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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi17
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/docker.scm31
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 24af475dd7..938ae26a40 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -40580,6 +40580,23 @@ Overwrite the default command (@code{CMD}) of the image.
@item @code{entrypoint} (default: @code{""}) (type: string)
Overwrite the default entrypoint (@code{ENTRYPOINT}) of the image.
+@item @code{host-environment} (default: @code{'()}) (type: list)
+Set environment variables in the host environment where @command{docker
+run} is invoked. This is especially useful to pass secrets from the
+host to the container without having them on the @command{docker run}'s
+command line: by setting the @code{MYSQL_PASSWORD} on the host and by passing
+@code{--env MYSQL_PASSWORD} through the @code{extra-arguments} field, it is
+possible to securely set values in the container environment. This field's
+value can be a list of pairs or strings, even mixed:
+
+@lisp
+(list '(\"LANGUAGE\" . \"eo:ca:eu\")
+ \"JAVA_HOME=/opt/java\")
+@end lisp
+
+Pair members can be strings, gexps or file-like objects. Strings are passed
+directly to @code{make-forkexec-constructor}.
+
@item @code{environment} (default: @code{'()}) (type: list)
Set environment variables. This can be a list of pairs or strings, even mixed:
diff --git a/gnu/services/docker.scm b/gnu/services/docker.scm
index 824c4ecbe6..df5884aca1 100644
--- a/gnu/services/docker.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/docker.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Jesse Dowell <jessedowell@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
-;;; Copyright © 2023 Giacomo Leidi <goodoldpaul@autistici.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2023, 2024 Giacomo Leidi <goodoldpaul@autistici.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ found!")
name el)))))
value))
+(define (oci-sanitize-host-environment value)
+ ;; Expected spec format:
+ ;; '(("HOME" . "/home/nobody") "JAVA_HOME=/java")
+ (oci-sanitize-mixed-list "host-environment" value "="))
+
(define (oci-sanitize-environment value)
;; Expected spec format:
;; '(("HOME" . "/home/nobody") "JAVA_HOME=/java")
@@ -330,6 +335,24 @@ but ~a was found") el))))
(entrypoint
(maybe-string)
"Overwrite the default entrypoint (@code{ENTRYPOINT}) of the image.")
+ (host-environment
+ (list '())
+ "Set environment variables in the host environment where @command{docker run}
+is invoked. This is especially useful to pass secrets from the host to the
+container without having them on the @command{docker run}'s command line: by
+setting the @code{MYSQL_PASSWORD} on the host and by passing
+@code{--env MYSQL_PASSWORD} through the @code{extra-arguments} field, it is
+possible to securely set values in the container environment. This field's
+value can be a list of pairs or strings, even mixed:
+
+@lisp
+(list '(\"LANGUAGE\" . \"eo:ca:eu\")
+ \"JAVA_HOME=/opt/java\")
+@end lisp
+
+Pair members can be strings, gexps or file-like objects. Strings are passed
+directly to @code{make-forkexec-constructor}."
+ (sanitizer oci-sanitize-host-environment))
(environment
(list '())
"Set environment variables inside the container. This can be a list of pairs
@@ -450,6 +473,8 @@ to the @command{docker run} invokation."
(let* ((docker-command (file-append docker-cli "/bin/docker"))
(user (oci-container-configuration-user config))
(group (oci-container-configuration-group config))
+ (host-environment
+ (oci-container-configuration-host-environment config))
(command (oci-container-configuration-command config))
(provision (oci-container-configuration-provision config))
(image (oci-container-configuration-image config))
@@ -471,7 +496,9 @@ to the @command{docker run} invokation."
"--name" #$name
#$@options #$@extra-arguments #$image #$@command)
#:user #$user
- #:group #$group))
+ #:group #$group
+ #:environment-variables
+ (list #$@host-environment)))
(stop
#~(lambda _
(invoke #$docker-command "rm" "-f" #$name)))