nixos/matter-server: fix permission denied error in 7.0.1 (#384651)

Author: mweinelt

nixos/modules/services/home-automation/matter-server.nix

@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ in
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart = (
           lib.concatStringsSep " " [
+            # `python-matter-server` writes to /data even when a storage-path
+            # is specified. This symlinks /data at the systemd-managed
+            # /var/lib/matter-server, so all files get dropped into the state
+            # directory.
+            "${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh"
+            "-c"
+            "'"
+            "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ln -s %S/matter-server/ %t/matter-server/root/data"
+            "&&"
             "${cfg.package}/bin/matter-server"
             "--port"
             (toString cfg.port)
@@ -68,22 +77,21 @@ in
             "--log-level"
             "${cfg.logLevel}"
             "${lib.escapeShellArgs cfg.extraArgs}"
+            "'"
           ]
         );
         # Start with a clean root filesystem, and allowlist what the container
         # is permitted to access.
-        TemporaryFileSystem = "/";
+        # See https://discourse.nixos.org/t/hardening-systemd-services/17147/14.
+        RuntimeDirectory = [ "matter-server/root" ];
+        RootDirectory = "%t/matter-server/root";
+
         # Allowlist /nix/store (to allow the binary to find its dependencies)
         # and dbus.
-        ReadOnlyPaths = "/nix/store /run/dbus";
+        BindReadOnlyPaths = "/nix/store /run/dbus";
         # Let systemd manage `/var/lib/matter-server` for us inside the
         # ephemeral TemporaryFileSystem.
         StateDirectory = storageDir;
-        # `python-matter-server` writes to /data even when a storage-path is
-        # specified. This bind-mount points /data at the systemd-managed
-        # /var/lib/matter-server, so all files get dropped into the state
-        # directory.
-        BindPaths = "${storagePath}:/data";
 
         # Hardening bits
         AmbientCapabilities = "";

nixos/tests/matter-server.nix

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
   {
     name = "matter-server";
     meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ leonm1 ];
+    meta.timeout = 120; # Timeout after two minutes
 
     nodes = {
       machine =
@@ -22,29 +23,30 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
 
     testScript = # python
       ''
-        start_all()
+        @polling_condition
+        def matter_server_running():
+          machine.succeed("systemctl status matter-server")
 
-        machine.wait_for_unit("matter-server.service")
-        machine.wait_for_open_port(1234)
+        start_all()
 
-        with subtest("Check websocket server initialized"):
-            output = machine.succeed("echo \"\" | ${pkgs.websocat}/bin/websocat ws://localhost:1234/ws")
-            machine.log(output)
+        machine.wait_for_unit("matter-server.service", timeout=20)
+        machine.wait_for_open_port(1234, timeout=20)
 
-        assert '"sdk_version": "${chipVersion}"' in output, (
-          'CHIP version \"${chipVersion}\" not present in websocket message'
-        )
+        with matter_server_running: # type: ignore[union-attr]
+          with subtest("Check websocket server initialized"):
+              output = machine.succeed("echo \"\" | ${pkgs.websocat}/bin/websocat ws://localhost:1234/ws")
+              machine.log(output)
 
-        assert '"fabric_id": 1' in output, (
-          "fabric_id not propagated to server"
-        )
+          assert '"fabric_id": 1' in output, (
+            "fabric_id not propagated to server"
+          )
 
-        with subtest("Check storage directory is created"):
-            machine.succeed("ls /var/lib/matter-server/chip.json")
+          with subtest("Check storage directory is created"):
+              machine.succeed("ls /var/lib/matter-server/chip.json")
 
-        with subtest("Check systemd hardening"):
-            _, output = machine.execute("systemd-analyze security matter-server.service | grep -v '✓'")
-            machine.log(output)
+          with subtest("Check systemd hardening"):
+              _, output = machine.execute("systemd-analyze security matter-server.service | grep -v '✓'")
+              machine.log(output)
       '';
   }
 )