path: root/tvix/build/protos/build.proto

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
// Copyright © 2022 The Tvix Authors

syntax = "proto3";

package tvix.build.v1;

import "tvix/castore/protos/castore.proto";

option go_package = "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/build-go;buildv1";

// A BuildRequest describes the request of something to be run on the builder.
// It is distinct from an actual [Build] that has already happened, or might be
// currently ongoing.
//
// A BuildRequest can be seen as a more normalized version of a Derivation
// (parsed from A-Term), "writing out" some of the Nix-internal details about
// how e.g. environment variables in the build are set.
//
// Nix has some impurities when building a Derivation, for example the --cores option
// ends up as an environment variable in the build, that's not part of the ATerm.
//
// As of now, we serialize this into the BuildRequest, so builders can stay dumb.
// This might change in the future.
//
// There's also a big difference when it comes to how inputs are modelled:
//  - Nix only uses store path (strings) to describe the inputs.
//    As store paths can be input-addressed, a certain store path can contain
//    different contents (as not all store paths are binary reproducible).
//    This requires that for every input-addressed input, the builder has access
//    to either the input's deriver (and needs to build it) or else a trusted
//    source for the built input.
//    to upload input-addressed paths, requiring the trusted users concept.
//  - tvix-build records a list of tvix.castore.v1.Node as inputs.
//    These map from the store path base name to their contents, relieving the
//    builder from having to "trust" any input-addressed paths, contrary to Nix.
//
// While this approach gives a better hermeticity, it has one downside:
// A BuildRequest can only be sent once the contents of all its inputs are known.
//
// As of now, we're okay to accept this, but it prevents uploading an
// entirely-non-IFD subgraph of BuildRequests eagerly.
//
// FUTUREWORK: We might be introducing another way to refer to inputs, to
// support "send all BuildRequest for a nixpkgs eval to a remote builder and put
// the laptop to sleep" usecases later.
message BuildRequest {
  // The command (and its args) executed as the build script.
  // In the case of a Nix derivation, this is usually
  // ["/path/to/some-bash/bin/bash", "-e", "/path/to/some/builder.sh"].
  repeated string command_args = 1;

  // The list of outputs the build is expected to produce.
  // These are basenames inside /nix/store.
  // If the path is not produced, the build is considered to have failed.
  // Outputs are sorted.
  repeated string outputs = 2;

  // The list of environment variables and their values that should be set
  // inside the build environment.
  // This includes both environment vars set inside the derivation, as well as
  // more "ephemeral" ones like NIX_BUILD_CORES, controlled by the `--cores`
  // CLI option of `nix-build`.
  // For now, we consume this as an option when turning a Derivation into a BuildRequest,
  // similar to how Nix has a `--cores` option.
  // We don't want to bleed these very nix-specific sandbox impl details into
  // (dumber) builders if we don't have to.
  // Environment variables are sorted by their keys.
  repeated EnvVar environment_vars = 3;

  message EnvVar {
    string key = 1;
    bytes value = 2;
  }

  // The list of all root nodes that should be visible in /nix/store at the
  // time of the build.
  // As root nodes are content-addressed, no additional signatures are needed
  // to substitute / make these available in the build environment.
  // Inputs are sorted by their names.
  repeated tvix.castore.v1.Node inputs = 4;

  // A set of constraints that need to be satisfied on a build host before a
  // Build can be started.
  BuildConstraints constraints = 5;

  // BuildConstraints represents certain conditions that must be fulfilled
  // inside the build environment to be able to build this.
  // Constraints can be things like required architecture and minimum amount of memory.
  // The required input paths are *not* represented in here, because it
  // wouldn't be hermetic enough - see the comment around inputs too.
  message BuildConstraints {
    // The system that's needed to execute the build.
    string system = 1;

    // The amount of memory required to be available for the build, in bytes.
    uint64 min_memory = 2;

    // A list of (absolute) paths that need to be available in the build
    // environment.
    // TBD, This is probably things like /dev/kvm, but no nix store paths.
    repeated string available_ro_paths = 3;
  }

  // TODO: allow describing something like "preferLocal", to influence composition?
}

// A Build is (one possible) outcome of executing a [BuildRequest].
message Build {
  // The orginal build request producing the build.
  BuildRequest build_request = 1; // <- TODO: define hashing scheme for BuildRequest, refer to it by hash?

  // The outputs that were produced after successfully building.
  // They are sorted by their names.
  repeated tvix.castore.v1.Node outputs = 2;

  // TODO: where did this run, how long, logs, …
}

/// TODO: check remarkable notes on constraints again
/// TODO: https://github.com/adisbladis/go-nix/commit/603df5db86ab97ba29f6f94d74f4e51642c56834