vmix.nix/lib/images/macos/helpers/customizeImage.nix
Git Sagar 58a317f5d2 macOS Tahoe: working fully-offline unattended install
The base image (macos.images.tahoe.upstream) now installs and boots end to end
with no dependency on Apple's servers — proven on the KVM host: the finished
qcow2 boots standalone (OpenCore from its own ESP) to the macOS 26.6.2 loginwindow.

Install driving (vm-driver.py, screenshot + OCR over QMP):
- map the whole InstallAssistant.pkg as a raw disk and dd it byte-exact into the
  app as SharedSupport.dmg (it is a pkgdmg: xar + koly footer — the bare xar
  member fails startosinstall with "pkgdmg is missing a footer")
- offline install: no NIC + /etc/hosts blackhole of Apple install/verify
  endpoints so startosinstall's calls fail fast instead of hanging
  (SecureBootModel=Disabled allows the sealed-volume install offline)
- keep the recovery display awake with a tiny mouse jiggle; coarse settle
  fingerprint so the cursor is not seen as a change
- guest watchdog re-erases/retries a startosinstall attempt that stalls or runs
  too long (prepare is intermittently slow)
- disk-aware boot watchdog: QMP system_reset only when the screen is dark AND the
  disk is idle (never interrupts a slow-but-working boot); recovery-restart if a
  post-prepare reboot lands back on recovery
- detect the bright loginwindow and power the VM down (install complete); a
  black + disk-idle screen is treated as a completed halt
- copy OpenCore into the image ESP so it boots standalone

recovery.file pins a content-addressed local BaseSystem.dmg (Apple's CDN
load-balances Sequoia/Tahoe during the rollout). fetchRecovery retries to the
pinned hash when used instead.

Not yet done: .generalize (user creation) — the first-boot agent LaunchDaemon is
blocked by Ventura+ Background Task Management on headless boots; next step is
offline user injection from the agent pkg postinstall.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XsESshRCoBoUVWV9qKURUF
2026-09-10 13:33:38 -03:00

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# Customize a macOS image by booting it with a VMIX volume: the vmix agent
# (LaunchDaemon installed by makeImage) runs `script` as root, records the exit
# status on the volume and powers off. Optionally re-installs OpenCore with a new
# SMBIOS identity (`smbios`). Counterpart of the Windows auditScript flow.
#
# Templates provide:
# script — sh script run as root on the booted system
# files — [{ source; name; }] extra files placed next to it on /Volumes/VMIX
# smbios — { model? serial? mlb? uuid? mac? seed? } → fresh OpenCore config in the ESP
{ pkgs, lib, qemu, ident, makeVmixVolume, makeOpenCore, installBootloader, vmixReadback, vmDriver, ... }:
originalImage: {
name ? "",
script ? "",
files ? [],
smbios ? null,
diskSize ? "",
impure ? true,
vncDisplay ? null,
smp ? 4,
memSize ? 4096,
cpu ? qemu.defaultCpu,
timeout ? 3600,
}:
let
originalImageName = lib.strings.removeSuffix "-vmix" (lib.strings.removeSuffix ".qcow2" originalImage.name);
customImageName = (if name != "" then name else "custom") + "-${originalImageName}-vmix.qcow2";
resultImg = "./disk.qcow2";
hasScript = script != "";
hasSmbios = smbios != null;
model = originalImage.model or "MacPro7,1";
seed = if hasSmbios && (smbios.seed or null) != null then smbios.seed else null;
mac = if !hasSmbios then originalImage.macAddress
else if (smbios.mac or null) != null then smbios.mac
else if seed != null then ident.macFromSeed seed
else originalImage.macAddress;
uuid = if !hasSmbios then null
else if (smbios.uuid or null) != null then smbios.uuid
else if seed != null then ident.uuidFromSeed seed
else originalImage.opencore.uuid;
esp = if hasSmbios
then makeOpenCore ({
name = "${name}-${originalImageName}-opencore";
model = smbios.model or model;
inherit mac uuid;
} // builtins.removeAttrs smbios [ "seed" "mac" "uuid" "model" ])
else originalImage.opencore;
runScript = pkgs.writeText "${name}-vmix-run.sh" ''
#!/bin/sh
echo "=== vmix: ${name} ==="
${script}
'';
vmixVol = makeVmixVolume {
name = "${name}-${originalImageName}";
files = [ { source = runScript; name = "vmix-run.sh"; } ] ++ files;
};
driverPython = pkgs.python3.withPackages (p: [ p.pillow ]);
bootCommands = lib.optionalString hasScript ''
cp ${vmixVol} vmix.img
chmod +w vmix.img
cp ${pkgs.OVMF.fd}/FV/OVMF_VARS.fd vars.fd
chmod +w vars.fd
VMIX_DISPLAY="-display none"
${lib.optionalString (vncDisplay != null) ''VMIX_DISPLAY="-display none -vnc ${vncDisplay}"''}
${lib.optionalString (vncDisplay == null) ''
VMIX_DF=$(ls -t /tmp/.vmix-display-* 2>/dev/null | head -1)
if [ -n "$VMIX_DF" ] && [ "$(stat -c %s "$VMIX_DF")" -lt 256 ] && ! grep -q -P '[^\x20-\x7e\n]' "$VMIX_DF"; then
export DISPLAY=$(tr -d '\n' < "$VMIX_DF")
export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$HOME
export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11
VMIX_DISPLAY="-display sdl"
fi
''}
echo "=== vmix: booting ${originalImageName} for ${name} ==="
python3 ${vmDriver} --mode boot --name "${name}-${originalImageName}" --timeout ${toString timeout} --progress-file ${resultImg} -- \
qemu-system-x86_64 $VMIX_DISPLAY \
${qemu.machineArgs { inherit cpu smp memSize; }} \
${qemu.firmwareArgs "vars.fd"} \
${qemu.sataDrive { id = "system"; port = 0; file = resultImg; }} \
${qemu.sataDrive { id = "vmix"; port = 1; file = "vmix.img"; format = "raw"; }} \
${qemu.netArgs { mac = originalImage.macAddress; }} \
|| { echo "vmix: VM failed during ${name} (see /tmp/vmix-macos/${name}-${originalImageName})"; exit 1; }
${vmixReadback "vmix.img"}
[ "$STATUS" = "0" ] || { echo "vmix: ${name} script failed (status '$STATUS')"; exit 1; }
echo "=== vmix: ${name} complete ==="
'';
builtImage = pkgs.runCommand customImageName ({
nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkgs.qemu mtools driverPython libguestfs-with-appliance ];
requiredSystemFeatures = [ "kvm" ];
} // lib.optionalAttrs impure { __noChroot = true; }) ''
qemu-img create -q -f qcow2 -b ${originalImage} -F qcow2 ${resultImg}
[ -n "${diskSize}" ] && qemu-img resize ${resultImg} ${diskSize}
${bootCommands}
${lib.optionalString hasSmbios (installBootloader { inherit esp; image = resultImg; })}
mv ${resultImg} $out
'';
in
builtImage // { _vmixOsType = "macos"; macAddress = mac; opencore = esp; model = esp.model or model; }