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didericis ce3fad9320 feat(firecracker): move pool off CGNAT, add overlap guard + flake module
The default TAP-pool base was 100.64.0.0/10 (RFC-6598 CGNAT) — chosen to
dodge RFC-1918, but that's exactly the range Tailscale assigns node
addresses from, so on a Tailscale host it's the worst pick. Move the
default to 10.243.0.0/16, an obscure RFC-1918 block that steers clear of
docker/libvirt/k8s/LAN and Tailscale.

No default is collision-proof, so add netpool.overlapping_routes(): it
parses `ip -json route show table all` and flags any route intersecting
the pool range (excluding our own bbfc* TAPs and the default route). The
launch preflight warns on overlap; `backend status` reports it.

Distribute the NixOS host setup as a flake module instead of a
copy-pasted blob: nix/firecracker-netpool.nix computes the taps / nft
table from typed options (poolSize, ipBase, ifacePrefix, owner) with a
/31-alignment assertion, and flake.nix exposes it as
nixosModules.firecracker-netpool. Defaults mirror the backend constants;
writeEnvFile emits the matching BOT_BOTTLE_FC_* so the host pool and the
launcher can't drift.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WBMWTEtQdJ4W5UrWuLHCck
2026-07-11 15:18:21 -04:00

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"""Firecracker network pool: constants, IP math, allocation, and the
config renderers (shell command + NixOS module) shown to operators.
The Firecracker backend needs a privileged one-time network setup:
a pool of point-to-point TAP devices (owned by the invoking user, so
`./cli.py start` never needs root) and a dedicated nftables table that
isolates every VM. This module is the single source of truth for the
pool parameters — the shell script (`scripts/firecracker-netpool.sh`),
the printed NixOS snippet, and the backend's fail-closed preflight all
derive from the constants here so they can't drift.
Topology (per slot i):
* TAP ``bbfc{i}`` — no shared bridge, so no docker0 / virbr0 / cni0
/ br-* collisions.
* a /31 host<->guest link: host = base + 2i (the gateway the VM
routes through), guest = base + 2i + 1 (the VM's address).
* isolation via ``table inet bot_bottle_fc``: a VM reaches only its
own sidecar (DNAT'd from the host TAP IP) and nothing else.
The default IP block is ``10.243.0.0/16`` — an intentionally obscure
corner of RFC-1918 private space. RFC-1918 is the range *designated*
for private links; we pick a high, unusual /16 to steer clear of the
common occupants (Docker's 172.17-31, libvirt's 192.168.122, k8s
10.42/10.244, and typical home LANs on 192.168.0/1.x or 10.0.0.x).
We deliberately avoid ``100.64.0.0/10`` (RFC-6598 CGNAT) because
Tailscale hands out node addresses from exactly that range. No default
is collision-proof, so `overlapping_routes()` is the real guard —
`backend setup`/`status` and the launch preflight call it to catch
a base that clashes with something already on the host.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import fcntl
import ipaddress
import os
import subprocess
from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path
from typing import IO
from ...log import die
# Interface names are capped at 15 chars (IFNAMSIZ-1); "bbfc" + a small
# index stays well under that and is distinctive enough to grep for.
IFACE_PREFIX = os.environ.get("BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX", "bbfc")
NFT_TABLE = "bot_bottle_fc"
def pool_size() -> int:
return int(os.environ.get("BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE", "8"))
def ip_base() -> str:
return os.environ.get("BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE", "10.243.0.0")
# Sidecar ports the VM reaches at its host-side TAP IP. Kept in sync
# with the backend constants (egress 9099, supervise 9100, git-http
# 9420); rendered into the setup output for operator visibility.
SIDECAR_PORTS = (9099, 9100, 9420)
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Slot:
"""One pool slot: a TAP device and its host/guest /31 addresses."""
index: int
iface: str
host_ip: str
guest_ip: str
@property
def guest_cidr(self) -> str:
"""Guest address with the /31 prefix, for the kernel `ip=` arg."""
return f"{self.guest_ip}/31"
def slot(index: int) -> Slot:
base = int(ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip_base()))
return Slot(
index=index,
iface=f"{IFACE_PREFIX}{index}",
host_ip=str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(base + 2 * index)),
guest_ip=str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(base + 2 * index + 1)),
)
def all_slots() -> list[Slot]:
return [slot(i) for i in range(pool_size())]
# --- fail-closed verification ---------------------------------------
def _run_ok(argv: list[str]) -> bool:
"""Run a probe command, treating a missing binary as failure
(rather than crashing) so callers can stay fail-closed."""
try:
return subprocess.run(
argv, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
check=False,
).returncode == 0
except FileNotFoundError:
return False
def nft_table_present() -> bool:
"""True iff the isolation table exists in the active nftables
backend. The backend's preflight treats absence as fatal — the VM
must not boot without its egress boundary in place.
Listing may require root; when it can't be confirmed here the
launch path falls back to an empirical post-boot isolation probe.
Returns False (fail-closed) if `nft` is unavailable."""
return _run_ok(["nft", "list", "table", "inet", NFT_TABLE])
def tap_present(iface: str) -> bool:
# `ip link show` is unprivileged, so the TAP-pool check is reliable
# for the non-root launcher.
return _run_ok(["ip", "link", "show", iface])
def missing_taps() -> list[str]:
"""Pool TAPs that the one-time setup has not created yet."""
return [s.iface for s in all_slots() if not tap_present(s.iface)]
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class RouteConflict:
"""An existing host route whose destination overlaps the pool range
but isn't one of our own bbfc TAPs — i.e. the chosen IP base clashes
