fix(deploy): remove sudo from docker commands; fix grep false-positive on inactive

nixos user is in the docker group so sudo is not needed (and breaks because sudo requires a TTY for password input). Also grep -q 'active' matched 'inactive' causing ha-docker-2 to be seen as already joined. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DASH15okNvWeY1rVJmyJoJ
secrets(ha-docker): refresh sops host-key registrations for new VM instances
2026-07-30 20:11:58 +10:00 · 2026-07-30 20:01:48 +10:00 · 2026-07-30 19:43:21 +10:00 · 2026-07-30 19:34:57 +10:00 · 2026-07-30 19:34:40 +10:00 · 2026-07-30 19:01:17 +10:00
163 changed files with 10613 additions and 1187 deletions
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Install Nix
        uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v19

-      - name: Run maintenance checks (secrets, fmt, lint, eval)
+      # Scoped to files changed since the PR base / previous push -- see
+      # scripts/codex-maintenance.sh. CI never passes --full-check: that
+      # full sweep is for local/manual use, since it's slow enough to time
+      # out this runner.
+      - name: Run maintenance checks (secrets, fmt, lint, eval -- changed files only)
+        env:
+          MAINT_BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before }}
        run: bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Install Nix
        uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v19

-      - name: Run maintenance checks (secrets, fmt, lint, eval)
+      # Scoped to files changed since the PR base / previous push -- see
+      # scripts/codex-maintenance.sh. CI never passes --full-check: that
+      # full sweep is for local/manual use, since it's slow enough to time
+      # out this runner.
+      - name: Run maintenance checks (secrets, fmt, lint, eval -- changed files only)
+        env:
+          MAINT_BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before }}
        run: bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ host-keys/
 # Temporary Milestone 1 audit checklist (remove-sensetive-info-refactor.md)
 # - working notes only, never committed, deleted once every row is rotated.
 secrets-inventory.md
+.claude/worktrees/                                                                                                  
+.claude/settings.local.json 
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 keys:
  - &admin age1njap586hc0q43kr03g6c8eqhdsmk8zcafkl3f83xwlc2gqhlmfgs4tmwad
-  - &docker age19gfn2yedg76dmztm4hncr7vf3r3c9j0qpt4rap7y7gersjk4m3ks2lhd0e
-  - &server age1ll6hj5ggruetgjwjfnplpn5xtq35uhlcdflksx3xmnjm6s3uad9sz70jkf
-  - &nix-cache age120le4a5l8dh3lyfgvmj3d9ksmej6ajs5mer5y7r0vfg3x9fn69dqf8xgzu
-  - &lxc-minimal age1qz9d4ka4xgexujyd247s7lp737sulp5fhxl5d65fj2ykvc4j4edqrsdks8
-  - &nix-minimal age120whqj96g26lsgy4udvgsn8dc9lumh8jeu3a564fx79rjr5lxffqmrljuu
-  - &proxmox-minimal age10at8862478urh0eeuwh8hzln6ck78jgwtztgxatwqlzwagg77y5snm4xzg
-  - &lxc-nix-cache age1xjst4frdh0th6q8m7p7u9g5af7ty5jqeum0p6z8a52a9q7st7ewqw8yl9j
-  - &lxc-docker age1ezk9x53zt8kcnscdm80jcyf0xq97vndv7jsn3rl8cc0cwm2jmpmq372dzs
+  - &proxmox-minimal age19m0m7vdfg86yqy8l5mmle5jdd0unrn3f55t232w8h5ey42cqw34sfpt32n
+  - &lxc-gui age1rrxqea6q6pn39sw8y5te63h2py8jgjl9v0jyper86w3ggtn67upqg3ah39
+  - &baremetal-gui age1adur9g330gua4l6ndk8cqjg35qc8yxwgme6wrl2hpylcc7vxm38q05ejuy
+  - &linode-docker age17e89ty6p0fw24daanen57wg8uald9s025t3wwxsw269svwpmgvrshfvfvt
+  - &linode-gui age1hrx8qj02fj2ea6d4g9vqhyj9hl7fppkjqfdx2l37py3h6pdkr95s8n8rvs
+  - &linode-minimal age1e7l8dusgmgfzd2cxrrzwepzjxt69hzqj4epee0cs27u6yg4kxcuqm34ncx
+  - &linode-nix-cache age1jcx3yajjhghn8qh8za3yeu8nxykzlg3p4nrv03vnfvzl0mzayg2qmg940e
+  - &linode-tailscale-router age1f7usptjx9rv4rxauasve200gxtdt9jkqhhdqstlf20wvlm7u75rsjfw50m
+  - &lxc-docker age17jqc66x9yeshfgd9v78mj483r4zzarqdtuxtrkxe4x5mw679gphshd94th
+  - &lxc-minimal age1px0h5l9zp2dww0m8fncrc82kfdmzplsfv2ltat7sna28xpg09pqqcl3s2k
+  - &lxc-nix-cache age1ufg390ydrmma849t9xfkxxl5xvdkk6mngnlzhmy7mvuaje8sgcmsmnq6l7
+  - &lxc-pxe-boot age16j42pdc5dr6wnj7xayhkqdj2rny9u68fcqejs50hqq42scssh4gsnrrnlt
+  - &lxc-tailscale-router age1k7d2du5mejsmv5rzavm4xwgpthqvcfsehduquv28nzs53zppa3kqngfxq2
+  - &lxc-tor-relay age16kqfmvz4e23hmdlqresnyw69ej604s320mmd49h4hm3fhqchtgyqrws0k2
+  - &proxmox-docker age1arhf2q45zw6wf2uevju4savp575x3m2tfvved5zzq3ay92ynua9s3cm92c
+  - &proxmox-gui age19mn8zrxl8zpps9yvrh4euquvygpp4fp8queg7xc6qhtnl4ng8c9qx02qwn
+  - &proxmox-nix-cache age1jlltcv5jcnm40z5k0q6hv053k2rqpqvemtuecdwn527uw8uqz4es3x7m68
+  - &proxmox-pxe-boot age1ug787sgt6st6k82fgkrug2lzltw4qsukrrqqs3w27ewwqj8rg4hsxcmylz
+  - &proxmox-tailscale-router age1zhfyuzlq40reuqlr34gf77852nhs3t6mqfzrqmas8z6sxk7tcfhsungrm0
+  - &proxmox-ha-server-1 age1k73g8x47hs93wcv7qh92n3htz8pl295g49hyvlrf3570mts0hgys5g04d6
+  - &proxmox-ha-server-2 age1fefy6dk8zn5c3edwmrs9vwx79quftnt784m628t9e34q3ft3cehqz8u72r
+  - &proxmox-ha-docker-1 age16y0vfts5v2k20e2rj23qa5lc5gm96gm64uwsqsr0y688xl0ne46qcfr0sm
+  - &proxmox-ha-docker-2 age1tm3zj5lp3elw2j832az4nj9xxmhqd66ag3cqcv3vskvmd7qdmqmsdpdcn0

 creation_rules:
  # Shared across every currently-deployed host: root/nixos password hash,
@@ -18,30 +33,189 @@ creation_rules:
    key_groups:
      - age:
          - *admin
-          - *docker
-          - *server
-          - *nix-cache
-          - *lxc-minimal
-          - *nix-minimal
-          - *lxc-nix-cache
          - *proxmox-minimal
+          - *lxc-gui
+          - *baremetal-gui
+          - *linode-docker
+          - *linode-gui
+          - *linode-minimal
+          - *linode-nix-cache
+          - *linode-tailscale-router
          - *lxc-docker
+          - *lxc-minimal
+          - *lxc-nix-cache
+          - *lxc-pxe-boot
+          - *lxc-tailscale-router
+          - *lxc-tor-relay
+          - *proxmox-docker
+          - *proxmox-gui
+          - *proxmox-nix-cache
+          - *proxmox-pxe-boot
+          - *proxmox-tailscale-router
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-1
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-2
+          - *proxmox-ha-docker-1
+          - *proxmox-ha-docker-2

  - path_regex: secrets/nix-cache\.yaml$
    key_groups:
      - age:
          - *admin
-          - *nix-cache
+          - *linode-nix-cache
          - *lxc-nix-cache
+          - *proxmox-nix-cache

-  - path_regex: secrets/server\.yaml$
+  - path_regex: secrets/tor-relay\.yaml$
    key_groups:
      - age:
          - *admin
-          - *server
+          - *lxc-tor-relay

-  - path_regex: secrets/docker\.yaml$
+  - path_regex: secrets/tailscale-router\.yaml$
    key_groups:
      - age:
          - *admin
-          - *docker
+          - *linode-tailscale-router
+          - *lxc-tailscale-router
+          - *proxmox-tailscale-router
+
+  # HA file server per-node secrets (beszel-token).
+  # proxmox-ha-server-1 / proxmox-ha-server-2 keys are added automatically
+  # by scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh once the hosts are provisioned;
+  # until then only the admin key can decrypt these files.
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-server-1\.yaml$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-1
+          # proxmox-ha-server-1 added by sync-host-keys.sh
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-server-2\.yaml$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-2
+          # proxmox-ha-server-2 added by sync-host-keys.sh
+
+  # Shared HA cluster corosync authkey (binary sops file).
+  # Encrypted for both HA nodes so either can decrypt on boot.
+  # Both host keys added by sync-host-keys.sh; admin key allows initial creation.
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-corosync-authkey$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-1
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-2
+          # proxmox-ha-server-1 added by sync-host-keys.sh
+          # proxmox-ha-server-2 added by sync-host-keys.sh
+
+  # gui-host-specific secrets (currently: wifi-password, see
+  # modules/networking/wifi.nix). Only *lxc-gui has a registered key today
+  # -- proxmox-gui/linode-gui/baremetal-gui haven't been provisioned via
+  # scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh yet, so whichever variant is actually
+  # deployed next needs its recipient added here (and `sops updatekeys` rerun)
+  # before it can decrypt this.
+  - path_regex: secrets/gui\.yaml$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *lxc-gui
+          - *baremetal-gui
+          - *linode-gui
+          - *proxmox-gui
+
+  # IPA host keytabs (binary sops files).
+  # Each keytab is encrypted for all platform variants of that host so any
+  # deployed variant can decrypt it at boot. Run
+  # scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh <hostname> to enroll a new
+  # host and produce the keytab; this section is updated by that script.
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/nix-cache\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *linode-nix-cache
+          - *lxc-nix-cache
+          - *proxmox-nix-cache
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/tailscale-router\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *linode-tailscale-router
+          - *lxc-tailscale-router
+          - *proxmox-tailscale-router
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/pxe-boot\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *lxc-pxe-boot
+          - *proxmox-pxe-boot
+
+  # nixos = the workstation (hosts/nixos/host.nix). All gui platform variants
+  # share the hostname "nixos" and must be able to decrypt at boot.
+  - path_regex: secrets/nixos\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *baremetal-gui
+          - *lxc-gui
+          - *proxmox-gui
+          - *linode-gui
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/docker\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *linode-docker
+          - *lxc-docker
+          - *proxmox-docker
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/tor-relay\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *lxc-tor-relay
+
+  - path_regex: secrets/nix-minimal\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *lxc-minimal
+          - *proxmox-minimal
+          - *linode-minimal
+
+  # Host keytab for ha-server-1 FreeIPA enrollment (binary sops file).
+  # Generated by scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh.
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-server-1\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-1
+          # proxmox-ha-server-1 added by sync-host-keys.sh
+
+  # Host keytab for ha-server-2 FreeIPA enrollment (binary sops file).
+  # Generated by scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh.
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-server-2\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-server-2
+          # proxmox-ha-server-2 added by sync-host-keys.sh
+
+  # Host keytab for ha-docker-1 FreeIPA enrollment (binary sops file).
+  # Generated by scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh.
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-docker-1\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-docker-1
+
+  # Host keytab for ha-docker-2 FreeIPA enrollment (binary sops file).
+  # Generated by scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh.
+  - path_regex: secrets/ha-docker-2\.keytab$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *admin
+          - *proxmox-ha-docker-2
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ This repository contains flake-based NixOS configurations for Wayne's LAN
 servers and workstation.

 The flake exposes NixOS configurations named `<platform>-<buildtype>`
-(platforms: `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`; build types: `minimal`, `nix-cache`,
-`server`, `docker`, `gui`, `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-exit-node`, `tor-relay`), generated from `modules/platforms/*`
-and `modules/build-types/*` by the `mkTarget` function in `flake.nix`. Not
-every combination is built — `pxe-boot` has no `linode` variant. See
-`README.md` for the full current target list; treat `flake.nix` as the
-source of truth since this list can drift.
+(platforms: `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`, `baremetal`; build types: `minimal`,
+`nix-cache`, `docker`, `gui`, `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-router`,
+`tor-relay`, `ha-server`), generated from `modules/platforms/*` and
+`modules/build-types/*` by the `mkTarget` function in `flake.nix`. Not every
+combination is built — `pxe-boot` has no `linode` variant, `ha-server` only
+exists on `proxmox`, and `tor-relay` only exists on `lxc`. See `README.md`
+for the full current target list; treat `flake.nix` as the source of truth
+since this list can drift.

 Do not deploy, switch, reboot, repartition, format disks, or run destructive
 install commands from this repository unless explicitly asked.
@@ -35,9 +37,14 @@ Use these commands when validating changes:
 ```bash
 bash scripts/codex-setup.sh
 bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh
-bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh dry-run
 ```

+With no flags, `codex-maintenance.sh` scopes fmt-check/statix/eval to files
+changed against a base ref — this is what CI runs on every push/PR. For the
+full sweep (every host, every package — slow; CI never runs this), use
+`bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --full-check` (add `--dry-run` for build
+planning on top of whichever scope is active).
+
 Host evaluation is safe when limited to drvPath checks:

 ```bash
@@ -21,15 +21,85 @@ machines when deployed.
  `modules/installer/common.nix` (the auto-installer's own root/nixos login —
  a deliberate, documented choice, see `docs/auto-installer.md`, not
  accidental tech debt) and **SSH public keys** in `variables.nix`
-  (`vars.adminSshKey`, `vars.remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys`) plus a couple of
-  per-host `KEY` values for beszel-agent auth (`hosts/server/host.nix`,
-  `hosts/nix-cache/host.nix`). Don't use the installer's hardcoded hash as a
+  (`vars.adminSshKey`, `vars.remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys`, `vars.beszelHubKey`). Don't use the installer's hardcoded hash as a
  template for a *real* host — every other host uses sops-nix
  (`hashedPasswordFile`, see "Security Notes" in `README.md`). Flag any *new*
  secret-like string you encounter instead of committing it.
- `host-keys/` is gitignored — locally-generated *private* SSH host keys for
-  the auto-installer (see `docs/auto-installer.md`). Never commit its
-  contents; if `git status` ever shows it as trackable, something is wrong.
+- `host-keys/` is gitignored — used only by the auto-installer's own
+  environment for pre-seeding non-LXC host keys before first boot (see
+  `docs/auto-installer.md`). Never commit its contents; if `git status`
+  ever shows it as trackable, something is wrong. All deployed hosts use
+  clan vars (`vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/`, committed and
+  sops-encrypted) for their SSH host keys — those ARE tracked by git and
+  belong in the repo.
+
+### Two Proxmox nodes: `pve1.sweet.home` (production) and `pve-test.sweet.home` (sandbox)
+
+There are two SSH-reachable Proxmox nodes on the LAN, both defined in
+`scripts/env.sh` (`PVE1_HOST` / `PVE_TEST_HOST`), individually targetable
+via `scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --node <host>` or by
+overriding `PROXMOX_HOST`. `PROXMOX_HOST` itself still defaults to
+`PVE1_HOST` (production) — that default, and every other script behavior,
+is unchanged from before `pve-test` existed; the only thing new is that
+`pve-test` can now be reached at all. They are **not interchangeable** —
+one is real production infrastructure, the other exists specifically so
+there's somewhere safe to test. The restriction below is a policy for
+Claude specifically, not a change to the tooling's own default or
+anything the operator needs to opt into.
+
+#### `pve1.sweet.home` (production — off-limits to Claude)
+
+A real, live Proxmox node hosting production VMs/containers — not a
+sandbox, and not Claude's to touch by default.
+
+- **Off-limits at all times unless the operator has given explicit,
+  same-session instructions to act on this specific host.** That
+  authorization is scoped to the task it was given for — don't carry it
+  forward to unrelated later work in the same conversation, and never
+  assume it from a previous session.
+- **Read-only for existing state is always fine, authorization or not.**
+  You may SSH in (or use `pvesm`, `qm list`, `pct list`, `qm config`, `pct
+  config`, the Proxmox API, etc.) to inspect the node's config, storage,
+  and any existing VM/container — including ones this repo didn't create.
+- **Never** modify, stop, restart, delete, reconfigure, or create anything
+  on this node (`qm set`, `pct set`, `qm destroy`, `pct destroy`, `qm
+  stop`, `pct stop`, `qm create`, `pct create`, snapshot operations,
+  storage changes, etc.) — including scratch/test resources — without
+  that explicit go-ahead. Use `pve-test.sweet.home` for anything
+  exploratory instead; it exists precisely so `pve1` never has to be the
+  answer to "where do I test this."
+- **This is a Claude-specific policy, not something the scripts enforce.**
+  `scripts/env.sh`/`create-proxmox-resource.sh` default to `pve1` exactly
+  as they did before `pve-test` existed, with no extra flag or prompt
+  required — that's deliberate, so the operator's own existing workflows
+  don't change. Claude, however, must never rely on that default: every
+  Proxmox action Claude takes on its own initiative — not explicitly
+  pointed at `pve1` by the operator this session — targets `pve-test`
+  instead (e.g. `--node "$PVE_TEST_HOST"`, or `PROXMOX_HOST=$PVE_TEST_HOST`).
+  Claude's own default is `pve-test`, full stop, regardless of what the
+  tooling's own unqualified default happens to be.
+
+#### `pve-test.sweet.home` (sandbox — Claude's default target)
+
+A separate Proxmox node set aside for testing. The *tooling's* default is
+still production (`PROXMOX_HOST` → `PVE1_HOST`, see above) — but
+**Claude's own default is this node**: absent an explicit, same-session
+instruction to use `pve1`, every Proxmox action Claude initiates targets
+`pve-test`. Once targeted, it's safe to create, interrogate, and destroy
+resources on without asking first.
+
+- **Test VMs/containers are allowed, but must be torn down.** Create a
+  scratch VM or container here (e.g. via
+  `scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh` or raw `qm`/`pct create`)
+  to validate something. Anything created this way must be destroyed
+  again in the same session, before ending the task — never leave a test
+  resource running. Use a VMID/name that's obviously scratch (and doesn't
+  collide with a real flake target) so it's unambiguous what's safe to
+  remove.
+- **Node-level config is still not yours to change.** Creating/destroying
+  your own scratch guests is fine; Proxmox host config, storage pools, and
+  networking on `pve-test` itself are still the operator's call to make
+  manually, same as on `pve1`.

 ## Commands

@@ -37,11 +107,22 @@ machines when deployed.
 # One-time environment bootstrap (installs Nix if missing, prints hosts)
 bash scripts/codex-setup.sh

-# Full validation: secret grep, nixpkgs-fmt --check, statix lint, eval all hosts
+# Changed-files-only validation: secret grep (whole repo), nixpkgs-fmt --check
+# and statix on changed *.nix files, eval of the hosts/packages those changes
+# can affect. This is what CI runs on every push/PR.
 bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh

-# Same, plus a dry-run build (no result symlink) of every host's toplevel
-bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh dry-run
+# Full sweep: nixpkgs-fmt --check/statix over the whole tree, eval every host
+# and package. Slow (minutes) -- CI never runs this; use it locally before a
+# release or after touching modules/common/*, flake.nix, or variables.nix for
+# extra confidence beyond the automatic full-fallback those paths already
+# trigger in the default mode (see below).
+bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --full-check
+
+# Either mode, plus a dry-run build (no result symlink) of every host/package
+# in whichever scope is active
+bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --dry-run
+bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --full-check --dry-run

 # List the hosts the flake currently exposes
 nix eval --json .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames | jq -r '.[]'
@@ -58,36 +139,133 @@ maintenance script pulls them via `nix run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#<too
 There is no test suite — "correctness" here means the flake evaluates and
 `nixpkgs-fmt`/`statix` are clean.

-**In an interactive agent session**, prefer targeted checks over full-repo
-sweeps: after editing one or two hosts/modules, evaluate just the
-`nixosConfigurations.<host>` you touched (plus any `config.system.build.tarball`
-/`diskoImagesScript`/package output affected) rather than looping over every
-host — `codex-maintenance.sh` evaluates every `nixosConfigurations` host plus
-every package/tarball/image variant and is slow to run after each small
-change. Reserve a full
-`codex-maintenance.sh` run for changes that plausibly affect every host
-(`modules/common/*`, `flake.nix`, `variables.nix`) or as a final check before
-committing. This is a session-workflow preference only — it does not apply to
-CI, which should keep running the full script on every push/PR regardless of
-diff size; that's the point of it.
+With no flags, `codex-maintenance.sh` diffs against a base ref (env
+`MAINT_BASE_SHA`, else the PR base SHA in CI, else `HEAD^` locally) and scopes
+fmt-check/statix to the changed `*.nix` files and eval to the hosts/packages
+those changes can affect — a `hosts/<name>/host.nix` edit only evals that
+host's targets, a `modules/platforms/<platform>.nix` edit only evals that
+platform's hosts, and so on. A change to `flake.nix`, `flake.lock`,
+`variables.nix`, `modules/common/*`, or any other `modules/*.nix` file outside
+`platforms/`/`build-types/` (whose blast radius isn't safely inferable from
+the path alone) falls back to evaluating every host and package, same as
+`--full-check` would, just without the whole-tree fmt/statix sweep. This
+exists because the whole-tree sweep is what was timing out CI; **CI always
+runs the plain, no-flag form and never passes `--full-check`.**
+
+The default mode's diff is against the working tree (uncommitted and staged
+edits included, not just committed ones), so it's already the right tool for
+an interactive session too: after editing one or two hosts/modules, plain
+`bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh` naturally scopes to just what you
+touched. Reserve `--full-check` for changes that plausibly affect every host
+(`modules/common/*`, `flake.nix`, `variables.nix` — though the default mode
+already falls back to evaluating everything for those paths, `--full-check`
+additionally re-checks fmt/statix over the whole tree) or as a final check
+before committing.

 ## Scripts

-Beyond `codex-setup.sh`/`codex-maintenance.sh` above, `scripts/` also has:
+Beyond `codex-setup.sh`/`codex-maintenance.sh` above, `scripts/` is
+organized by purpose: `scripts/secrets/` (sops/age + SSH host-key
+management), `scripts/proxmox/` (Proxmox deployment), `scripts/installer/`
+(the auto-installer's own shell script, templated into the image — see
+below), `scripts/lib/` (shared helpers, sourced by the scripts below — not
+run directly), and a handful of repo-wide scripts left at the top level
+(`env.sh`, `bump-nixpkgs-release.sh`, plus `codex-setup.sh`/
+`codex-maintenance.sh` above). When adding a new script, put it in the
+matching subfolder rather than the top level, and if it duplicates logic
+another script already has, lift the shared part into `scripts/lib/`
+instead of copying it.

- `scripts/sync-host-keys.sh` — generates/registers SSH host keys and their
-  `.sops.yaml`/`secrets/*.yaml` recipients for flake targets, idempotently
-  (`--all`, `<target>`, `--remove`, `--regenerate-all-keys`, all with
-  `--dry-run`). The primary tool for provisioning a new host's secrets
-  access — see "Creating a new machine" in `docs/auto-installer.md`.
- `scripts/prepare-host-key.sh` — narrower predecessor: generates a key by
-  an arbitrary name without touching `.sops.yaml`. Still useful to
+### `scripts/installer/`
+
+- `scripts/installer/auto-install.sh` — the interactive install script
+  baked into the auto-installer image (see `docs/auto-installer.md`), kept
+  as a real, version-controlled shell file rather than inline in
+  `modules/installer/common.nix`'s Nix. It sources `scripts/env.sh` itself
+  for `LAN_DOMAIN` (`export LAN_DOMAIN`/`: "${LAN_DOMAIN:=...}"`, matching
+  `variables.nix`'s `lanDomain` — manually kept in sync, same pattern as
+  `NIX_CACHE_HOST` mirroring `nixCacheHost`), rather than Nix-level string
+  substitution — that's what makes it work identically whether run
+  straight from a git checkout or from inside the built installer image.
+  `common.nix` bakes `scripts/env.sh` in alongside it at a matching
+  relative path (`/etc/nixos-installer/env.sh` next to
+  `/etc/nixos-installer/installer/auto-install.sh`) so the script's own
+  `source "$(dirname ...)/../env.sh"` line resolves the same way in both
+  contexts — this is also why it's invoked from
+  `/etc/nixos-installer/installer/auto-install.sh` rather than a flat
+  `/etc/auto-install.sh`. `#!/usr/bin/env bash`, not
+  `#!/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash`: the latter only resolves on an
+  already-activated NixOS system, breaking the checked-out-file case
+  entirely (confirmed live: "cannot execute: required file not found" on
+  a non-NixOS box); `/usr/bin/env` is reliably present on both NixOS
+  (`environment.usrbinenv`'s own default) and any normal Linux distro.
+
+### `scripts/secrets/`
+
+- `scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh` — generates/registers SSH host keys
+  and their `.sops.yaml`/`secrets/*.yaml` recipients for flake targets,
+  idempotently (`--all`, `<target>`, `--remove`, `--regenerate-all-keys`,
+  all with `--dry-run`). Stores keys as clan vars
+  (`vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/`, committed and sops-encrypted) for
+  all flake targets. The primary tool for provisioning a new host's
+  secrets access — see "Creating a new machine" in
+  `docs/auto-installer.md`.
+- `scripts/secrets/prepare-host-key.sh` — narrower predecessor: generates a
+  key by an arbitrary name without touching `.sops.yaml`. Still useful to
  pre-generate a key before its flake target exists yet, since
  `sync-host-keys.sh` can only act on targets `nixosConfigurations` already
  has.
- `scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh` — builds a `lxc-*`/`proxmox-*`
-  target's tarball/disk image and creates it on a real Proxmox node
-  (`pct create` against the tarball as a CT template / `qm create`+
+- `scripts/secrets/rotate-admin-key.sh <backup-admin-key> [--new-key-file
+  <path>] [--dry-run]` — rotates `.sops.yaml`'s `&admin` age key: decrypts
+  with a backed-up copy of the key currently trusted as `&admin` (verified
+  by deriving its public key and comparing, not taken on faith), replaces
+  the `&admin` line with a new key already present in the environment
+  (defaults to wherever sops/age itself would look), and runs
+  `sops updatekeys` on every `secrets/*.yaml`. One-way: the old key can no
+  longer decrypt anything re-encrypted this way. This is the automation
+  for the manual steps `sync-host-keys.sh`/`create-proxmox-resource.sh`
+  print when they bootstrap a brand-new, not-yet-trusted key on a machine
+  with no prior admin access.
+- `scripts/secrets/backup-admin-key.sh <dest-path> [--key-file <path>]
+  [--force] [--dry-run]` — copies the local sops age key (source
+  resolution matches sops/age itself: `$SOPS_AGE_KEY` inline, then
+  `--key-file`, then `$SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE`, then the XDG default) to an
+  arbitrary destination path with `0600` permissions, validating it's a
+  real age identity and round-tripping the public key before and after the
+  write. Refuses to overwrite an existing `<dest-path>` without `--force`.
+  Purely a local filesystem copy — never touches `.sops.yaml`/
+  `secrets/*.yaml` or the repo at all. The resulting file is exactly what
+  `rotate-admin-key.sh` expects as its backup-key argument.
+- `scripts/secrets/sync-nix-cache-host-key.sh [--check] [--dry-run]
+  [--host <name>]` — detects drift between the ed25519 SSH host key
+  nix-cache is actually serving right now (via `ssh-keyscan`) and
+  `vars.nixCacheHostKey` (`variables.nix`), the value
+  `modules/nix-cache/remote-builder-client.nix` bakes into every real
+  client's declarative `programs.ssh.knownHosts` and
+  `configure-nix-cache-client.sh` hardcodes as its own default for
+  non-NixOS clients. That value has no automatic source of truth — it's
+  set once from whatever nix-cache's host key happened to be at the time,
+  and silently goes stale if the host is ever rebuilt/recreated with a new
+  key, breaking every client's distributed-build SSH trust with no error
+  that points back here. `--check` (used by `codex-maintenance.sh`, which
+  treats an unreachable nix-cache — e.g. from a non-LAN CI runner — as a
+  silent skip rather than a failure) only reports drift; the no-flags form
+  updates both files in place. Declarative clients still need a rebuild to
+  pick up the fix.
+- `scripts/secrets/push-host-keys.sh [--all | <target>] [--dry-run]
+  [--skip-git-check]` — pushes newly-generated SSH host keys from
+  `host-keys/` to already-running NixOS hosts, so they can decrypt sops
+  secrets after a rebuild following `sync-host-keys.sh
+  --regenerate-all-keys`. Verifies that `.sops.yaml` and `secrets/*.yaml`
+  are committed and pushed to the remote first (hosts rebuild from the
+  remote Gitea flake, so recipient changes must land there before any key
+  push).
+
+### `scripts/proxmox/`
+
+- `scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh` — builds a `lxc-*`/
+  `proxmox-*` target's tarball/disk image and creates it on a real Proxmox
+  node (`pct create` against the tarball as a CT template / `qm create`+
  `importdisk`), or reconfigures an existing resource's cores/memory/disk
  size (`--modify`, always requires typing the VMID back to confirm).
  Checks for an already-uploaded image on the node before building
@@ -99,15 +277,22 @@ Beyond `codex-setup.sh`/`codex-maintenance.sh` above, `scripts/` also has:
  unless `--allow-duplicate-host` is passed. `--dry-run` throughout both
  modes. The first time it has to bootstrap build tooling on a node (i.e.
  `nix` wasn't already on its `PATH`), it also runs
-  `scripts/configure-nix-cache-client.sh` there (non-fatally — a failure
-  just falls back to building from source / `cache.nixos.org`) so the
-  node substitutes from and can offload builds to nix-cache on every
+  `scripts/proxmox/configure-nix-cache-client.sh` there (non-fatally — a
+  failure just falls back to building from source / `cache.nixos.org`) so
+  the node substitutes from and can offload builds to nix-cache on every
  subsequent run, not just this one.
- `scripts/env.sh` — shared config (`PROXMOX_HOST`, storage pool, bridge,
-  default cores/memory) sourced by `create-proxmox-resource.sh`. Add new
-  cross-script config here instead of duplicating it per-script.
- `scripts/configure-nix-cache-client.sh [--dry-run] [--no-remote-builder]
-  [--no-restart]` — the non-NixOS equivalent of
+- `scripts/proxmox/clone-pve1-to-pve-test.sh <vmid> [--new-vmid <id>]
+  [--mode snapshot|suspend|stop] [--dry-run]` — ad-hoc clone of a single
+  VM or CT from pve1 (production) to pve-test (sandbox) via vzdump +
+  qmrestore/pct restore. Streams the archive directly between nodes (no
+  local staging copy). Always restores with `--unique 1` (fresh MAC
+  addresses) since the original is still running on the LAN. Cleans up
+  the vzdump archive from both nodes after a successful restore. The
+  script's own default is pve1 → pve-test, matching CLAUDE.md's policy
+  (unlike `create-proxmox-resource.sh`, which defaults to production for
+  the operator's own unqualified use).
+- `scripts/proxmox/configure-nix-cache-client.sh [--dry-run]
+  [--no-remote-builder] [--no-restart]` — the non-NixOS equivalent of
  `modules/nix-cache/client.nix`/`remote-builder-client.nix`, for a plain
  Debian machine with the Nix package manager (not NixOS) already
  installed: run as root *on that machine* to add nix-cache as a
@@ -120,32 +305,104 @@ Beyond `codex-setup.sh`/`codex-maintenance.sh` above, `scripts/` also has:
  `/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts`. Idempotent (re-running replaces its own
  marked block rather than duplicating it); restarts `nix-daemon` by
  default so the change takes effect immediately.
+
+### `scripts/ha/`
+
+HA cluster lifecycle and operational scripts. All mutate real cluster state
+when run for real — always run against pve-test first unless the operator
+explicitly targets pve1.
+
+- `scripts/ha/deploy.sh [--skip-*] [--destroy] [--dry-run]` — full
+  lifecycle manager: phases through bridge creation, key sync, VM creation
+  (via `create-proxmox-resource.sh`), NIC/disk attachment, and cluster
+  initialisation. `--destroy` tears it back down. Safe to rerun
+  idempotently; each phase can be individually skipped.
+- `scripts/ha/cluster-init.sh` — one-time cluster bootstrap run **as root
+  on ha-server-1** after both VMs are booted. Generates/distributes the
+  Corosync authkey, initialises DRBD metadata, creates XFS on `/dev/drbd0`,
+  configures LIO iSCSI, and registers all Pacemaker resources (DRBD → XFS
+  → iSCSI → NFS → VIPs).
+- `scripts/ha/health.sh` — read-only cluster health snapshot: SSH
+  reachability, quorum, DRBD state, Pacemaker resources, and VIP port
+  reachability. Safe to run from the workstation at any time.
+- `scripts/ha/failover.sh [--to node1|node2] [--force] [--timeout <s>]
+  [--dry-run]` — graceful failover by putting the active node into
+  Pacemaker standby and waiting for resources to appear on the target.
+- `scripts/ha/acceptance-tests.sh` — T1–T7 acceptance tests (failover,
+  NFS/iSCSI connectivity, DRBD sync, etc.) that must all pass before the
+  cluster is considered production-ready.
+- `scripts/ha/resize-data-disk.sh --size +NNg [--force] [--dry-run]` —
+  online data-disk resize: `qm resize` on both VMs, guest block-device
+  rescan, `drbdadm resize`, `xfs_growfs`. No downtime required.
+- `scripts/ha/cluster-enable-stonith.sh` — enables the `fence_pve_ssh`
+  STONITH resource after the fence SSH key is deployed to both nodes and
+  authorised on the Proxmox host. Run once after `cluster-init.sh`.
+- `scripts/ha/fence-pve-ssh.py` — Python STONITH fence agent for Pacemaker.
+  Deploy to `/etc/pacemaker/fence_pve_ssh` on both HA nodes (`chmod +x`).
+  SSHes to the Proxmox host and runs `qm stop/start <vmid>`.
+
+### `scripts/ipa/`
+
+- `scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh [options] <hostname>` —
+  adds a NixOS host to the FreeIPA domain and produces a sops-encrypted
+  keytab at `secrets/<hostname>.keytab`, ready for `modules/ipa/client.nix`.
+  Replaces three error-prone manual steps: `ipa host-add`, `ipa-getkeytab`
+  (run on the DC, SCP'd back), and `sops encrypt` in the correct location
+  (must be at `secrets/<hostname>.keytab` for the creation rule to match).
+
+### `scripts/lib/`
+
+Sourced by the scripts above, never run directly:
+
+- `nix-bootstrap.sh` — `NIX_CONFIG`/`ensure_nix_profile`, shared by
+  `codex-setup.sh`/`codex-maintenance.sh` and the remote build commands
+  `create-proxmox-resource.sh` runs over SSH.
+- `nix-eval.sh` — `NIX_EVAL_FLAGS` plus `list_flake_targets`/
+  `flake_target_hostname` flake-introspection helpers.
+- `nix-parallel.sh` — `run_nix_parallel`: fans out independent `nix eval`/
+  `nix build --dry-run` calls across up to `NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS` processes,
+  capped by available memory (~1 GB/job) rather than raw `nproc` to avoid
+  OOM on constrained CI runners. Used by `codex-maintenance.sh`.
+- `clan-vars.sh` — helpers for reading/writing SSH host keys stored as clan
+  vars (`vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/`, sops-encrypted) instead of
+  the gitignored `host-keys/` directory. Sourced by
+  `create-proxmox-resource.sh` and `sync-host-keys.sh`; depends on
+  `sops-age.sh` and `ssh-host-keys.sh` being sourced first.
+- `ssh-host-keys.sh` — `generate_host_ed25519_key`/`ssh_pubkey_to_age`,
+  shared by `sync-host-keys.sh` and `prepare-host-key.sh`.
+- `sops-age.sh` — `age_pubkey_from_identity_file`/`sops_yaml_admin_pubkey`/
+  `sops_updatekeys` plus the shared sops/age default key-file resolution,
+  shared by `backup-admin-key.sh`, `rotate-admin-key.sh`, and
+  `sync-host-keys.sh`.
+- `confirm.sh` — `confirm_typed`, the "type X back to confirm" destructive-
+  action prompt shared by `create-proxmox-resource.sh` and
+  `sync-host-keys.sh`.
+- `sync-host-keys-edit-sops.py` — the `.sops.yaml` anchor/key_groups editor
+  `sync-host-keys.sh` shells out to (see that script for why: precise,
+  idempotent YAML edits are impractical in bash).
+
+### Top level
+
+- `scripts/env.sh` — shared config (`PROXMOX_HOST`, storage pool, bridge,
+  default cores/memory, `NIX_CACHE_HOST`, `LAN_DOMAIN`) sourced by
+  `create-proxmox-resource.sh` and `scripts/installer/auto-install.sh`. Add
+  new cross-script config here instead of duplicating it per-script.
+- `scripts/recover-hosts.sh [<hostname> ...]` — fixes sops/SSH-key/GitHub-token
+  issues on deployed NixOS hosts and triggers a `Switch-nix` rebuild on each.
+  With no args discovers every known hostname; with args checks only those.
+  Fixes applied automatically (prompts before rebuilding): SSH host key drift
+  (restores the registered key) and stale GitHub access tokens (empties the
+  rendered `nix-github-token.conf` so Nix falls back to unauthenticated requests
+  until sops-nix re-renders the correct token after the next successful rebuild).
+- `scripts/gc-hosts.sh [--dry-run]` — runs `nix-collect-garbage -d` on all live
+  NixOS hosts (workstation first, then pve1, then all Proxmox guests). Excludes
+  `nix-cache` (gc-ing the shared binary cache evicts store paths other hosts
+  depend on). Uses passwordless sudo where available; falls back to user-level gc.
 - `scripts/bump-nixpkgs-release.sh` — bumps `flake.nix`'s `nixpkgs.url`/
  `home-manager.url` in place. Exists because flake input URLs can't
  reference `variables.nix` (confirmed empirically — `nix flake metadata`
  errors on it), so this is the closest equivalent to a single source of
  truth for the tracked release.
- `scripts/rotate-admin-key.sh <backup-admin-key> [--new-key-file <path>]
-  [--dry-run]` — rotates `.sops.yaml`'s `&admin` age key: decrypts with a
-  backed-up copy of the key currently trusted as `&admin` (verified by
-  deriving its public key and comparing, not taken on faith), replaces the
-  `&admin` line with a new key already present in the environment
-  (defaults to wherever sops/age itself would look), and runs
-  `sops updatekeys` on every `secrets/*.yaml`. One-way: the old key can no
-  longer decrypt anything re-encrypted this way. This is the automation
-  for the manual steps `sync-host-keys.sh`/`create-proxmox-resource.sh`
-  print when they bootstrap a brand-new, not-yet-trusted key on a machine
-  with no prior admin access.
- `scripts/backup-admin-key.sh <dest-path> [--key-file <path>] [--force]
-  [--dry-run]` — copies the local sops age key (source resolution matches
-  sops/age itself: `$SOPS_AGE_KEY` inline, then `--key-file`, then
-  `$SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE`, then the XDG default) to an arbitrary destination
-  path with `0600` permissions, validating it's a real age identity and
-  round-tripping the public key before and after the write. Refuses to
-  overwrite an existing `<dest-path>` without `--force`. Purely a local
-  filesystem copy — never touches `.sops.yaml`/`secrets/*.yaml` or the
-  repo at all. The resulting file is exactly what `rotate-admin-key.sh`
-  expects as its backup-key argument.

 `sync-host-keys.sh`, `create-proxmox-resource.sh`, and
 `rotate-admin-key.sh` genuinely mutate real state when run for real (not
@@ -178,11 +435,15 @@ nixosSystem {
 }
 ```

