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+This category page exists to list resources related to <strong>virtualisation</strong> in the Nix ecosystem.
 == Overview ==
-This guide page exists to point out resources related to virtualization in the Nix ecosystem.
+You can use the following technologies for classic virtualisation on NixOS. You can also use [[:Category:Container|containers]], though they come with their own advantages and drawbacks.
-=== Virtualizing NixOS ===
-This section is for information about running NixOS as a guest virtual machine.
-==== VirtualBox ====
-NixOS.org hosts an [https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-virtualbox official VirtualBox virtual appliance image] in OVA format.
-==== VMware ====
-See [[VMware]] for help using VMware to virtualize NixOS.
-==== microvm.nix ====
-NixOS on NixOS with configurable virtual machine manager: https://github.com/astro/microvm.nix
-=== NixOS as a VM host ===
-This section covers if you want to run virtual machines from within Nix(OS).
-====VMware====
-. In your configuration.nix  add the following lines
-<code>
-environment.systemPackages = [
-    pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1.vmware # Kernel modules for vmware if you are running Linux 6.1.**
-    pkgs.vmware-workstation
-  ];
-</code>
-. Enable the kernel module in configuration.nix
- <code> virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true; </code>
-. reboot
-==== VirtualBox ====
-See [[VirtualBox]] for more.
+* QEMU/KVM (see [[Virt-manager]])
+* [[VirtualBox]]
+* [[VMware]]
+* The [[Xen Project Hypervisor]]
-==== QEMU/KVM ====
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Installing a hypervisor on the host system.
+!Hypervisor
+!Code snippet to be added to <code>configuration.nix</code>
+|-
+|QEMU/KVM
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
-See [[Virt-manager]]
+  # if you use libvirtd on a desktop environment
+  programs.virt-manager.enable = true; # can be used to manage non-local hosts as well
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|-
+|Xen Project Hypervisor
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  virtualisation.xen.enable = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|-
+|VirtualBox
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
+  users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "username" ];
+  # Non-free Extension Pack
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableExtensionPack = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|-
+|VMware
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Installing the appropriate guest utilities on a virtualised system.
+!Hypervisor the guest is running on
+!Code snippet to be added to the guest's <code>configuration.nix</code>
+|-
+|QEMU/KVM
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  services.qemuGuest.enable =true;
+  services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|-
+|VirtualBox
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
+  virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.x11 = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|-
+|VMware
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
+<nowiki>
+{
+  services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "vmware" ];
+  virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
+|-
+|microvm.nix
+|Consult the [https://astro.github.io/microvm.nix/ MicroVM.nix documentation]
-[[Category:Guide]]
+[[Category:Software]]
-[[Category:Virtualization]]
+[[Category:Desktop]]
+[[Category:Server]]