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-This guide page exists to point out resources related to virtualization in the Nix ecosystem.
+This category page exists to list resources related to <strong>virtualisation</strong> in the Nix ecosystem.
-== Virtualizing NixOS ==
+== Overview ==
-This section is for information about running NixOS as a guest virtual machine.
-=== VirtualBox ===
+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.
-NixOS.org hosts an [https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-virtualbox official VirtualBox virtual appliance image] in OVA format.
-=== VMware ===
+* QEMU/KVM (see [[Virt-manager]])
-See [[VMware]] for help using VMware to virtualize NixOS.
+* [[VirtualBox]]
+* [[VMware]]
+* The [[Xen Project Hypervisor]]
-=== microvm.nix ===
+{| class="wikitable"
-NixOS on NixOS with configurable virtual machine manager: https://github.com/astro/microvm.nix
+|+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;
-== NixOS as a VM host ==
+  # if you use libvirtd on a desktop environment
-This section covers if you want to run virtual machines from within Nix(OS).
+  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>
+}}
+|}
-=== VMware ===
+{| class="wikitable"
-. In your configuration.nix  add the following line
+|+Installing the appropriate guest utilities on a virtualised system.
-<code> virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true; </code>
+!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]
-. reboot
+[[Category:Software]]
+[[Category:Desktop]]
-=== VirtualBox ===
+[[Category:Server]]
-See [[VirtualBox]] for more.
-=== QEMU/KVM ===
-See [[Virt-manager]]
-[[Category:Guide]]
-[[Category:Virtualization]]