fix(proxmox): embed SSH host key via NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR so sops can decrypt on first boot
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--pre-format-files placed the key on the QEMU builder VM's rootfs, not the
target disk. nixos-install chroots into the target and runs sshd-keygen, which
found no key in the chroot and generated a fresh (unregistered) one. sops then
could not decrypt on first boot because the key didn't match .sops.yaml, leaving
both root and nixos with '!' in /etc/shadow even after mutableUsers = false was
set (hashedPasswordFile pointed to paths sops never wrote).

Fix modules/platforms/proxmox.nix to embed the clan SSH host key in
environment.etc via NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR at eval time -- the same pattern
lxc.nix uses. nixos-install's own activation places the key on the target disk,
sshd-keygen finds it already present and skips generation, and sops decrypts
correctly on first boot. Includes the same preserveSshHostKey/restoreSshHostKey
activation scripts as lxc.nix so subsequent nixos-rebuild switch calls (without
NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR) don't remove the key as "obsolete" from environment.etc.

Update create-proxmox-resource.sh: switch VM builds from
  ./result-<target> --pre-format-files ... --build-memory 2048
to
  NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR=$(pwd)/host-keys nix build --impure ... diskoImagesScript
  ./result-<target> --build-memory 2048
matching the LXC build path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011uRcikkTp3D5VbXj2DwNpQ
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2026-07-26 08:54:39 +10:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 4.6
parent 5467c2e140
commit 6e1e992652
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{ ... }:
{ lib, flakeTarget, ... }:
let
# Bakes this exact flake target's pre-generated SSH host key straight
# into /etc/ssh/ -- mirrors lxc.nix's builtins.getEnv pattern (impure
# and empty under normal `nix build`/`nix eval`, so this is a no-op
# unless explicitly opted into with NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR=... --impure).
#
# Unlike --pre-format-files (which places files on the QEMU builder VM's
# rootfs, not the target disk), embedding via environment.etc here means
# nixos-install's own activation step installs the key onto the target
# disk. sshd-keygen then finds it already present and skips generation,
# so the disk image boots with the clan-registered key and sops can
# decrypt on first boot.
#
# Without this, nixos-install's sshd-keygen activation generates a fresh
# key (unregistered in .sops.yaml), sops decryption fails permanently,
# and password hashes are never applied -- confirmed live: passwords
# stayed '!' even with mutableUsers = false because hashedPasswordFile
# pointed to a path that sops never wrote.
hostKeysDirStr = builtins.getEnv "NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR";
hasHostKeysDir = hostKeysDirStr != "" && builtins.pathExists hostKeysDirStr;
hostKeysDir = /. + hostKeysDirStr;
privKeyFile = hostKeysDir + "/${flakeTarget}_ssh_host_ed25519_key";
pubKeyFile = hostKeysDir + "/${flakeTarget}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub";
hasKeyForThisTarget =
hasHostKeysDir
&& builtins.pathExists privKeyFile
&& builtins.pathExists pubKeyFile;
in
{
imports = [
../hardware-configuration/vm/proxmox.nix
../boot/efi.nix
../disko/proxmox.nix
];
environment.etc = lib.mkIf hasKeyForThisTarget {
"ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" = {
source = privKeyFile;
mode = "0600";
};
"ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" = {
source = pubKeyFile;
mode = "0644";
};
};
# NixOS's etc activation removes any /etc file that was in the previous
# generation's environment.etc but is absent from the current one. Since
# the SSH key is only in environment.etc during the --impure build (when
# NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR is set), normal rebuilds would remove it as
# "obsolete". These scripts mirror lxc.nix's approach: save the live key
# before etc runs, restore it after. Without the explicit deps, the
# topological sort places preserveSshHostKey after etc (confirmed live on
# lxc-tor-relay: position 7 vs etc's position 5), so the key is gone
# before it can be saved.
system.activationScripts = {
preserveSshHostKey = ''
if [ -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key ]; then
cp /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.tmp
cp /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.pub.tmp
fi
'';
restoreSshHostKey = {
deps = [ "etc" ];
text = ''
if [ ! -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key ] && [ -f /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.tmp ]; then
install -m 0600 /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.tmp /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
install -m 0644 /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.pub.tmp /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
fi
rm -f /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.tmp /run/sshd-host-key-preserve.pub.tmp
'';
};
etc = { deps = [ "preserveSshHostKey" ]; };
setupSecrets = { deps = [ "restoreSshHostKey" ]; };
};
}