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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
index 9402d3bf37d0..61d7c4cb73fe 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ in {
 
   options = {
     virtualisation.lxc = {
-      privilegedContainer = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          Whether this LXC container will be running as a privileged container or not. If set to `true` then
-          additional configuration will be applied to the `systemd` instance running within the container as
-          recommended by [distrobuilder](https://linuxcontainers.org/distrobuilder/introduction/).
-        '';
-      };
+      nestedContainer = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc ''
+        Whether this container is configured as a nested container. On LXD containers this is recommended
+        for all containers and is enabled with `security.nesting = true`.
+      '');
+
+      privilegedContainer = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc ''
+        Whether this LXC container will be running as a privileged container or not. If set to `true` then
+        additional configuration will be applied to the `systemd` instance running within the container as
+        recommended by [distrobuilder](https://linuxcontainers.org/distrobuilder/introduction/).
+      '');
     };
   };
 
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ in {
         ${config.nix.package.out}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set /run/current-system
       '';
 
-    # TODO: build rootfs as squashfs for faster unpack
     system.build.tarball = pkgs.callPackage ../../lib/make-system-tarball.nix {
       extraArgs = "--owner=0";
 
@@ -63,11 +63,30 @@ in {
       extraCommands = "mkdir -p proc sys dev";
     };
 
+    system.build.squashfs = pkgs.callPackage ../../lib/make-squashfs.nix {
+      fileName = "nixos-lxc-image-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
+
+      noStrip = true; # keep directory structure
+      comp = "zstd -Xcompression-level 6";
+
+      storeContents = [config.system.build.toplevel];
+
+      pseudoFiles = [
+        "/sbin d 0755 0 0"
+        "/sbin/init s 0555 0 0 ${config.system.build.toplevel}/init"
+        "/dev d 0755 0 0"
+        "/proc d 0555 0 0"
+        "/sys d 0555 0 0"
+      ];
+    };
+
     system.build.installBootLoader = pkgs.writeScript "install-lxd-sbin-init.sh" ''
       #!${pkgs.runtimeShell}
-      ln -fs "$1/init" /sbin/init
+      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ln -fs "$1/init" /sbin/init
     '';
 
+    systemd.additionalUpstreamSystemUnits = lib.mkIf cfg.nestedContainer ["systemd-udev-trigger.service"];
+
     # Add the overrides from lxd distrobuilder
     # https://github.com/lxc/distrobuilder/blob/05978d0d5a72718154f1525c7d043e090ba7c3e0/distrobuilder/main.go#L630
     systemd.packages = [