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LinuxKit Nix - Linux Nix VM

LinuxKit Nix makes it easy to build Linux binaries from a macOS machine using Nix. It's installing a VM using the native virtualization (Hypervisor.Framework) so it's quite liteweight compared to installing VirtualBox. The project also comes with an installation script that configures Nix to use the VM as a remote builder automatically.

Requirements

This project depends on Nix and a nixpkgs channel >= 18.03.

Installation

Fetch it from the NixOS binary cache:

nix-env -i /nix/store/v4i5gx94r2qxs91mfy8sz4mmnigzravy-linuxkit-builder
nix-linuxkit-configure

It'll write to:

  • ~/.cache/nix-linuxkit-builder/, in particular ~/.cache/nix-linuxkit-builder/nix-state/console-ring is interesting
  • ~root/.ssh/ for the SSH config
  • /etc/nix/machines
  • ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nix-community.linuxkit-builder.plist

It should automatically start and stay running, but ...

You can force start it with:

launchctl start org.nix-community.linuxkit-builder

You can force stop it with:

launchctl stop org.nix-community.linuxkit-builder

If after you stop it you may want to check for processes, like:

pgrep vpnkit
pgrep linuxkit
pgrep hyperkit

If something goes wrong and it didn't stop properly, you can try:

pkill -F ~/.cache/nix-linuxkit-builder/nix-state/hyperkit.pid hyperkit