-Platforms: `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`. Build types: `minimal`, `nix-cache`,
-`server`, `docker`, `gui`, `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-exit-node`, `tor-relay`. Not
-every combination is built — e.g. `pxe-boot` has no `linode` variant
-(PXE/DHCP/TFTP need LAN L2 adjacency a Linode VPS doesn't have), and
-`tor-relay` currently only exists as `lxc-tor-relay`. Treat `flake.nix`'s
+Platforms: `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`, `baremetal`. Build types: `minimal`,
+`nix-cache`, `docker`, `gui`, `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-router`, `tor-relay`,
+`ha-server`. Not every combination is built — e.g. `pxe-boot` has no `linode`
+variant (PXE/DHCP/TFTP need LAN L2 adjacency a Linode VPS doesn't have),
+`tor-relay` only exists as `lxc-tor-relay`, `ha-server` only exists as
+`proxmox-ha-server-{1,2}`, and `baremetal` only exists as `baremetal-gui`
+(the real gui-host hardware — see `hosts/nixos/host.nix` and
+`modules/platforms/baremetal.nix`). Treat
+`flake.nix`'s
 `generatedTargets` as the source
 of truth for which hosts exist — `README.md`, `AGENTS.md`,
 `docs/flake-lock-automation.md`, and the CI eval workflows
@@ -195,22 +456,25 @@ removing a host.

 - `hosts/<name>/host.nix` — per-machine identity **only**: hostname, hostId,
  per-machine secrets, `system.stateVersion`. These files carry no `imports`
-  of their own beyond narrow parameterized helpers (see
-  `modules/beszel/host-token.nix` below) — all shared behavior comes from the
-  platform/build-type modules composed in `flake.nix`, not from the host file.
- `modules/platforms/{linode,proxmox,lxc}.nix` — platform-specific config:
-  boot method, guest tooling, and (for linode/proxmox) the hypervisor-specific
-  hardware config, imported directly by the platform module itself
-  (`../hardware-configuration/vm/{proxmox,linode}.nix`) — **not** wired in
-  from `flake.nix`. `lxc.nix` has no hardware-configuration counterpart since
-  containers share the host kernel; instead it imports nixpkgs' own
+  of their own — all shared behavior comes from the platform/build-type modules
+  composed in `flake.nix`, not from the host file.
+- `modules/platforms/{linode,proxmox,lxc,baremetal}.nix` — platform-specific
+  config: boot method, guest tooling, and the hardware config, imported
+  directly by the platform module itself — **not** wired in from
+  `flake.nix`. VM platforms use `../hardware-configuration/vm/{proxmox,linode}.nix`;
+  `baremetal.nix` uses `../hardware-configuration/baremetal.nix` (adapted
+  from a real `nixos-generate-config` run on the actual hardware, not a
+  vm/ file, since it isn't a VM) plus `hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware
+  = true` for real wifi/GPU/microcode firmware that VMs never needed.
+  `lxc.nix` has no hardware-configuration counterpart since containers
+  share the host kernel; instead it imports nixpkgs' own
  `virtualisation/proxmox-lxc.nix`, which gives every `lxc-*` host a
  `config.system.build.tarball` output — a plain rootfs tarball, used as a
  `pct create ... vztmpl` CT template (**not** `pct restore`, which expects
  `vzdump` backup-archive metadata this doesn't have), no install step —
  see `docs/auto-installer.md`.
 - `modules/build-types/*.nix` — what a system is for:
-  minimal/server/docker/gui/pxe-boot/nix-cache/tailscale-exit-node/tor-relay.
+  minimal/docker/gui/pxe-boot/nix-cache/tailscale-router/tor-relay/ha-server.
 - `modules/common/configuration.nix` — base NixOS config imported by every
  host: locale, users, nix settings, git.
 - `modules/common/home.nix` / `hosts/nixos/home.nix` — Home Manager config for
@@ -227,6 +491,16 @@ removing a host.
  boots, so this declares them with `destroy = false` (disko never wipes
  them) and a bare `filesystem`/`swap` content type instead of a partition
  table — idempotent against an already-provisioned disk, never destructive.
+- `modules/disko/baremetal.nix` — `baremetal-gui`'s disko config: a ZFS
+  RAID0 (striped, no redundancy — disko's zpool `mode` defaults to `""`,
+  which is a plain stripe rather than `"mirror"`/`"raidz"`) root pool
+  across two disks, ESP + systemd-boot on the first. Device paths
+  (`vars.guiRootDisk1`/`guiRootDisk2`) are placeholders — fill in stable
+  `/dev/disk/by-id/...` paths before running disko for real.
+  `modules/platforms/baremetal.nix` also imports
+  `modules/services/zfs/enable-service.nix` for this (the `zfs_unstable`
+  package, autoScrub/autoSnapshot/trim) — the only other importer today is
+  `ha-server`'s NFS data pool, an unrelated non-root ZFS use.
 - `modules/boot/efi.nix` — systemd-boot + EFI vars, paired with the disko module.
 - `modules/installer/` — the auto-installer environment (ISO, also served as
  PXE netboot): `common.nix` (shared config + the generated
@@ -240,14 +514,21 @@ removing a host.
  substituter + SSH remote-builder wiring; see `docs/nix-cache.md` for the
  full design (per-host local stores, no shared `/nix/store`, and how the
  `nixremote` signing/SSH keys fit together).
- `modules/beszel/host-token.nix` — parameterized helper module
-  (`{ name, sopsFile }`) that wires a host's beszel-agent sops secret/template
-  and `environmentFile`; used by `hosts/server/host.nix` and
-  `hosts/nix-cache/host.nix` to avoid duplicating that boilerplate.
+- `modules/ha/` — HA cluster NixOS modules: `cluster-config.nix` (DRBD,
+  Corosync, Pacemaker, firewall rules, cluster-wide NFS/iSCSI port
+  authorisation — shared by both ha-server nodes), `pacemaker-stack.nix`
+  (Pacemaker + Corosync service enablement), and supporting modules. See
+  `docs/ha.md` for the cluster operational guide.
+- `modules/ipa/client.nix` — FreeIPA client enrollment: sssd, Kerberos keytab,
+  and IPA host registration; imported by every real host via
+  `modules/common/configuration.nix`.
+- `modules/beszel/enable-agent.nix` — enables beszel-agent, sets `HUB_URL`,
+  fixes the upstream `StateDirectory` bug, and wires the universal
+  `beszel-token` sops secret (from `secrets/common.yaml`) into the agent's
+  `environmentFile`; see `docs/beszel.md` for the full setup guide.
 - `modules/tailscale/`, `modules/docker/`, `modules/networking/`,
  `modules/traefik/`, `modules/tor/`, `modules/services/*` — single-purpose,
-  single-host
-  feature modules (e.g. `docker/enable-service.nix`,
+  single-host feature modules (e.g. `docker/enable-service.nix`,
  `services/zfs/enable-service.nix`). Grep `modules/build-types/*.nix` for
  each build type's `imports` list to see which modules apply where.

@@ -271,3 +552,5 @@ duplicating config.
 - `docs/flake-lock-automation.md` — how `flake.lock` updates flow through CI
  (scheduled `nix flake update` PR + host-eval-on-PR workflow) and why hosts
  should track the committed lock file rather than `nixos-rebuild --upgrade-all`.
+- `docs/ha.md` — HA file-server cluster: DRBD + XFS + LIO iSCSI + NFS managed
+  by Corosync + Pacemaker; network topology; lifecycle scripts in `scripts/ha/`.
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ workstation.
 Targets are named `<platform>-<buildtype>`, generated from two orthogonal
 pieces composed in `flake.nix`:

- **Platforms** (what it runs on): `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`
- **Build types** (what it's for): `minimal`, `nix-cache`, `server`, `docker`,
-  `gui`, `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-exit-node`, `tor-relay`
+- **Platforms** (what it runs on): `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`, `baremetal`
+- **Build types** (what it's for): `minimal`, `nix-cache`, `docker`, `gui`,
+  `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-router`, `tor-relay`, `ha-server`

 Not every combination exists — `pxe-boot` has no `linode` variant, since
-PXE/DHCP/TFTP need LAN L2 adjacency that a Linode VPS doesn't have, and
-`tor-relay` currently only exists as `lxc-tor-relay`. The full list:
+PXE/DHCP/TFTP need LAN L2 adjacency that a Linode VPS doesn't have,
+`tor-relay` and `ha-server` currently only exist on `lxc`/`proxmox`, and
+`baremetal` currently only exists as `baremetal-gui` (the real gui-host
+hardware). The full list:

 | Target | Purpose |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -22,25 +24,30 @@ PXE/DHCP/TFTP need LAN L2 adjacency that a Linode VPS doesn't have, and
 | `proxmox-minimal` | Minimal NixOS host profile on Proxmox — previously the flat `nix-minimal` target |
 | `lxc-minimal` | Minimal NixOS host profile in a Proxmox LXC container |
 | `linode-nix-cache` / `proxmox-nix-cache` / `lxc-nix-cache` | Local Nix binary cache and remote builder — previously the flat `nix-cache` target |
-| `linode-server` / `proxmox-server` / `lxc-server` | Storage, NFS, backup, and monitoring exporter host — previously the flat `server` target |
 | `linode-docker` / `proxmox-docker` / `lxc-docker` | Docker host for the main container stack — previously the flat `docker` target |
 | `linode-gui` / `proxmox-gui` / `lxc-gui` | Cinnamon desktop workstation — previously the flat `nixos` target |
+| `baremetal-gui` | Same Cinnamon desktop workstation, on the real gui-host hardware — ZFS RAID0 root, systemd-boot |
 | `proxmox-pxe-boot` / `lxc-pxe-boot` | HTTP/iPXE boot asset host — previously the flat `pxe-boot` target |
-| `linode-tailscale-exit-node` / `proxmox-tailscale-exit-node` / `lxc-tailscale-exit-node` | Tailscale exit node |
+| `linode-tailscale-router` / `proxmox-tailscale-router` / `lxc-tailscale-router` | Tailscale subnet router + MagicDNS forwarder for the LAN |
 | `lxc-tor-relay` | Tor middle relay |
+| `proxmox-ha-server-1` / `proxmox-ha-server-2` | HA file-server cluster nodes — DRBD + XFS + iSCSI + NFS, managed by Corosync + Pacemaker |

 Which variant of a given buildtype is actually deployed isn't tracked
 anywhere in this repo — that's live infrastructure state, not something a
 committed file can keep accurate, and it changes independently of the code.
 Check the Proxmox node itself, or `/etc/flake-target` on a running host (see
 below), if you need to know what's really out there right now.
-`scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh`'s duplicate-host guard works the same
+`scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh`'s duplicate-host guard works the same
 way: it checks the Proxmox node directly rather than any file here.
+Real, production deployments live on `pve1.sweet.home`; there's a second
+node, `pve-test.sweet.home`, set aside purely for scratch/test resources —
+see `scripts/env.sh` (`PVE1_HOST` / `PVE_TEST_HOST`, and the
+`--node`/`PROXMOX_HOST` targeting they feed into) and CLAUDE.md's Proxmox
+section for which is which.

 Each buildtype's `hosts/<name>/host.nix` carries the per-machine identity
 (hostname, hostId, per-machine secrets, `system.stateVersion`) that must stay
-fixed regardless of which platform it's built for — see
-`flake-target-refactor-spec.md` for the full rationale. Every deployed host
+fixed regardless of which platform it's built for. Every deployed host
 stamps its own active target name into `/etc/flake-target` at build time, so
 `nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#$(cat /etc/flake-target)` always picks up the
 right one even after a platform migration changes the flake attribute name.
@@ -59,12 +66,13 @@ nix eval --json .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames | jq -r '.[]'
 | `variables.nix` | Single source of truth for shared values (LAN domain/CIDR, hostnames, timezone, primary username, storage root, NFS share subpaths/mountpoints, service ports, ...) — passed to every module and Home Manager config as the `vars` argument via `specialArgs`/`extraSpecialArgs` |
 | `hosts/<name>/host.nix` | Per-machine identity: hostname, hostId, per-machine secrets, `system.stateVersion` |
 | `hosts/nixos/home.nix` | Workstation-specific Home Manager config (used by the `gui` build type) |
-| `modules/platforms/` | Platform-specific config: virtualisation guest tools, boot method, hardware config (`linode.nix`, `proxmox.nix`, `lxc.nix`) |
+| `modules/platforms/` | Platform-specific config: virtualisation guest tools, boot method, hardware config (`linode.nix`, `proxmox.nix`, `lxc.nix`, `baremetal.nix`) |
 | `modules/build-types/` | Build-type-specific config: what makes a system minimal/server/docker/gui/pxe-boot/nix-cache |
 | `modules/common/` | Shared NixOS config, Home Manager, aliases imported by every host |
 | `modules/nix-cache/` | Binary cache and remote builder client/server modules |
 | `modules/installer/` | Auto-installer environment (ISO, also served as PXE netboot) — see `docs/auto-installer.md` |
-| `host-keys/` | Gitignored, locally-generated SSH host keys for the auto-installer — see `docs/auto-installer.md` |
+| `host-keys/` | Gitignored; only used by the auto-installer environment for pre-seeding SSH host keys before first boot — see `docs/auto-installer.md`. All deployed hosts use clan vars (`vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/`) instead |
+| `vars/per-machine/` | Clan vars: committed, sops-encrypted SSH host keys for all deployed hosts; read by `create-proxmox-resource.sh` at deploy time |
 | `docs/` | Operational notes for cache, builders, lock updates, boot services, the auto-installer, and Proxmox image builds |
 | `scripts/` | Codex setup, validation, host-key, release-bump, and Proxmox resource helpers |

@@ -74,10 +82,19 @@ Safe validation commands for Codex and local review:

 ```bash
 bash scripts/codex-setup.sh
-bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh dry-run
 bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh
 ```

+`codex-maintenance.sh` with no flags (what CI runs on every push/PR) scopes
+fmt-check/statix/eval to files changed against a base ref — fast, but only
+as thorough as the diff. For the full sweep (every host, every package,
+fmt-check and statix over the whole tree — slow, CI never runs this):
+
+```bash
+bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --full-check
+bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --full-check --dry-run
+```
+
 For individual host evaluation:

 ```bash
@@ -114,7 +131,7 @@ Three different paths depending on target, none of them involving a manual
  disk image and attached to a new VM with no install step — see
  `docs/proxmox-images.md`.

-`scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc|vm --host <name>` automates
+`scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc|vm --host <name>` automates
 either of the last two end to end (host-key registration, building the
 image directly on the Proxmox node itself, `pct create`/`qm create`), with
 `--dry-run` and a guard against duplicating an already-deployed host's
@@ -145,9 +162,10 @@ sops-nix-everywhere: it has a hardcoded login password instead (no stable
 per-boot host key for sops-nix to derive from on ephemeral media) — see
 "Host keys" in `docs/auto-installer.md` for why, and how the private keys it
 *does* pre-seed for target hosts stay out of git via the gitignored
-`host-keys/` directory.
+`host-keys/` directory. All deployed hosts use clan vars
+(`vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/`, committed and sops-encrypted) for
+their SSH host keys.

-This repository's git *history* still contains secrets committed before this
-migration (see `remove-sensetive-info-refactor.md`) — those are being
-scrubbed and rotated separately; don't treat the repo as safe to make public
-until that's finished.
+This repository's git *history* still contains secrets committed before the
+sops-nix migration — those are being scrubbed and rotated separately; don't
+treat the repo as safe to make public until that's finished.
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ lives here.
 The installer provides a small NixOS install environment (ISO, or the same
 image netbooted via PXE) with SSH access, Git support, and an interactive
 installation script.
-Logging in as any user (root or `nixos`) runs `/etc/auto-install.sh`,
-discovers available hosts from this same flake, lets the operator choose a
-target, applies that host's Disko storage configuration, installs NixOS, and
-reboots.
+Logging in as any user (root or `nixos`) runs
+`/etc/nixos-installer/installer/auto-install.sh` (the same file as
+`scripts/installer/auto-install.sh` in this repo — see "Installer process"
+below for why it's baked in at that path rather than a flat
+`/etc/auto-install.sh`), discovers available hosts from this same flake,
+lets the operator choose a target, applies that host's Disko storage
+configuration, installs NixOS, and reboots.

 **This applies to every `nixosConfigurations` target except `lxc-*` hosts —
 see "LXC hosts" immediately below for why those are different.**
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ see "LXC hosts" immediately below for why those are different.**
 ## LXC hosts

 `lxc-*` targets (`lxc-minimal`, `lxc-nix-cache`, `lxc-server`, `lxc-docker`,
-`lxc-gui`, `lxc-pxe-boot`, `lxc-tailscale-exit-node`, `lxc-tor-relay`) are **not** installed via `auto-install.sh` — the
+`lxc-gui`, `lxc-pxe-boot`, `lxc-tailscale-router`, `lxc-tor-relay`) are **not** installed via `auto-install.sh` — the
 interactive menu deliberately excludes them. Don't try to select one there;
 `nixos-install` would bind-mount `/` onto `/mnt` (LXC containers have no raw
 disk to partition) and then refuse to touch the filesystem it's currently
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ booting one:

 First boot runs `boot.postBootCommands` (registers the Nix store DB and
 system profile) — there's no separate activation step to run yourself.
-`scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc --host <name>` automates all
+`scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc --host <name>` automates all
 of this (host-key handling, building the tarball directly on the Proxmox
 node itself, `pct create` with the flags above) — see its `--help`.

@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ groups required, got 0`, and *every* secret (including this host's own
 login) permanently fails to decrypt, silently — no error in the boot log
 at all, since the activation step that would install secrets only runs on
 a from-scratch first activation and skips silently once `/run/current-system`
-already exists. `scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh` always builds with
+already exists. `scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh` always builds with
 `NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR` set for this reason.

 ## Layout
@@ -116,10 +119,10 @@ already exists. `scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh` always builds with
  `docs/pxe-boot.md`).
 - `modules/installer/host-keys.nix` — optionally bakes pre-generated SSH
  host keys into the image; see "Host keys" below.
- `scripts/sync-host-keys.sh` — admin-workstation tool that generates,
+- `scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh` — admin-workstation tool that generates,
  registers, and (via `--remove`/`--regenerate-all-keys`) retires host
  keys; see "Creating a New Machine" below.
- `scripts/prepare-host-key.sh` — narrower predecessor: generates a single
+- `scripts/secrets/prepare-host-key.sh` — narrower predecessor: generates a single
  key by an arbitrary name without touching `.sops.yaml`. Still useful for
  pre-generating a key *before* its flake target exists (`sync-host-keys.sh`
  can only act on targets `nixosConfigurations` already has); otherwise
@@ -130,13 +133,15 @@ Flake outputs:
 ```nix
 nixosConfigurations.installer   # ISO/netboot installer image

