(Backport #4574) distributed builds: load remote builder host key from the machines file

src/build-remote/build-remote.cc

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static int _main(int argc, char * * argv)
                         storeParams["log-fd"] = "4";
                         if (bestMachine->sshKey != "")
                             storeParams["ssh-key"] = bestMachine->sshKey;
+                        if (bestMachine->sshPublicHostKey != "")
+                            storeParams["base64-ssh-public-host-key"] = bestMachine->sshPublicHostKey;
                     }
 
                     sshStore = openStore(bestMachine->storeUri, storeParams);

src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
 {
     const Setting<int> maxConnections{this, 1, "max-connections", "maximum number of concurrent SSH connections"};
     const Setting<Path> sshKey{this, "", "ssh-key", "path to an SSH private key"};
+    const Setting<std::string> sshPublicHostKey{this, "", "base64-ssh-public-host-key", "The public half of the host's SSH key"};
     const Setting<bool> compress{this, false, "compress", "whether to compress the connection"};
     const Setting<Path> remoteProgram{this, "nix-store", "remote-program", "path to the nix-store executable on the remote system"};
     const Setting<std::string> remoteStore{this, "", "remote-store", "URI of the store on the remote system"};
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
         , master(
             host,
             sshKey,
+            sshPublicHostKey,
             // Use SSH master only if using more than 1 connection.
             connections->capacity() > 1,
             compress,

src/libstore/ssh-store.cc

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class SSHStore : public RemoteStore
 public:
 
     const Setting<Path> sshKey{(Store*) this, "", "ssh-key", "path to an SSH private key"};
+    const Setting<std::string> sshPublicHostKey{(Store*) this, "", "base64-ssh-public-host-key", "The public half of the host's SSH key"};
     const Setting<bool> compress{(Store*) this, false, "compress", "whether to compress the connection"};
 
     SSHStore(const std::string & host, const Params & params)
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class SSHStore : public RemoteStore
         , master(
             host,
             sshKey,
+            sshPublicHostKey,
             // Use SSH master only if using more than 1 connection.
             connections->capacity() > 1,
             compress)

src/libstore/ssh.cc

@@ -2,24 +2,37 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-SSHMaster::SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::string & keyFile, bool useMaster, bool compress, int logFD)
+SSHMaster::SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::string & keyFile, const std::string & sshPublicHostKey, bool useMaster, bool compress, int logFD)
     : host(host)
     , fakeSSH(host == "localhost")
     , keyFile(keyFile)
+    , sshPublicHostKey(sshPublicHostKey)
     , useMaster(useMaster && !fakeSSH)
     , compress(compress)
     , logFD(logFD)
 {
     if (host == "" || hasPrefix(host, "-"))
         throw Error("invalid SSH host name '%s'", host);
+
+    auto state(state_.lock());
+    state->tmpDir = std::make_unique<AutoDelete>(createTempDir("", "nix", true, true, 0700));
 }
 
 void SSHMaster::addCommonSSHOpts(Strings & args)
 {
+    auto state(state_.lock());
+
     for (auto & i : tokenizeString<Strings>(getEnv("NIX_SSHOPTS")))
         args.push_back(i);
     if (!keyFile.empty())
         args.insert(args.end(), {"-i", keyFile});
+    if (!sshPublicHostKey.empty()) {
+        Path fileName = (Path) *state->tmpDir + "/host-key";
+        auto p = host.rfind("@");
+        string thost = p != string::npos ? string(host, p + 1) : host;
+        writeFile(fileName, thost + " " + base64Decode(sshPublicHostKey) + "\n");
+        args.insert(args.end(), {"-oUserKnownHostsFile=" + fileName});
+    }
     if (compress)
         args.push_back("-C");
 }
@@ -87,8 +100,6 @@ Path SSHMaster::startMaster()
 
     if (state->sshMaster != -1) return state->socketPath;
 
-    state->tmpDir = std::make_unique<AutoDelete>(createTempDir("", "nix", true, true, 0700));
-
     state->socketPath = (Path) *state->tmpDir + "/ssh.sock";
 
     Pipe out;

src/libstore/ssh.hh

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ private:
     const std::string host;
     bool fakeSSH;
     const std::string keyFile;
+    const std::string sshPublicHostKey;
     const bool useMaster;
     const bool compress;
     const int logFD;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
 
-    SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::string & keyFile, bool useMaster, bool compress, int logFD = -1);
+    SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::string & keyFile, const std::string & sshPublicHostKey, bool useMaster, bool compress, int logFD = -1);
 
     struct Connection
     {