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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.
-You can use
+== Overview ==
+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.
 * QEMU/KVM (see [[Virt-manager]])
 * [[VirtualBox]]
 * [[VMware]]
+* The [[Xen Project Hypervisor]]
-for virtualization. You can use [[:Category:Container|containers]] as well.
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+Install of host and install of guest additions
+|+Installing a hypervisor on the host system.
-!NixOS host
+!Hypervisor
-!NixOS guest
+!Code snippet to be added to <code>configuration.nix</code>
-!Code
 |-
 |QEMU/KVM
-|
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
-|virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
+<nowiki>
-<nowiki>#</nowiki> if you use libvirtd on a desktop environment
+{
+  virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
-programs.virt-manager.enable = true; # can be used to manage non-local hosts as well
+  # 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|
-|virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
+<nowiki>
-users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "user-with-access-to-virtualbox" ]; <nowiki>#</nowiki> unfree Extension Pack nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableExtensionPack = true;
+{
+  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|
-|virtualisation.vmware.host.enable = true;
+<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
-|services.qemuGuest.enable =true;
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
-services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
+<nowiki>
+{
+  services.qemuGuest.enable =true;
+  services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
 |-
-|
 |VirtualBox
-|virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
-virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.x11 = true;
+<nowiki>
+{
+  virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
+  virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.x11 = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
 |-
-|
 |VMware
-|services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "vmware" ];
+|{{file|configuration.nix|nix|
-virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = true;
+<nowiki>
+{
+  services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "vmware" ];
+  virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = true;
+}
+</nowiki>
+}}
 |-
-|
 |microvm.nix
-|see  https://github.com/astro/microvm.nix
+|Consult the [https://astro.github.io/microvm.nix/ MicroVM.nix documentation]
-|}
 [[Category:Software]]
 [[Category:Desktop]]
 [[Category:Server]]