-packages.x86_64-linux.iso   # installer ISO/netboot image
-packages.x86_64-linux.pxe   # netboot-ipxe + netboot-initrd + netboot-kernel, bundled
+packages.x86_64-linux.iso       # installer ISO/netboot image
+packages.x86_64-linux.pxe       # auto-installer netboot bundle (kernel + initrd + ipxe script)
+packages.x86_64-linux.pxe-minimal  # vanilla NixOS minimal netboot bundle (no installer wiring)
 ```

 ```sh
 nix build .#iso
 nix build .#pxe
+nix build .#pxe-minimal
 ```

 There's no `nixosConfigurations.proxmox-lxc` (installer-boots-as-an-LXC-
@@ -150,7 +155,11 @@ use case.

 The `pxe` variant is also built automatically as part of the `pxe-boot` host
 itself (`modules/pxe-boot/stage-installer-artifacts.nix`) and served over
-iPXE — see `docs/pxe-boot.md`.
+iPXE as the menu's "NixOS Auto-Installer" entry — see `docs/pxe-boot.md`.
+That same host also builds and serves `packages.x86_64-linux.pxe-minimal`,
+a vanilla NixOS minimal netboot image with none of this auto-installer's
+wiring, as a separate "NixOS Minimal" menu entry — also documented in
+`docs/pxe-boot.md`, not covered further here since it's not this installer.

 ## Host keys

@@ -188,6 +197,10 @@ default.
 `auto-install.sh` still supports the older manual path as a fallback: if a
 host's key isn't baked in (`/etc/host-keys`), it checks `/root/host-keys`
 next, where you can `scp` a key in after boot, same as before this migration.
+If neither has it and the script is running interactively (an actual
+operator at the other end of stdin, not an unattended run), it prompts for
+an arbitrary directory to check (a mounted USB stick, another filesystem,
+etc.) and copies the key pair into `/root/host-keys` from there if found.

 ## Storage

@@ -213,7 +226,21 @@ entirely (see "LXC hosts" above), so it never reaches this code path.

 ## Installer process

-`/etc/auto-install.sh`:
+`scripts/installer/auto-install.sh` is a real, version-controlled shell
+script — not an inline Nix string. It sources `scripts/env.sh` for
+`LAN_DOMAIN` itself (same as every other script in `scripts/`), so it
+behaves identically whether it's run straight from a git checkout (e.g.
+manually, from a stock NixOS ISO that isn't this repo's own installer
+image) or from inside the built installer image. That's also why it's
+baked in at `/etc/nixos-installer/installer/auto-install.sh` rather than a
+flat `/etc/auto-install.sh` — `modules/installer/common.nix` bakes
+`scripts/env.sh` in alongside it at `/etc/nixos-installer/env.sh`,
+preserving the same relative layout (`installer/auto-install.sh` ->
+`../env.sh`) the checked-out repo has, so the script's own
+`source ".../env.sh"` line resolves correctly in both places without any
+Nix-level templating.
+
+Once running, it:

 1. Queries `nixosConfigurations` from this flake over the network (`git+https://<lanDomain>/beatzaplenty/nixos.git`) — this happens at *install* time, not build time, so a generic installer image always sees whatever hosts are currently committed, without needing a rebuild.
 2. Presents them as a menu; confirms the choice.
@@ -238,7 +265,7 @@ GitHub token behind sops-nix for all of them).
 2. **On your admin workstation, generate and register its host key:**

   ```sh
-   ./scripts/sync-host-keys.sh <flake-target>
+   ./scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <flake-target>
   ```

   This generates `host-keys/<flake-target>_ssh_host_ed25519_key(.pub)`,
@@ -250,7 +277,7 @@ GitHub token behind sops-nix for all of them).

   Doing this for every host that needs one at once — after adding several
   new targets, or just to catch up any that were missed — is
-   `./scripts/sync-host-keys.sh --all`. See `scripts/sync-host-keys.sh --help`
+   `./scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh --all`. See `scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh --help`
   for its other modes (`--remove`, `--regenerate-all-keys`).

 3. **Commit and push.** The flake build the installer uses has to see the
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Beszel agent
+
+[Beszel](https://github.com/henrygd/beszel) is the monitoring dashboard used
+in this LAN. The hub runs as a Docker container on `docker.sweet.home` (port
+`vars.ports.beszelHub`, 8090). Each monitored NixOS host runs a
+`beszel-agent` that connects back to the hub.
+
+---
+
+## How it works
+
+Everything is handled by a single module:
+
+**`modules/beszel/enable-agent.nix`** — imported by a build type. It:
+- Enables `beszel-agent`
+- Sets `HUB_URL` to `docker.sweet.home:8090`
+- Sets `KEY` from `vars.beszelHubKey` (`variables.nix`) — the hub's SSH
+  public key, shared by every agent. Update `beszelHubKey` if the docker
+  host is ever rebuilt and the hub generates a new keypair.
+- Reads the universal `beszel-token` from `secrets/common.yaml` via sops
+  and passes it to the agent as `TOKEN` in an env file
+- Fixes an upstream bug where the agent couldn't persist its hub-pairing
+  fingerprint across restarts (adds a real `StateDirectory`)
+
+A host file needs no beszel configuration at all — just import the module
+in the build type and add the system in the hub UI.
+
+---
+
+## Adding beszel to a new build type
+
+Add `../beszel/enable-agent.nix` to the `imports` list in
+`modules/build-types/<type>.nix`:
+
+```nix
+imports = [
+  ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
+  # ... other imports
+];
+```
+
+That's the only change required. The host file needs nothing.
+
+---
+
+## Adding a new system to the hub
+
+1. Rebuild and deploy the host with its build type importing `enable-agent.nix`.
+2. Open the beszel hub (`http://docker.sweet.home:8090`).
+3. Go to **Systems → Add system**, enter the host's IP and the default port
+   (45876). The agent will connect and the system will appear as active.
+
+---
+
+## One-time setup: add the token to `secrets/common.yaml`
+
+The universal token is stored once in the common secrets file, shared by all
+agents. Only needed once, not per-host:
+
+```sh
+sops secrets/common.yaml
+```
+
+Add:
+```yaml
+beszel-token: <token from the beszel hub Settings → Keys>
+```
+
+`secrets/common.yaml` is already a sops recipient for every host via their
+SSH host keys, so no additional sops recipient setup is needed.
+
+---
+
+## Optional: monitoring extra filesystems
+
+To report disk usage for a mount beyond the root filesystem, add
+`EXTRA_FILESYSTEMS` in the host file:
+
+```nix
+services.beszel.agent.environment = {
+  EXTRA_FILESYSTEMS = "/mnt/data";   # colon-separated for multiple paths
+};
+```
+
+---
+
+## Optional: monitoring Docker containers
+
+`enable-agent.nix` has a commented-out line for Docker monitoring:
+
+```nix
+#DOCKER_HOST = "tcp://docker-socket-proxy:2375";
+```
+
+Uncomment it if the host runs docker-socket-proxy and you want per-container
+stats. Hosts without Docker should leave it commented out.
+
+---
+
+## If the hub key changes
+
+If the docker host is ever rebuilt and beszel generates a new SSH keypair,
+update `beszelHubKey` in `variables.nix` and rebuild all beszel-enabled hosts.
+The new key is visible in the beszel hub under **Settings → Keys**.
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ and to verify that declared NixOS hosts still evaluate after dependency updates.
 - A scheduled workflow runs `nix flake update` once per week.
 - On GitHub, any resulting `flake.lock` change is proposed through a pull request.
 - On Gitea, the workflow can commit and push `flake.lock` directly when PR automation is not configured.
- A separate CI workflow evaluates every configured host before merge, listed
-  dynamically via `nix eval --json .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames`
-  rather than hand-enumerated, so it can't drift as `<platform>-<buildtype>`
+- A separate CI workflow runs `scripts/codex-maintenance.sh` before merge.
+  Its default mode scopes eval to the hosts/packages a change can affect,
+  determined from a git diff against the PR base — but a `flake.lock` change
+  is treated as repo-wide and always falls back to evaluating every host, so
+  a lock-file update PR still gets full coverage. Hosts are still listed
+  dynamically via
+  `nix eval --json .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames` rather
+  than hand-enumerated, so that fallback can't drift as `<platform>-<buildtype>`
  targets are added or removed. See `README.md` for the current target list.

 ## Why hosts should stop using `--upgrade-all`
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# HA File-Server Cluster
+
+Two `proxmox-ha-server-{1,2}` VMs form an active/passive file-server cluster:
+DRBD replicates a block device between nodes; Corosync + Pacemaker manage
+failover; XFS, LIO iSCSI, and NFS are brought up as a collocated resource
+group on whichever node holds the DRBD Primary role.
+
+NixOS modules: `modules/ha/`. Lifecycle scripts: `scripts/ha/`.
+Cluster-wide constants: `variables.nix` (`haServer*` vars).
+
+---
+
+## Network layout
+
+Three subnets — all internal to pve1 (`vmbr0`/`vmbr1`/`vmbr2`):
+
+| Subnet | VLAN | CIDR | Bridge | Purpose |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| LAN | 2 | `192.168.2.0/24` | `vmbr0` | Management, LAN NFS |
+| Cluster | 10 | `192.168.10.224/29` | `vmbr1` | Corosync ring0 + DRBD replication |
+| Storage-client | 20 | `192.168.20.0/24` | `vmbr2` | NFS + iSCSI for docker/swarm |
+
+Each HA VM has three NICs: `ens18` (LAN/vmbr0), `ens19` (cluster/vmbr1),
+`ens20` (storage-client/vmbr2). See `docs/ip-addressing.md` for all IPs.
+
+Corosync ring0 uses the cluster NIC; ring1 (backup heartbeat) uses the LAN
+NIC. DRBD replicates over the cluster NIC. No storage traffic crosses the LAN.
+
+---
+
+## Pacemaker resources
+
+All resources run collocated on whichever node is Primary, in this order:
+
+```
+ms-drbd0 (promotable DRBD clone)
+  → xfs-data   (XFS mount on /dev/drbd0 → /srv/ha-data)
+  → iscsi-target (targetctl)
+  → nfs-server  (nfs-server.service)
+  → vip-lan     (192.168.2.229/24 on vmbr0 — NFS for LAN clients)
+  → vip-storage (192.168.20.229/24 on vmbr2 — NFS + iSCSI for VLAN 20)
+```
+
+`vip-lan` serves pxe-boot and other LAN-only NFS clients.
+`vip-storage` serves docker and any future swarm nodes; iSCSI is available on
+VLAN 20 but NFS is preferred for multi-host volume sharing.
+
+---
+
+## DRBD fencing
+
+`fencing resource-only` with `crm-fence-peer.sh`/`crm-unfence-peer.sh`
+wrappers (`modules/ha/cluster-config.nix`). The DRBD kernel module invokes
+these via the User Mode Helper with a minimal PATH; the wrappers prepend
+`/run/current-system/sw/bin` before exec-ing the real handlers so Pacemaker
+tools (`cibadmin`, `crm_mon`, etc.) are found.
+
+STONITH is initially disabled (`stonith-enabled: false`,
+`no-quorum-policy: ignore`). Enable it once the `fence_pve_ssh` fence agent
+(`scripts/ha/fence-pve-ssh.py`) is deployed and authorised:
+
+```bash
+scripts/ha/cluster-enable-stonith.sh   # run as root on ha-server-1
+```
+
+---
+
+## Deploying the cluster from scratch
+
+Use `scripts/ha/deploy.sh` — it orchestrates all phases:
+
+```bash
+# Against pve-test (safe — Claude's default target):
+scripts/ha/deploy.sh --node "$PVE_TEST_HOST" [--dry-run]
+
+# Against pve1 (production — requires explicit operator go-ahead):
+scripts/ha/deploy.sh --node "$PVE1_HOST"
+```
+
+Phases (each skippable with `--skip-<phase>`):
+1. `ensure-bridge` — creates `vmbr1`/`vmbr2` on the Proxmox node if absent
+2. `sync-keys` — generates SSH host keys for both nodes; registers sops recipients
+3. `create-vms` — builds disk images, creates VMs via `create-proxmox-resource.sh`
+4. `add-hardware` — attaches storage NIC and DRBD data disk to each VM
+5. `init-cluster` — runs `scripts/ha/cluster-init.sh` on ha-server-1
+
+`--destroy` runs the teardown sequence.
+
+---
+
+## Day-to-day operations
+
+```bash
+# Read-only health check (safe from workstation):
+scripts/ha/health.sh
+
+# Graceful failover (prompts for confirmation):
+scripts/ha/failover.sh [--to node1|node2]
+
+# Online data-disk growth (no downtime):
+scripts/ha/resize-data-disk.sh --size +20G
+
+# Acceptance tests (run after any significant change):
+scripts/ha/acceptance-tests.sh
+```
+
+---
+
+## Adding FreeIPA host accounts
+
+IPA host registration is automated:
+
+```bash
+scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh <hostname>
+```
+
+This runs `ipa host-add`, fetches a keytab from the domain controller, and
+writes a sops-encrypted `secrets/<hostname>.keytab` in one step. The module
+`modules/ipa/client.nix` (imported by every host via
+`modules/common/configuration.nix`) consumes the keytab via sops-nix.
+
+---
+
+## Storage layout
+
+```
+/srv/ha-data/
+  docker/
+    config/          NFS → docker:/mnt/docker/config
+    databases/       NFS → docker:/mnt/docker/databases
+    volumes/         NFS → docker:/mnt/docker/volumes
+    nextcloud-data/  NFS → docker:/mnt/docker/nextcloud-data
+  proxmox/
+    iso/             NFS → pve1 ISO storage
+    lxc/             NFS → pve1 CT template storage
+  pxe-boot/
+    images/          NFS → pxe-boot:/srv/pxe/http/images (PXE assets)
+  raspi/
+    volumes/         NFS → raspi NFS mounts
+  iscsi-lun.img      iSCSI fileio backstore (VLAN 20 only, not in active use)
+```
+
+All shares are defined in `variables.nix` (`vars.nfsShares.*`). The NFS
+export list lives in `modules/ha/nfs-exports.nix`.
+
+---
+
+## Key variables
+
+| Variable | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `vars.haServer1Ip` / `vars.haServer2Ip` | LAN management IPs |
+| `vars.haServer1StorageIp` / `vars.haServer2StorageIp` | Cluster NIC IPs (DRBD/Corosync ring0) |
+| `vars.haServerLanVip` | Pacemaker `vip-lan` — NFS for LAN (192.168.2.229) |
+| `vars.haServerVip` | Pacemaker `vip-storage` — NFS + iSCSI for VLAN 20 (192.168.20.229) |
+| `vars.haLanNfsFqdn` | FQDN of `vip-lan`: `ha-vip-lan.sweet.home` |
+| `vars.haStorageRoot` | XFS mount point: `/srv/ha-data` |
+| `vars.haServerDrbdDisk` | Block device for DRBD backing store |
+| `vars.haStorageCidr` | Cluster subnet CIDR (`192.168.10.224/29`) |
+| `vars.haClientCidr` | Storage-client subnet CIDR (`192.168.20.0/24`) |
@@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
+# Docker Swarm Cutover Plan
+
+Migration guide for moving containerised services from the existing single-host
+Docker LXC container (CT 105, `docker.sweet.home`, 192.168.2.225) to the new
+Docker Swarm cluster (`ha-docker-1` / `ha-docker-2`, 192.168.2.230–231).
+
+CT 105 stays running throughout.  Services migrate one stack at a time.
+Roll back any stack by restarting it on CT 105 if anything goes wrong.
+
+---
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Swarm cluster deployed and healthy (`scripts/docker-swarm/deploy.sh`).
+- Both nodes show `Ready / Active / Manager` in `docker node ls`.
+- NFS mounts healthy on both swarm nodes (`/mnt/docker/config`, `/mnt/docker/databases`, `/mnt/docker/volumes`).
+- Access to FreeIPA DNS admin to update A records during cutover.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Traefik — switch to Docker log rotation
+
+**Current state (CT 105):** Traefik writes access logs to the NFS volume at
+`/mnt/docker/volumes/traefik-data/logs/`.  `modules/traefik/rotate-logs.nix`
+rotates those files via `logrotate`.
+
+**Swarm approach:** Remove file-based access logging from Traefik's static
+config and rely on Docker's json-file log driver with built-in rotation.
+Traefik container logs (including access events) then live under
+`/var/lib/docker/containers/<id>/` on the node running Traefik.
+
+### Steps
+
+**1a.** In the Traefik stack definition, add logging config to the service:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  traefik:
+    logging:
+      driver: "json-file"
+      options:
+        max-size: "100m"
+        max-file: "20"
+```
+
+**1b.** In `traefik.yml` (Traefik's static config), remove the `accessLog`
+file path if present.  To keep structured access logs, use Traefik's
+`accessLog.format: json` with no `filePath` — logs then go to stdout and are
+captured by the json-file driver above.
+
+**1c.** Deploy Traefik to the swarm:
+
+```bash
+# On either swarm manager:
+docker stack deploy -c /mnt/docker/config/traefik/docker-compose.yml traefik
+```
+
+Traefik should be deployed as a **global mode** service so it runs on all
+swarm nodes and handles ingress on whichever node a request arrives at:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  traefik:
+    deploy:
+      mode: global
+      placement:
+        constraints:
+          - node.role == manager
+```
+
+**1d.** After confirming Traefik works on the swarm, remove
+`traefik/rotate-logs.nix` from the `docker` build type in
+`modules/build-types/docker.nix` and rebuild CT 105.
+
+**DNS:** Update `docker.sweet.home` and any service FQDNs that point at
+192.168.2.225 to a swarm VIP or round-robin A records once Traefik is running
+on the swarm.  See section 8 (DNS cutover).
+
+---
+
+## 2. Nextcloud — migrate cron job to sidecar container
+
+**Current state (CT 105):** `modules/docker/nextcloud-cron-job.nix` runs a
+systemd timer every 5 minutes that calls:
+```bash
+docker exec nextcloud-webapp php ./cron.php
+```
+
+**Swarm problem:** `docker exec` only works against the local daemon.  If
+Nextcloud is scheduled on the other swarm node, the exec fails silently and
+cron never runs.
+
+**Swarm approach:** Add a `nextcloud-cron` sidecar container to the Nextcloud
+stack definition, pinned to the same node as the main Nextcloud container via
+placement constraints.
+
+### Steps
+
+**2a.** Choose which swarm node will host Nextcloud (e.g. `ha-docker-1`).
+Label that node:
+
+```bash
+# On either swarm manager:
+docker node update --label-add nextcloud=true ha-docker-1
+```
+
+**2b.** In the Nextcloud stack compose file, add the sidecar and pin both
+services to the labelled node:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  nextcloud-webapp:
+    image: nextcloud:production   # pin same version as CT 105
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+      placement:
+        constraints:
+          - node.labels.nextcloud == true
+    # ... existing volumes, env, networks ...
+
+  nextcloud-cron:
+    image: nextcloud:production   # same image, different entrypoint
+    entrypoint: /cron.sh
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+      placement:
+        constraints:
+          - node.labels.nextcloud == true   # must co-locate with webapp
+    volumes:
+      # Same data volume as nextcloud-webapp so cron sees the same files.
+      - nextcloud-data:/var/www/html
+    # No ports exposed — cron only runs PHP inside the container.
+```
+
+`/cron.sh` is Nextcloud's built-in cron entrypoint.  It runs
+`php -f /var/www/html/cron.php` in a loop, sleeping for 5 minutes between
+runs — identical to the current systemd timer.
+
+**2c.** Migrate Nextcloud's data volume to the swarm:
+
+```
+/mnt/docker/volumes/nextcloud-data/  →  already on NFS, no migration needed
+/mnt/docker/databases/nextcloud/     →  already on NFS, no migration needed
+```
+
+The NFS paths are identical on the swarm nodes (`mount-data.nix` mounts the
+same shares from the same VIP).  Stop Nextcloud on CT 105, deploy on the
+swarm, confirm it starts cleanly.
+
+**2d.** Remove `nextcloud-cron-job.nix` from `modules/build-types/docker.nix`
+and rebuild CT 105 after confirming Nextcloud works on the swarm.
+
+---
+
+## 3. docker-health-to-gotify — update for swarm awareness
+
+**Current state (CT 105):** The script at
+`/home/nixos/docker/monitoring/gotify/docker-health-to-gotify.sh` runs every
+minute, calls `docker ps --filter health=unhealthy`, and notifies Gotify.
+
+**Swarm behaviour:** The same script runs on both swarm nodes independently,
+each monitoring its own local Docker daemon.  This gives per-node coverage
+across the swarm.
+
+**Changes needed in the script** (edit the copy on the NFS volume — it takes
+effect on both nodes simultaneously on the next timer fire):
+
+### 3a. Strip the Swarm task suffix from service names
+
+In swarm mode, `docker ps --format '{{.Names}}'` returns names like
+`nextcloud-webapp.1.abc123xyz`.  The notification should show `nextcloud-webapp`,
+not the full task name.
+
+```bash
+# Before:
+CONTAINER_NAME=$(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' ...)
+
+# After:
+CONTAINER_NAME=$(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' ... | cut -d. -f1)
+```
+
+### 3b. Include the reporting node in the Gotify message
+
+Add `$(hostname)` to the notification payload so you know which swarm node
+detected the problem:
+
+```bash
+MESSAGE="[$(hostname)] ${CONTAINER_NAME} is unhealthy"
+```
+
+### 3c. Extend to catch swarm service replica failures
+
+`docker ps` only shows what's running locally.  If a service has zero healthy
+replicas (task crash-looping) it may not show up on either node's `docker ps`
+at the same moment.  Add a swarm-level check:
+
+```bash
+# Run only on managers (both ha-docker nodes are managers):
+if docker info --format '{{.Swarm.ControlAvailable}}' 2>/dev/null | grep -q true; then
+  # Find services where running replicas < desired replicas
+  docker service ls --format '{{.Name}}\t{{.Replicas}}' | \
+    awk -F'\t' '$2 !~ /^[0-9]+\/[0-9]+$/ || split($2,a,"/") && a[1] < a[2] { print $1, $2 }' | \
+    while read -r svc_name replicas; do
+      # Send Gotify notification for degraded service
+      curl -s -X POST "${GOTIFY_URL}/message" \
+        -H "X-Gotify-Key: ${GOTIFY_TOKEN}" \
+        -d "title=Swarm service degraded" \
+        -d "message=[$(hostname)] ${svc_name}: ${replicas} replicas"
+    done
+fi
+```
+
+This catches the case where a service's desired replicas are not running
+(e.g. OOM kill, image pull failure) — a failure mode that doesn't produce a
+Docker health event on any node.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Passbolt migration
+
+Passbolt has strict data integrity requirements.  Migrate with care:
+
+1. **Backup first** — `docker exec passbolt-webapp php /usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt export_keys` and a database dump.
+2. Database is on NFS (`/mnt/docker/databases/passbolt/`) — no data copy needed.
+3. Pin Passbolt to a specific node: `docker node update --label-add passbolt=true ha-docker-1`
+4. Add placement constraint `node.labels.passbolt == true` to the Passbolt stack.
+5. Stop on CT 105, deploy on swarm, verify login works.
+6. Test email delivery and 2FA.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Gitea migration
+
+Gitea's data directory is on NFS (`/mnt/docker/volumes/gitea-data/`).
+
+1. Stop Gitea on CT 105: `docker stop gitea`
+2. Deploy to swarm with placement constraint (pin to `ha-docker-1` initially).
+3. Verify web UI and SSH clone/push work.
+4. Update DNS: `gitea.lan.ddnsgeek.com` → swarm Traefik endpoint.
+5. Update the flake remote URL in `variables.nix` (`giteaDomain`) if the address changes.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Other services
+
+Deploy remaining services (Grafana, InfluxDB, NodeRed, Prometheus, etc.)
+as swarm stacks.  Most have no special migration concern — they use NFS
+volumes already on the shared storage.
+
+Services with stateful databases (PostgreSQL, MariaDB) should follow the
+pattern: stop on CT 105, confirm NFS database directory is intact, deploy on
+swarm, verify.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Monitoring — Beszel
+
+The Beszel hub runs on CT 105 (`docker.sweet.home:8090`).  Both swarm nodes
+run `beszel-agent` (from `modules/beszel/enable-agent.nix`), pointing at the
+existing hub URL.
+
+No migration needed for Beszel itself during the container migration.  Once
+all services are on the swarm, you may wish to move the Beszel hub too (as a
+swarm service with a placement constraint) but this is optional.
+
+---
+
+## 8. DNS cutover
+
+When a service is confirmed working on the swarm, update the FreeIPA DNS
+A record from the CT 105 IP (192.168.2.225) to a swarm node IP or, when a
+shared Traefik frontend is in place, to a round-robin record across both nodes.
+
+**Recommended approach — Traefik as the single entry point:**
+
+```
+service.lan.ddnsgeek.com  →  Traefik on swarm (global mode)
+docker.sweet.home         →  keep as 192.168.2.225 (CT 105) until fully decommissioned
+```
+
+For LAN-only services using `*.sweet.home` names, update FreeIPA directly:
+
+```bash
+# On domain-controller (or via SSH):
+ipa dnsrecord-mod sweet.home nextcloud --a-rec=192.168.2.230
+# Add 192.168.2.231 as a second A record for round-robin (optional):
+ipa dnsrecord-add sweet.home nextcloud --a-rec=192.168.2.231
+```
+
+Services behind Traefik don't need their own DNS updates — only Traefik's
+own entry point IPs need to change.
+
+---
+
+## 9. NixOS cleanup — CT 105
+
+Once all services are migrated:
+
+**Remove from `modules/build-types/docker.nix`:**
+- `../docker/nextcloud-cron-job.nix` — replaced by sidecar container
+- `../traefik/rotate-logs.nix` — replaced by Docker log driver
+
+**Keep in `modules/build-types/docker.nix` until CT 105 is decommissioned:**
+- `../docker/docker-health-to-gotify.nix` — still monitors CT 105's own daemon
+- Everything else
+
+**When decommissioning CT 105:**
+1. Confirm all NFS volumes are in use only by swarm services (not CT 105).
+2. Stop CT 105: `pct stop 105` on pve1.
+3. Archive/remove the `lxc-docker` and `proxmox-docker` targets from `flake.nix`.
+4. Remove `hosts/docker/`, `modules/build-types/docker.nix`, and `modules/docker/`.
+5. Update `variables.nix` to remove `dockerIp`, `dockerStorageIp`, `dockerHost`
+   (or reassign `dockerHost` to point at a swarm node for Beszel hub resolution).
+
+---
+
+## Rollback
+
+Any stack can be rolled back to CT 105 independently:
+
+```bash
+# On CT 105:
+docker start <service-name>
+# Update DNS A record back to 192.168.2.225
+ipa dnsrecord-mod sweet.home <service> --a-rec=192.168.2.225
+```
+
+CT 105 remains running throughout the cutover.  Only decommission it after
+every service is confirmed stable on the swarm and you have run one full
+backup cycle from the new hosts.
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+# IP Addressing Scheme
+
+## Subnets
+
+| Subnet | VLAN | CIDR | Purpose | Routed? |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| LAN | 2 (native/untagged) | `192.168.2.0/24` | General LAN — clients and infrastructure | Yes (gateway .254) |
+| Cluster | 10 | `192.168.10.224/29` | HA file server DRBD replication + Corosync heartbeat | No — internal `vmbr1` only, no uplink |
+| Storage client | 20 | `192.168.20.0/24` | HA file server NFS (and iSCSI if needed) — docker and swarm nodes mount from VIP here | No — internal `vmbr2` only, no uplink |
+| Swarm cluster | 30 | `192.168.30.0/24` | Docker Swarm gossip (TCP/UDP 7946) + VXLAN overlay (UDP 4789) | No — internal `vmbr3` only, no uplink |
+
+When expanded to a second Proxmox node, VLAN 10 (cluster), VLAN 20 (storage-client), and VLAN 30 (swarm) all share
+the same inter-node trunk NIC via 802.1q VLAN tagging — different VLAN IDs, same physical cable.
+
+The cluster and storage-client subnets never leave pve1. `vmbr1` and `vmbr2` are Proxmox Linux
+bridges with no physical port attached; traffic between guests on each bridge stays in-kernel.
+
+VLAN IDs match the third octet of each subnet (VLAN 2 → 192.168.**2**.x, VLAN 10 → 192.168.**10**.x,
+VLAN 20 → 192.168.**20**.x). The host octet is consistent across all subnets — e.g. ha-node1
+is always `.228`: `192.168.2.228` (LAN), `192.168.10.228` (cluster), `192.168.20.228` (storage client).
+
+**Protocol separation** (enforced by firewall on HA nodes):
+- NFS (ports 111, 2049, 20048): both subnets, each restricted to its own CIDR
+  - VLAN 2 only → `vip-lan` (192.168.2.229) — pxe-boot and other LAN clients
+  - VLAN 20 only → `vip-storage` (192.168.20.229) — docker, future swarm nodes
+- iSCSI (port 3260): VLAN 20 only — available but not in active use; NFS is preferred
+  for multi-host access (shared volumes across a Docker Swarm require a shared filesystem,
+  not per-host block devices)
+
+---
+
+## DNS Zones
+
+FreeIPA (domain-controller.sweet.home) is authoritative for all zones.
+
+Four zones correspond to the four subnets. All zones are internal only; no external delegation.
+
+### sweet.home — VLAN 2 (192.168.2.x)
+
+General LAN zone. All infrastructure hostnames live here.
+
+| Hostname | A record | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `domain-controller.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.253` | FreeIPA / KDC / DNS |
+| `ha-vip-lan.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.229` | Pacemaker `vip-lan` — NFS for LAN clients |
+| `ha-server-1.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.228` | HA node 1 management NIC |
+| `ha-server-2.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.227` | HA node 2 management NIC |
+| `server.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.226` | Current ZFS/NFS server (retiring) |
+| `docker.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.225` | Docker/Traefik host |
+| `nix-cache.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.224` | Nix binary cache + remote builder |
+| `pxe-boot.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.223` | PXE / TFTP / HTTP netboot |
+| `tailscale-router.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.222` | Tailscale exit node |
+| `tor-relay.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.221` | Tor relay |
+| `pdm.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.220` | Proxmox Deploy Manager |
+| `nixos.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.39` | Bare-metal workstation (DHCP) |
+| `pve1.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.245` | Proxmox VE hypervisor |
+| `pbs.sweet.home` | `192.168.2.244` | Proxmox Backup Server |
+
+PTR records exist for all static hosts. The workstation (`nixos.sweet.home`) is
+DHCP-assigned; its PTR is omitted.
+
+### cluster.home — VLAN 10 (192.168.10.x)
+
+Internal only — Corosync ring0 heartbeat and DRBD replication between HA nodes.
+No VIP exists on this subnet (DRBD/Corosync endpoints are static per-node IPs).
+
+| Hostname | A record | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `ha-server-1.cluster.home` | `192.168.10.228` | HA node 1 cluster NIC (ens19 / vmbr1) |
+| `ha-server-2.cluster.home` | `192.168.10.227` | HA node 2 cluster NIC (ens19 / vmbr1) |
+
+PTR records exist for both. DNS here is for debugging convenience — DRBD and
+Corosync use the IPs from the NixOS config directly, not DNS.
+
+### storage.home — VLAN 20 (192.168.20.x)
+
+Internal only — NFS (and iSCSI) client access to the HA storage VIP. NFS clients
+mount from **`nfs.storage.home`** (the Pacemaker floating VIP) so mounts survive
+failover transparently without reconfiguration.
+
+| Hostname | A record | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `nfs.storage.home` | `192.168.20.229` | Pacemaker `vip-storage` — NFS + iSCSI VIP |
+| `ha-server-1.storage.home` | `192.168.20.228` | HA node 1 storage-client NIC (ens20 / vmbr2) |
+| `ha-server-2.storage.home` | `192.168.20.227` | HA node 2 storage-client NIC (ens20 / vmbr2) |
+| `docker.storage.home` | `192.168.20.225` | Docker host storage-client NIC (eth1 / vmbr2) |
+| `server.storage.home` | `192.168.20.226` | server VM storage-client NIC (decommissioned — remove DNS record after VM is destroyed) |
+
+PTR records exist for all five. Remove `server.storage.home`, `server.sweet.home`,
+and their PTRs from FreeIPA DNS once the server VM is destroyed.
+
+---
+
+## LAN — 192.168.2.0/24
+
+### Address map
+
+| Range | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| .1–.9 | Reserved, never assign |
+| .10–.59 | Client DHCP pool (router-assigned) |
+| .60–.219 | Unallocated buffer |
+| .220–.229 | Virtual nodes (VMs / LXC containers) |
+| .230–.239 | Expansion buffer (reserved, unallocated) |
+| .240–.249 | Physical nodes (bare-metal hosts) |
+| .250–.253 | Network services |
+| .254 | Router / gateway |
+
+### Network services (.250–.253)
+
+| IP | Hostname | Role |
+|---|---|---|
+| `192.168.2.254` | router | Gateway (TP-Link) |
+| `192.168.2.253` | domain-controller | FreeIPA — authoritative DNS for `sweet.home`, Kerberos, LDAP |
+| `192.168.2.250`–`.252` | — | Reserved for future network services |
+
+### Physical nodes (.240–.249)
+
+| IP | Hostname | Role |
+|---|---|---|
+| `192.168.2.245` | pve1 | Proxmox VE hypervisor |
+| `192.168.2.244` | pbs | Proxmox Backup Server |
+| `192.168.2.243` | nixos | Bare-metal workstation (`baremetal-gui`) |
+| `192.168.2.246`–`.249` | — | Reserved — second Proxmox node and associated services |
+| `192.168.2.240`–`.242` | — | Reserved |
+
+pve1 sits mid-range deliberately so a second Proxmox node can slot in on either side.
+
+### Virtual nodes (.220–.229)
+
+All VMs and LXC containers run on pve1.
+
+| IP | Hostname | Role | Status |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `192.168.2.229` | ha-vip-lan | HA file server LAN floating VIP (Pacemaker `vip-lan`) — LAN iSCSI + NFS | Active |
+| `192.168.2.228` | ha-node1 | HA file server node 1 — management NIC | Active |
+| `192.168.2.227` | ha-node2 | HA file server node 2 — management NIC | Active |
+| `192.168.2.226` | server | Former NFS/ZFS file server — decommissioned | Removed from flake |
+| `192.168.2.225` | docker | Docker / Traefik stack (CT 105 — existing single-host) | Active |
+| `192.168.2.224` | nix-cache | Nix binary cache + remote builder | Active |
+| `192.168.2.223` | pxe-boot | PXE / TFTP / HTTP netboot server | Active |
+| `192.168.2.222` | tailscale-router | Tailscale exit node / router | Active |
+| `192.168.2.221` | tor-relay | Tor relay | Active |
+| `192.168.2.220` | pdm | Proxmox Deploy Manager | Active |
+| `192.168.2.231` | ha-docker-2 | Docker Swarm node 2 — management NIC | Active |
+| `192.168.2.230` | ha-docker-1 | Docker Swarm node 1 — management NIC | Active |
+
+### Client DHCP pool (.10–.59)
+
+Assigned by the router. DNS option points to `192.168.2.253` (domain-controller).
+
+Devices in this range: phones, laptops, IoT, Canon printer, any non-infrastructure host.
+No static reservations for infrastructure hosts — all infra uses static IP configuration
+on the guest itself (not DHCP reservations), so IPs survive VM recreation regardless of
+MAC address churn.
+
+---
+
+## Cluster network — VLAN 10 — 192.168.10.224/29
+
+Internal to pve1 only. Proxmox bridge `vmbr1`, no physical NIC attached.
+
+| IP | Hostname | Interface role |
+|---|---|---|
+| `192.168.10.228` | ha-node1 | DRBD replication + Corosync ring0 (primary heartbeat) |
+| `192.168.10.227` | ha-node2 | DRBD replication + Corosync ring0 (primary heartbeat) |
+| — | no gateway | Isolated — not routed to LAN or internet |
+
+Corosync ring1 (backup heartbeat only) uses the LAN IPs (`192.168.2.228` / `192.168.2.227`)
+over `vmbr0` — no additional bridge needed, and DRBD traffic never crosses ring1.
+
+---
+
+## Storage-client network — VLAN 20 — 192.168.20.0/24
+
+Internal to pve1 only. Proxmox bridge `vmbr2`, no physical NIC attached.
+
+| IP | Hostname | Interface / role |
+|---|---|---|
+| `192.168.20.229` | ha-vip-storage | Pacemaker floating VIP — NFS + iSCSI endpoint |
+| `192.168.20.228` | ha-node1 | Storage-client NIC (ens20 / vmbr2) |
+| `192.168.20.227` | ha-node2 | Storage-client NIC (ens20 / vmbr2) |
+| `192.168.20.226` | server | Storage-client NIC (ens19 / vmbr2) — decommissioned |
+| `192.168.20.225` | docker | Storage-client NIC (eth1 / vmbr2) — NFS client (CT 105) |
+| `192.168.20.231` | ha-docker-2 | Storage-client NIC (ens19 / vmbr2) — NFS client |
+| `192.168.20.230` | ha-docker-1 | Storage-client NIC (ens19 / vmbr2) — NFS client |
+| — | no gateway | Isolated — not routed to LAN or internet |
+
+NFS clients mount from `192.168.20.229` (surviving failover transparently via the VIP).
+Firewall on each HA node restricts NFS and iSCSI ports to `192.168.20.0/24` — LAN hosts
+cannot reach either service on this VIP. The `vip-storage` endpoint is not reachable
+from the workstation directly (internal bridge only); health checks proxy through the
+active HA node.
+
+---
+
+## Swarm cluster network — VLAN 30 — 192.168.30.0/24
+
+Internal to pve1 only. Proxmox bridge `vmbr3`, no physical NIC attached.
+Carries Docker Swarm inter-node traffic only: Raft consensus (TCP 2377),
+Serf gossip (TCP/UDP 7946), and VXLAN overlay data path (UDP 4789).
+Docker Swarm is initialised with `--advertise-addr` and `--data-path-addr`
+both pointing to this subnet so all cluster traffic stays on `vmbr3` and
+never crosses the LAN.
+
+| IP | Hostname | Interface / role |
+|---|---|---|
+| `192.168.30.231` | ha-docker-2 | Swarm cluster NIC (ens20 / vmbr3) |
+| `192.168.30.230` | ha-docker-1 | Swarm cluster NIC (ens20 / vmbr3) |
+| — | no gateway | Isolated — not routed to LAN or internet |
+
+### DNS zone: `swarm.home` — VLAN 30 (192.168.30.x)
+
+| Hostname | A record | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `ha-docker-1.swarm.home` | `192.168.30.230` | Swarm NIC — debugging only |
+| `ha-docker-2.swarm.home` | `192.168.30.231` | Swarm NIC — debugging only |
+
+Operators reach the Docker API on the LAN IPs (`192.168.2.230`/`.231`), not these addresses.
+The `swarm.home` records exist for diagnostic convenience (e.g. confirming `vmbr3` routing).
+
+### Multi-node Proxmox expansion
+
+When a second Proxmox node (pve2) is added, VLAN 10 (cluster), VLAN 20 (storage-client),
+and VLAN 30 (swarm) all extend to pve2 via 802.1q VLAN tagging on the inter-node trunk
+link. All three internal networks share the same physical NIC between hypervisors —
+VLAN tags provide the logical separation.
+
@@ -46,18 +46,26 @@ the new key up automatically on next activation — no more manual

 ## Remote builder SSH keys

-On each client, install the private key used to authenticate as `nixremote`:
+Each client authenticates as `nixremote` using its **own default root SSH
+identity** (`/root/.ssh/id_ed25519`) — not a separately-named or shared
+keypair. If a client doesn't have one yet:

