nixy/server-modules/mk-container.nix

{ lib, config }:

# Returns a NixOS module (attrset), to be used in `imports`.
#
# Options:
#   internet          - allow outbound internet access via NAT (default: false)
#   externalInterface - WAN interface for NAT, required when internet = true
#   bindMounts        - host paths to mount into the container (see containers.<name>.bindMounts)
#   config            - NixOS module for the container
{
  mkContainer =
    {
      name,
      hostIp,
      containerIp,
      internet ? false,
      externalInterface ? config.var.networkInterface,
      bindMounts ? {},
      nixosConfig,
    }:
    assert lib.assertMsg
      (lib.stringLength "ve-${name}" <= 15)
      "mkContainer: interface name 've-${name}' is ${toString (lib.stringLength "ve-${name}")} chars, max is 15";
    {
      containers.${name} = {
        autoStart = true;
        privateNetwork = true;
        hostAddress = hostIp;
        localAddress = containerIp;
        inherit bindMounts;
        config = { ... }: {
          imports = [ nixosConfig ];
          networking.nameservers = lib.mkIf internet [ "1.1.1.1" "1.0.0.1" ];
        };
      };
    }
    // (lib.optionalAttrs internet {
      boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = lib.mkDefault true;
      networking.nat = {
        enable = true;
        externalInterface = externalInterface;
        internalInterfaces = [ "ve-${name}" ];
      };
      # CONTAINER-FWD (defined by another module) blocks all forwarding by default.
      # Insert rules in FORWARD before it: allow return traffic, block LAN, allow internet.
      networking.firewall.extraCommands = ''
        iptables -I FORWARD 1 -s ${containerIp} -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
        iptables -I FORWARD 1 -s ${containerIp} -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP
        iptables -I FORWARD 1 -s ${containerIp} -d 172.16.0.0/12 -j DROP
        iptables -I FORWARD 1 -s ${containerIp} -d 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP
        iptables -I FORWARD 1 -d ${containerIp} -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
      '';
      networking.firewall.extraStopCommands = ''
        iptables -D FORWARD -s ${containerIp} -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT 2>/dev/null || true
        iptables -D FORWARD -s ${containerIp} -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP 2>/dev/null || true
        iptables -D FORWARD -s ${containerIp} -d 172.16.0.0/12 -j DROP 2>/dev/null || true
        iptables -D FORWARD -s ${containerIp} -d 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP 2>/dev/null || true
        iptables -D FORWARD -d ${containerIp} -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 2>/dev/null || true
      '';
    });
}