the system configuration in the target filesystem.
if [[ -z $system ]]; then
outLink="$tmpdir/system"
if [[ -z $flake ]]; then
echo "building the configuration in $NIXOS_CONFIG..."
nix-build --out-link "$outLink" --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" \
--extra-substituters "$sub" \
'<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A system -I "nixos-config=$NIXOS_CONFIG" "${verbosity[@]}"
else
echo "building the flake in $flake..."
nix "${flakeFlags[@]}" build "$flake#$flakeAttr.config.system.build.toplevel" \
--store "$mountPoint" --extra-substituters "$sub" "${verbosity[@]}" \
"${extraBuildFlags[@]}" "${lockFlags[@]}" --out-link "$outLink"
fi
system=$(readlink -f "$outLink")
fi
# Set the system profile to point to the configuration. TODO: combine
# this with the previous step once we have a nix-env replacement with
# a progress bar.
nix-env --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" \
--extra-substituters "$sub" \
-p "$mountPoint"/nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set "$system" "${verbosity[@]}"
# Mark the target as a NixOS installation, otherwise switch-to-configuration will chicken out.
mkdir -m 0755 -p "$mountPoint/etc"
touch "$mountPoint/etc/NIXOS"
# Switch to the new system configuration. This will install Grub with
# a menu default pointing at the kernel/initrd/etc of the new
# configuration.
if [[ -z $noBootLoader ]]; then
echo "installing the boot loader..."
# Grub needs an mtab.
ln -sfn /proc/mounts "$mountPoint"/etc/mtab
export mountPoint
NIXOS_INSTALL_BOOTLOADER=1 nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c "$(cat <<'EOF'
# Create a bind mount for each of the mount points inside the target file
# system. This preserves the validity of their absolute paths after changing
# the root with `nixos-enter`.
# Without this the bootloader installation may fail due to options that
# contain paths referenced during evaluation, like initrd.secrets.
# when not root, re-execute the script in an unshared namespace
mount --rbind --mkdir / "$mountPoint"
mount --make-rslave "$mountPoint"
/run/current-system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
umount -R "$mountPoint" && rmdir "$mountPoint"
EOF
)"
fi
# Ask the user to set a root password, but only if the passwd command
# exists (i.e. when mutable user accounts are enabled).
if [[ -z $noRootPasswd ]] && [ -t 0 ]; then
if nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c 'test -e /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd'; then
set +e
nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c 'echo "setting root password..." && /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd'
exit_code=$?
set -e
if [[ $exit_code != 0 ]]; then
echo "Setting a root password failed with the above printed error."
echo "You can set the root password manually by executing \`nixos-enter --root ${mountPoint@Q}\` and then running \`passwd\` in the shell of the new system."
exit $exit_code
fi
fi
fi
echo "installation finished!"