 ```bash
-sudo install -d -m 0700 /root/.ssh
-sudo install -m 0600 ./nixremote /root/.ssh/nixremote
-sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/nixremote nixremote@nix-cache nix-store --version
+sudo ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N '' -f /root/.ssh/id_ed25519
 ```

-On `nix-cache`, install the matching public key used by `nixremote` authorized keys.
+Then add its `.pub` contents as a new entry in `vars.remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys`
+(`variables.nix`) and rebuild `nix-cache` to pick it up (that list is
+declarative — an imperative `ssh-copy-id nixremote@nix-cache` won't stick;
+it gets overwritten on every rebuild). Verify with:

-The committed `nixremote` authorized keys are public SSH keys only. Keep the
-matching private keys on client hosts and out of the repository.
+```bash
+sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 nixremote@nix-cache nix-store --version
+```
+
+The committed `remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys` entries are public SSH keys
+only. Keep the matching private keys on client hosts and out of the
+repository.

 nix-cache's own SSH *host* key is trusted declaratively via
 `programs.ssh.knownHosts` in `modules/nix-cache/remote-builder-client.nix`,
@@ -76,8 +84,8 @@ After deployment:
 curl http://nix-cache/nix-cache-info
 nix store ping --store http://nix-cache
 nix show-config | grep -E 'substituters|trusted-public-keys|builders-use-substitutes'
-sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/nixremote nixremote@nix-cache nix-store --version
-nix build nixpkgs#hello --builders 'ssh://nixremote@nix-cache x86_64-linux /root/.ssh/nixremote 4 2 big-parallel,kvm,nixos-test,benchmark' -L
+sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 nixremote@nix-cache nix-store --version
+nix build nixpkgs#hello --builders 'ssh://nixremote@nix-cache x86_64-linux /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 4 2 big-parallel,kvm,nixos-test,benchmark' -L
 nix path-info -r nixpkgs#hello
 curl -I "http://nix-cache/$(basename "$(nix path-info nixpkgs#hello)").narinfo"
 ```
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config (`modules/disko/proxmox.nix`) already used to format a real disk on
 install, so there's nothing host-specific to write; it's available for every
 `proxmox-*` target automatically.

-`scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type vm --host <name>` automates the
+`scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type vm --host <name>` automates the
 whole walkthrough below (and the equivalent LXC one) end to end, including
 host-key handling and building the image directly on the Proxmox node
 itself (no local build, no image transfer) — see its `--help`. The steps
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ sudo ./result \
  --build-memory 2048
 ```

-Generate the key first with `scripts/sync-host-keys.sh <hostname>`, same
+Generate the key first with `scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <hostname>`, same
 as any other host — see `docs/auto-installer.md` for the full walkthrough
 (it registers the new key in `.sops.yaml` and re-encrypts the affected
 `secrets/*.yaml` files too, no manual editing needed).
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # pxe-boot

-The `pxe-boot` host serves HTTP boot assets for iPXE clients — including a
-self-staged copy of this flake's own auto-installer netboot image, see
-`docs/auto-installer.md` for what that image actually is and does once
-booted.
+The `pxe-boot` host serves HTTP boot assets for iPXE clients — including
+self-staged copies of both this flake's own auto-installer netboot image
+(see `docs/auto-installer.md` for what that image actually is and does once
+booted) and a vanilla, unmodified NixOS minimal netboot image for plain
+rescue/inspection use.

 ## Host Role

@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ booted.
 - TFTP root for first-stage bootloaders: `/srv/pxe/tftp`
 - iPXE entry script: `/srv/pxe/http/boot.ipxe`
 - Generated iPXE menu: `/srv/pxe/http/menu.ipxe`
+- Debian Minimal iPXE script: `/srv/pxe/http/debian.ipxe`
 - SystemRescue iPXE script: `/srv/pxe/http/systemrescue.ipxe`
 - TFTP fallback script: `/srv/pxe/tftp/autoexec.ipxe`
 - Boot binaries copied from the Nix `ipxe` package:
@@ -27,43 +29,140 @@ The host creates these directories with systemd tmpfiles:
 ```text
 /srv/pxe
 /srv/pxe/http
-/srv/pxe/http/images
-/srv/pxe/http/nixos
+/srv/pxe/http/images  -> /mnt/pxe-images  (symlink to NFS share)
+/srv/pxe/http/auto-installer
+/srv/pxe/http/nixos-minimal
+/srv/pxe/http/debian
 /srv/pxe/http/systemrescue
 /srv/pxe/http/ubuntu
 /srv/pxe/http/rescue
 /srv/pxe/tftp
 ```

-Mount shared image storage under `/srv/pxe/http`, preferably
-`/srv/pxe/http/images` unless a menu entry expects files in a specific
-directory such as `/srv/pxe/http/nixos`.
+`/srv/pxe/http/images` is a symlink to `/mnt/pxe-images`, which is an NFS
+mount of `server.sweet.home:/tank/pxe-boot/images`
+(`modules/pxe-boot/mount-pxe-images.nix`). Place large images there (ISOs,
+disk images) rather than on the pxe-boot host's own root disk. For an LXC
+pxe-boot container the mount uses NFSv3+nolock with `nofail` (eager,
+non-blocking on server unavailability); for a Proxmox VM it uses NFSv4.2
+with `x-systemd.automount` (lazy, triggered on first access).
+
+When running as `lxc-pxe-boot`, the Proxmox container must have
+`features: nesting=1,mount=nfs` (at minimum) in its Proxmox config. `nesting=1`
+is required by systemd 260+ for credential isolation (user namespace creation
+and internal move-mounts); without it, AppArmor denies both, and every
+systemd service that uses `PrivateUsers`, `PrivateDevices`, or credential
+passing fails on boot. `mount=nfs` allows the NFSv3 mount. Both are set
+automatically by `scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh` (via
+`PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_FEATURES` in `scripts/env.sh` which defaults to
+`nesting=1,keyctl=1,mount=nfs;nfs4`). If you ever change these features
+manually via `pct set`, be sure to include both — `pct set` replaces the
+entire features string, it does not append to it.

 The HTTP iPXE chain is:

 ```text
 undionly.kpxe or ipxe.efi
  -> autoexec.ipxe from the TFTP root, when iPXE requests it
-  -> http://192.168.2.247/boot.ipxe
-  -> http://192.168.2.247/menu.ipxe
+  -> http://192.168.2.223/boot.ipxe
+  -> http://192.168.2.223/menu.ipxe
 ```

 The generated menu currently exposes entries for:

- NixOS installer
+- NixOS Auto-Installer
+- NixOS Minimal
+- Debian Minimal
+- FreeIPA Server (Rocky Linux 9)
 - SystemRescue environment
 - iPXE shell
 - Reboot

-The NixOS installer entry chain-loads `/srv/pxe/http/nixos/netboot.ipxe`,
-which is nixpkgs' own generated netboot iPXE script (correct `init=`/`initrd=`
-kernel parameters included) rather than a hand-rolled boot line — that script
-in turn expects its kernel/initrd siblings in the same directory. All three
-files (`bzImage`, `initrd`, `netboot.ipxe`) are built from this flake's own
-`modules/installer/iso.nix` netboot image (the same one `nix build .#pxe`
-produces) and staged automatically by
-`modules/pxe-boot/stage-installer-artifacts.nix` via `systemd.tmpfiles.rules`
-— no manual operator step required.
+Both NixOS entries chain-load a `netboot.ipxe` staged into their own
+directory (`/srv/pxe/http/auto-installer/netboot.ipxe` and
+`/srv/pxe/http/nixos-minimal/netboot.ipxe`), each nixpkgs' own generated
+netboot iPXE script (correct `init=`/`initrd=` kernel parameters included)
+rather than a hand-rolled boot line — that script in turn expects its
+kernel/initrd siblings in the same directory. Each directory's three files
+(`bzImage`, `initrd`, `netboot.ipxe`) are built from source and staged
+automatically by `modules/pxe-boot/stage-installer-artifacts.nix` via
+`systemd.tmpfiles.rules` — no manual operator step required:
+
+- `auto-installer` is this flake's own `netbootSystem` (`flake.nix`) — the
+  same auto-installer image `nix build .#pxe` produces. See
+  `docs/auto-installer.md`.
+- `nixos-minimal` is `netbootMinimalSystem` (`flake.nix`) — nixpkgs'
+  `netboot-minimal.nix` composed on its own, with none of this flake's
+  auto-installer wiring (no `common.nix`, no `auto-install.sh`, no baked
+  host keys or custom users). Same `nix build .#pxe-minimal` mechanism as
+  the auto-installer image, just a different module composition. Useful
+  as a plain rescue/inspection shell that doesn't assume anything about
+  this flake.
+
+Both images set `networking.hostName` to match their menu entry/staged
+directory name (`auto-installer` / `nixos-minimal`), so each one's
+generated system name (`nixos-system-<name>-*`) is self-describing rather
+than the nixpkgs default of `nixos-system-nixos-*` for both.
+
+The Debian Minimal entry chains `http://<pxeServerIp>/debian.ipxe`, which loads
+the Debian bookworm netboot kernel and initrd from `/srv/pxe/http/debian/`. The
+`fetch-debian-netboot.service` oneshot downloads these files from
+`deb.debian.org` on first boot (idempotent — skips if files are already
+present):
+
+```text
+/srv/pxe/http/debian/linux      (Debian bookworm netboot kernel)
+/srv/pxe/http/debian/initrd.gz  (Debian bookworm netboot initrd)
+```
+
+The service requires outbound internet access on the pxe-boot host. To
+re-download (e.g. after a Debian point release), delete the files and restart
+the service:
+
+```bash
+rm /srv/pxe/http/debian/linux /srv/pxe/http/debian/initrd.gz
+systemctl restart fetch-debian-netboot.service
+```
+
+To update to a different Debian release, change `debianRelease` in
+`modules/build-types/pxe-boot.nix` and redeploy.
+
+The **FreeIPA Server (Rocky Linux 9)** entry chains
+`http://<pxeServerIp>/rocky-freeipa.ipxe`, which boots the Rocky Linux 9
+Anaconda installer with a Kickstart file (`rocky-freeipa.ks`) hosted on the
+same server. The `fetch-rocky-pxeboot.service` oneshot downloads the pxeboot
+kernel and initrd from the Rocky Linux mirror on first boot (idempotent):
+
+```text
+/srv/pxe/http/rocky/vmlinuz     (Rocky Linux 9 Anaconda pxeboot kernel)
+/srv/pxe/http/rocky/initrd.img  (Rocky Linux 9 Anaconda pxeboot initrd)
+```
+
+The Kickstart file is generated from the NixOS module and staged at
+`/srv/pxe/http/rocky-freeipa.ks`. It performs a fully unattended install:
+
+1. Installs Rocky Linux 9 with `ipa-server` + `ipa-server-dns` packages
+2. Configures static IP `192.168.2.138`, hostname `domain-controller.sweet.home`
+3. Creates user `wayne` with the `adminSshKey` from `variables.nix`
+4. Generates random IPA passwords and writes them to `/root/ipa-credentials.txt`
+5. Creates a `freeipa-first-boot.service` oneshot that runs `ipa-server-install`
+   on first reboot (~20 minutes)
+
+After the install completes:
+- SSH in as `wayne@domain-controller` using the admin key
+- Monitor FreeIPA install progress: `sudo tail -f /root/freeipa-install.log`
+- Retrieve credentials: `sudo cat /root/ipa-credentials.txt` (save to password manager)
+- Configure Pi-hole: `server=/sweet.home/192.168.2.138` in dnsmasq
+
+To refresh the pxeboot files (e.g. after a Rocky point release):
+
+```bash
+rm /srv/pxe/http/rocky/vmlinuz /srv/pxe/http/rocky/initrd.img
+systemctl restart fetch-rocky-pxeboot.service
+```
+
+To update to a different Rocky release, change `rockyRelease` in
+`modules/build-types/pxe-boot.nix` and redeploy.

 The SystemRescue entry expects the source ISO at:

@@ -71,13 +170,16 @@ The SystemRescue entry expects the source ISO at:
 /srv/pxe/http/images/systemrescue.iso
 ```

+Since `/srv/pxe/http/images` is the NFS-backed symlink, place the ISO on the
+NFS share at `server.sweet.home:/tank/pxe-boot/images/systemrescue.iso`.
+
 The `stage-systemrescue.service` oneshot extracts that ISO into:

 ```text
 /srv/pxe/http/systemrescue
 ```

-The rescue menu entry then chains `http://192.168.2.247/systemrescue.ipxe`,
+The rescue menu entry then chains `http://192.168.2.223/systemrescue.ipxe`,
 which loads the SystemRescue kernel and initramfs from the extracted tree and
 uses `archiso_http_srv` to fetch the squashfs payload over HTTP.

