Complete the data model with a runtime environment and end-to-end test (#481)

Closes #103

At last, a fully fledged data model for what Fediversity really is and does. This comes with a test that exercises a very simple but functionally complete arrangement with all ingredients fo the business logic: a dummy resource (login shell), a dummy application (`hello`, which needs a shell to live in), a dummy environment (a single NixOS VM that allows for one, the operator's, login shell), and a deployment of that environment given a dummy configuration (that enables `hello`).

The next step will be to lift this purely evaluation-level test into a VM test which verifies that the resulting VM indeed has `hello` deployed to the operator's user account.

Caveats:
- The exact naming has a bit of room for improvement, and may have diverged from the design document
- The test is not as pedantically type safe as it could be, since we simply use `types.raw` for resources such as NixOS users settings which *could* be more finely delineated

Co-authored-by: Kiara Grouwstra <kiara@procolix.eu>
Co-authored-by: kiara Grouwstra <kiara@procolix.eu>
Reviewed-on: Fediversity/Fediversity#481
Reviewed-by: kiara Grouwstra <kiara@procolix.eu>
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
Co-committed-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
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Valentin Gagarin 2025-08-27 00:45:49 +02:00 committed by kiara Grouwstra
parent 1f99a4c6c3
commit 9d903f3ef7
4 changed files with 271 additions and 23 deletions

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@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ let
;
inherit (pkgs) lib;
inherit (import sources.flake-inputs) import-flake;
inherit ((import-flake { src = ./.; }).inputs) nixops4;
inputs = (import-flake { src = ./.; }).inputs;
inherit (inputs) nixops4;
panel = import ./panel { inherit sources system; };
pre-commit-check =
(import "${git-hooks}/nix" {
@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ in
# re-export inputs so they can be overridden granularly
# (they can't be accessed from the outside any other way)
inherit
inputs
sources
system
pkgs

