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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xml:id="chap-functions">
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<title>Functions reference</title>
<para>
The nixpkgs repository has several utility functions to manipulate Nix
expressions.
</para>
<xi:include href="functions/overrides.xml" />
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<section xml:id="sec-generators">
<title>Generators</title>
<para>
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Generators are functions that create file formats from nix data structures,
e.g. for configuration files. There are generators available for:
<literal>INI</literal>, <literal>JSON</literal> and <literal>YAML</literal>
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</para>
<para>
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All generators follow a similar call interface: <code>generatorName
configFunctions data</code>, where <literal>configFunctions</literal> is an
attrset of user-defined functions that format nested parts of the content.
They each have common defaults, so often they do not need to be set
manually. An example is <code>mkSectionName ? (name: libStr.escape [ "[" "]"
] name)</code> from the <literal>INI</literal> generator. It receives the
name of a section and sanitizes it. The default
<literal>mkSectionName</literal> escapes <literal>[</literal> and
<literal>]</literal> with a backslash.
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</para>
<para>
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Generators can be fine-tuned to produce exactly the file format required by
your application/service. One example is an INI-file format which uses
<literal>: </literal> as separator, the strings
<literal>"yes"</literal>/<literal>"no"</literal> as boolean values and
requires all string values to be quoted:
</para>
<programlisting>
with lib;
let
customToINI = generators.toINI {
# specifies how to format a key/value pair
mkKeyValue = generators.mkKeyValueDefault {
# specifies the generated string for a subset of nix values
mkValueString = v:
if v == true then ''"yes"''
else if v == false then ''"no"''
else if isString v then ''"${v}"''
# and delegats all other values to the default generator
else generators.mkValueStringDefault {} v;
} ":";
};
# the INI file can now be given as plain old nix values
in customToINI {
main = {
pushinfo = true;
autopush = false;
host = "localhost";
port = 42;
};
mergetool = {
merge = "diff3";
};
}
</programlisting>
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<para>
This will produce the following INI file as nix string:
</para>
<programlisting>
[main]
autopush:"no"
host:"localhost"
port:42
pushinfo:"yes"
str\:ange:"very::strange"
[mergetool]
merge:"diff3"
</programlisting>
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<note>
<para>
Nix store paths can be converted to strings by enclosing a derivation
attribute like so: <code>"${drv}"</code>.
</para>
</note>
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<para>
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Detailed documentation for each generator can be found in
<literal>lib/generators.nix</literal>.
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</para>
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</section>
<section xml:id="sec-debug">
<title>Debugging Nix Expressions</title>
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<para>
Nix is a unityped, dynamic language, this means every value can potentially
appear anywhere. Since it is also non-strict, evaluation order and what
ultimately is evaluated might surprise you. Therefore it is important to be
able to debug nix expressions.
</para>
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<para>
In the <literal>lib/debug.nix</literal> file you will find a number of
functions that help (pretty-)printing values while evaluation is runnnig.
You can even specify how deep these values should be printed recursively,
and transform them on the fly. Please consult the docstrings in
<literal>lib/debug.nix</literal> for usage information.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="sec-fhs-environments">
<title>buildFHSUserEnv</title>
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<para>
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<function>buildFHSUserEnv</function> provides a way to build and run
FHS-compatible lightweight sandboxes. It creates an isolated root with bound
<filename>/nix/store</filename>, so its footprint in terms of disk space
needed is quite small. This allows one to run software which is hard or
unfeasible to patch for NixOS -- 3rd-party source trees with FHS
assumptions, games distributed as tarballs, software with integrity checking
and/or external self-updated binaries. It uses Linux namespaces feature to
create temporary lightweight environments which are destroyed after all
child processes exit, without root user rights requirement. Accepted
arguments are:
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</para>
<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>name</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Environment name.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>targetPkgs</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Packages to be installed for the main host's architecture (i.e. x86_64 on
x86_64 installations). Along with libraries binaries are also installed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>multiPkgs</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Packages to be installed for all architectures supported by a host (i.e.