@@ -94,6 +196,13 @@ After deployment by an operator, basic service checks are:
 ```bash
 curl http://pxe-boot/boot.ipxe
 curl http://pxe-boot/menu.ipxe
+curl http://pxe-boot/debian.ipxe
+curl -I http://pxe-boot/debian/linux
+curl -I http://pxe-boot/debian/initrd.gz
+curl http://pxe-boot/rocky-freeipa.ipxe
+curl http://pxe-boot/rocky-freeipa.ks
+curl -I http://pxe-boot/rocky/vmlinuz
+curl -I http://pxe-boot/rocky/initrd.img
 curl http://pxe-boot/systemrescue.ipxe
 curl -I http://pxe-boot/systemrescue/sysresccd/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz
 curl -I http://pxe-boot/systemrescue/sysresccd/boot/x86_64/sysresccd.img
@@ -1,5 +1,62 @@
 {
  "nodes": {
+    "clan-core": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "data-mesher": "data-mesher",
+        "disko": [
+          "disko"
+        ],
+        "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
+        "nix-darwin": "nix-darwin",
+        "nix-select": "nix-select",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "sops-nix": [
+          "sops-nix"
+        ],
+        "systems": "systems",
+        "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1783497933,
+        "narHash": "sha256-TxmwEews6URFPqOWEHNychtXbFDgLZjbOfEXtvtOm6U=",
+        "rev": "3dc0221ca09033599fe98055e9bbc81bdf32732a",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/clan-core/archive/3dc0221ca09033599fe98055e9bbc81bdf32732a.tar.gz"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/26.05.tar.gz"
+      }
+    },
+    "data-mesher": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-parts": [
+          "clan-core",
+          "flake-parts"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "clan-core",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "treefmt-nix": [
+          "clan-core",
+          "treefmt-nix"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1778718524,
+        "narHash": "sha256-pXLoI6Ax0EnUK6r34UM1vibVC7CfTu6j72R2692ZzPs=",
+        "rev": "12c552ad547d87254f33f33bddd1a2cdbeac754d",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/data-mesher/archive/12c552ad547d87254f33f33bddd1a2cdbeac754d.tar.gz"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/clan/data-mesher/archive/main.tar.gz"
+      }
+    },
    "disko": {
      "inputs": {
        "nixpkgs": [
@@ -51,9 +108,30 @@
        "type": "github"
      }
    },
+    "flake-parts": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs-lib": [
+          "clan-core",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1778716662,
+        "narHash": "sha256-m1Yf0wZ8j1OHjTc2UwHwyQRSnNeSgLJOd7q5Y45hzi4=",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "flake-parts",
+        "rev": "f7c1a2d347e4c52d5fb8d10cb4d94b5884e546fb",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "flake-parts",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
    "flake-utils": {
      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems"
+        "systems": "systems_2"
      },
      "locked": {
        "lastModified": 1694529238,
@@ -95,11 +173,11 @@
        ]
      },
      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1783740085,
-        "narHash": "sha256-qajyHfZY29G2oEQk+uHxmsJcRoBUBXP9maTpFlwP/dI=",
+        "lastModified": 1785119570,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Rgs2xKnGLFWQscxUaXX07oyZeuMDOHEbqDOsgliLFGM=",
        "owner": "nix-community",
        "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "3cd22efe6471dc7365c822bd9ad73a21e55f38fb",
+        "rev": "d4fd24667c8cbef124bb70a20380cab75ec8474d",
        "type": "github"
      },
      "original": {
@@ -109,6 +187,40 @@
        "type": "github"
      }
    },
+    "nix-darwin": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "clan-core",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1779036909,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zXcwYQGCT6pzinK+1dBB2ekTVtfxGZAapb3Evdcu4fY=",
+        "owner": "nix-darwin",
+        "repo": "nix-darwin",
+        "rev": "56c666e108467d87d13508936aade6d567f2a501",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-darwin",
+        "repo": "nix-darwin",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nix-select": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1763303120,
+        "narHash": "sha256-yxcNOha7Cfv2nhVpz9ZXSNKk0R7wt4AiBklJ8D24rVg=",
+        "rev": "3d1e3860bef36857a01a2ddecba7cdb0a14c35a9",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/nix-select/archive/3d1e3860bef36857a01a2ddecba7cdb0a14c35a9.tar.gz"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/clan/nix-select/archive/main.tar.gz"
+      }
+    },
    "nixos-conf-editor": {
      "inputs": {
        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
@@ -147,11 +259,11 @@
    },
    "nixpkgs_2": {
      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784011430,
-        "narHash": "sha256-lDebytrYdd47IBLwvNOD+6AGeoqZ78CIKlp70hzW280=",
+        "lastModified": 1785133411,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Yjv0WEg39KRYS0rBdTbu6Fc/or/ihAKk13W9sQ6VWd0=",
        "owner": "NixOS",
        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "8eeec934ae0dbeca3d7868c059568a65c08b2fc3",
+        "rev": "2f5a153c270b70cb0f8c11f46d96d6d3bc39f4e3",
        "type": "github"
      },
      "original": {
@@ -163,6 +275,7 @@
    },
    "root": {
      "inputs": {
+        "clan-core": "clan-core",
        "disko": "disko",
        "home-manager": "home-manager",
        "nixos-conf-editor": "nixos-conf-editor",
@@ -214,6 +327,22 @@
      }
    },
    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1774449309,
+        "narHash": "sha256-brhZ8DmuGtzkCYHJg4HEd602amKm89Y9ytsFZ5uWD1w=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "c29398b59d2048c4ab79345812849c9bd15e9150",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "ref": "future-26.11",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems_2": {
      "locked": {
        "lastModified": 1681028828,
        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
@@ -227,6 +356,27 @@
        "repo": "default",
        "type": "github"
      }
+    },
+    "treefmt-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "clan-core",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1780220602,
+        "narHash": "sha256-eynAfOmbmxJnkp7YewvCEbShNnnYJ9gLLqkzsYtBPeM=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "treefmt-nix",
+        "rev": "db947814a175b7ca6ded66e21383d938df01c227",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "treefmt-nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
    }
  },
  "root": "root",
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
      url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
+    clan-core = {
+      url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/26.05.tar.gz";
+      # Deduplicate modules: clan-core bundles its own disko and sops-nix
+      # (both imported by nixosModules.clanCore). Without follows, we'd get
+      # two different versions of each, and disko's _module.args.diskoLib
+      # unique option would conflict. With follows, clan-core uses the same
+      # store paths as us, so NixOS deduplicates the imports.
+      inputs = {
+        nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+        disko.follows = "disko";
+        sops-nix.follows = "sops-nix";
+      };
+    };
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixos-conf-editor, home-manager, sops-nix, ... } @ inputs:
@@ -32,15 +45,31 @@
      # (hostName, hostId, per-machine secrets). Every build type except
      # nix-cache itself consumes the nix-cache substituter and remote
      # builder.
-      mkTarget = { platform, buildType, hostPath, homeFile ? ./modules/common/home.nix }:
+      mkTarget = { platform, buildType, hostPath, homeFile ? ./modules/common/home.nix, nameSuffix ? "" }:
        let
-          flakeTarget = "${platform}-${buildType}";
+          flakeTarget = "${platform}-${buildType}${nameSuffix}";
        in
        nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
          inherit system;
          modules = [
            inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
            sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
+            inputs.clan-core.nixosModules.clanCore
+            {
+              # Required clan settings. directory is the flake root (where
+              # vars/ and sops/ directories live); machine.name is the flake
+              # target name (matches what clan vars generate uses as the key
+              # under vars/per-machine/). enableRecommendedDefaults = false
+              # is mandatory: without it, clan unconditionally enables
+              # networking.useNetworkd, adds packages, and tweaks nix settings
+              # -- none of which belong here.
+              clan.core = {
+                settings.directory = self;
+                settings.machine.name = flakeTarget;
+                enableRecommendedDefaults = false;
+              };
+            }
+            ./modules/clan/ssh-host-key.nix
            ./modules/common/configuration.nix
            ./modules/platforms/${platform}.nix
            ./modules/build-types/${buildType}.nix
@@ -65,7 +94,7 @@
          # file without a same-option circular dependency (a module
          # contributing to environment.etc can't read the merged
          # environment.etc it's itself contributing to).
-          specialArgs = { inherit inputs vars netbootSystem flakeTarget; };
+          specialArgs = { inherit inputs vars netbootSystem netbootMinimalSystem flakeTarget; };
        };

      # Generated platform x build-type matrix. pxe-boot has no linode
@@ -80,9 +109,6 @@
        proxmox-nix-cache = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "nix-cache"; hostPath = ./hosts/nix-cache/host.nix; };
        lxc-nix-cache = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "nix-cache"; hostPath = ./hosts/nix-cache/host.nix; };

-        linode-server = mkTarget { platform = "linode"; buildType = "server"; hostPath = ./hosts/server/host.nix; };
-        proxmox-server = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "server"; hostPath = ./hosts/server/host.nix; };
-        lxc-server = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "server"; hostPath = ./hosts/server/host.nix; };

        linode-docker = mkTarget { platform = "linode"; buildType = "docker"; hostPath = ./hosts/docker/host.nix; };
        proxmox-docker = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "docker"; hostPath = ./hosts/docker/host.nix; };
@@ -91,15 +117,22 @@
        linode-gui = mkTarget { platform = "linode"; buildType = "gui"; hostPath = ./hosts/nixos/host.nix; homeFile = ./hosts/nixos/home.nix; };
        proxmox-gui = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "gui"; hostPath = ./hosts/nixos/host.nix; homeFile = ./hosts/nixos/home.nix; };
        lxc-gui = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "gui"; hostPath = ./hosts/nixos/host.nix; homeFile = ./hosts/nixos/home.nix; };
+        baremetal-gui = mkTarget { platform = "baremetal"; buildType = "gui"; hostPath = ./hosts/nixos/host.nix; homeFile = ./hosts/nixos/home.nix; };

        proxmox-pxe-boot = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "pxe-boot"; hostPath = ./hosts/pxe-boot/host.nix; };
        lxc-pxe-boot = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "pxe-boot"; hostPath = ./hosts/pxe-boot/host.nix; };

-        linode-tailscale-exit-node = mkTarget { platform = "linode"; buildType = "tailscale-exit-node"; hostPath = ./hosts/tailscale-exit-node/host.nix; };
-        proxmox-tailscale-exit-node = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "tailscale-exit-node"; hostPath = ./hosts/tailscale-exit-node/host.nix; };
-        lxc-tailscale-exit-node = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "tailscale-exit-node"; hostPath = ./hosts/tailscale-exit-node/host.nix; };
+        linode-tailscale-router = mkTarget { platform = "linode"; buildType = "tailscale-router"; hostPath = ./hosts/tailscale-router/host.nix; };
+        proxmox-tailscale-router = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "tailscale-router"; hostPath = ./hosts/tailscale-router/host.nix; };
+        lxc-tailscale-router = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "tailscale-router"; hostPath = ./hosts/tailscale-router/host.nix; };

        lxc-tor-relay = mkTarget { platform = "lxc"; buildType = "tor-relay"; hostPath = ./hosts/tor-relay/host.nix; };
+
+        proxmox-ha-server-1 = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "ha-server"; hostPath = ./hosts/ha-server-1/host.nix; nameSuffix = "-1"; };
+        proxmox-ha-server-2 = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "ha-server"; hostPath = ./hosts/ha-server-2/host.nix; nameSuffix = "-2"; };
+
+        proxmox-ha-docker-1 = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "ha-docker"; hostPath = ./hosts/ha-docker-1/host.nix; nameSuffix = "-1"; };
+        proxmox-ha-docker-2 = mkTarget { platform = "proxmox"; buildType = "ha-docker"; hostPath = ./hosts/ha-docker-2/host.nix; nameSuffix = "-2"; };
      };

      # Auto-install environments (migrated from the former nix-auto-installer
@@ -119,19 +152,65 @@

      # Same installer environment, built as netboot (kernel + initrd +
      # iPXE script) instead of an ISO — this is what packages.pxe bundles.
+      #
+      # Deliberately imports common.nix directly, NOT ./modules/installer/iso.nix
+      # (which pulls in nixpkgs' installation-cd-minimal.nix) -- confirmed live
+      # that composing the ISO module together with netboot-minimal.nix hangs
+      # every boot waiting for a device that can never exist on a netboot
+      # client ("A start job is running for /dev/disk/by-label/nixos-minimal-...").
+      # Both installation-cd-base.nix and netboot.nix set fileSystems."/" via
+      # the identical lib.mkImageMediaOverride (mkOverride 60) priority --
+      # genuinely conflicting root-filesystem strategies (ISO-by-label vs.
+      # netboot-tmpfs) at the same priority, and the ISO one was winning.
+      # netboot-minimal.nix's own chain (netboot-base.nix) already imports
+      # profiles/installation-device.nix independently, so common.nix's
+      # initialHashedPassword override (which assumes that profile is
+      # present) still applies correctly without iso.nix in the mix.
+      #
+      # networking.hostName is set explicitly (rather than left at nixpkgs'
+      # own "nixos" default) so this image's generated system name
+      # (nixos-system-auto-installer-*) matches its iPXE menu entry —
+      # see modules/build-types/pxe-boot.nix's :auto-installer item — and
+      # its staged directory, /srv/pxe/http/auto-installer.
      netbootSystem = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        inherit system;
        modules = [
-          ./modules/installer/iso.nix
+          ./modules/installer/common.nix
          ({ modulesPath, ... }: {
            imports = [
              (modulesPath + "/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix")
            ];
          })
+          { networking.hostName = "auto-installer"; }
        ];
        specialArgs = { inherit vars; };
      };

+      # A genuinely vanilla NixOS minimal netboot image: nixpkgs'
+      # netboot-minimal.nix on its own, with none of this flake's
+      # auto-installer wiring (no common.nix — no auto-install.sh, no
+      # baked host keys, no custom users/passwords). Built from source via
+      # the same nixosSystem + netboot-minimal.nix path as netbootSystem
+      # above, so both go through an identical build mechanism; the only
+      # difference is what's composed in. hostName again matches this
+      # image's iPXE menu entry (:nixos-minimal) and staged directory
+      # (/srv/pxe/http/nixos-minimal).
+      netbootMinimalSystem = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        inherit system;
+        modules = [
+          ({ modulesPath, ... }: {
+            imports = [
+              (modulesPath + "/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix")
+            ];
+          })
+          {
+            networking.hostName = "nixos-minimal";
+            system.stateVersion = "26.05";
+            boot.zfs.forceImportRoot = false;
+          }
+        ];
+      };
+
    in
    {

@@ -153,6 +232,15 @@
          { name = "initrd"; path = netbootSystem.config.system.build.netbootRamdisk; }
          { name = "kernel"; path = netbootSystem.config.system.build.kernel; }
        ];
+
+        # Vanilla NixOS minimal netboot bundle — see netbootMinimalSystem
+        # above. Staged onto the pxe-boot host alongside packages.pxe by
+        # modules/pxe-boot/stage-installer-artifacts.nix.
+        pxe-minimal = pkgs.linkFarm "pxe-minimal" [
+          { name = "netboot.ipxe"; path = netbootMinimalSystem.config.system.build.netbootIpxeScript; }
+          { name = "initrd"; path = netbootMinimalSystem.config.system.build.netbootRamdisk; }
+          { name = "kernel"; path = netbootMinimalSystem.config.system.build.kernel; }
+        ];
      };
    };
 }
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
-_:
+{ vars, ... }:

 {
-  networking.hostName = "docker";
-  networking.hostId = "007f0200";
+  networking = {
+    hostName = "docker";
+    hostId = "007f0200";
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces = {
+      ${vars.vmLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.dockerIp; prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength; }];
+      ${vars.lxcStorageInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.dockerStorageIp; prefixLength = vars.haClientPrefixLength; }];
+    };
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.vmLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
  boot.zfs.forceImportRoot = false;

+  # Only advertise the LAN interface to IPA DNS. Without this, SSSD registers
+  # every Docker bridge (172.x.x.x) as an A record for docker.sweet.home —
+  # the default dyndns.interface = "*" catches them all.
+  security.ipa.dyndns.interface = vars.lxcLanInterface; # eth0
+
  # Preserved from the pre-refactor `docker` target — stateVersion must never
  # be bumped on an already-installed machine.
  system.stateVersion = "25.05";
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+{
+  networking = {
+    hostName = vars.haDocker1Host;
+    hostId   = "a1d0c4e1";
+    useDHCP  = false;
+    interfaces = {
+      # ens18 — LAN management NIC (vmbr0, 192.168.2.0/24)
+      ${vars.vmLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+        address      = vars.haDocker1Ip;
+        prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength;
+      }];
+      # ens19 — storage-client NIC (vmbr2, 192.168.20.0/24) — NFS from HA cluster
+      ${vars.haDockerStorageInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+        address      = vars.haDocker1StorageIp;
+        prefixLength = vars.haClientPrefixLength;
+      }];
+      # ens20 — swarm cluster NIC (vmbr3, 192.168.30.0/24) — Docker gossip + VXLAN
+      ${vars.haDockerSwarmInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+        address      = vars.haDocker1SwarmIp;
+        prefixLength = vars.haDockerSwarmPrefixLength;
+      }];
+    };
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.vmLanInterface; };
+    nameservers    = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
+
+  # Only register the LAN IP with IPA DNS.  Without this, sssd dyndns
+  # would also register Docker bridge IPs (172.x.x.x) and the storage/swarm
+  # NIC IPs as A records for ha-docker-1.sweet.home.
+  security.ipa.dyndns.interface = vars.vmLanInterface;
+
+  system.stateVersion = "26.05";
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+{
+  networking = {
+    hostName = vars.haDocker2Host;
+    hostId   = "a2d0c4e2";
+    useDHCP  = false;
+    interfaces = {
+      # ens18 — LAN management NIC (vmbr0, 192.168.2.0/24)
+      ${vars.vmLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+        address      = vars.haDocker2Ip;
+        prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength;
+      }];
+      # ens19 — storage-client NIC (vmbr2, 192.168.20.0/24) — NFS from HA cluster
+      ${vars.haDockerStorageInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+        address      = vars.haDocker2StorageIp;
+        prefixLength = vars.haClientPrefixLength;
+      }];
+      # ens20 — swarm cluster NIC (vmbr3, 192.168.30.0/24) — Docker gossip + VXLAN
+      ${vars.haDockerSwarmInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+        address      = vars.haDocker2SwarmIp;
+        prefixLength = vars.haDockerSwarmPrefixLength;
+      }];
+    };
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.vmLanInterface; };
+    nameservers    = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
+
+  # Only register the LAN IP with IPA DNS — same reasoning as ha-docker-1.
+  security.ipa.dyndns.interface = vars.vmLanInterface;
+
+  system.stateVersion = "26.05";
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+{
+  networking = {
+    hostName = vars.haServer1Host;
+    hostId = "3a4b5c6d";
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces = {
+      ${vars.vmLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.haServer1Ip; prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength; }];
+      ${vars.vmStorageInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.haServer1StorageIp; prefixLength = vars.haStoragePrefixLength; }];
+      ${vars.vmStorageClientInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.haServer1ClientIp; prefixLength = vars.haClientPrefixLength; }];
+    };
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.vmLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
+
+  system.stateVersion = "26.05";
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+{
+  networking = {
+    hostName = vars.haServer2Host;
+    hostId = "7e8f9a0b";
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces = {
+      ${vars.vmLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.haServer2Ip; prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength; }];
+      ${vars.vmStorageInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.haServer2StorageIp; prefixLength = vars.haStoragePrefixLength; }];
+      ${vars.vmStorageClientInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{ address = vars.haServer2ClientIp; prefixLength = vars.haClientPrefixLength; }];
+    };
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.vmLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
+
+  system.stateVersion = "26.05";
+}
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 { vars, ... }:

 {
-  imports = [
-    (import ../../modules/beszel/host-token.nix {
-      name = "nix-cache";
-      sopsFile = ../../secrets/nix-cache.yaml;
-    })
-  ];
-
-  networking.hostName = vars.nixCacheHost;
-
-  services.beszel.agent.environment = {
-    #DOCKER_HOST = "tcp://docker-socket-proxy:2375";
-    KEY = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFPR9kwtC4TAeTRu46A7+opZsYpxqkRJ+x/ZyB2GWCeG";
+  networking = {
+    hostName = vars.nixCacheHost;
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces.${vars.lxcLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+      address = vars.nixCacheIp;
+      prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength;
+    }];
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.lxcLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
  };

  # Preserved from the pre-refactor `nix-cache` target — stateVersion must
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@
      nextcloud-client
      #    vscode
      chromium
+      claude-code
+      fish
+      sops
    ];

    # Optional: set environment vars
    sessionVariables = {
-      EDITOR = "vim";
+      EDITOR = "nano";
+      SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.config/sops/age/keys.txt";
    };

    file = {
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 _:

 {
+  imports = [
+    ../../modules/networking/wifi.nix
+  ];
+
  networking.hostName = "nixos";

+  # Only needed now that baremetal-gui exists (ZFS root) -- harmless on the
+  # ext4-rooted linode/proxmox/lxc-gui variants, so set unconditionally
+  # rather than only on the baremetal platform.
+  networking.hostId = "de6a9ffc";
+
  # Preserved from the pre-refactor `nixos` target — stateVersion must never
  # be bumped on an already-installed machine.
  system.stateVersion = "25.05";
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-_:
+{ vars, ... }:

 {
-  networking.hostName = "pxe-boot";
-
+  networking = {
+    hostName = "pxe-boot";
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces.${vars.lxcLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+      address = vars.pxeServerIp;
+      prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength;
+    }];
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.lxcLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
+  services.beszel.agent.environment = { };
  # Preserved from the pre-refactor `pxe-boot` target — stateVersion must
  # never be bumped on an already-installed machine.
  system.stateVersion = "25.05";
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ vars, ... }:
-
-{
-  imports = [
-    (import ../../modules/beszel/host-token.nix {
-      name = "server";
-      sopsFile = ../../secrets/server.yaml;
-    })
-  ];
-
-  networking.hostName = vars.nfsServerHost;
-  networking.hostId = "6689f93e";
-
-  services.beszel.agent.environment = {
-    #DOCKER_HOST = "tcp://docker-socket-proxy:2375";
-    KEY = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFPR9kwtC4TAeTRu46A7+opZsYpxqkRJ+x/ZyB2GWCeG";
-    EXTRA_FILESYSTEMS = "${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerVolumes.subpath}";
-    LOG_LEVEL = "debug";
-  };
-
-  # Preserved from the pre-refactor `server` target — stateVersion must never
-  # be bumped on an already-installed machine.
-  system.stateVersion = "25.05";
-}
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-_:
-
-{
-  networking.hostName = "exit-node";
-
-  # No networking.hostId: only ZFS-touching hosts (server, docker) need one
-  # for pool-import safety, and this host does neither.
-
-  # A genuinely new host (not a pre-refactor carry-over), so it tracks the
-  # flake's current nixpkgs release rather than being pinned to an older one.
-  system.stateVersion = "26.05";
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+
+{
+  networking = {
+    hostName = "tailscale-router";
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces.${vars.lxcLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+      address = vars.tailscaleRouterIp;
+      prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength;
+    }];
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.lxcLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };
+
+  # No networking.hostId: only ZFS-touching hosts (server, docker) need one
+  # for pool-import safety, and this host does neither.
+
+  system.stateVersion = "26.05";
+}
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-_:
+{ vars, ... }:

 {
-  networking.hostName = "tor-relay";
+  networking = {
+    hostName = "tor-relay";
+    useDHCP = false;
+    interfaces.${vars.lxcLanInterface}.ipv4.addresses = [{
+      address = vars.torRelayIp;
+      prefixLength = vars.lanPrefixLength;
+    }];
+    defaultGateway = { address = vars.lanGateway; interface = vars.lxcLanInterface; };
+    nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+  };

-  # No networking.hostId: only ZFS-touching hosts (server, docker) need one
-  # for pool-import safety, and this host does neither.
+  # No networking.hostId: only ZFS-touching hosts need one for pool-import
+  # safety, and this host does neither.

  # A genuinely new host (not a pre-refactor carry-over), so it tracks the
  # flake's current nixpkgs release rather than being pinned to an older one.
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
-{ vars, ... }:
+{ config, vars, ... }:

 {
-  services.beszel.agent.enable = true;
-  services.beszel.agent.environment = {
-    #DOCKER_HOST = "tcp://docker-socket-proxy:2375";
-    HUB_URL = "http://${vars.dockerHost}.${vars.homeDomain}:${toString vars.ports.beszelHub}";
+  # Universal token shared by all beszel agents. Add to secrets/common.yaml:
+  #   sops secrets/common.yaml
+  #   beszel-token: <value from the beszel hub UI>
+  sops.secrets."beszel-token" = { };
+
+  sops.templates."beszel.env".content = ''
+    TOKEN=${config.sops.placeholder."beszel-token"}
+  '';
+
+  services.beszel.agent = {
+    enable = true;
+    environmentFile = config.sops.templates."beszel.env".path;
+    environment = {
+      #DOCKER_HOST = "tcp://docker-socket-proxy:2375";
+      HUB_URL = "http://${vars.dockerHost}.${vars.homeDomain}:${toString vars.ports.beszelHub}";
+      KEY = vars.beszelHubKey;
+    };
  };

  # The upstream module runs beszel-agent under DynamicUser with
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{ name, sopsFile }:
-
-{ config, ... }:
-
-{
-  sops.secrets."beszel-token".sopsFile = sopsFile;
-  sops.templates."${name}-beszel.env".content = ''
-    TOKEN=${config.sops.placeholder."beszel-token"}
-  '';
-  services.beszel.agent.environmentFile = config.sops.templates."${name}-beszel.env".path;
-}
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
    ../docker/enable-service.nix
    ../docker/nextcloud-cron-job.nix
    ../docker/docker-health-to-gotify.nix
-    ../tailscale/enable-service.nix
    ../traefik/rotate-logs.nix
    ../raspi/mount-data.nix
    ../services/enable-rpcbind.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, inputs, vars, ... }:

 {
+  imports = [
+    ../docker/enable-service.nix
+  ];
+
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    (final: prev: {
+      docker = prev.docker_29;
+      docker_cli = prev.docker_29;
+    })
+  ];
+
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    inputs.nixos-conf-editor.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.nixos-conf-editor
    nodejs
@@ -18,7 +29,7 @@
  ];

  boot.loader.grub.useOSProber = true;
-
+  programs.direnv.enable = true;
  services = {
    xserver = {
      enable = true;
@@ -70,4 +81,70 @@
  programs.firefox.enable = true;

  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+
+  # GUI-specific Home Manager additions for the IPA primary user, extending
+  # the baseline in modules/ipa/client.nix with desktop apps and services
+  # that only make sense on a graphical workstation.
+  home-manager.users.${vars.ipaUser} = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    home = {
+      packages = with pkgs; [
+        git
+        vim
+        nextcloud-client
+        chromium
+        claude-code
+        fish
+        sops
+      ];
+      sessionVariables = {
+        EDITOR = "nano";
+        SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE = "/home/${vars.ipaUser}/.config/sops/age/keys.txt";
+      };
+      file = {
+        ".local/share/applications/proxmox-chromium-app.desktop".text = ''
+          [Desktop Entry]
+          Type=Application
+          Name=Proxmox (Chromium)
+          Exec=chromium --app=https://pve.${vars.homeDomain}:${toString vars.ports.pveWeb} --window-size=1920,1080 --window-position=0,0
+          Icon=/home/${vars.ipaUser}/.local/share/icons/proxmox.png
+          Terminal=false
+          Categories=Hypervisor;
+          StartupWMClass=PVE
+        '';
+        ".local/share/applications/pbs-chromium-app.desktop".text = ''
+          [Desktop Entry]
+          Type=Application
+          Name=Proxmox Backup Server (Chromium)
+          Exec=chromium --app=https://${vars.pbsIp}:${toString vars.ports.pbsWeb} --window-size=1920,1080 --window-position=0,0
+          Icon=/home/${vars.ipaUser}/.local/share/icons/proxmox.png
+          Terminal=false
+          Categories=backup;
+        '';
+        ".local/share/applications/proxmox-firefox-app.desktop".text = ''
+          [Desktop Entry]
+          Type=Application
+          Name=Proxmox (Firefox)
+          Exec=firefox --new-instance https://pve.${vars.homeDomain}:${toString vars.ports.pveWeb} --profile ProxmoxWebApp --window-size=1920,1080 --class ProxmoxWebApp
+          Icon=/home/${vars.ipaUser}/.local/share/icons/proxmox.png
+          Terminal=false
+          Categories=Hypervisor;
+          StartupWMClass=PVE
+        '';
+        ".local/share/applications/pbs-firefox-app.desktop".text = ''
+          [Desktop Entry]
+          Type=Application
+          Name=Proxmox Backup Server (Firefox)
+          Exec=firefox --new-window https://${vars.pbsIp}:${toString vars.ports.pbsWeb} --profile PbsWebApp --window-size=1920,1080 --class PbsWebApp
+          Icon=/home/${vars.ipaUser}/.local/share/icons/proxmox.png
+          Terminal=false