with something already on the host (a Tailscale CGNAT peer, a
docker/libvirt bridge, the LAN…)."""
dst: str
dev: str
def _pool_span() -> tuple[int, int]:
"""Inclusive [first, last] integer bounds of every address the pool
occupies: base .. base + 2*pool_size - 1."""
base = int(ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip_base()))
return base, base + 2 * pool_size() - 1
def overlapping_routes() -> list[RouteConflict]:
"""Existing routes whose destination overlaps the pool's address
range, excluding our own `bbfc*` TAP routes and the default route.
A non-empty result means `BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE` collides with
something already configured on this host, so the pool would shadow
(or be shadowed by) it. Empty on success — or when `ip` is missing
or unparseable, since this is an advisory guard, not the fail-closed
isolation check (that's the nft table + post-boot probe)."""
import json
try:
proc = subprocess.run(
["ip", "-json", "route", "show", "table", "all"],
capture_output=True, text=True, check=False,
)
except FileNotFoundError:
return []
if proc.returncode != 0 or not proc.stdout.strip():
return []
try:
routes = json.loads(proc.stdout)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
return []
lo, hi = _pool_span()
conflicts: list[RouteConflict] = []
for r in routes:
if not isinstance(r, dict):
continue
dst = r.get("dst")
dev = r.get("dev", "")
if not isinstance(dst, str) or dst in ("", "default"):
continue
if isinstance(dev, str) and dev.startswith(IFACE_PREFIX):
continue # our own pool link
try:
net = ipaddress.ip_network(dst, strict=False)
except ValueError:
continue
if net.version != 4:
continue
r_lo = int(net.network_address)
r_hi = int(net.broadcast_address)
if r_lo <= hi and lo <= r_hi: # ranges intersect
conflicts.append(RouteConflict(dst=dst, dev=str(dev)))
return conflicts
# --- allocation ------------------------------------------------------
def _lock_dir() -> Path:
d = Path.home() / ".cache" / "bot-bottle" / "firecracker" / "pool"
d.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
return d
def allocate(slug: str) -> tuple[Slot, IO[str]]:
"""Claim a free pool slot for one bottle. Returns the slot and the
held lock file — the caller keeps it open for the VM's lifetime and
closes it on teardown; the flock auto-releases if the launcher
crashes, so a slot is never leaked. Dies when the pool is
exhausted.
A per-slot `flock` (rather than inspecting running processes) makes
allocation race-free across concurrent launches without a central
registry: the first launcher to grab the lock owns the slot."""
del slug # logged by the caller; allocation is purely lock-driven
for s in all_slots():
lock_path = _lock_dir() / f"{s.iface}.lock"
handle = open(lock_path, "w", encoding="utf-8")
try:
fcntl.flock(handle, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
except OSError:
handle.close()
continue
return s, handle
die(f"Firecracker TAP pool exhausted ({pool_size()} slots, all in "
f"use). Stop a running bottle or raise BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE "
f"and re-run `./cli.py backend setup --backend=firecracker`.")
raise AssertionError("unreachable")
# --- config renderers (shown by `./cli.py backend setup`) -----------
def render_shell_setup() -> str:
"""The imperative command for non-NixOS hosts."""
env = _nondefault_env()
prefix = f"{env} " if env else ""
return f"sudo {prefix}./scripts/firecracker-netpool.sh up"
def render_nixos_module() -> str:
"""A paste-ready NixOS snippet, derived from the live constants.
Uses systemd-networkd tap netdevs (so TAPs are only reconfigured
when this config changes, not torn down on every rebuild — which
would drop running VMs) and `networking.nftables.tables.<name>`
(an independent table that coexists with Docker's iptables rules
rather than replacing the whole ruleset)."""
slots = all_slots()
owner = os.environ.get("USER", "youruser")
netdevs = "\n".join(
f''' "10-{s.iface}" = {{
netdevConfig = {{ Name = "{s.iface}"; Kind = "tap"; }};
tapConfig = {{ User = "{owner}"; }};
}};'''
for s in slots
)
networks = "\n".join(
f''' "10-{s.iface}" = {{
matchConfig.Name = "{s.iface}";
address = [ "{s.host_ip}/31" ];
networkConfig.ConfigureWithoutCarrier = true;
}};'''
for s in slots
)
return f"""# bot-bottle Firecracker network pool ({len(slots)} slots, base {ip_base()}).
# Generated by `./cli.py backend setup --backend=firecracker`; owner user = {owner!r}.
{{ ... }}:
{{
boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = 1;
systemd.network.enable = true;
systemd.network.netdevs = {{
{netdevs}
}};
systemd.network.networks = {{
{networks}
}};
# Independent table — does not touch Docker/ufw/firewalld rules.
# A bottle VM (traffic from a bbfc* TAP) may reach only its own
# sidecar (DNAT'd from the host TAP IP); everything else is dropped,
# so there is no egress except through the sidecar proxy.
networking.nftables.enable = true;
networking.nftables.tables."{NFT_TABLE}" = {{
family = "inet";
content = ''
chain forward {{
type filter hook forward priority -10; policy accept;
iifname != "{IFACE_PREFIX}*" return
ct state established,related accept
ct status dnat accept
drop
}}
chain input {{
type filter hook input priority -10; policy accept;
iifname != "{IFACE_PREFIX}*" return
ct state established,related accept
drop
}}
'';
}};
}}
"""
def _nondefault_env() -> str:
"""Render any non-default pool env overrides so the printed shell
command reproduces the operator's current settings."""
pairs = []
if os.environ.get("BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE"):
pairs.append(f"BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE={pool_size()}")
if os.environ.get("BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE"):
pairs.append(f"BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE={ip_base()}")
if os.environ.get("BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX"):
pairs.append(f"BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX={IFACE_PREFIX}")
return " ".join(pairs)