i686 and x86_64 on x86_64 installations). Only libraries are installed by
default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>extraBuildCommands</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Additional commands to be executed for finalizing the directory
structure.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>extraBuildCommandsMulti</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Like <literal>extraBuildCommands</literal>, but executed only on multilib
architectures.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>extraOutputsToInstall</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Additional derivation outputs to be linked for both target and
multi-architecture packages.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>extraInstallCommands</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Additional commands to be executed for finalizing the derivation with
runner script.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>runScript</literal>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A command that would be executed inside the sandbox and passed all the
command line arguments. It defaults to <literal>bash</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
<para>
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One can create a simple environment using a <literal>shell.nix</literal>
like that:
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</para>
<programlisting><![CDATA[
{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
(pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
name = "simple-x11-env";
targetPkgs = pkgs: (with pkgs;
[ udev
alsaLib
]) ++ (with pkgs.xorg;
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[ libX11
libXcursor
libXrandr
]);
multiPkgs = pkgs: (with pkgs;
[ udev
alsaLib
]);
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runScript = "bash";
}).env
]]></programlisting>
<para>
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Running <literal>nix-shell</literal> would then drop you into a shell with
these libraries and binaries available. You can use this to run
closed-source applications which expect FHS structure without hassles:
simply change <literal>runScript</literal> to the application path, e.g.
<filename>./bin/start.sh</filename> -- relative paths are supported.
</para>
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</section>
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<xi:include href="shell.section.xml" />
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<section xml:id="sec-pkgs-dockerTools">
<title>pkgs.dockerTools</title>
<para>
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<varname>pkgs.dockerTools</varname> is a set of functions for creating and
manipulating Docker images according to the
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/image/spec/v1.2.md#docker-image-specification-v120">
Docker Image Specification v1.2.0 </link>. Docker itself is not used to
perform any of the operations done by these functions.
</para>
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<warning>
<para>
The <varname>dockerTools</varname> API is unstable and may be subject to
backwards-incompatible changes in the future.
</para>
</warning>
<section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-dockerTools-buildImage">
<title>buildImage</title>
<para>
This function is analogous to the <command>docker build</command> command,
in that can used to build a Docker-compatible repository tarball containing
a single image with one or multiple layers. As such, the result is suitable
for being loaded in Docker with <command>docker load</command>.
</para>
<para>
The parameters of <varname>buildImage</varname> with relative example
values are described below:
</para>
<example xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage'>
<title>Docker build</title>
<programlisting>
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buildImage {
name = "redis"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-1' />
tag = "latest"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-2' />
fromImage = someBaseImage; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-3' />
fromImageName = null; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-4' />
fromImageTag = "latest"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-5' />
contents = pkgs.redis; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-6' />
runAsRoot = '' <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-runAsRoot' />
#!${stdenv.shell}
mkdir -p /data
'';
config = { <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-8' />
Cmd = [ "/bin/redis-server" ];
WorkingDir = "/data";
Volumes = {
"/data" = {};
};
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};
}
</programlisting>
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</example>
<para>
The above example will build a Docker image <literal>redis/latest</literal>
from the given base image. Loading and running this image in Docker results
in <literal>redis-server</literal> being started automatically.
</para>
<calloutlist>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-1'>
<para>
<varname>name</varname> specifies the name of the resulting image. This
is the only required argument for <varname>buildImage</varname>.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-2'>
<para>
<varname>tag</varname> specifies the tag of the resulting image. By
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default it's <literal>null</literal>, which indicates that the nix output
hash will be used as tag.
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</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-3'>
<para>
<varname>fromImage</varname> is the repository tarball containing the
base image. It must be a valid Docker image, such as exported by
<command>docker save</command>. By default it's <literal>null</literal>,
which can be seen as equivalent to <literal>FROM scratch</literal> of a
<filename>Dockerfile</filename>.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-4'>
<para>
<varname>fromImageName</varname> can be used to further specify the base
image within the repository, in case it contains multiple images. By
default it's <literal>null</literal>, in which case
<varname>buildImage</varname> will peek the first image available in the
repository.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-5'>
<para>
<varname>fromImageTag</varname> can be used to further specify the tag of
the base image within the repository, in case an image contains multiple
tags. By default it's <literal>null</literal>, in which case
<varname>buildImage</varname> will peek the first tag available for the
base image.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-6'>
<para>
<varname>contents</varname> is a derivation that will be copied in the
new layer of the resulting image. This can be similarly seen as
<command>ADD contents/ /</command> in a <filename>Dockerfile</filename>.
By default it's <literal>null</literal>.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-runAsRoot'>
<para>
<varname>runAsRoot</varname> is a bash script that will run as root in an
environment that overlays the existing layers of the base image with the
new resulting layer, including the previously copied
<varname>contents</varname> derivation. This can be similarly seen as
<command>RUN ...</command> in a <filename>Dockerfile</filename>.