+          Categories=backup;
+          StartupWMClass=PBS
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+    services.nextcloud-client = {
+      enable = true;
+      startInBackground = true;
+    };
+  };
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Docker Swarm node build type.
+#
+# Produces NixOS hosts that form a Docker Swarm manager cluster.  Two nodes
+# (ha-docker-1, ha-docker-2) are both managers so either can accept Docker
+# API and `docker stack` commands.
+#
+# Key differences from the existing `docker` build type (used by CT 105):
+#   - nextcloud-cron-job.nix is EXCLUDED — `docker exec` breaks in swarm
+#     because the target container may be on the other node.  The cron job
+#     is replaced by a nextcloud-cron sidecar in the Nextcloud stack.
+#     See docs/internal/docker-swarm-cutover.md.
+#   - traefik/rotate-logs.nix is EXCLUDED — log rotation moves to Docker's
+#     json-file log driver (max-size/max-file on the Traefik service
+#     definition).  See docs/internal/docker-swarm-cutover.md.
+#   - raspi/mount-data.nix is EXCLUDED — specific to CT 105's backup role.
+#   - Swarm firewall ports (2377/tcp, 7946/tcp+udp, 4789/udp) are opened
+#     on the swarm NIC (ens20/vmbr3) only.
+#   - checkReversePath = "loose" is required for the Swarm ingress routing
+#     mesh: VXLAN return traffic is asymmetric (arrives ens20, exits ens18).
+#   - beszel-agent is enabled for host-level monitoring.
+{ pkgs, vars, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Pin Docker Engine to version 29, matching CT 105, so image layers cached
+  # on NFS volumes remain compatible across old and new hosts.
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    (final: prev: {
+      docker     = prev.docker_29;
+      docker_cli = prev.docker_29;
+    })
+  ];
+
+  imports = [
+    ../docker/enable-service.nix
+    ../docker/mount-data.nix
+    ../docker/docker-health-to-gotify.nix
+    ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
+    ../services/enable-rpcbind.nix
+  ];
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    nfs-utils
+  ];
+
+  boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "nfs" ];
+
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    # Symlink ~/docker → NFS config mount so the docker-health-to-gotify
+    # script (and operator convenience) resolves ~/docker/... correctly.
+    "L+ /home/${vars.primaryUser}/docker - - - - ${vars.nfsShares.dockerConfig.mountpoint}"
+    "d /mnt/docker 0755 ${vars.primaryUser} users -"
+  ];
+
+  users.users.${vars.primaryUser}.extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
+
+  networking.firewall = {
+    # LAN-facing service ports — same as the existing docker build type.
+    allowedTCPPorts = [
+      vars.ports.dockerHttp
+      vars.ports.dockerHttps
+      vars.ports.dockerExtra
+      vars.ports.beszelHub
+    ];
+
+    # Swarm inter-node ports restricted to the swarm NIC (ens20/vmbr3).
+    # vmbr3 is an isolated internal bridge — no LAN reachability.
+    interfaces.${vars.haDockerSwarmInterface} = {
+      allowedTCPPorts = [
+        vars.ports.dockerSwarmMgmt  # 2377 — Raft + cluster management
+        vars.ports.dockerSwarmDisc  # 7946 — Serf gossip (TCP half)
+      ];
+      allowedUDPPorts = [
+        vars.ports.dockerSwarmDisc  # 7946 — Serf gossip (UDP half)
+        vars.ports.dockerSwarmVxlan # 4789 — VXLAN overlay data path
+      ];
+    };
+
+    # Docker Swarm ingress routing mesh creates asymmetric routes: a request
+    # arrives on ens18 (LAN) for a container that lives on ens20's VXLAN
+    # overlay; the return path differs from the incoming interface.  Strict
+    # rp_filter drops these packets.  "loose" allows them.
+    checkReversePath = "loose";
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# HA file server build type: DRBD + XFS + LIO iSCSI + NFS, managed by
+# Corosync + Pacemaker.  Both ha-server-1 and ha-server-2 use this type.
+#
+# NFS start/stop:
+#   services.nfs.server.enable = true configures /etc/exports, wires up
+#   rpcbind, and loads kernel modules — but nfs-server.service.wantedBy is
+#   force-cleared so systemd does NOT auto-start it at boot.  Pacemaker's
+#   ha-group resource group (configured by scripts/ha/cluster-init.sh)
+#   starts and stops nfs-server as part of the failover sequence after the
+#   XFS mount and iSCSI target are brought up on the new Active node.
+#
+# Beszel agent:
+#   Enabled here via enable-agent.nix.  The agent KEY (used to pair with
+#   the Beszel hub) is not set yet — add it to hosts/ha-server-{1,2}/host.nix
+#   under services.beszel.agent.environment.KEY once the hub accepts the
+#   new agents, following the pattern in hosts/server/host.nix.
+{ lib, pkgs, vars, ... }:
+
+let
+  # Generates /etc/exports lines for all nfsShares data entries.
+  # LAN (VLAN 2): NFS via vip-lan (192.168.2.229) for pxe-boot and other LAN clients.
+  # Storage-client (VLAN 20): NFS via vip-storage (192.168.20.229) for docker and
+  # future swarm nodes; firewall restricts these ports to haClientCidr only.
+  mkNfsExports = storageRoot:
+    lib.concatMapStrings
+      (share:
+        "  ${storageRoot}/${share.subpath} ${vars.lanCidr}${vars.nfsShares.options}\n" +
+        "  ${storageRoot}/${share.subpath} ${vars.haClientCidr}${vars.nfsShares.options}\n")
+      (lib.filter builtins.isAttrs (lib.attrValues vars.nfsShares));
+in
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../ha/pacemaker-stack.nix
+    ../ha/iscsi-target.nix
+    ../ha/cluster-config.nix
+    ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
+  ];
+
+  # xfsprogs: mkfs.xfs/xfs_info needed by cluster-init.sh.
+  # openiscsi: iscsiadm needed by acceptance-tests.sh T4 (iSCSI discovery check).
+  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.xfsprogs pkgs.openiscsi ];
+
+  services.nfs.server = {
+    enable = true;
+    exports = mkNfsExports vars.haStorageRoot;
+  };
+
+  # Pacemaker controls nfs-server — prevent systemd from starting it at boot
+  # on both nodes (only the Active node should be serving NFS).
+  systemd.services.nfs-server.wantedBy = lib.mkForce [ ];
+
+  # Same reason as server.nix: exports use standard auth, not Kerberos.
+  systemd.services.rpc-svcgssd.enable = false;
+}
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ let
  tftpRoot = "${pxeRoot}/tftp";
  pxeBaseUrl = "http://${vars.pxeServerIp}";

+  # Base network address extracted from lanCidr (e.g. "192.168.2.0" from
+  # "192.168.2.0/24") — used by dnsmasq's proxy DHCP range directive.
+  lanBaseAddr = lib.head (lib.splitString "/" vars.lanCidr);
+
  bootIpxe = pkgs.writeText "boot.ipxe" ''
    #!ipxe

@@ -21,6 +25,216 @@ let
    chain ${pxeBaseUrl}/boot.ipxe
  '';

+  debianRelease = "bookworm";
+  debianMirror = "https://deb.debian.org/debian";
+  debianNetbootBase = "${debianMirror}/dists/${debianRelease}/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64";
+
+  rockyRelease = "9";
+  rockyArch = "x86_64";
+  rockyMirror = "https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/${rockyRelease}";
+  rockyPxebootBase = "${rockyMirror}/BaseOS/${rockyArch}/os/images/pxeboot";
+
+  debianIpxe = pkgs.writeText "debian.ipxe" ''
+    #!ipxe
+
+    set base ${pxeBaseUrl}
+
+    kernel ''${base}/debian/linux
+    initrd ''${base}/debian/initrd.gz
+    boot
+  '';
+
+  fetchDebianNetboot = pkgs.writeShellScript "fetch-debian-netboot" ''
+    set -eu
+
+    dir="${httpRoot}/debian"
+    mirror="${debianNetbootBase}"
+
+    if [ -f "$dir/linux" ] && [ -f "$dir/initrd.gz" ]; then
+      echo "Debian ${debianRelease} netboot files already present; skipping download."
+      exit 0
+    fi
+
+    echo "Downloading Debian ${debianRelease} netboot kernel and initrd from $mirror ..."
+    ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -fsSL -o "$dir/linux.tmp" "$mirror/linux"
+    ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -fsSL -o "$dir/initrd.gz.tmp" "$mirror/initrd.gz"
+    mv "$dir/linux.tmp" "$dir/linux"
+    mv "$dir/initrd.gz.tmp" "$dir/initrd.gz"
+    echo "Debian ${debianRelease} netboot files staged."
+  '';
+
+  # Rocky Linux 9 iPXE script — boots vmlinuz+initrd.img from the staged
+  # /rocky/ directory and hands Anaconda the hosted Kickstart URL.
+  # net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 ensures the NIC is eth0 in both the
+  # installer and the installed system (matches the Kickstart NM config).
+  rockyFreeIpaIpxe = pkgs.writeText "rocky-freeipa.ipxe" ''
+    #!ipxe
+
+    set base ${pxeBaseUrl}
+
+    kernel ''${base}/rocky/vmlinuz inst.ks=''${base}/rocky-freeipa.ks inst.repo=${rockyMirror}/BaseOS/${rockyArch}/os/ net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 ip=dhcp quiet
+    initrd ''${base}/rocky/initrd.img
+    boot
+  '';
+
+  # Kickstart file for ${vars.ipaServer}.
+  # Installs Rocky Linux 9, sets a static IP, creates ${vars.ipaUser} with
+  # the admin SSH key, then on first reboot runs ipa-server-install via a
+  # systemd oneshot service. Passwords are generated at %post time, written
+  # to /root/ipa-credentials.txt (chmod 600), and read back by the
+  # first-boot script — never hardcoded here or in the repo.
+  rockyFreeIpaKs = pkgs.writeText "rocky-freeipa.ks" ''
+    #version=RHEL9
+    # Unattended Rocky Linux 9 + FreeIPA install
+    # Target: ${vars.ipaServer}  ${vars.domainControllerIp}
+
+    url --url=${rockyMirror}/BaseOS/${rockyArch}/os/
+    repo --name=appstream --baseurl=${rockyMirror}/AppStream/${rockyArch}/os/
+
+    lang en_US.UTF-8
+    keyboard us
+    timezone UTC --utc
+
+    # DHCP during install; static IP configured in %post via NM config file
+    network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
+    network --hostname=${vars.ipaServer}
+
+    selinux --enforcing
+    firewall --enabled --service=ssh
+
+    rootpw --lock
+    user --name=${vars.ipaUser} --groups=wheel --shell=/bin/bash
+    sshkey --username=${vars.ipaUser} "${vars.adminSshKey}"
+
+    zerombr
+    clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
+    # Keep net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 in the installed GRUB so the NIC
+    # stays eth0 after reboot (matches the NM connection file below).
+    bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda --append="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0"
+
+    part /boot --fstype=xfs --size=1024 --ondisk=sda
+    part swap  --fstype=swap --size=2048 --ondisk=sda
+    part /     --fstype=xfs  --grow --size=1 --ondisk=sda --asprimary
+
+    %packages
+    @^minimal-environment
+    ipa-server
+    ipa-server-dns
+    %end
+
+    reboot
+
+    %post --log=/root/ks-post.log
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    # -- Static IP: write NM connection file directly (NM not running in chroot) --
+    mkdir -p /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
+    cat > /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eth0.nmconnection << 'NMCONN'
+    [connection]
+    id=eth0
+    type=ethernet
+    interface-name=eth0
+    autoconnect=true
+
+    [ethernet]
+
+    [ipv4]
+    method=manual
+    addresses=${vars.domainControllerIp}/${toString vars.lanPrefixLength}
+    gateway=${vars.lanGateway}
+    dns=${vars.domainControllerIp};
+    dns-search=${vars.homeDomain};
+
+    [ipv6]
+    method=auto
+    NMCONN
+    chmod 600 /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eth0.nmconnection
+
+    # -- /etc/hosts: FQDN must resolve to the real IP (not loopback) for IPA --
+    sed -i '/domain-controller/d' /etc/hosts
+    echo '${vars.domainControllerIp} ${vars.ipaServer} domain-controller' >> /etc/hosts
+
+    # -- Generate IPA passwords and store securely --
+    DM_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | head -c 24)
+    ADMIN_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | head -c 24)
+    printf 'Directory Manager: %s\nIPA Admin: %s\n' "$DM_PASS" "$ADMIN_PASS" \
+      > /root/ipa-credentials.txt
+    chmod 600 /root/ipa-credentials.txt
+
+    # -- First-boot script: reads passwords back, runs ipa-server-install --
+    cat > /usr/local/sbin/freeipa-first-boot.sh << 'FIRSTBOOT'
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+    exec >> /root/freeipa-install.log 2>&1
+    echo "=== FreeIPA first-boot install started at $(date) ==="
+
+    DM_PASS=$(grep '^Directory Manager:' /root/ipa-credentials.txt | awk '{print $NF}')
+    ADMIN_PASS=$(grep '^IPA Admin:' /root/ipa-credentials.txt | awk '{print $NF}')
+
+    ipa-server-install \
+      --realm=${lib.strings.toUpper vars.homeDomain} \
+      --domain=${vars.homeDomain} \
+      --hostname=${vars.ipaServer} \
+      --ds-password="$DM_PASS" \
+      --admin-password="$ADMIN_PASS" \
+      --setup-dns \
+      --forwarder=${vars.domainControllerIp} \
+      --no-dnssec-validation \
+      --no-ntp \
+      --unattended
+
+    echo "=== FreeIPA install complete at $(date) ==="
+    echo "Credentials: /root/ipa-credentials.txt (save to password manager)"
+    echo "CA backup:   /root/cacert.p12 (encrypted with Directory Manager password)"
+    systemctl disable freeipa-first-boot.service
+    FIRSTBOOT
+    chmod 700 /usr/local/sbin/freeipa-first-boot.sh
+
+    # -- Systemd oneshot service: runs freeipa-first-boot.sh on first real boot --
+    cat > /etc/systemd/system/freeipa-first-boot.service << 'UNIT'
+    [Unit]
+    Description=FreeIPA first-boot installation
+    After=network-online.target
+    Wants=network-online.target
+    ConditionPathExists=/root/ipa-credentials.txt
+
+    [Service]
+    Type=oneshot
+    ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/freeipa-first-boot.sh
+    TimeoutStartSec=1800
+    RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+    [Install]
+    WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    UNIT
+
+    mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
+    ln -sf /etc/systemd/system/freeipa-first-boot.service \
+      /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/freeipa-first-boot.service
+
+    echo "Kickstart %post complete. FreeIPA installs on first reboot (~20 min)."
+    %end
+  '';
+
+  fetchRockyPxeboot = pkgs.writeShellScript "fetch-rocky-pxeboot" ''
+    set -eu
+
+    dir="${httpRoot}/rocky"
+    base="${rockyPxebootBase}"
+
+    if [ -f "$dir/vmlinuz" ] && [ -f "$dir/initrd.img" ]; then
+      echo "Rocky Linux ${rockyRelease} pxeboot files already present; skipping download."
+      exit 0
+    fi
+
+    echo "Downloading Rocky Linux ${rockyRelease} pxeboot kernel and initrd from $base ..."
+    ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -fsSL -o "$dir/vmlinuz.tmp"   "$base/vmlinuz"
+    ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -fsSL -o "$dir/initrd.img.tmp" "$base/initrd.img"
+    mv "$dir/vmlinuz.tmp"   "$dir/vmlinuz"
+    mv "$dir/initrd.img.tmp" "$dir/initrd.img"
+    echo "Rocky Linux ${rockyRelease} pxeboot files staged."
+  '';
+
  systemRescueIpxe = pkgs.writeText "systemrescue.ipxe" ''
    #!ipxe

@@ -68,15 +282,27 @@ let
    set base ${pxeBaseUrl}

    menu PXE Boot Menu
-    item nixos NixOS Installer
-    item rescue Rescue Environment
-    item shell iPXE Shell
-    item reboot Reboot
+    item auto-installer    NixOS Auto-Installer
+    item nixos-minimal     NixOS Minimal
+    item debian            Debian Minimal
+    item rocky-freeipa     FreeIPA Server (Rocky Linux 9)
+    item rescue            Rescue Environment
+    item shell             iPXE Shell
+    item reboot            Reboot

    choose target && goto ''${target}

-    :nixos
-    chain ''${base}/nixos/netboot.ipxe
+    :auto-installer
+    chain ''${base}/auto-installer/netboot.ipxe
+
+    :nixos-minimal
+    chain ''${base}/nixos-minimal/netboot.ipxe
+
+    :debian
+    chain ''${base}/debian.ipxe
+
+    :rocky-freeipa
+    chain ''${base}/rocky-freeipa.ipxe

    :rescue
    chain ''${base}/systemrescue.ipxe
@@ -91,6 +317,8 @@ in
 {
  imports = [
    ../pxe-boot/stage-installer-artifacts.nix
+    ../pxe-boot/mount-pxe-images.nix
+    ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
  ];

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
@@ -117,44 +345,107 @@ in
    atftpd = {
      enable = true;
      root = tftpRoot;
-      extraOptions = [
-        "--verbose=5"
-      ];
+      extraOptions = [ "--verbose=5" ];
    };

    openssh.settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes";
  };

-  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-    "d ${pxeRoot} 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${httpRoot} 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${httpRoot}/images 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${httpRoot}/nixos 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${httpRoot}/systemrescue 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${httpRoot}/ubuntu 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${httpRoot}/rescue 0755 root root -"
-    "d ${tftpRoot} 0755 root root -"
-    "C+ ${httpRoot}/boot.ipxe 0644 root root - ${bootIpxe}"
-    "C+ ${httpRoot}/menu.ipxe 0644 root root - ${menuIpxe}"
-    "C+ ${httpRoot}/systemrescue.ipxe 0644 root root - ${systemRescueIpxe}"
-    "C+ ${tftpRoot}/autoexec.ipxe 0644 root root - ${autoexecIpxe}"
-    "C+ ${tftpRoot}/ipxe.efi 0644 root root - ${pkgs.ipxe}/ipxe.efi"
-    "C+ ${tftpRoot}/undionly.kpxe 0644 root root - ${pkgs.ipxe}/undionly.kpxe"
-  ];
-
-  systemd.services.stage-systemrescue = {
-    description = "Stage SystemRescue ISO contents for HTTP PXE boot";
-    after = [
-      "local-fs.target"
-      "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service"
+  systemd = {
+    tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d ${pxeRoot} 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot} 0755 root root -"
+      "L+ ${httpRoot}/images - - - - ${vars.nfsShares.pxebootImages.mountpoint}"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/auto-installer 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/nixos-minimal 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/systemrescue 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/debian 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/ubuntu 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/rescue 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${httpRoot}/rocky 0755 root root -"
+      "d ${tftpRoot} 0755 root root -"
+      "C+ ${httpRoot}/boot.ipxe 0644 root root - ${bootIpxe}"
+      "C+ ${httpRoot}/menu.ipxe 0644 root root - ${menuIpxe}"
+      "C+ ${httpRoot}/debian.ipxe 0644 root root - ${debianIpxe}"
+      "C+ ${httpRoot}/rocky-freeipa.ipxe 0644 root root - ${rockyFreeIpaIpxe}"
+      "C+ ${httpRoot}/rocky-freeipa.ks 0644 root root - ${rockyFreeIpaKs}"
+      "C+ ${httpRoot}/systemrescue.ipxe 0644 root root - ${systemRescueIpxe}"
+      "C+ ${tftpRoot}/autoexec.ipxe 0644 root root - ${autoexecIpxe}"
+      "C+ ${tftpRoot}/ipxe.efi 0644 root root - ${pkgs.ipxe}/ipxe.efi"
+      "C+ ${tftpRoot}/undionly.kpxe 0644 root root - ${pkgs.ipxe}/undionly.kpxe"
    ];
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    serviceConfig = {
-      Type = "oneshot";
-      ExecStart = stageSystemRescue;
+
+    services = {
+      fetch-debian-netboot = {
+        description = "Download Debian ${debianRelease} netboot kernel and initrd for HTTP PXE boot";
+        after = [
+          "local-fs.target"
+          "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service"
+          "network-online.target"
+        ];
+        wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          ExecStart = fetchDebianNetboot;
+          RemainAfterExit = true;
+        };
+      };
+
+      fetch-rocky-pxeboot = {
+        description = "Download Rocky Linux ${rockyRelease} pxeboot kernel and initrd for HTTP PXE boot";
+        after = [
+          "local-fs.target"
+          "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service"
+          "network-online.target"
+        ];
+        wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          ExecStart = fetchRockyPxeboot;
+          RemainAfterExit = true;
+        };
+      };
+
+      stage-systemrescue = {
+        description = "Stage SystemRescue ISO contents for HTTP PXE boot";
+        after = [
+          "local-fs.target"
+          "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service"
+        ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          ExecStart = stageSystemRescue;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  services.dnsmasq = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      # Disable DNS listener — only proxy DHCP is needed here.
+      # Without this dnsmasq tries to bind port 53 which systemd-resolved
+      # already owns, causing startup failure.
+      port = 0;
+      dhcp-range = [ "${lanBaseAddr},proxy" ];
+      dhcp-match = [
+        "set:ipxe,175"
+        "set:efi64,option:client-arch,7"
+        "set:efi64,option:client-arch,9"
+      ];
+      dhcp-userclass = "set:ipxe,iPXE";
+      dhcp-boot = [
+        "tag:ipxe,tag:efi64,http://${vars.pxeServerIp}/boot.ipxe"
+        "tag:ipxe,http://${vars.pxeServerIp}/boot.ipxe"
+        "tag:efi64,ipxe.efi,,${vars.pxeServerIp}"
+        "undionly.kpxe,,${vars.pxeServerIp}"
+      ];
    };
  };

  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ vars.ports.pxeBootHttp ];
-  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ vars.ports.pxeBootTftp ];
+  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ vars.ports.pxeBootTftp vars.ports.dhcp ];
 }
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ vars, lib, ... }:
-
-{
-  imports = [
-    ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
-    ../services/zfs/enable-service.nix
-  ];
-
-  boot.zfs.extraPools = [ (lib.removePrefix "/" vars.storageRoot) ];
-
-  systemd.services.nfs-server = {
-    after = [ "zfs-mount.service" ];
-    requires = [ "zfs-mount.service" ];
-  };
-
-  services.nfs.server = {
-    enable = true;
-    exports = ''
-      ${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerConfig.subpath} ${vars.lanCidr}(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
-      ${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerVolumes.subpath} ${vars.lanCidr}(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
-      ${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerDatabases.subpath} ${vars.lanCidr}(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
-      ${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.nextcloudData.subpath} ${vars.lanCidr}(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
-      ${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.raspiVolumes.subpath} ${vars.lanCidr}(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
-    '';
-  };
-
-  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ vars.ports.nfsRpcbind vars.ports.nfsd ];
-}
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-
-{
-  imports = [
-    ../tailscale/exit-node.nix
-  ];
-
-  # "server", not "both": this build type only ever advertises itself as an
-  # exit node (see ../tailscale/exit-node.nix) -- it doesn't advertise LAN
-  # subnet routes, so it doesn't need the "client"-side loose reverse-path
-  # filtering that "both" would also turn on. Deliberately left unbundled
-  # from LAN-subnet-route advertisement so this build type stays valid on
-  # every platform, including linode (a remote VPS with no network path to
-  # the home LAN at all).
-  services.tailscale.useRoutingFeatures = "server";
-
-  # Forwarded exit-node traffic arrives on tailscale0 already
-  # tailscale-authenticated -- the firewall's normal per-port allow-list
-  # would otherwise drop it. Standard NixOS/Tailscale exit-node guidance.
-  networking.firewall.trustedInterfaces = [ "tailscale0" ];
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../tailscale/subnet-router.nix
+    ../tailscale/ts-dns-forwarder.nix
+    ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
+  ];
+
+  # "server", not "both": this build type advertises LAN subnet routes but
+  # doesn't use another tailscale exit node itself, so it doesn't need the
+  # "client"-side loose reverse-path filtering that "both" would also enable.
+  # Deliberately kept explicit here (not just relying on subnet-router.nix's
+  # own setting) so the intent is clear at the build-type level.
+  services.tailscale.useRoutingFeatures = "server";
+
+  # Advertise the LAN subnet so Tailscale peers can route back to LAN machines.
+  # Must also be approved in the Tailscale admin console (Machines → Edit route settings).
+  services.tailscale.extraUpFlags = [ "--advertise-routes=${vars.lanCidr}" ];
+
+  networking.firewall = {
+    # Forwarded subnet-router traffic arrives on tailscale0 already
+    # tailscale-authenticated -- the firewall's normal per-port allow-list
+    # would otherwise drop it. Standard NixOS/Tailscale subnet-router guidance.
+    trustedInterfaces = [ "tailscale0" ];
+
+    # SNAT LAN traffic going into Tailscale so the remote peer sees it as
+    # coming from this router's Tailscale IP rather than a raw LAN IP.
+    # Without this, Tailscale drops forwarded packets whose source is not a
+    # recognised Tailscale address.
+    #
+    # We target POSTROUTING directly (always-existing built-in chain) rather
+    # than nixos-nat-post: extraCommands runs after the old nixos-nat-post is
+    # deleted but before the new one is created, so -A nixos-nat-post silently
+    # fails.  The -C check makes the rule idempotent across firewall reloads.
+    extraCommands = ''
+      iptables -t nat -C POSTROUTING -s ${vars.lanCidr} -o tailscale0 -j MASQUERADE 2>/dev/null || \
+        iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s ${vars.lanCidr} -o tailscale0 -j MASQUERADE
+    '';
+    extraStopCommands = ''
+      iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s ${vars.lanCidr} -o tailscale0 -j MASQUERADE 2>/dev/null || true
+    '';
+  };
+}
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 {
  imports = [
    ../tor/enable-relay.nix
+    ../beszel/enable-agent.nix
  ];
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+  # Defines the SSH host key as a clan vars generator so that:
+  #   - `clan vars generate <target>` creates and encrypts the key pair
+  #   - The private key lives at vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key/secret
+  #     (sops binary-encrypted, admin-key-only; decrypted by the build script)
+  #   - The public key lives at vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value
+  #     (plaintext; used by sync-host-keys.sh to derive the sops age fingerprint)
+  #
+  # neededFor = "activation" means clan's deployment tool would upload this
+  # before running nixos-rebuild/nixos-install (for VM/baremetal via
+  # nixos-anywhere). For lxc-* hosts, the build script bakes it into the
+  # tarball directly via NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR -- the neededFor value here
+  # simply ensures it is NOT mapped to sops.secrets (which would try to
+  # decrypt it at runtime as a regular service secret, which is wrong: the
+  # SSH host key reaches the container via the tarball, not sops).
+  clan.core.vars.generators.openssh = {
+    files."ssh_host_ed25519_key" = {
+      secret = true;
+      neededFor = "activation";
+    };
+    files."ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" = {
+      secret = false;
+      neededFor = "activation";
+    };
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.openssh ];
+    script = ''
+      ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "" -f "$out/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+    '';
+  };
+}
@@ -1,50 +1,7 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, vars, ... }:
+_:

-let
-  # Flake attribute names are now <platform>-<buildtype> (e.g. proxmox-docker)
-  # and no longer match networking.hostName, since a host's hostname stays
-  # fixed while the platform backing it can change. Each nixosConfiguration
-  # stamps its own active target name into /etc/flake-target at build time.
-  mySwitchCmd = ''
-    sudo nixos-rebuild switch \
-      --no-write-lock-file \
-      --refresh \
-      --flake git+https://${vars.lanDomain}/beatzaplenty/nixos.git#$(cat /etc/flake-target)
-  '';
-  myTestCmd = ''
-    sudo nixos-rebuild test \
-      --no-write-lock-file \
-      --refresh \
-      --flake git+https://${vars.lanDomain}/beatzaplenty/nixos.git#$(cat /etc/flake-target)
-  '';
-
-  # lxc-* hosts pre-seed their SSH host key at build time (see
-  # modules/platforms/lxc.nix) so sops-nix's .sops.yaml recipient matches on
-  # first boot -- without it, secrets permanently fail to decrypt (see that
-  # file's comment for the confirmed failure). That requires --impure plus
-  # NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR pointing at the repo's host-keys/ dir, same pattern
-  # docs/auto-installer.md uses for the installer ISO. A function, not a
-  # shellAlias, since the target name has to interpolate into the middle of
-  # the flake attribute path, not just append after it. Must be run from the
-  # repo root, same as every other host-keys/ command in this repo.
-  buildImageFn = ''
-    buildImage() {
-      if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-        echo "usage: buildImage <flake-target>  (e.g. lxc-docker)" >&2
-        return 1
-      fi
-      NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR="$(pwd)/host-keys" nix build --impure \
-        ".#nixosConfigurations.$1.config.system.build.tarball"
-    }
-  '';
-in
 {
-  programs.bash = {
-    enable = true;
-    shellAliases = {
-      "Switch-nix" = mySwitchCmd;
-      "Test-nix" = myTestCmd;
-    };
-    initExtra = buildImageFn;
-  };
+  # Switch-nix, Test-nix, and buildImage are defined system-wide in
+  # modules/common/configuration.nix so all users (including IPA accounts)
+  # get them. Add any Home-Manager-only per-user shell config here.
 }
@@ -1,44 +1,69 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, vars, ... }:

+let
+  switchCmd = ''
+    sudo nixos-rebuild switch \
+      --no-write-lock-file \
+      --refresh \
+      --flake git+https://${vars.giteaDomain}/${vars.giteaRepoPath}.git?dir=${vars.giteaRepoFlakePath}#$(cat /etc/flake-target)
+  '';
+  testCmd = ''
+    sudo nixos-rebuild test \
+      --no-write-lock-file \
+      --refresh \
+      --flake git+https://${vars.giteaDomain}/${vars.giteaRepoPath}.git?dir=${vars.giteaRepoFlakePath}#$(cat /etc/flake-target)
+  '';
+  buildImageFn = ''
+    buildImage() {
+      if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        echo "usage: buildImage <flake-target>  (e.g. lxc-docker)" >&2
+        return 1
+      fi
+      NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR="$(pwd)/host-keys" nix build --impure \
+        ".#nixosConfigurations.$1.config.system.build.tarball"
+    }
+  '';
+in
 {
-  imports =
-    [
-      # Include the results of the hardware scan.
-      #      ./hardware-configuration.nix
-      ./set-locale.nix
-    ];
-  # Use the GRUB 2 boot loader.
-  # boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
-  #boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda"; # or "nodev" for efi only
+  imports = [
+    ./set-locale.nix
+    ../ipa/client.nix
+  ];

-  networking.networkmanager.enable = true; # Easiest to use and most distros use this by default.
+  # System-wide shell config so all users (including IPA accounts) get the
+  # same management aliases as the local nixos user's Home Manager provides.
+  programs.bash = {
+    shellAliases = {
+      "Switch-nix" = switchCmd;
+      "Test-nix" = testCmd;
+    };
+    interactiveShellInit = buildImageFn;
+  };
+
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Recommended over the true default (bypasses ZFS's own import safeguards)
  # per the option's own docs; matches hosts/docker/host.nix and
-  # modules/services/zfs/enable-service.nix, which already set this
-  # explicitly. Harmless no-op on hosts that don't use ZFS at all.
+  # modules/services/zfs/enable-service.nix. Harmless no-op on hosts without ZFS.
  boot.zfs.forceImportRoot = false;

-  # Set your time zone.
  time.timeZone = vars.timeZone;

-  # Enable QEMU agent
  services.qemuGuest.enable = true;

-  # Enable docker-compose
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    vim
    btop
    git
    gcr
+    jq
  ];

  # Secrets shared by every host, decrypted at activation via each host's
-  # existing SSH host key (sops-nix derives the age key from
-  # /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key automatically — see modules/common/README
-  # or docs/ for the sops workflow). hashedPassword/hashedPasswordFile need
+  # SSH host key (sops-nix derives the age key from
+  # /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key automatically). hashedPassword secrets need
  # neededForUsers so they're available before the normal secret-activation
-  # step, since user creation happens very early in boot.
