Merge pull request #89540 from Patryk27/fixes/lxd-lxcfs

Fix `lxd`, so that it works with `lxcfs`

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix
index 53b89a9f55b1..3958fc2c1d7c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxd.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ in
   ###### interface
 
   options = {
-
     virtualisation.lxd = {
       enable = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
@@ -25,12 +24,18 @@ in
           containers. Users in the "lxd" group can interact with
           the daemon (e.g. to start or stop containers) using the
           <command>lxc</command> command line tool, among others.
+
+          Most of the time, you'll also want to start lxcfs, so
+          that containers can "see" the limits:
+          <code>
+            virtualisation.lxc.lxcfs.enable = true;
+          </code>
         '';
       };
 
       package = mkOption {
         type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.lxd;
+        default = pkgs.lxd.override { nftablesSupport = config.networking.nftables.enable; };
         defaultText = "pkgs.lxd";
         description = ''
           The LXD package to use.
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ in
           with nixos.
         '';
       };
+
       recommendedSysctlSettings = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = false;
@@ -83,7 +89,6 @@ in
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
     security.apparmor = {
@@ -115,6 +120,12 @@ in
         LimitNOFILE = "1048576";
         LimitNPROC = "infinity";
         TasksMax = "infinity";
+
+        # By default, `lxd` loads configuration files from hard-coded
+        # `/usr/share/lxc/config` - since this is a no-go for us, we have to
+        # explicitly tell it where the actual configuration files are
+        Environment = mkIf (config.virtualisation.lxc.lxcfs.enable)
+          "LXD_LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG=${pkgs.lxcfs}/share/lxc/config";
       };
     };