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Michael Crosby b438e97b93 Add cloud-hypervisor VMM backend for Linux hosts (#782)
apple/containerization currently runs containers in per-container VMs on
macOS hosts via Virtualization.framework. This adds a second VMM backend
so the same Swift orchestration layer (LinuxContainer / LinuxPod /
Vminitd gRPC contract) runs on Linux hosts via cloud-hypervisor + KVM.

**CloudHypervisor Swift package** (`Sources/CloudHypervisor/`) — a thin
client for cloud-hypervisor's REST-over-UDS API, layered on
AsyncHTTPClient. Endpoints cover VMM / VM lifecycle / hotplug (disk, fs,
net, vsock, remove-device). Cross-platform (compiles on macOS for unit
tests; consumed at runtime only by the Linux side of Containerization).

**CH backend in Containerization** — one cloud-hypervisor subprocess per
VM, gated behind `#if os(Linux)`. CHVirtualMachineManager /
CHVirtualMachineInstance mirror the VZ shape behind the existing
VirtualMachineManager / VirtualMachineInstance protocol. CHProcess and
VirtiofsdProcess manage the binaries; CHHotplugProvider handles
virtio-blk and virtio-fs runtime hotplug (with one virtiofsd per unique
source-hash tag, refcounted across containers).

**Linux host networking** — BridgeManager brings up a Linux bridge with
an IPv4 subnet and (opt-in via `--enable-nat`) iptables MASQUERADE +
scoped FORWARD rules. LinuxBridgedNetwork enslaves a fresh TAP per
container to the bridge. State is recorded under `/run/containerization`
so `cctl bridge delete` reverses exactly what create did. Bridge
teardown verifies the link kind via sysfs to refuse deleting non-bridge
interfaces.

**cctl run / bridge** — end-to-end Linux container run path (image pull,
ext4 rootfs assembly, VM boot, container exec) plus `cctl bridge
create|delete` for the host network plumbing.

**Build & dist** — `make linux-build` / `make linux-integration` build
and exercise the host side inside an apple/container `--virtualization`
dev container. `make dist-x86_64` produces a deployment tarball (cctl +
cloud-hypervisor + virtiofsd + initfs + kernel) cross-compiled from the
aarch64 dev container; pipeline documented in `docs/x86_64-build.md`.
Static-musl C deps and the Zig cross compiler are pinned by SHA256.

The host orchestrator runs as root. Per-VM runtime state lives under
`/run/containerization/ch/<UUID>` with mode 0700; UDS sockets inside are
bound with mode 0600. Vminitd's gRPC channel inherits that trust
boundary — socket-file perms are the auth.

Sandbox flags are upstream-secure by default. Two per-component opt-outs
exist for the apple/container dev-container case (where the host seccomp
profile SIGSYS-kills CH and virtiofsd):
- `CONTAINERIZATION_NO_CH_SECCOMP=1` — `cloud-hypervisor --seccomp
false`.
- `CONTAINERIZATION_NO_VIRTIOFSD_SANDBOX=1` — `virtiofsd --sandbox
none`. Each emits a one-shot `logger.warning` at process start. Legacy
alias `CONTAINERIZATION_RELAXED_SANDBOX=1` flips both. cctl spawns both
binaries with `setsid` and a minimal env allowlist (PATH / HOME /
RUST_LOG / RUST_BACKTRACE) so the parent's secrets don't leak to
children.

`make linux-integration` runs the cross-platform integration suite
against a real cloud-hypervisor VM inside the dev container. Linux runs
the cross-platform subset (`process true`/`false`/`echo hi`, virtiofs
round-trip, hotplug); the macOS suite is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: michael_crosby <michael_crosby@apple.com>
2026-07-02 11:20:22 -04:00