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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
let
inherit (import ../default.nix { }) pkgs inputs;
inherit (pkgs) lib;
inherit (lib) mkOption;
inherit (lib) mkOption types;
eval =
module:
(lib.evalModules {
@ -13,17 +13,83 @@ let
./data-model.nix
];
}).config;
nixops4Deployment = inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Deployment.default;
inherit (inputs.nixops4.lib) mkDeployment;
in
{
_class = "nix-unit";
test-eval = {
/**
This tests a very simple arrangement that features all ingredients of the Fediversity business logic:
application, resource, environment, deployment; and wires it all up in one end-to-end exercise.
- The dummy resource is a login shell made available for some user.
- The dummy application is `hello` that requires a shell to be deployed.
- The dummy environment is a single NixOS VM that hosts one login shell, for the operator.
- The dummy configuration enables the `hello` application.
This will produce a NixOps4 deployment for a NixOS VM with a login shell for the operator and `hello` available.
*/
expr =
let
fediversity = eval (
{ config, ... }:
{
config = {
resources.login-shell = {
description = "The operator needs to be able to log into the shell";
request =
{ ... }:
{
_class = "fediversity-resource-request";
options = {
wheel = mkOption {
description = "Whether the login user needs root permissions";
type = types.bool;
default = false;
};
packages = mkOption {
description = "Packages that need to be available in the user environment";
type = with types; attrsOf package;
};
};
};
policy =
{ config, ... }:
{
_class = "fediversity-resource-policy";
options = {
username = mkOption {
description = "Username for the operator";
type = types.str; # TODO: use the proper constraints from NixOS
};
wheel = mkOption {
description = "Whether to allow login with root permissions";
type = types.bool;
default = false;
};
};
config = {
resource-type = types.raw; # TODO: splice out the user type from NixOS
apply =
requests:
let
# Filter out requests that need wheel if policy doesn't allow it
validRequests = lib.filterAttrs (
_name: req: !req.login-shell.wheel || config.wheel
) requests.resources;
in
lib.optionalAttrs (validRequests != { }) {
${config.username} = {
isNormalUser = true;
packages =
with lib;
attrValues (concatMapAttrs (_name: request: request.login-shell.packages) validRequests);
extraGroups = lib.optional config.wheel "wheel";
};
};
};
};
};
applications.hello =
{ ... }:
{
@ -31,15 +97,42 @@ in
module =
{ ... }:
{
options = {
enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Hello in the shell";
options.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Hello in the shell";
};
implementation = cfg: {
input = cfg;
output = lib.optionalAttrs cfg.enable {
resources.hello.login-shell.packages.hello = pkgs.hello;
};
};
};
environments.single-nixos-vm =
{ config, ... }:
{
resources.operator-environment.login-shell.username = "operator";
implementation = requests: {
input = requests;
output =
{ providers, ... }:
{
providers = {
inherit (inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Provider) local;
};
resources.the-machine = {
type = providers.local.exec;
imports = [
inputs.nixops4-nixos.modules.nixops4Resource.nixos
];
nixos.module =
{ ... }:
{
users.users = config.resources.shell.login-shell.apply (
lib.filterAttrs (_name: value: value ? login-shell) requests
);
};
};
};
};
implementation =
cfg:
lib.optionalAttrs cfg.enable {
dummy.login-shell.packages.hello = pkgs.hello;
};
};
};
};
options = {
@ -51,20 +144,64 @@ in
applications.hello.enable = true;
};
};
example-deployment = mkOption {
type = types.submodule nixops4Deployment;
readOnly = true;
default = config.environments.single-nixos-vm.deployment config.example-configuration;
};
};
}
);
resources = fediversity.applications.hello.resources fediversity.example-configuration.applications.hello;
hello-shell = resources.resources.hello.login-shell;
environment = fediversity.environments.single-nixos-vm.resources.operator-environment.login-shell;
result = mkDeployment {
modules = [
(fediversity.environments.single-nixos-vm.deployment fediversity.example-configuration)
];
};
in
{
inherit (fediversity)
example-configuration
;
number-of-resources = with lib; length (attrNames fediversity.resources);
inherit (fediversity) example-configuration;
hello-package-exists = hello-shell.packages ? hello;
wheel-required = hello-shell.wheel;
wheel-allowed = environment.wheel;
operator-shell =
let
operator = (environment.apply resources).operator;
in
{
inherit (operator) isNormalUser;
packages = map (p: "${p.pname}") operator.packages;
extraGroups = operator.extraGroups;
};
deployment = {
inherit (result) _type;
deploymentFunction = lib.isFunction result.deploymentFunction;
getProviders = lib.isFunction result.getProviders;
};
};
expected = {
number-of-resources = 1;
example-configuration = {
enable = true;
applications.hello.enable = true;
};
hello-package-exists = true;
wheel-required = false;
wheel-allowed = false;
operator-shell = {
isNormalUser = true;
packages = [ "hello" ];
extraGroups = [ ];
};
deployment = {
_type = "nixops4Deployment";
deploymentFunction = true;
getProviders = true;
};
};
};
}