<note>
<para>
Using this parameter requires the <literal>kvm</literal> device to be
available.
</para>
</note>
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-8'>
<para>
<varname>config</varname> is used to specify the configuration of the
containers that will be started off the built image in Docker. The
available options are listed in the
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/image/spec/v1.2.md#image-json-field-descriptions">
Docker Image Specification v1.2.0 </link>.
</para>
</callout>
</calloutlist>
<para>
After the new layer has been created, its closure (to which
<varname>contents</varname>, <varname>config</varname> and
<varname>runAsRoot</varname> contribute) will be copied in the layer
itself. Only new dependencies that are not already in the existing layers
will be copied.
</para>
<para>
At the end of the process, only one new single layer will be produced and
added to the resulting image.
</para>
<para>
The resulting repository will only list the single image
<varname>image/tag</varname>. In the case of
<xref linkend='ex-dockerTools-buildImage'/> it would be
<varname>redis/latest</varname>.
</para>
<para>
It is possible to inspect the arguments with which an image was built using
its <varname>buildArgs</varname> attribute.
</para>
<note>
<para>
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If you see errors similar to <literal>getProtocolByName: does not exist
(no such protocol name: tcp)</literal> you may need to add
<literal>pkgs.iana-etc</literal> to <varname>contents</varname>.
</para>
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</note>
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<note>
<para>
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If you see errors similar to <literal>Error_Protocol ("certificate has
unknown CA",True,UnknownCa)</literal> you may need to add
<literal>pkgs.cacert</literal> to <varname>contents</varname>.
</para>
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</note>
<example xml:id="example-pkgs-dockerTools-buildImage-creation-date">
<title>Impurely Defining a Docker Layer's Creation Date</title>
<para>
By default <function>buildImage</function> will use a static
date of one second past the UNIX Epoch. This allows
<function>buildImage</function> to produce binary reproducible
images. When listing images with <command>docker list
images</command>, the newly created images will be listed like
this:
</para>
<screen><![CDATA[
$ docker image list
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
hello latest 08c791c7846e 48 years ago 25.2MB
]]></screen>
<para>
You can break binary reproducibility but have a sorted,
meaningful <literal>CREATED</literal> column by setting
<literal>created</literal> to <literal>now</literal>.
</para>
<programlisting><![CDATA[
pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
name = "hello";
tag = "latest";
created = "now";
contents = pkgs.hello;
config.Cmd = [ "/bin/hello" ];
}
]]></programlisting>
<para>
and now the Docker CLI will display a reasonable date and
sort the images as expected:
<screen><![CDATA[
$ docker image list
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
hello latest de2bf4786de6 About a minute ago 25.2MB
]]></screen>
however, the produced images will not be binary reproducible.
</para>
</example>
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</section>
dockerTools.buildLayeredImage: init Create a many-layered Docker Image. Implements much less than buildImage: - Doesn't support specific uids/gids - Doesn't support runninng commands after building - Doesn't require qemu - Doesn't create mutable copies of the files in the path - Doesn't support parent images If you want those feature, I recommend using buildLayeredImage as an input to buildImage. Notably, it does support: - Caching low level, common paths based on a graph traversial algorithm, see referencesByPopularity in 0a80233487993256e811f566b1c80a40394c03d6 - Configurable number of layers. If you're not using AUFS or not extending the image, you can specify a larger number of layers at build time: pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage { name = "hello"; maxLayers = 128; config.Cmd = [ "${pkgs.gitFull}/bin/git" ]; }; - Parallelized creation of the layers, improving build speed. - The contents of the image includes the closure of the configuration, so you don't have to specify paths in contents and config. With buildImage, paths referred to by the config were not included automatically in the image. Thus, if you wanted to call Git, you had to specify it twice: pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage { name = "hello"; contents = [ pkgs.gitFull ]; config.Cmd = [ "${pkgs.gitFull}/bin/git" ]; }; buildLayeredImage on the other hand includes the runtime closure of the config when calculating the contents of the image: pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage { name = "hello"; config.Cmd = [ "${pkgs.gitFull}/bin/git" ]; }; Minor Problems - If any of the store paths change, every layer will be rebuilt in the nix-build. However, beacuse the layers are bit-for-bit reproducable, when these images are loaded in to Docker they will match existing layers and not be imported or uploaded twice. Common Questions - Aren't Docker layers ordered? No. People who have used a Dockerfile before assume Docker's Layers are inherently ordered. However, this is not true -- Docker layers are content-addressable and are not explicitly layered until they are composed in to an Image. - What happens if I have more than maxLayers of store paths? The first (maxLayers-2) most "popular" paths will have their own individual layers, then layer #(maxLayers-1) will contain all the remaining "unpopular" paths, and finally layer #(maxLayers) will contain the Image configuration.