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//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. and the Containerization project authors.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
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//
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//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#if os(Linux)
import ContainerizationError
import Foundation
import Logging
import NIOCore
/// VirtualMachineManager backed by `cloud-hypervisor` + KVM on Linux.
///
/// One subprocess per VM. The manager itself is just a factory: kernel,
/// initial filesystem, host binary paths, and a runtime root (under which
/// each instance gets its own working directory).
public struct CHVirtualMachineManager: VirtualMachineManager {
private let kernel: Kernel
private let initialFilesystem: Mount
private let chBinary: URL
private let virtiofsdBinaryOverride: URL?
private let runtimeRoot: URL
private let group: (any EventLoopGroup)?
private let logger: Logger?
/// - Parameters:
/// - kernel: The Linux kernel image used for every VM this manager creates.
/// - initialFilesystem: The rootfs `Mount` (typically the `init.ext4`
/// blob produced by `make init`).
/// - chBinary: Path to the `cloud-hypervisor` binary; if nil, looked
/// up on `PATH`. Validated at init time.
/// - virtiofsdBinary: Path to `virtiofsd`; if nil, looked up on `PATH`
/// lazily — only when a virtiofs share is actually used. A VM that
/// boots with only block-device mounts can run without virtiofsd
/// installed at all.
/// - runtimeRoot: Directory under which per-VM working directories are
/// created. Defaults to `/run/containerization/ch`. The directory is
/// created with mode `0o700` so per-VM UDS sockets (api.sock,
/// vsock.sock, vfs-*.sock) inside aren't reachable by other local
/// users. `/run` is tmpfs on every modern Linux distro, so contents
/// don't survive reboot — which is the right lifecycle for VM
/// runtime state.
/// - group: Optional shared NIO `EventLoopGroup`; if nil, each VM
/// spawns its own.
public init(
kernel: Kernel,
initialFilesystem: Mount,
chBinary: URL? = nil,
virtiofsdBinary: URL? = nil,
runtimeRoot: URL? = nil,
group: (any EventLoopGroup)? = nil,
logger: Logger? = nil
) throws {
self.kernel = kernel
self.initialFilesystem = initialFilesystem
self.chBinary = try Self.resolveBinary(chBinary, name: "cloud-hypervisor")
if let virtiofsdBinary {
// Validate explicit overrides at init time so misconfiguration
// surfaces early. PATH-lookup deferral only applies when no
// override is supplied.
guard FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: virtiofsdBinary.path) else {
throw ContainerizationError(
.notFound,
message: "virtiofsd not executable at \(virtiofsdBinary.path)"
)
}
}
self.virtiofsdBinaryOverride = virtiofsdBinary
let runtimeRoot = runtimeRoot ?? URL(fileURLWithPath: "/run/containerization/ch")
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
at: runtimeRoot,
withIntermediateDirectories: true,
attributes: [.posixPermissions: 0o700]
)
// createDirectory only sets attributes on directories it creates, so
// explicitly tighten an existing dir if a previous run left it at a
// looser mode.
try? FileManager.default.setAttributes([.posixPermissions: 0o700], ofItemAtPath: runtimeRoot.path)
self.runtimeRoot = runtimeRoot
self.group = group
self.logger = logger
}
public func create(config: some VMCreationConfig) async throws -> any VirtualMachineInstance {
let vmConfig = config.configuration
var instanceConfig = CHVirtualMachineInstance.Configuration()
instanceConfig.cpus = vmConfig.cpus
instanceConfig.memoryInBytes = vmConfig.memoryInBytes
instanceConfig.interfaces = vmConfig.interfaces
instanceConfig.mountsByID = vmConfig.mountsByID
instanceConfig.bootLog = vmConfig.bootLog
instanceConfig.extensions = vmConfig.extensions
instanceConfig.kernel = kernel
instanceConfig.initialFilesystem = initialFilesystem
return try CHVirtualMachineInstance(
group: group,
config: instanceConfig,
runtimeRoot: runtimeRoot,
chBinary: chBinary,
virtiofsdBinary: virtiofsdBinaryOverride,
logger: logger
)
}
// MARK: - Binary resolution
/// Resolve a binary path, accepting an explicit override or falling back to
/// `PATH` lookup. Used both at manager init for `cloud-hypervisor` and
/// lazily by the CH instance / hotplug provider for `virtiofsd` so a
/// block-only VM doesn't require virtiofsd to be installed.
static func resolveBinary(_ override: URL?, name: String) throws -> URL {
if let override {
guard FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: override.path) else {
throw ContainerizationError(
.notFound,
message: "\(name) not executable at \(override.path)"
)
}
return override
}
let path = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["PATH"] ?? "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
for dir in path.split(separator: ":") where !dir.isEmpty {
let candidate = URL(fileURLWithPath: String(dir)).appendingPathComponent(name)
if FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: candidate.path) {
return candidate
}
}
throw ContainerizationError(
.notFound,
message: "could not find \(name) on PATH; pass an explicit URL to CHVirtualMachineManager.init"
)
}
}
#endif