+  # step — user creation happens very early in boot.
  sops = {
    defaultSopsFile = ../../secrets/common.yaml;

@@ -46,59 +71,52 @@
      "root-hashedPassword".neededForUsers = true;
      "nixos-hashedPassword".neededForUsers = true;
      "nix-github-token" = { };
+      "nix-gitea-token" = { };
    };

-    # nix.conf doesn't support a *File-style option for access-tokens, so the
-    # token is rendered into a runtime-only file (never touches the Nix store)
-    # and pulled in via nix.conf's native !include directive.
-    templates."nix-github-token.conf".content = ''
-      access-tokens = github.com=${config.sops.placeholder."nix-github-token"}
+    # nix.conf has no *File-style option for access-tokens, so tokens are
+    # rendered into a runtime-only file (never touches the Nix store) and
+    # pulled in via nix.conf's native !include directive.
+    templates."nix-access-tokens.conf".content = ''
+      access-tokens = github.com=${config.sops.placeholder."nix-github-token"} ${vars.giteaDomain}=${config.sops.placeholder."nix-gitea-token"}
    '';
  };

  nix.extraOptions = ''
-    !include ${config.sops.templates."nix-github-token.conf".path}
+    !include ${config.sops.templates."nix-access-tokens.conf".path}
  '';

-  #Set root password
-  users.users.root = {
-    hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."root-hashedPassword".path;
+  users = {
+    # mutableUsers = false makes update-users-groups.pl enforce hashedPasswordFile
+    # on every activation, not just on newly-created accounts. Without this, a
+    # freshly-built proxmox disk image (activation runs without a usable sops key,
+    # so both accounts land in shadow with '!') will never have its passwords fixed
+    # by subsequent boots.
+    mutableUsers = false;
+
+    users.root = {
+      hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."root-hashedPassword".path;
+    };
+
+    users.${vars.primaryUser} = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+      packages = with pkgs; [ tree ];
+      hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."nixos-hashedPassword".path;
+      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [ vars.adminSshKey ] ++ vars.extraAdminSshKeys;
+    };
  };

-  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
-  users.users.${vars.primaryUser} = {
-    isNormalUser = true;
-    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
-    packages = with pkgs; [
-      tree
-    ];
-    hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."nixos-hashedPassword".path;
-    openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-      vars.adminSshKey
-      "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICMJhrfFayLBG+gWtO6oAvgambw5nWWgztiTFEaaaVRH debian@surface"
-    ];
-  };
-
-
-  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
  services.openssh.enable = true;

-  #Enable flakes
-
  nix.settings = {
    experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
    auto-optimise-store = true;
  };

-
  programs.git = {
    enable = true;
    package = pkgs.git;
-    config = {
-      credential.helper = "store";
-    };
+    config.credential.helper = "store";
  };
-
-
-
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Shared activation-script logic to preserve the SSH host key across
+# nixos-rebuild on platforms that embed the key via environment.etc (lxc and
+# proxmox).  When NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR is not set the key is absent from
+# environment.etc, and NixOS's etc activation removes any /etc file not in
+# the new generation — which would destroy the live key and break sops-nix
+# decryption permanently.  These scripts save the key to /run before etc
+# removes it, then restore it afterward.
+#
+# Explicit deps enforce the correct ordering: without them 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" ]; };
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+
+{
+  # ZFS RAID0 (striped, no redundancy) root pool for the bare-metal gui
+  # host — two disks, each contributing its own top-level vdev. disko's
+  # zpool `mode` defaults to "" (plain stripe) when left unset, which is
+  # what gives RAID0 semantics here rather than mirror/raidz.
+  #
+  # Device paths are placeholders until the real hardware profile lands —
+  # fill in vars.guiRootDisk1/guiRootDisk2 (stable /dev/disk/by-id/...
+  # paths, not /dev/sdX) before running disko against real hardware. Swap
+  # is deliberately left out for now — sizing that sensibly needs the
+  # box's actual RAM size, which comes with the hardware profile too.
+  #
+  # Not yet imported anywhere: this awaits the new bare-metal platform
+  # module (alongside modules/boot/efi.nix for systemd-boot, matching
+  # modules/platforms/proxmox.nix's pattern) once the hardware config is
+  # in hand.
+  disko.devices = {
+    disk = {
+      disk1 = {
+        type = "disk";
+        device = vars.guiRootDisk1;
+
+        content = {
+          type = "gpt";
+
+          partitions = {
+            esp = {
+              priority = 1;
+              name = "ESP";
+              size = "512M";
+              type = "EF00";
+
+              content = {
+                type = "filesystem";
+                format = "vfat";
+                mountpoint = "/boot";
+                mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
+              };
+            };
+
+            zfs = {
+              size = "100%";
+
+              content = {
+                type = "zfs";
+                pool = "rpool";
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      disk2 = {
+        type = "disk";
+        device = vars.guiRootDisk2;
+
+        content = {
+          type = "gpt";
+
+          partitions = {
+            zfs = {
+              size = "100%";
+
+              content = {
+                type = "zfs";
+                pool = "rpool";
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    zpool.rpool = {
+      type = "zpool";
+
+      rootFsOptions = {
+        compression = "zstd";
+        "com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "false";
+      };
+      mountpoint = "/";
+      options.ashift = "12";
+    };
+  };
+}
@@ -1,23 +1,45 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, vars, ... }:

+let
+  gid = toString vars.dockerAccessGid;
+in
 {
-  #  virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
  virtualisation.docker = {
    enable = true;
    package = pkgs.docker;
-    #  listenOptions = [
-    #  "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-    #  "tcp://0.0.0.0:2375"
-    #];
-
-    #  daemon.settings = {
-    #    metrics-addr = "0.0.0.0:9323";
-    #    experimental = true;
-    #  };
  };
-
+  # Pin the docker group GID to match the IPA "docker-access" group so that
+  # IPA group membership alone grants access to the Docker socket. Any user
+  # whose supplementary groups (resolved by SSSD from IPA) include GID
+  # vars.dockerAccessGid will pass the socket group-permission check without
+  # any per-host users.groups.docker.members entry.
+  users.groups.docker.gid = lib.mkForce vars.dockerAccessGid;
+  users.users.${vars.primaryUser}.extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    docker-compose
    docker-buildx
  ];
+
+  # NixOS's group activation uses plain `groupmod` without --non-unique.
+  # When SSSD is active it exposes the IPA "docker-access" group at
+  # vars.dockerAccessGid via NSS, so groupmod sees that GID as already in
+  # use and silently skips the change (warning: "not applying GID change").
+  # This script runs after the normal "groups" step and applies the change
+  # with --non-unique (which lets the local docker group share the GID with
+  # the SSSD-provided IPA group). If the GID actually changed it also
+  # restarts docker.socket so the socket is recreated with the new GID.
+  system.activationScripts.docker-group-gid = {
+    deps = [ "groups" ];
+    text = ''
+      current=$(grep "^docker:" /etc/group | cut -d: -f3)
+      if [ "$current" != "${gid}" ]; then
+        ${pkgs.shadow}/bin/groupmod --non-unique -g ${gid} docker
+        if ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl is-active --quiet docker.socket; then
+          ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl stop docker.service docker.socket
+          rm -f /var/run/docker.sock
+          ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl start docker.socket docker.service
+        fi
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
 }
@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@ let
  # (the VM platforms rely on automount itself to get that same
  # non-blocking behavior, so they don't need `nofail` too).
  automountOpts = if config.boot.isContainer then [ "nofail" ] else [ "x-systemd.automount" ];
+
+  # FQDN in the storage.home zone — resolves to the Pacemaker vip-storage
+  # (192.168.20.229) on docker's eth1/vmbr2 interface. Using the DNS name
+  # rather than the raw IP means a future VIP renumber only requires a DNS
+  # update, not a NixOS rebuild. The storage.home zone is served by the same
+  # FreeIPA nameserver (domainControllerIp) that docker already uses, so
+  # resolution reaches it over eth0 without any extra routing.
+  nfsServer = vars.haStorageNfsFqdn;
+  storageRoot = vars.haStorageRoot;
 in
 {
  fileSystems = {
    ${vars.nfsShares.dockerConfig.mountpoint} = {
-      device = "${vars.nfsServerHost}:${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerConfig.subpath}";
+      device = "${nfsServer}:${storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerConfig.subpath}";
      fsType = "nfs";

      options = [
@@ -24,7 +33,7 @@ in
    };

    ${vars.nfsShares.dockerDatabases.mountpoint} = {
-      device = "${vars.nfsServerHost}:${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerDatabases.subpath}";
+      device = "${nfsServer}:${storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerDatabases.subpath}";
      fsType = "nfs";

      options = [
@@ -35,7 +44,7 @@ in
    };

    ${vars.nfsShares.dockerVolumes.mountpoint} = {
-      device = "${vars.nfsServerHost}:${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerVolumes.subpath}";
+      device = "${nfsServer}:${storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.dockerVolumes.subpath}";
      fsType = "nfs";

      options = [
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ in
    };

    ${vars.nfsShares.nextcloudData.mountpoint} = {
-      device = "${vars.nfsServerHost}:${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.nextcloudData.subpath}";
+      device = "${nfsServer}:${storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.nextcloudData.subpath}";
      fsType = "nfs";

      options = [
@@ -57,7 +66,7 @@ in
    };

    ${vars.nfsShares.raspiVolumes.mountpoint} = {
-      device = "${vars.nfsServerHost}:${vars.storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.raspiVolumes.subpath}";
+      device = "${nfsServer}:${storageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.raspiVolumes.subpath}";
      fsType = "nfs";

      options = [
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+# Cluster-wide HA config shared by both ha-server nodes.
+#
+# Covers everything that is identical on both nodes and references cluster
+# topology (node IPs, hostnames, DRBD resource).  Per-node identity
+# (hostname, static IP, stateVersion) lives in hosts/ha-server-{1,2}/host.nix.
+#
+# Corosync authkey:
+#   /etc/corosync/authkey (mode 0400) is managed by sops-nix below.
+#   Bootstrap: run scripts/ha/cluster-init.sh on node1 to generate the key,
+#   then encrypt it with: sops -e --input-type binary /etc/corosync/authkey > secrets/ha-corosync-authkey
+#   Both host keys must be registered via sync-host-keys.sh first so both nodes can decrypt it.
+#
+# DRBD fencing:
+#   resource-only with crm-fence-peer.sh: DRBD calls the Pacemaker-aware
+#   crm-fence-peer.sh handler before promoting.  The handler checks the CIB
+#   to confirm the peer's DRBD resource is stopped and returns 7 (successfully
+#   fenced), allowing safe promotion without requiring power-fencing (STONITH).
+#   The unfence handler crm-unfence-peer.sh clears the outdate flag when the
+#   peer reconnects.  This is the correct setting for Pacemaker+DRBD clusters
+#   with STONITH disabled; crm-fence-peer.sh replaces the need for a separate
+#   STONITH device during the testing phase.  Switch to resource-and-stonith
+#   once the fence_pve_ssh STONITH resource is active (see
+#   scripts/ha/cluster-enable-stonith.sh).
+#
+#   PATH wrapper: when the DRBD kernel module invokes the fence-peer handler
+#   via the UMH (User Mode Helper) mechanism it provides a minimal PATH that
+#   omits /run/current-system/sw/bin.  crm-fence-peer.sh calls cibadmin,
+#   crm_mon etc.; if those aren't found a pipeline in the script breaks with
+#   SIGPIPE.  A process killed by signal has WEXITSTATUS() == 0, so the kernel
+#   sees exit code 0 and logs "fence-peer helper broken, returned 0", looping
+#   forever.  The writeShellScript wrappers below prepend the NixOS sw path
+#   before exec-ing the real handler, giving it a working Pacemaker toolchain.
+{ lib, pkgs, vars, ... }:
+let
+  fencePeerWrapper = pkgs.writeShellScript "drbd-fence-peer" ''
+    export PATH="/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/sbin:$PATH"
+    exec /run/current-system/sw/lib/drbd/crm-fence-peer.sh "$@"
+  '';
+  unfencePeerWrapper = pkgs.writeShellScript "drbd-unfence-peer" ''
+    export PATH="/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/sbin:$PATH"
+    exec /run/current-system/sw/lib/drbd/crm-unfence-peer.sh "$@"
+  '';
+in
+{
+  # Root SSH access — same key set as the nixos user so all admin keys can reach root.
+  users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [ vars.adminSshKey ] ++ vars.extraAdminSshKeys;
+
+  # Passwordless sudo for wheel — operator SSHes as nixos and uses sudo for
+  # cluster management commands (drbdadm, crm*, pcs, etc.)
+  security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = lib.mkForce false;
+
+  # DRBD lock-file directory (drbd-utils checks for it; missing → harmless but noisy warnings).
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [ "d /var/lib/drbd 0750 root root -" ];
+
+  # Prevent drbd.service from auto-starting at boot / nixos-rebuild switch.
+  # Pacemaker's OCF drbd agent calls drbdadm up/down directly when managing
+  # the resource.  If drbd.service also runs drbdadm up all while DRBD is
+  # already Primary under Pacemaker, apply-al fails with "device busy" (exit 20).
+  systemd.services.drbd.wantedBy = lib.mkForce [ ];
+
+  services.drbd = {
+    enable = true;
+    config = ''
+      global {
+        usage-count yes;
+      }
+
+      common {
+        net {
+          protocol C;
+          ping-int 1;
+          verify-alg sha256;
+          after-sb-0pri discard-zero-changes;
+          after-sb-1pri discard-secondary;
+        }
+        disk {
+          fencing resource-only;
+        }
+        handlers {
+          fence-peer   "${fencePeerWrapper}";
+          unfence-peer "${unfencePeerWrapper}";
+        }
+      }
+
+      resource ha-data {
+        volume 0 {
+          device    /dev/drbd0;
+          disk      ${vars.haServerDrbdDisk};
+          meta-disk internal;
+        }
+
+        on ${vars.haServer1Host} {
+          address ${vars.haServer1StorageIp}:${toString vars.ports.haServerDrbd};
+        }
+
+        on ${vars.haServer2Host} {
+          address ${vars.haServer2StorageIp}:${toString vars.ports.haServerDrbd};
+        }
+      }
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # /etc/corosync/authkey — sops binary secret, identical on both nodes.
+  # Decryptable by both ha-server host keys (added by sync-host-keys.sh).
+  sops.secrets.corosync_authkey = {
+    sopsFile = ../../secrets/ha-corosync-authkey;
+    format = "binary";
+    path = "/etc/corosync/authkey";
+    mode = "0400";
+    restartUnits = [ "corosync.service" ];
+  };
+
+  # NixOS common config enables NetworkManager by default; HA cluster nodes
+  # need stable static IPs with predictable interface names — NM is not suitable.
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+
+  # services.corosync.enable is set by modules/ha/pacemaker-stack.nix.
+  services.corosync = {
+    clusterName = "ha-cluster";
+    nodelist = [
+      # ring0: cluster-internal vmbr1 (primary heartbeat + DRBD path)
+      # ring1: LAN vmbr0 (backup heartbeat only — never carries DRBD)
+      { nodeid = 1; name = vars.haServer1Host; ring_addrs = [ vars.haServer1StorageIp vars.haServer1Ip ]; }
+      { nodeid = 2; name = vars.haServer2Host; ring_addrs = [ vars.haServer2StorageIp vars.haServer2Ip ]; }
+    ];
+  };
+
+  networking.firewall = {
+    allowedTCPPorts = [
+      vars.ports.haServerPacemakerRemoted
+      vars.ports.haServerPcsd
+      vars.ports.haServerDrbd
+    ];
+    allowedUDPPorts = [
+      vars.ports.haServerCorosync1
+      vars.ports.haServerCorosync2
+      vars.ports.haServerCorosyncCrypto
+    ];
+    # Protocol separation: iSCSI (VLAN 20 / storage clients only),
+    # NFS (VLAN 2 / LAN only).  Cluster-internal subnets accepted wholesale
+    # since they are isolated bridges with no external uplink.
+    extraCommands = ''
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -s ${vars.haServer1Ip}/32 -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -s ${vars.haServer2Ip}/32 -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -s ${vars.haStorageCidr} -j nixos-fw-accept
+
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.haServerIscsi} -j nixos-fw-accept
+
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.lanCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsRpcbind} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p udp -s ${vars.lanCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsRpcbind} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.lanCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p udp -s ${vars.lanCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.lanCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsMountd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p udp -s ${vars.lanCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsMountd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsRpcbind} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p udp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsRpcbind} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p udp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p tcp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsMountd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+      iptables -A nixos-fw -p udp -s ${vars.haClientCidr} --dport ${toString vars.ports.nfsMountd} -j nixos-fw-accept
+    '';
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# LIO iSCSI target service (targetctl) for NixOS HA clusters.
+#
+# Provides the targetctl.service that saves/restores LIO configuration from
+# /etc/target/saveconfig.json.  Pacemaker manages this service via its
+# systemd resource agent (class="systemd" type="targetctl").
+#
+# Why ExecStop is not simply "targetctl save":
+#   targetctl save writes the LIO config to JSON but does NOT remove the LIO
+#   target from the kernel's configfs.  As a result, any fileio backing store
+#   that LIO has open (e.g. iscsi-lun.img on an XFS-over-DRBD filesystem)
+#   stays referenced in the kernel.  The subsequent XFS umount from the
+#   Filesystem OCF resource then returns EBUSY and either hangs for the full
+#   op-stop timeout or fails outright, blocking the entire failover.
+#
+#   The ExecStop script here additionally tears down the kernel LIO state
+#   via rtslib_fb after saving, so the backing-store file descriptor is
+#   released and umount succeeds immediately.
+#
+# Empty-config guard:
+#   The save step is skipped when no iSCSI targets are currently active.
+#   This prevents the secondary node (where LIO was never started) from
+#   overwriting a valid saveconfig.json with an empty one when Pacemaker
+#   stops the iscsi-target resource as part of a failover or cleanup.
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  python3 = pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.rtslib-fb ]);
+  targetctl = "${python3}/bin/targetctl";
+
+  targetctlStop = pkgs.writeScript "targetctl-stop" ''
+    #!${python3}/bin/python3
+    import subprocess, sys
+    import rtslib_fb
+
+    root = rtslib_fb.RTSRoot()
+    targets = list(root.targets)
+    if targets:
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["${targetctl}", "save", "/etc/target/saveconfig.json"],
+            capture_output=True,
+        )
+        print(f"saved {len(targets)} iSCSI target(s)")
+    else:
+        print("no active LIO targets — saveconfig.json unchanged")
+
+    for target in targets:
+        try:
+            for tpg in list(target.tpgs):
+                tpg.enable = False
+            target.delete()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"warn (target): {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+    for so in list(root.storage_objects):
+        try:
+            so.delete()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"warn (backstore): {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("LIO kernel target cleared")
+  '';
+in
+{
+  boot.kernelModules = [
+    "target_core_mod"
+    "iscsi_target_mod"
+    "target_core_file"
+    "target_core_pscsi"
+    "target_core_user"
+    "configfs"
+  ];
+
+  systemd = {
+    mounts = [{
+      where = "/sys/kernel/config";
+      what = "configfs";
+      type = "configfs";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      before = [ "targetctl.service" ];
+    }];
+    services.targetctl = {
+      description = "LIO iSCSI target config save/restore";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "sys-kernel-config.mount" "network.target" ];
+      requires = [ "sys-kernel-config.mount" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+        ExecStart = "${targetctl} restore /etc/target/saveconfig.json";
+        ExecStop = "${targetctlStop}";
+      };
+      unitConfig.ConditionFileNotEmpty = "/etc/target/saveconfig.json";
+    };
+    tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d /etc/target 0750 root root -"
+      "f /etc/target/saveconfig.json 0640 root root -"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.targetcli-fb ];
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# Pacemaker + Corosync HA stack for NixOS with known-good workarounds.
+#
+# Issues fixed here (confirmed through live testing on NixOS 25.11):
+#
+# 1. StateDirectory ownership reset: systemd's StateDirectory=pacemaker
+#    creates /var/lib/pacemaker owned root:root.  pacemaker-based (the CIB
+#    daemon) runs as the hacluster user and calls pcmk__daemon_can_write,
+#    which requires the CIB directory to be owned by hacluster or be
+#    group-writable by haclient.  Workaround: remove StateDirectory and let
+#    ExecStartPre create every required subdirectory with correct ownership.
+#
+# 2. HA_SBIN_DIR wrong path: ocf-shellfuncs sets HA_SBIN_DIR to the Nix
+#    store path of the resource-agents derivation's /sbin, which doesn't
+#    exist.  The DRBD OCF agent uses ${HA_SBIN_DIR}/crm_master, so it exits
+#    127 without this override.  Fix: export HA_SBIN_DIR=/run/current-system/sw/bin.
+#
+# 3. Broad PATH for OCF agents: the resource executor (pacemaker-execd) runs
+#    OCF agent scripts as children.  NixOS provides no implicit PATH for
+#    system services; without an explicit PATH the agents can't find ip, ss,
+#    mount, umount, drbdadm, etc.
+#
+# 4. FUSER=true: the Filesystem OCF agent calls check_binary $FUSER (default:
+#    fuser from psmisc), which is not installed.  Setting FUSER=true makes
+#    check_binary succeed (true is always in PATH) and the subsequent
+#    "$FUSER -km $mountpoint" becomes a no-op.  Pair with force_unmount=false
+#    on each Filesystem resource unless you want lazy unmount behaviour.
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  ocfBinPath = lib.concatStringsSep ":" [
+    "${pkgs.iproute2}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.iproute2}/sbin"
+    "${pkgs.iputils}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.util-linux}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.util-linux}/sbin"
+    "${pkgs.gawk}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.gnused}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.bash}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.procps}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.xfsprogs}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.drbd}/bin"
+    "${pkgs.python3}/bin"
+    "/run/current-system/sw/bin"
+    "/run/current-system/sw/sbin"
+    "/usr/local/sbin"
+    "/usr/local/bin"
+    "/usr/sbin"
+    "/usr/bin"
+    "/sbin"
+    "/bin"
+  ];
+
+  # Single pre-start script: schemas symlink + directory ownership.
+  # Runs before pacemakerd so pacemaker-based finds hacluster-owned dirs.
+  preStartCmd = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '"
+    + "ln -sfn ${pkgs.pacemaker}/share/pacemaker /var/lib/pacemaker/schemas; "
+    + "for d in /var/lib/pacemaker /var/lib/pacemaker/cib /var/lib/pacemaker/cores "
+    + "/var/lib/pacemaker/pengine /var/lib/pacemaker/blackbox "
+    + "/var/lib/pacemaker/hostcache; do "
+    + "mkdir -p \"\\$d\" && chown hacluster:pacemaker \"\\$d\" && chmod 2770 \"\\$d\"; "
+    + "done'";
+
+  ocfEnv = {
+    PATH = lib.mkForce ocfBinPath;
+    OCF_ROOT = "${pkgs.ocf-resource-agents}/usr/lib/ocf";
+    HA_SBIN_DIR = "/run/current-system/sw/bin";
+    FUSER = "true";
+  };
+in
+{
+  users.groups.haclient = { };
+
+  services.corosync.enable = true;
+  services.pacemaker.enable = true;
+
+  systemd.services = {
+    pacemaker = {
+      serviceConfig = {
+        StateDirectory = lib.mkForce "";
+        ExecStartPre = lib.mkBefore [ preStartCmd ];
+      };
+      environment = ocfEnv;
+    };
+    pacemaker-execd.environment = ocfEnv;
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    corosync
+    pacemaker
+    ocf-resource-agents
+  ];
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Adapted from the output of `nixos-generate-config`, run from a live GUI
+# ISO boot on the actual gui-host hardware (AMD CPU). fileSystems and
+# swapDevices are deliberately omitted -- the live ISO had no formatted
+# disks to detect, and disko (modules/disko/baremetal.nix) generates both
+# from the declarative zpool layout anyway.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [
+      (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    ];
+
+  boot = {
+    initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "ahci" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
+    initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+    kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" ];
+    extraModulePackages = [ ];
+  };
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.amd.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
@@ -45,140 +45,21 @@
      disko
    ];

-    # Write auto-install script to /root
-    etc."auto-install.sh" = {
-      text = ''
-            #!/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash
-            set -eux
+    # Auto-install script, kept as a real, version-controlled shell file at
+    # scripts/installer/auto-install.sh rather than an inline Nix string.
+    # It sources scripts/env.sh itself (for LAN_DOMAIN, same as every other
+    # script in this repo) rather than relying on Nix-level templating, so
+    # it behaves identically whether it's run straight from a git checkout
+    # or from here -- baking scripts/env.sh in alongside it at a matching
+    # relative path (installer/auto-install.sh -> ../env.sh) is what makes
+    # that resolve correctly in both places.
+    etc = {
+      "nixos-installer/env.sh".source = ../../scripts/env.sh;

-            set -euo pipefail
-
-        export FLAKE_BASE_URL="git+https://${vars.lanDomain}/beatzaplenty/nixos.git"
-
-        echo "Fetching available NixOS hosts from flake..."
-        # Two categories deliberately excluded from the menu:
-        #   lxc-*     — these build a config.system.build.tarball meant for
-        #               `pct restore` on Proxmox directly, not an install.
-        #               Running nixos-install against one here would
-        #               bind-mount / onto /mnt and then refuse to touch the
-        #               filesystem it's currently running on — see
-        #               docs/auto-installer.md.
-        #   installer — this *is* the installer image's own flake target,
-        #               not a deployable host; "installing" it means
-        #               nixos-install-ing a copy of the installer into
-        #               itself.
-        mapfile -t options < <(
-          nix eval --json --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config --extra-experimental-features "flakes nix-command" \
-            "''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations" \
-            --apply builtins.attrNames \
-          | jq -r '.[]
-              | select(startswith("lxc-") | not)
-              | select(. != "installer")'
-        )
-
-        if [[ ''${#options[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
-          echo "ERROR: No NixOS hosts found in ''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations" >&2
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-        echo "Note: lxc-* targets aren't installed this way — build them with"
-        echo "  nix build .#nixosConfigurations.<name>.config.system.build.tarball"
-        echo "and 'pct restore' the result on Proxmox directly. See docs/auto-installer.md."
-
-        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
-
-        # A nix-cache host is *the* substituter/remote-builder for every other
-        # host once installed (its own config explicitly excludes itself from
-        # using either — see buildType != "nix-cache" in the nixos flake.nix).
-        # Installing one shouldn't depend on a nix-cache substituter either,
-        # for the same reason — plus in practice "nix-cache" only resolves over
-        # Tailscale, which a fresh installer environment was never connected to
-        # anyway, so it's dead weight even for non-nix-cache installs until
-        # that's sorted out. Override it away here specifically for nix-cache
-        # targets to keep install-time behaviour consistent with run-time.
-        nix_extra_opts=()
-        if [[ "''${choice}" == *-nix-cache ]]; then
-            echo "Installing a nix-cache host — skipping the nix-cache substituter."
-            nix_extra_opts+=(--option substituters "https://cache.nixos.org/")
-        fi
-
-        # Every host reachable through this menu has a Disko config (lxc-*
-        # is filtered out above, and is the only category that doesn't —
-        # see docs/auto-installer.md), so this can run unconditionally: no
-        # need to probe the flake first and branch on whether Disko applies.
-        disko --mode destroy,format,mount \
-            --flake "''${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#''${choice}" "''${nix_extra_opts[@]}" --yes-wipe-all-disks
-
-        # 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 with scripts/prepare-host-key.sh first.
-        #
-        # Two places a key can come from, checked in order:
-        #   /etc/host-keys  — baked into this image at build time (see
-        #                      modules/installer/host-keys.nix; only present
-        #                      if built with NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR set)
-        #   /root/host-keys — scp'd in manually after boot (older fallback,
-        #                      still supported for images built without keys)
-        mkdir -p /root/host-keys
-        if [[ -f "/etc/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" ]]; then
-            echo "Found baked-in SSH host key for ''${choice}, installing to target..."
-            install -D -m 0600 "/etc/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
-            install -D -m 0644 "/etc/host-keys/''${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
-        elif [[ -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 SSH host key found for ''${choice} (checked /etc/host-keys and /root/host-keys)"
-            echo "sops-nix secrets (including the login password) will NOT decrypt on first boot."
-            echo "Run scripts/prepare-host-key.sh for host ''${choice} on your admin workstation first,"
-            echo "then either rebuild this image with NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR set, or scp the result to"