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@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
{
lib,
config,
inputs,
...
}:
let
@ -15,19 +16,73 @@ let
;
functionType = import ./function.nix;
application-resources = {
application-resources = submodule {
options.resources = mkOption {
# TODO: maybe transpose, and group the resources by type instead
type = attrsOf (
attrTag (lib.mapAttrs (_name: resource: mkOption { type = resource.request; }) config.resources)
attrTag (
lib.mapAttrs (_name: resource: mkOption { type = submodule resource.request; }) config.resources
)
);
};
};
nixops4Deployment = types.deferredModuleWith {
staticModules = [
inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Deployment.default
{
_class = "nixops4Deployment";
_module.args = {
resourceProviderSystem = builtins.currentSystem;
resources = { };
};
}
];
};
in
{
_class = "nixops4Deployment";
options = {
resources = mkOption {
description = "Collection of deployment resources that can be required by applications and policed by hosting providers";
type = attrsOf (
submodule (
{ ... }:
{
_class = "fediversity-resource";
options = {
description = mkOption {
description = "Description of the resource to help application module authors and hosting providers to work with it";
type = types.str;
};
request = mkOption {
description = "Options for declaring resource requirements by an application, a description of how the resource is consumed or accessed";
type = deferredModuleWith { staticModules = [ { _class = "fediversity-resource-request"; } ]; };
};
policy = mkOption {
description = "Options for configuring the resource policy for the hosting provider, a description of how the resource is made available";
type = deferredModuleWith {
staticModules = [
(policy: {
_class = "fediversity-resource-policy";
options.resource-type = mkOption {
description = "The type of resource this policy configures";
type = types.optionType;
};
# TODO(@fricklerhandwerk): we may want to make the function type explict here: `request -> resource-type`
# and then also rename this to be consistent with the application's resource mapping
options.apply = mkOption {
description = "Apply the policy to a request";
type = functionTo policy.config.resource-type;
};
})
];
};
};
};
}
)
);
};
applications = mkOption {
description = "Collection of Fediversity applications";
type = attrsOf (
@ -52,12 +107,13 @@ in
readOnly = true;
default = input: (application.config.implementation input).output;
};
# TODO(@fricklerhandwerk): this needs a better name, it's just the type
config-mapping = mkOption {
description = "Function type for the mapping from application configuration to required resources";
type = submodule functionType;
readOnly = true;
default = {
input-type = application.config.module;
input-type = submodule application.config.module;
output-type = application-resources;
};
};
@ -65,6 +121,60 @@ in
})
);
};
environments = mkOption {
description = "Run-time environments for Fediversity applications to be deployed to";
type = attrsOf (
submodule (environment: {
_class = "fediversity-environment";
options = {
resources = mkOption {
description = ''
Resources made available by the hosting provider, and their policies.
Setting this is optional, but provides a place to declare that information for programmatic use in the resource mapping.
'';
# TODO: maybe transpose, and group the resources by type instead
type = attrsOf (
attrTag (
lib.mapAttrs (_name: resource: mkOption { type = submodule resource.policy; }) config.resources
)
);
};
implementation = mkOption {
description = "Mapping of resources required by applications to available resources; the result can be deployed";
type = environment.config.resource-mapping.function-type;
};
resource-mapping = mkOption {
description = "Function type for the mapping from resources to a (NixOps4) deployment";
type = submodule functionType;
readOnly = true;
default = {
input-type = application-resources;
output-type = nixops4Deployment;
};
};
# TODO(@fricklerhandwerk): maybe this should be a separate thing such as `fediversity-setup`,
# which makes explicit which applications and environments are available.
# then the deployments can simply be the result of the function application baked into this module.
deployment = mkOption {
description = "Generate a deployment from a configuration, by applying an environment's resource policies to the applications' resource mappings";
type = functionTo (environment.config.resource-mapping.output-type);
readOnly = true;
default =
cfg:
# TODO: check cfg.enable.true
let
required-resources = lib.mapAttrs (
name: application-settings: config.applications.${name}.resources application-settings
) cfg.applications;
in
(environment.config.implementation required-resources).output;
};
};
})
);
};
configuration = mkOption {
description = "Configuration type declaring options to be set by operators";
type = optionType;

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@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
let
inherit (lib) mkOption types;
inherit (types)
deferredModule
submodule
functionTo
optionType
@ -14,10 +13,10 @@ in
{
options = {
input-type = mkOption {
type = deferredModule;
type = optionType;
};
output-type = mkOption {
type = deferredModule;
type = optionType;
};
function-type = mkOption {
type = optionType;
@ -25,10 +24,10 @@ in
default = functionTo (submodule {
options = {
input = mkOption {
type = submodule config.input-type;
type = config.input-type;
};
output = mkOption {
type = submodule config.output-type;
type = config.output-type;
};
};
});