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# Nix application VMs: security through virtualization
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Simple application VMs (hypervisor-based sandbox) based on Nix package manager.
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Uses one **read-only** /nix directory for all appvms. So creating a new appvm (but not first) is just about one minute.
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## Dependencies
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$ sudo apt install golang virt-manager curl git
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$ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $USER
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$ echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bash_profile
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$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile
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$ echo 'source ~/.bash_profile' >> ~/.bashrc
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$ source ~/.bash_profile
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You need to **relogin** if you install virt-manager (libvirt) first time.
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## Install Nix package manager
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$ sudo mkdir -m 0755 /nix && sudo chown $USER /nix
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$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
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$ . ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
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## Libvirt from user (required if you need access to shared files)
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$ echo user = "\"$USER\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
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$ sudo systemctl restart libvirtd
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## Install appvm tool
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$ go get code.dumpstack.io/tools/appvm
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## Update appvm tool
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$ go get -u code.dumpstack.io/tools/appvm
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## Search for applications
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$ appvm search chromium
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## Generate new application
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$ nix-channel --list
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nix https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
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$ appvm generate nix.firefox
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## Run application
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$ appvm start chromium
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$ # ... long wait for first time, because we need to collect a lot of packages
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## Synchronize remote repos for applications
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$ appvm sync
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You can customize local settings in **~/.config/appvm/nix/local.nix**.
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Default hotkey to release cursor: ctrl+alt.
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## Shared directory
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$ ls appvm/chromium
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foo.tar.gz
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bar.tar.gz
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## Close VM
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$ appvm stop chromium
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## Automatic ballooning
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Add this command:
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$ appvm autoballoon
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to crontab like that:
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$ crontab -l
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* * * * * /home/user/dev/go/bin/appvm autoballoon
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