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<section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-dockerTools-buildLayeredImage">
<title>buildLayeredImage</title>
<para>
Create a Docker image with many of the store paths being on their own layer
to improve sharing between images.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>name</varname>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the resulting image.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>tag</varname> <emphasis>optional</emphasis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Tag of the generated image.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Default:</emphasis> the output path's hash
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>contents</varname> <emphasis>optional</emphasis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Top level paths in the container. Either a single derivation, or a list
of derivations.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Default:</emphasis> <literal>[]</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>config</varname> <emphasis>optional</emphasis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Run-time configuration of the container. A full list of the options are
available at in the
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/image/spec/v1.2.md#image-json-field-descriptions">
Docker Image Specification v1.2.0 </link>.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Default:</emphasis> <literal>{}</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>created</varname> <emphasis>optional</emphasis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Date and time the layers were created. Follows the same
<literal>now</literal> exception supported by
<literal>buildImage</literal>.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Default:</emphasis> <literal>1970-01-01T00:00:01Z</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>maxLayers</varname> <emphasis>optional</emphasis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Maximum number of layers to create.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Default:</emphasis> <literal>24</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<section xml:id="dockerTools-buildLayeredImage-arg-contents">
<title>Behavior of <varname>contents</varname> in the final image</title>
<para>
Each path directly listed in <varname>contents</varname> will have a
symlink in the root of the image.
</para>
<para>
For example:
<programlisting><![CDATA[
pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
name = "hello";
contents = [ pkgs.hello ];
}
]]></programlisting>
will create symlinks for all the paths in the <literal>hello</literal>
package:
<screen><![CDATA[
/bin/hello -> /nix/store/h1zb1padqbbb7jicsvkmrym3r6snphxg-hello-2.10/bin/hello
/share/info/hello.info -> /nix/store/h1zb1padqbbb7jicsvkmrym3r6snphxg-hello-2.10/share/info/hello.info
/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/hello.mo -> /nix/store/h1zb1padqbbb7jicsvkmrym3r6snphxg-hello-2.10/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/hello.mo
]]></screen>
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="dockerTools-buildLayeredImage-arg-config">
<title>Automatic inclusion of <varname>config</varname> references</title>
<para>
The closure of <varname>config</varname> is automatically included in the
closure of the final image.
</para>
<para>
This allows you to make very simple Docker images with very little code.
This container will start up and run <command>hello</command>:
<programlisting><![CDATA[
pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
name = "hello";
config.Cmd = [ "${pkgs.hello}/bin/hello" ];
}
]]></programlisting>
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="dockerTools-buildLayeredImage-arg-maxLayers">
<title>Adjusting <varname>maxLayers</varname></title>
<para>
Increasing the <varname>maxLayers</varname> increases the number of layers
which have a chance to be shared between different images.
</para>
<para>
Modern Docker installations support up to 128 layers, however older
versions support as few as 42.
</para>
<para>
If the produced image will not be extended by other Docker builds, it is
safe to set <varname>maxLayers</varname> to <literal>128</literal>.
However it will be impossible to extend the image further.
</para>
<para>
The first (<literal>maxLayers-2</literal>) most "popular" paths will have
their own individual layers, then layer #<literal>maxLayers-1</literal>
will contain all the remaining "unpopular" paths, and finally layer
#<literal>maxLayers</literal> will contain the Image configuration.
</para>
<para>
Docker's Layers are not inherently ordered, they are content-addressable
and are not explicitly layered until they are composed in to an Image.
</para>
</section>
</section>
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<section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-dockerTools-fetchFromRegistry">
<title>pullImage</title>
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<para>
This function is analogous to the <command>docker pull</command> command,
in that can be used to pull a Docker image from a Docker registry. By
default <link xlink:href="https://hub.docker.com/">Docker Hub</link> is
used to pull images.
