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beatzaplentyandClaude Sonnet 5 02ea1929e5 Pre-seed SSH host keys so sops-nix secrets decrypt on first boot
sops-nix (in the nixos flake) derives each host's age decryption key
from its own /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key at activation time, which
runs before systemd would otherwise generate that key on first boot
(sshd-keygen is a plain systemd service gated behind multi-user.target;
activation scripts run earlier). Without pre-seeding, secrets --
including the login password -- fail to decrypt on a fresh install's
very first boot.

- scripts/prepare-host-key.sh: run on the admin workstation before an
  install, generates the host's ed25519 keypair and prints the exact
  steps to register its derived age key in nixos/.sops.yaml and
  re-encrypt the affected secrets/*.yaml files.
- common.nix's auto-install.sh: after disko mounts /mnt and before
  nixos-install, installs a pre-seeded key from /root/host-keys/ into
  /mnt/etc/ssh/ if present, otherwise warns and asks for confirmation
  before continuing without one.
- installer.nix now imports common.nix (previously only proxmox-lxc.nix
  did), so the ISO/netboot path used for EFI VM installs gets the same
  auto-install.sh and pre-seed check, not just the LXC path.
- Also fixes a pre-existing stray backtick in the disko invocation that
  broke auto-install.sh's bash syntax entirely, independent of this
  change (found while rendering the script to verify the new logic).

README.md documents the new pre-flight workflow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 13:21:33 +10:00

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{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
{
networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
time.timeZone = "Australia/Brisbane";
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
git
curl
jq
parted
e2fsprogs
btrfs-progs
util-linux
disko
];
programs.git = {
enable = true;
config = {
credential.helper = "store --file=/etc/git-credentials";
};
};
environment.etc."git-credentials".text =
"https://beatzaplenty:294be99829703536e02fdeed893137f1d8d96b76@gitea.lan.ddnsgeek.com";
services.openssh.enable = true;
services.openssh.settings = {
PermitRootLogin = "yes";
PasswordAuthentication = true;
};
users.users.root = {
hashedPassword =
"$6$Kwv9KAyvcurAViQF$H4.u3feqGE7lVoNgkFXhE3n2Pmo//9JYDTCz8ifrVHBxPjwa1xMby7tEZ8Bpt5MXs9Rkx6/YbZWxs5CpH0s/70";
};
users.users.nixos = {
isNormalUser = true;
extraGroups = [
"wheel"
];
shell = pkgs.bashInteractive;
hashedPassword =
"$6$Kwv9KAyvcurAViQF$H4.u3feqGE7lVoNgkFXhE3n2Pmo//9JYDTCz8ifrVHBxPjwa1xMby7tEZ8Bpt5MXs9Rkx6/YbZWxs5CpH0s/70";
openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
"ssh-rsa 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 wayne@stream"
];
};
system.stateVersion = "26.05";
# Write auto-install script to /root
environment.etc."auto-install.sh".text = ''
#!/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash
set -eux
set -euo pipefail
export FLAKE_BASE_URL="git+https://gitea.lan.ddnsgeek.com/beatzaplenty/nixos.git"
echo "Fetching available NixOS hosts from flake..."
mapfile -t options < <(
nix eval --json --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config --extra-experimental-features "flakes nix-command" \
"''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations" \
--apply builtins.attrNames \
| jq -r '.[]'
)
if [[ ''${#options[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
echo "ERROR: No NixOS hosts found in ''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations" >&2
exit 1
fi
echo "Choose the flake profile to install:"
select choice in "''${options[@]}"; do
if [[ -n "$choice" ]]; then
echo "You selected: $choice"
break
else
echo "Invalid selection. Try again."
fi
done
echo "Starting install with flake: ''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#''${choice}"
# Optional: confirm before proceeding
read -rp "Proceed with installation? (y/N): " confirm
if [[ ! "$confirm" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
echo "Aborted."
exit 1
fi
if nix eval --refresh --json --extra-experimental-features "flakes nix-command" "''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations.''${choice}.config.disko.devices.disk.main.device" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
disko --mode destroy,format,mount \
--flake "''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#''${choice}" --yes
else
echo "Selected host has no Disko configuration."
fi
# sops-nix derives this host's decryption key from its own SSH host key
# at *activation* time, which runs before systemd would otherwise
# generate one on first boot. Without pre-seeding it here, secrets
# (including the login password) fail to decrypt on first boot.
# Generate the key + register it with `nixos`'s sops-nix setup ahead of
# time (see nix-auto-installer/scripts/prepare-host-key.sh), then scp it
# to /root/host-keys/ on this machine before continuing.
mkdir -p /root/host-keys
if [[ -f "/root/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" ]]; then
echo "Found pre-seeded SSH host key for ''${choice}, installing to target..."
install -D -m 0600 "/root/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
install -D -m 0644 "/root/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
else
echo "WARNING: no pre-seeded host key found at /root/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"
echo "sops-nix secrets (including the login password) will NOT decrypt on first boot."
echo "Run scripts/prepare-host-key.sh for host ''${choice} on your admin workstation first,"
echo "then scp the result here, if this host needs sops-nix secrets."
read -rp "Continue without a pre-seeded key anyway? (y/N): " skip_key
if [[ ! "$skip_key" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
echo "Aborted."
exit 1
fi
fi
mkdir -p /mnt/install-tmp
export TMPDIR=/mnt/install-tmp
nixos-install \
--flake "''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#''${choice}" \
--no-root-password
rm -rf /mnt/install-tmp
sleep 10
reboot
'';
environment.etc."auto-install.sh".mode = "0755";
}