Category:Virtualization: Difference between revisions

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This guide page exists to point out resources related to virtualization in the Nix ecosystem.

You can use

QEMU/KVM (see Virt-manager)
VirtualBox
VMware

for virtualization. You can use containers as well.

Install of host and install of guest additions
NixOS host	NixOS guest	Code
QEMU/KVM		virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true; # if you use libvirtd on a desktop environment programs.virt-manager.enable = true; # can be used to manage non-local hosts as well
VirtualBox		virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true; users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "user-with-access-to-virtualbox" ]; # unfree Extension Pack nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableExtensionPack = true;
VMware		virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true;
	QEMU/KVM	services.qemuGuest.enable =true; services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
	VirtualBox	virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true; virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.x11 = true;
	VMware	services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "vmware" ]; virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = true;
	microvm.nix	see https://github.com/astro/microvm.nix

Pages in category "Virtualization"

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OSX-KVM

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Proxmox Virtual Environment

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QEMU

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Using bridges under NixOS

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 This guide page exists to point out resources related to virtualization in the Nix ecosystem.
-== NixOS as VM guest ==
+You can use
-This section is for information about running NixOS as a guest virtual machine.
-=== VirtualBox as host ===
+* QEMU/KVM (see [[Virt-manager]])
-NixOS.org hosts an [https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-virtualbox official VirtualBox virtual appliance image] in OVA format. It is also possible to install via install image.
+* [[VirtualBox]]
+* [[VMware]]
-=== VMware as host ===
+for virtualization. You can use [[:Category:Container|containers]] as well.
-See [[VMware]] for help using VMware to virtualize NixOS.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Install of host and install of guest additions
+!NixOS host
+!NixOS guest
+!Code
+|-
+|QEMU/KVM
+|
+|virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
+<nowiki>#</nowiki> if you use libvirtd on a desktop environment
-=== microvm.nix ===
+programs.virt-manager.enable = true; # can be used to manage non-local hosts as well
-NixOS on NixOS with configurable virtual machine manager: https://github.com/astro/microvm.nix
+|-
+|VirtualBox
+|
+|virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
+users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "user-with-access-to-virtualbox" ]; <nowiki>#</nowiki> unfree Extension Pack nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableExtensionPack = true;
+|-
+|VMware
+|
+|virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true;
+|-
+|
+|QEMU/KVM
+|services.qemuGuest.enable =true;
+services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
+|-
+|
+|VirtualBox
+|virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
+virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.x11 = true;
+|-
+|
+|VMware
+|services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "vmware" ];
+virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = true;
+|-
+|
+|microvm.nix
+|see  https://github.com/astro/microvm.nix
+|}
-== NixOS as a VM host ==
+[[Category:Software]]
-This section covers if you want to run virtual machines from within Nix(OS).
+[[Category:Desktop]]
+[[Category:Server]]
-=== running VMware host on NixOS ===
-. In your configuration.nix  add the following line
-<code> virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true; </code>
-. reboot
-=== running VirtualBox host on NixOS ===
-See [[VirtualBox]] for more.
-=== running QEMU/KVM host on NixOS ===
-See [[Virt-manager]]
-[[Category:Guide]]
-[[Category:Virtualization]]