Haiku on Docker

A Docker image for the Haiku operating system.

Start an instance

docker run --detach \
  --name qemu-haiku \
  --device /dev/kvm \
  --publish 127.0.0.1:2222:2222/tcp \
  --publish 127.0.0.1:5900:5900/tcp \
  --publish 127.0.0.1:6080:6080/tcp \
  --mount type=volume,src=qemu-haiku-disk,dst=/var/lib/qemu/disk/ \
  --env VM_SSH_KEYS="$(find ~/.ssh/ -name 'id_*.pub' -exec awk 1 '{}' ';')" \
  docker.io/hectorm/qemu-haiku:latest

[!NOTE] The --device /dev/kvm option can only be used on Linux hosts, it can be removed on Windows and macOS hosts at a significant performance penalty.

The instance can be accessed from:

• SSH (2222/TCP), user user, public key authentication.
• VNC (5900/TCP), without password.
• noVNC (6080/TCP), http://127.0.0.1:6080/vnc.html
• docker exec -it qemu-haiku vmshell

Environment variables

VM_CPU

Number of cores the VM is permitted to use (2 by default).

VM_RAM

Amount of memory the VM is permitted to use (2048M by default).

VM_KEYBOARD

VM keyboard layout (en-us by default).

VM_KVM

Start QEMU in KVM mode (true by default).

The --device /dev/kvm option is required for this variable to take effect.

VM_SSH_KEY*

SSH keys to be added to the VM at startup.

Use in CI

GitHub Actions:

test-haiku:
  name: 'Test on Haiku'
  runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
  container: 'docker.io/hectorm/qemu-haiku:latest'
  steps:
    - name: 'Wait until the VM is ready'
      run: 'container-init & timeout 600 vmshell exit 0'
    - name: 'Install packages'
      run: 'vmshell pkgman install -y make'
    - name: 'Checkout project'
      uses: 'actions/checkout@main'
    - name: 'Copy project to VM'
      run: 'vmshell mkdir ./src/; tar -cf - ./ | vmshell tar -xf - -C ./src/'
    - name: 'Test project'
      run: 'vmshell make -C ./src/ test'

GitLab CI:

test-haiku:
  stage: 'test'
  image:
    name: 'docker.io/hectorm/qemu-haiku:latest'
    entrypoint: ['']
  before_script:
    - 'container-init & timeout 600 vmshell exit 0'
    - 'vmshell pkgman install -y make'
    - 'vmshell mkdir ./src/; tar -cf - ./ | vmshell tar -xf - -C ./src/'
  script:
    - 'vmshell make -C ./src/ test'

Please note that at the time of writing GitHub and GitLab hosted runners do not support nested virtualization, so a high performance loss is expected. Consider using this image in an CI environment as a proof of concept.

Sometimes after installing packages a reboot may be necessary, pkgman will print a message like "A reboot is necessary to complete the installation process". In such scenario you can add a step in your CI to reboot and wait until the VM is ready, "sv force-restart qemu ||:; timeout 600 vmshell exit 0".

License

See the license file.