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</para>
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<para>
Its parameters are described in the example below:
</para>
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<example xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage'>
<title>Docker pull</title>
<programlisting>
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pullImage {
imageName = "nixos/nix"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-1' />
imageDigest = "sha256:20d9485b25ecfd89204e843a962c1bd70e9cc6858d65d7f5fadc340246e2116b"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-2' />
finalImageTag = "1.11"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-3' />
sha256 = "0mqjy3zq2v6rrhizgb9nvhczl87lcfphq9601wcprdika2jz7qh8"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-4' />
os = "linux"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-5' />
arch = "x86_64"; <co xml:id='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-6' />
}
</programlisting>
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</example>
<calloutlist>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-1'>
<para>
<varname>imageName</varname> specifies the name of the image to be
downloaded, which can also include the registry namespace (e.g.
<literal>nixos</literal>). This argument is required.
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</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-2'>
<para>
<varname>imageDigest</varname> specifies the digest of the image to be
downloaded. Skopeo can be used to get the digest of an image, with its
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<varname>inspect</varname> subcommand. Since a given
<varname>imageName</varname> may transparently refer to a manifest list
of images which support multiple architectures and/or operating systems,
supply the `--override-os` and `--override-arch` arguments to specify
exactly which image you want. By default it will match the OS and
architecture of the host the command is run on.
<programlisting>
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$ nix-shell --packages skopeo jq --command "skopeo --override-os linux --override-arch x86_64 inspect docker://docker.io/nixos/nix:1.11 | jq -r '.Digest'"
sha256:20d9485b25ecfd89204e843a962c1bd70e9cc6858d65d7f5fadc340246e2116b
</programlisting>
This argument is required.
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</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-3'>
<para>
<varname>finalImageTag</varname>, if specified, this is the tag of the
image to be created. Note it is never used to fetch the image since we
prefer to rely on the immutable digest ID. By default it's
<literal>latest</literal>.
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</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-4'>
<para>
<varname>sha256</varname> is the checksum of the whole fetched image.
This argument is required.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-5'>
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<para>
<varname>os</varname>, if specified, is the operating system of the
fetched image. By default it's <literal>linux</literal>.
</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs='ex-dockerTools-pullImage-6'>
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<para>
<varname>arch</varname>, if specified, is the cpu architecture of the
fetched image. By default it's <literal>x86_64</literal>.
</para>
</callout>
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</calloutlist>
</section>
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<section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-dockerTools-exportImage">
<title>exportImage</title>
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<para>
This function is analogous to the <command>docker export</command> command,
in that can used to flatten a Docker image that contains multiple layers.
It is in fact the result of the merge of all the layers of the image. As
such, the result is suitable for being imported in Docker with
<command>docker import</command>.
</para>
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<note>
<para>
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Using this function requires the <literal>kvm</literal> device to be
available.
</para>
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</note>
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<para>
The parameters of <varname>exportImage</varname> are the following:
</para>
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<example xml:id='ex-dockerTools-exportImage'>
<title>Docker export</title>
<programlisting>
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exportImage {
fromImage = someLayeredImage;
fromImageName = null;
fromImageTag = null;
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name = someLayeredImage.name;
}
</programlisting>
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</example>
<para>
The parameters relative to the base image have the same synopsis as
described in <xref linkend='ssec-pkgs-dockerTools-buildImage'/>, except
that <varname>fromImage</varname> is the only required argument in this
case.
</para>
<para>
The <varname>name</varname> argument is the name of the derivation output,
which defaults to <varname>fromImage.name</varname>.
</para>
</section>
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<section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-dockerTools-shadowSetup">
<title>shadowSetup</title>
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<para>
This constant string is a helper for setting up the base files for managing
users and groups, only if such files don't exist already. It is suitable
for being used in a <varname>runAsRoot</varname>
<xref linkend='ex-dockerTools-buildImage-runAsRoot'/> script for cases like
in the example below:
</para>
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<example xml:id='ex-dockerTools-shadowSetup'>
<title>Shadow base files</title>
<programlisting>
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buildImage {
name = "shadow-basic";
runAsRoot = ''
#!${stdenv.shell}
${shadowSetup}
groupadd -r redis
useradd -r -g redis redis
mkdir /data
chown redis:redis /data
'';
}
</programlisting>
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</example>
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<para>
Creating base files like <literal>/etc/passwd</literal> or
<literal>/etc/login.defs</literal> are necessary for shadow-utils to
manipulate users and groups.
</para>
</section>
</section>
</chapter>