-            echo "/root/host-keys/ on this machine."
-            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}" \
-            "''${nix_extra_opts[@]}" \
-            --no-root-password
-
-
-            rm -rf /mnt/install-tmp
-            # Redundant copy of the host's private key — the real one is now at
-            # /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key. Nothing NixOS-managed ever cleans this
-            # up on its own since it was written imperatively, not declaratively.
-            rm -rf /root/host-keys
-            sleep 10
-            reboot
-      '';
-
-      mode = "0755";
+      "nixos-installer/installer/auto-install.sh" = {
+        source = ../../scripts/installer/auto-install.sh;
+        mode = "0755";
+      };
    };
  };

@@ -192,7 +73,7 @@
  # file-copying/chown.
  programs.bash.loginShellInit = ''
    if [ -n "$PS1" ] && [ ! -e "$HOME/.auto_install_ran" ]; then
-      sudo /etc/auto-install.sh
+      sudo /etc/nixos-installer/installer/auto-install.sh
      touch "$HOME/.auto_install_ran"
    fi
  '';
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+# Fully declarative FreeIPA domain membership.
+#
+# Imported by modules/common/configuration.nix — no per-host wiring needed.
+# Enables itself automatically on any host that has a sops-encrypted keytab
+# at secrets/<hostname>.keytab; is a no-op for all other hosts.
+#
+# To enroll a new host:
+#   0. scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <flake-target>
+#   1. scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh [--ip <addr>] <hostname>
+#      (adds .sops.yaml rule, runs ipa host-add, encrypts keytab in one step)
+#   2. git add secrets/<hostname>.keytab .sops.yaml && git commit
+#   3. Deploy — no further steps required.
+#
+# Manual fallback (if the script isn't usable):
+#   a. On the FreeIPA server: ipa host-add <fqdn> [--ip-address=<ip>] --force
+#   b. On the FreeIPA server: ipa-getkeytab -s <ipa-server> -p host/<fqdn> -k /tmp/<host>.keytab
+#   c. From the repo root (path must match for sops creation rule to apply):
+#        cp /tmp/<host>.keytab secrets/<host>.keytab
+#        sops -e --input-type binary -i secrets/<host>.keytab
+#   d. Commit secrets/<host>.keytab and the updated .sops.yaml, then deploy.
+#
+# vars dependencies: homeDomain, ipaServer, domainControllerIp, ipaUser
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, vars, ... }:
+
+let
+  keytabPath = ../../secrets + "/${config.networking.hostName}.keytab";
+  enabled = builtins.pathExists keytabPath;
+
+  realm = lib.strings.toUpper vars.homeDomain;
+  fqdn = "${config.networking.hostName}.${vars.homeDomain}";
+  # "sweet.home" -> "dc=sweet,dc=home"
+  basedn = lib.strings.concatMapStringsSep "," (c: "dc=${c}") (lib.strings.splitString "." vars.homeDomain);
+  # security.ipa.certificate expects a derivation (package), not a raw path.
+  caCertPkg = pkgs.writeText "ipa-ca.crt" (builtins.readFile ../../certs/ipa-ca.crt);
+in
+lib.mkIf enabled {
+  networking.domain = lib.mkDefault vars.homeDomain;
+  networking.nameservers = lib.mkDefault [ vars.domainControllerIp ];
+
+  security = {
+    ipa = {
+      enable = true;
+      domain = vars.homeDomain;
+      inherit realm;
+      server = vars.ipaServer;
+      certificate = caCertPkg;
+      inherit basedn;
+      ipaHostname = fqdn;
+      offlinePasswords = true;
+      cacheCredentials = true;
+    };
+
+    # Create the home directory on first login if it doesn't exist yet.
+    # IPA users have no pre-created home on the host; without this sshd
+    # opens a session to a non-existent directory and resets the connection.
+    # lightdm also needs this so the GUI login path can create the home dir
+    # if it was not pre-seeded by the tmpfiles rule above (e.g. on first boot
+    # before SSSD has resolved the user).
+    pam.services = {
+      sshd.makeHomeDir = true;
+      lightdm.makeHomeDir = true;
+
+      # pam_unix returns PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL without prompting when the local
+      # stub has "!" in shadow (account locked), so PAM_AUTHTOK is never set
+      # and pam_sss's use_first_pass fails with "No authentication token".
+      # Changing to try_first_pass makes pam_sss prompt independently when no
+      # prior module has set the token, restoring IPA password login via
+      # LightDM and su.
+      login.rules.auth.sss.settings = lib.mkForce { try_first_pass = true; };
+      su.rules.auth.sss.settings = lib.mkForce { try_first_pass = true; };
+    };
+
+    # HM with useUserPackages = true (flake.nix) sets users.users.${ipaUser}.packages,
+    # which forces the stub into /etc/passwd. pam_sss.so with the "localusers" flag
+    # (added by NixOS when SSSD is enabled) then skips SSSD for any user it finds in
+    # local /etc/passwd — including this stub — falling through to pam_unix, which has
+    # no password for the stub → sudo auth always fails.
+    #
+    # Fix: NOPASSWD for the IPA user. The IPA user already authenticated to reach a
+    # shell (SSH public key from IPA or Kerberos), so re-prompting via a broken PAM
+    # path is security theater on a single-admin homelab.
+    sudo.extraRules = [{
+      users = [ vars.ipaUser ];
+      commands = [{ command = "ALL"; options = [ "NOPASSWD" ]; }];
+    }];
+  };
+
+  systemd = {
+    # Fetch SSH public keys from IPA so users can log in with the key stored
+    # in their IPA profile rather than needing ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on every
+    # host. sss_ssh_authorizedkeys queries SSSD (which queries IPA LDAP).
+    #
+    # /nix/store is 1775 (group-writable by nixbld). OpenSSH 10.0+ rejects
+    # AuthorizedKeysCommand binaries whose path contains any group-writable
+    # component, silently skipping the command. Copy to /usr/local/bin (all
+    # components root-owned, 755) so the path passes sshd's safety check.
+    tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d /usr/local 0755 root root - -"
+      "d /usr/local/bin 0755 root root - -"
+      "C+ /usr/local/bin/sss_ssh_authorizedkeys 0555 root root - ${pkgs.sssd}/bin/sss_ssh_authorizedkeys"
+      # Pre-create the IPA user's home dir so Home Manager activation succeeds
+      # even before their first login. On a fresh system SSSD may not have
+      # resolved the user yet — tmpfiles warns and skips in that case (non-fatal),
+      # and pam_mkhomedir covers the first-login path as a fallback.
+      "d /home/${vars.ipaUser} 0700 ${vars.ipaUser} ${vars.ipaUser} - -"
+    ];
+
+    # security.ipa enables Kerberos (security.krb5) which causes systemd to
+    # start auth-rpcgss-module.service and rpc-gssd.service for Kerberos NFS
+    # authentication. LXC containers can't load the auth_rpcgss kernel module
+    # and don't have /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs, so both services fail.
+    #
+    # The NixOS IPA module already adds a drop-in for auth-rpcgss-module.service
+    # with ConditionPathExists=/etc/krb5.keytab. We use lib.mkForce to win the
+    # text conflict and add ConditionVirtualization=!container alongside it so
+    # the service is skipped (not failed) in containers that do have a keytab.
+    # Same fix for rpc-gssd.service which also fails in containers.
+    units = lib.mkIf config.boot.isContainer {
+      "auth-rpcgss-module.service" = {
+        overrideStrategy = "asDropinIfExists";
+        text = lib.mkForce ''
+          [Unit]
+          ConditionPathExists=
+          ConditionPathExists=/etc/krb5.keytab
+          ConditionVirtualization=!container
+        '';
+      };
+      # rpc-gssd also has ConditionPathExists from the NixOS IPA module (and an
+      # X-Restart-Triggers store path from systemd.nix). Use mkForce to win;
+      # omit X-Restart-Triggers since this service is skipped in containers anyway.
+      "rpc-gssd.service" = {
+        overrideStrategy = "asDropinIfExists";
+        text = lib.mkForce ''
+          [Unit]
+          ConditionPathExists=
+          ConditionPathExists=/etc/krb5.keytab
+          ConditionVirtualization=!container
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+    # home-manager-<user>.service fails on first enrollment because /home/wayne
+    # doesn't exist until the user's first login (pam_mkhomedir creates it then).
+    # ConditionPathExists makes systemd skip the service (exit 0, condition not
+    # met) instead of failing. After first login the dir exists and subsequent
+    # rebuilds activate HM normally.
+    services."home-manager-${vars.ipaUser}".unitConfig.ConditionPathExists =
+      "/home/${vars.ipaUser}";
+  };
+
+  services.openssh.extraConfig = ''
+    AuthorizedKeysCommand /usr/local/bin/sss_ssh_authorizedkeys %u
+    AuthorizedKeysCommandUser nobody
+  '';
+
+  # Host keytab: pre-provisioned on the IPA server, sops-encrypted binary.
+  # Placed at /etc/krb5.keytab before SSSD starts so the host authenticates
+  # to IPA without running ipa-client-install.
+  sops.secrets."ipa-host-keytab" = {
+    sopsFile = keytabPath;
+    format = "binary";
+    path = "/etc/krb5.keytab";
+    owner = "root";
+    group = "root";
+    mode = "0600";
+    restartUnits = [ "sssd.service" ];
+  };
+
+  # NixOS requires isNormalUser/isSystemUser + group on any entry in
+  # users.users. HM with useUserPackages = true (set in flake.nix) adds a stub
+  # entry for each HM user so it can install packages to
+  # /etc/profiles/per-user/<name>/. This definition satisfies those assertions.
+  # With security.ipa setting "passwd: sss files" in nsswitch, SSSD's IPA entry
+  # takes priority for NSS lookups — this local stub is only a fallback when
+  # SSSD is unreachable (at which point auth fails anyway).
+  users.users.${vars.ipaUser} = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    group = "users";
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    createHome = false;
+    # "!" is not a password hash — it is the standard "account locked" marker.
+    # It cannot authenticate anyone locally. It exists solely so NixOS generates
+    # a shadow entry for this stub user; without one pam_unix returns
+    # PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL before prompting, which means PAM_AUTHTOK is never
+    # set and the subsequent pam_sss use_first_pass call has nothing to work
+    # with — blocking LightDM and su logins even when IPA/SSSD auth succeeds.
+    hashedPassword = "!";
+  };
+
+  # Home Manager config for the IPA primary user, applied on every enrolled
+  # host. Manages what IPA doesn't: dotfiles, user-scoped packages, session
+  # variables. Switch-nix/Test-nix/buildImage are system-wide (configuration.nix)
+  # so they don't need to be repeated here.
+  #
+  # homeDirectory uses mkForce because HM's NixOS integration module sets it to
+  # "/var/empty" for users not found in config.users.users at eval time (SSSD
+  # users aren't visible there).
+  home-manager.users.${vars.ipaUser} = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    home = {
+      username = vars.ipaUser;
+      homeDirectory = lib.mkForce "/home/${vars.ipaUser}";
+      stateVersion = "26.05";
+      packages = with pkgs; [ tmux sshfs ];
+      sessionVariables.EDITOR = lib.mkDefault "nano";
+    };
+    programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+    programs.bash.enable = true;
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ config, lib, vars, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Prestages a NetworkManager connection profile for vars.wifiSsid so the
+  # host associates on first boot with no manual nmtui/nmcli step. Guarded
+  # on a non-empty SSID so leaving the placeholder blank in variables.nix
+  # is a no-op rather than an empty, broken profile — fill it in once the
+  # network is known.
+  #
+  # The password itself lives in secrets/gui.yaml, not variables.nix --
+  # NetworkManager's ensureProfiles renders `psk = "$WIFI_PASSWORD"`
+  # literally into the store (see nixpkgs' own ensureProfiles example,
+  # which does the same for exactly this reason) and its systemd service
+  # envsubst-expands it from environmentFiles at activation time, so the
+  # real value only ever touches /run (root-only, UMask 0177), never the
+  # Nix store.
+  sops.secrets."wifi-password" = lib.mkIf (vars.wifiSsid != "") {
+    sopsFile = ../../secrets/gui.yaml;
+  };
+
+  sops.templates."wifi-password.env" = lib.mkIf (vars.wifiSsid != "") {
+    content = "WIFI_PASSWORD=${config.sops.placeholder."wifi-password"}";
+  };
+
+  networking.networkmanager.ensureProfiles = lib.mkIf (vars.wifiSsid != "") {
+    environmentFiles = [ config.sops.templates."wifi-password.env".path ];
+
+    profiles.${vars.wifiSsid} = {
+      connection = {
+        id = vars.wifiSsid;
+        type = "wifi";
+      };
+      wifi = {
+        mode = "infrastructure";
+        ssid = vars.wifiSsid;
+      };
+      wifi-security = {
+        key-mgmt = "wpa-psk";
+        psk = "$WIFI_PASSWORD";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {
  nix.settings = {
    substituters = [
-      "http://${vars.nixCacheHost}"
+      "http://${vars.nixCacheHost}.${vars.homeDomain}"
      "https://cache.nixos.org/"
    ];
    trusted-public-keys = [
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 { pkgs, vars, ... }:

 {
-  # Install the remote builder key on each client host (do not commit private keys):
-  #   sudo install -d -m 0700 /root/.ssh
-  #   sudo install -m 0600 ./nixremote /root/.ssh/nixremote
-  #   sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/nixremote nixremote@nix-cache nix-store --version
+  # Authenticate as nixremote using the client host's own default root SSH
+  # identity (/root/.ssh/id_ed25519) rather than a separately-named key --
+  # matches vars.remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys, which already authorizes
+  # each host's own default key (one entry per host, not a shared
+  # dedicated keypair). If this host doesn't have one yet:
+  #   sudo -u root ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N '' -f /root/.ssh/id_ed25519
+  #   # then add its .pub to vars.remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys and rebuild nix-cache
+  #   sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 nixremote@nix-cache.sweet.home nix-store --version
  # Trust nix-cache's SSH host key declaratively so the nix-daemon (root)
  # can connect the first time without a manual ssh-keyscan/known_hosts
  # step on every new client.
-  programs.ssh.knownHosts.${vars.nixCacheHost} = {
-    hostNames = [ vars.nixCacheHost ];
+  programs.ssh.knownHosts."${vars.nixCacheHost}.${vars.homeDomain}" = {
+    hostNames = [ "${vars.nixCacheHost}.${vars.homeDomain}" ];
    publicKey = vars.nixCacheHostKey;
  };

@@ -18,9 +22,9 @@

    buildMachines = [
      {
-        hostName = vars.nixCacheHost;
+        hostName = "${vars.nixCacheHost}.${vars.homeDomain}";
        sshUser = vars.remoteBuilderUser;
-        sshKey = "/root/.ssh/${vars.remoteBuilderUser}";
+        sshKey = "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519";
        inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
        maxJobs = 4;
        speedFactor = 2;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    nginx = {
      enable = true;
      recommendedProxySettings = true;
-      virtualHosts.${vars.nixCacheHost} = {
+      virtualHosts."${vars.nixCacheHost}.${vars.homeDomain}" = {
        locations."/" = {
          proxyPass = "http://${config.services.nix-serve.bindAddress}:${toString config.services.nix-serve.port}";
        };
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../hardware-configuration/baremetal.nix
+    ../boot/efi.nix
+    ../disko/baremetal.nix
+    ../services/zfs/enable-service.nix
+  ];
+
+  # Needed for real wifi/bluetooth/GPU firmware blobs and CPU microcode
+  # updates (hardware-configuration/baremetal.nix's amd.updateMicrocode
+  # keys off this) -- irrelevant on the linode/proxmox/lxc platforms,
+  # which are all VMs with no real hardware to load firmware for.
+  hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
+
+  # AMD GPU: the amdgpu kernel driver autoloads from the PCI ID with no
+  # extra boot.kernelModules entry needed; this is the userspace half --
+  # the dedicated Xorg driver (not just the generic modesetting fallback)
+  # plus Mesa OpenGL/Vulkan (amdgpu/RADV), same firmware blobs as above.
+  # 32-bit support is for compatibility with 32-bit apps/games.
+  services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "amdgpu" ];
+
+  hardware.graphics = {
+    enable = true;
+    enable32Bit = true;
+  };
+
+  # The systemd-based initrd (default here since this host has a ZFS root --
+  # see modules/disko/baremetal.nix) locks the root account by default, so
+  # sulogin refuses to hand over a shell if something in the initrd (e.g.
+  # the ZFS pool import) fails and it drops to emergency mode -- confirmed
+  # live: it just loops re-entering the target instead of prompting. This
+  # only affects the pre-switch-root initrd shell, not the installed
+  # system's own login, and is worth the tradeoff on a box already reachable
+  # at the physical console.
+  boot.initrd.systemd.emergencyAccess = true;
+}
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, modulesPath, flakeTarget, ... }:
+{ config, lib, modulesPath, flakeTarget, ... }:

 let
  # Bakes this exact flake target's pre-generated SSH host key straight
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
  # Without this, config.system.build.tarball's built-in system just
  # generates a fresh host key at first boot like any other host would --
  # but sops-nix derives its decryption key from *this* file, and
-  # .sops.yaml only trusts whatever key scripts/sync-host-keys.sh already
+  # .sops.yaml only trusts whatever key scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh already
  # registered for this exact target name. A freshly-generated key can
  # never match that, so every secret (including this host's own login)
  # permanently fails to decrypt. Confirmed live: sops-install-secrets
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let
  hostKeysDir = /. + hostKeysDirStr;

  # flakeTarget ("${platform}-${buildType}") comes in via specialArgs from
-  # flake.nix's mkTarget -- exactly the name scripts/sync-host-keys.sh
+  # flake.nix's mkTarget -- exactly the name scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh
  # registers keys under. Deliberately not read back from
  # config.environment.etc."flake-target" (which is set to the same value)
  # -- this module also *contributes* to environment.etc below, and a
@@ -52,14 +52,34 @@ in
  # LXC container does).
  imports = [
    (modulesPath + "/virtualisation/proxmox-lxc.nix")
+    ../common/preserve-ssh-host-key.nix
  ];

  proxmoxLXC = {
    # host.nix declares each host's real hostname (networking.hostName);
    # keep that instead of letting Proxmox's ambient container config win.
    manageHostName = true;
-    # Unprivileged matches how these containers are actually created.
-    privileged = false;
+    # Unprivileged by default -- matches how these containers are actually
+    # created (scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh reads this value
+    # back to decide `pct create`'s --unprivileged flag, so the two stay
+    # in sync).
+    #
+    # Any lxc-* host with an NFS fileSystem must be privileged: the kernel's
+    # NFS client doesn't set FS_USERNS_MOUNT, so mounting NFS from inside
+    # *any* non-init user namespace -- which is exactly what an unprivileged
+    # container's UID-mapped root runs in -- is rejected at the VFS layer
+    # with EPERM, no matter what Proxmox's own `mount=nfs;nfs4` container
+    # feature allows at the AppArmor layer (confirmed live: TCP to the NFS
+    # server succeeds, the server's export table matches the container's IP,
+    # and `mount.nfs: Operation not permitted` still fires immediately with
+    # no corresponding denial anywhere in the server's logs -- a kernel-level
+    # rejection, not a network or export-permission one). Deriving this from
+    # fileSystems rather than a per-host override keeps it self-consistent:
+    # any new lxc-* host that declares an NFS mount automatically gets the
+    # privilege level it needs without a separate manual flag.
+    privileged = builtins.any
+      (fs: fs.fsType == "nfs" || fs.fsType == "nfs4")
+      (builtins.attrValues config.fileSystems);
  };

  boot.loader = {
@@ -92,9 +112,12 @@ in
  # sops-nix's "for users" secrets (password hashes -- installed by the
  # activation script itself, not a systemd service, since they need to
  # exist *before* user creation) nor the user-creation step that
-  # consumes them ever run on a real lxc-* boot. Regular secrets
-  # (nix-serve's key, beszel's token, etc.) work anyway because sops-nix
-  # provides its own systemd service for those.
+  # consumes them ever run on a real lxc-* boot. In this config sops-nix
+  # does NOT generate its own boot-time service (confirmed live: no
+  # sops-nix.service in systemctl list-unit-files on a deployed
+  # lxc-tor-relay container); /run/secrets is a tmpfs cleared on every
+  # reboot, so secrets must be reinstalled on each non-first boot by
+  # nixos-lxc-sops-reinstall (below).
  #
  # A systemd service, not boot.postBootCommands: tried that first (it's
  # a genuine, generally-invoked hook -- nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh,
@@ -145,4 +168,41 @@ in
      touch /var/lib/nixos-lxc-first-boot-activated
    '';
  };
+
+  # Reinstalls sops secrets on every non-first boot. /run/secrets is a
+  # tmpfs that is cleared on each reboot; without this service, secrets
+  # are permanently absent after the first boot and every service that
+  # reads from /run/secrets fails on start.
+  #
+  # wantedBy/before network.target: switch-to-configuration test requires
+  # D-Bus to restart systemd targets after running activation scripts. D-Bus
+  # is available once basic.target completes (the default After=basic.target
+  # that DefaultDependencies would otherwise add). Placing the service before
+  # network.target ensures secrets are ready before any network-dependent
+  # service (including beszel-agent and nix-serve) starts, while running late
+  # enough that D-Bus is already up.
+  #
+  # ConditionPathExists=... skips this service on the genuine first boot
+  # (the marker doesn't exist yet); nixos-lxc-first-boot-activate handles
+  # that case. On every subsequent boot the condition passes and secrets
+  # are reinstalled before user services start.
+  #
+  # SuccessExitStatus=11: switch-to-configuration exits 11 when it cannot
+  # acquire the activation lock (another switch is already in progress).
+  # During a nixos-rebuild switch the activation already installs secrets, so
+  # treating the lock-held case as success is correct.
+  systemd.services.nixos-lxc-sops-reinstall = {
+    description = "Reinstall sops secrets on each non-first boot (LXC, /run is tmpfs)";
+    wantedBy = [ "network.target" ];
+    before = [ "network.target" ];
+    unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = "/var/lib/nixos-lxc-first-boot-activated";
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      RemainAfterExit = true;
+      SuccessExitStatus = "11";
+    };
+    script = ''
+      /run/current-system/bin/switch-to-configuration test
+    '';
+  };
 }
@@ -1,9 +1,50 @@
-{ ... }:
+{ 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
+    ../common/preserve-ssh-host-key.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";
+    };
+  };
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ config, lib, vars, ... }:
+
+let
+  # FQDN of the LAN NFS VIP (Pacemaker vip-lan, 192.168.2.229). Defined in
+  # variables.nix as haLanNfsFqdn; using the FQDN avoids systemd-resolved
+  # LLMNR quirks and survives a future VIP renumber via a DNS-only update.
+  nfsServer = vars.haLanNfsFqdn;
+in
+{
+  fileSystems.${vars.nfsShares.pxebootImages.mountpoint} = {
+    device = "${nfsServer}:${vars.haStorageRoot}/${vars.nfsShares.pxebootImages.subpath}";
+    fsType = "nfs";
+    options = [
+      "_netdev"
+      "noatime"
+    ] ++ (if config.boot.isContainer
+    # NFSv4 requires rpc_pipefs (sunrpc filesystem), which Proxmox LXC
+    # containers block unless `features: mount=nfs` is set. Use NFSv3+nolock
+    # instead: no rpc_pipefs dependency at the protocol level, and rpcbind
+    # on the server handles port resolution without needing client-side
+    # sunrpc infrastructure. nofail keeps boot clean if server is unreachable.
+    then [ "nfsvers=3" "proto=tcp" "nolock" "nofail" ]
+    else [ "nfsvers=4.2" "x-systemd.automount" ]);
+  };
+
+  # NixOS pulls var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount (the sunrpc filesystem) into
+  # nfs-client.target for any nfs fileSystems entry. In LXC containers the
+  # sunrpc mount is blocked by Proxmox's AppArmor profile, causing it to fail
+  # and the activation to report an error even though our mount uses nofail.
+  # Add ConditionVirtualization=!container via drop-in so systemd skips the
+  # unit entirely in containers (skip = inactive, not failed), which keeps
+  # nfs-client.target green and activation clean.
+  systemd.units = lib.mkIf config.boot.isContainer {
+    "var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount" = {
+      overrideStrategy = "asDropin";
+      text = ''
+        [Unit]
+        ConditionVirtualization=!container
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
-{ netbootSystem, ... }:
+{ netbootSystem, netbootMinimalSystem, ... }:

 let
  # config.system.build.kernel and .netbootRamdisk are directories, not the
  # files themselves — nixpkgs' own system.build.kexecTree does the same
  # ${...}/<file> dereference for the same reason.
-  inherit (netbootSystem.config.system.boot.loader) kernelFile;
+  mkStageRules = { dirName, system }:
+    let
+      inherit (system.config.system.boot.loader) kernelFile;
+      dir = "/srv/pxe/http/${dirName}";
+    in
+    [
+      # Declared here too (not just in build-types/pxe-boot.nix) so this
+      # module's C+ rules don't depend on cross-module list-merge ordering —
+      # tmpfiles' C type needs the target directory to already exist.
+      "d ${dir} 0755 root root -"
+      "C+ ${dir}/${kernelFile} 0644 root root - ${system.config.system.build.kernel}/${kernelFile}"
+      "C+ ${dir}/initrd 0644 root root - ${system.config.system.build.netbootRamdisk}/initrd"
+      "C+ ${dir}/netboot.ipxe 0644 root root - ${system.config.system.build.netbootIpxeScript}/netboot.ipxe"
+    ];
 in
 {
  # Builds this flake's own installer netboot image (the same one
-  # `nix build .#pxe` produces) and stages it where menu.ipxe's :nixos
-  # entry expects it, so the pxe-boot host is self-contained — no manual
-  # operator step to populate /srv/pxe/http/nixos after deploy.
-  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-    # Declared here too (not just in build-types/pxe-boot.nix) so this
-    # module's C+ rules don't depend on cross-module list-merge ordering —
-    # tmpfiles' C type needs the target directory to already exist.
-    "d /srv/pxe/http/nixos 0755 root root -"
-    "C+ /srv/pxe/http/nixos/${kernelFile} 0644 root root - ${netbootSystem.config.system.build.kernel}/${kernelFile}"
-    "C+ /srv/pxe/http/nixos/initrd 0644 root root - ${netbootSystem.config.system.build.netbootRamdisk}/initrd"
-    "C+ /srv/pxe/http/nixos/netboot.ipxe 0644 root root - ${netbootSystem.config.system.build.netbootIpxeScript}/netboot.ipxe"
-  ];
+  # `nix build .#pxe` produces) plus the vanilla NixOS minimal netboot image
+  # (`nix build .#pxe-minimal`), and stages both where menu.ipxe's
+  # :auto-installer / :nixos-minimal entries expect them, so the pxe-boot
+  # host is self-contained — no manual operator step to populate
+  # /srv/pxe/http after deploy.
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules =
+    mkStageRules { dirName = "auto-installer"; system = netbootSystem; }
+    ++ mkStageRules { dirName = "nixos-minimal"; system = netbootMinimalSystem; };
 }
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-_:
-
-{
-  imports = [ ./enable-service.nix ];
-
-  services.tailscale = {
-    # Enables the sysctl forwarding settings exit nodes/subnet routers need;
-    # without this, --advertise-exit-node has no effect.
-    useRoutingFeatures = "server";
-
-    # Lets peers reach this node directly over the tailscale UDP port
-    # instead of relaying through DERP.
-    openFirewall = true;
-
-    # extraSetFlags (tailscale set, via the always-on tailscaled-set
-    # service), not extraUpFlags -- extraUpFlags is only ever applied by
-    # tailscaled-autoconnect, which itself only runs when
-    # services.tailscale.authKeyFile is set (nothing in this repo sets one,
-    # so tailscale up is a manual, one-time operator step on every host that
-    # uses this service). extraSetFlags has no such gate, so
-    # --advertise-exit-node self-reapplies on every boot once the operator
-    # has authenticated the node once.
-    extraSetFlags = [
-      "--advertise-exit-node"
-    ];
-  };
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [ ./enable-service.nix ];
+
+  services.tailscale = {
+    # Enables the sysctl forwarding settings subnet routers need;
+    # without this, --advertise-routes has no effect.
+    useRoutingFeatures = "server";
+
+    # Lets peers reach this node directly over the tailscale UDP port
+    # instead of relaying through DERP.
+    openFirewall = true;
+  };
+
+  # Tailscale recommends these ethtool flags on the uplink interface to get
+  # full UDP GRO throughput on subnet routers (https://tailscale.com/s/ethtool-config-udp-gro).
+  # The interface is derived from the default route so it works regardless of
+  # what the NIC is named on a given host.
+  systemd.services.tailscale-udp-gro = {
+    description = "Enable UDP GRO forwarding on uplink for Tailscale subnet router";
+    after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+    wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    path = [ pkgs.ethtool pkgs.iproute2 ];
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      RemainAfterExit = true;
+      ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "tailscale-udp-gro" ''
+        NETDEV=$(ip -o route get 8.8.8.8 | cut -f 5 -d " ")
+        ethtool -K "$NETDEV" rx-udp-gro-forwarding on rx-gro-list off
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ vars, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Run dnsmasq on the LAN interface as a forwarding-only resolver for
+  # *.ts.net (Tailscale MagicDNS names). FreeIPA's bind-dyndb-ldap
+  # cannot reach vars.tailscaleResolverIp directly because the DC is not a
+  # Tailscale node. This host IS a Tailscale node and can reach it via
+  # tailscale0, so it acts as an intermediary: FreeIPA has a conditional
+  # forward zone for ts.net pointing here (vars.tailscaleRouterIp), and this
+  # dnsmasq instance forwards those queries onward to Tailscale's resolver.
+  #
+  # Configure FreeIPA once after deploying this host:
+  #   kinit admin
+  #   ipa dnsforwardzone-add ${vars.tailnetDomain} \
+  #     --forwarder=${vars.tailscaleRouterIp} \
+  #     --forward-policy=only
+  # Note: IPA refuses to shadow ts.net (a real public TLD); use the
+  # tailnet-specific subdomain (vars.tailnetDomain) instead.
+  services.dnsmasq = {
+    enable = true;
+    # NixOS's dnsmasq module defaults resolveLocalQueries to true, which adds
+    # 127.0.0.1 to networking.nameservers and makes dnsmasq bind to
+    # listen-address=127.0.0.1. This instance is not the host's local
+    # resolver — it only serves IPA's conditional forwarder for tailnet names.
+    # The host uses domainControllerIp directly (networking.nameservers in
+    # host.nix). Without this, all host DNS goes through dnsmasq, which has
+    # no upstream for general queries (no-resolv=true), breaking resolution.
+    resolveLocalQueries = false;
+    settings = {
+      # Listen only on the LAN interface — not tailscale0 or loopback.
+      # bind-interfaces prevents dnsmasq from binding to 0.0.0.0 and then
+      # filtering by interface later; combined with `interface` this ensures
+      # it genuinely listens only on eth0.
+      bind-interfaces = true;
+      interface = [ vars.lxcLanInterface ];
+
+      # Forward-only: no local /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf reading, no
+      # negative caching of NXDOMAIN for names this instance doesn't serve.
+      # All ts.net queries come from FreeIPA's conditional forwarder and must
+      # be answered by Tailscale's resolver.
+      no-hosts = true;
+      no-resolv = true;
+
+      # Forward *.tailnetDomain to Tailscale's internal resolver, scoped to
+      # the tailnet-specific subdomain rather than all of ts.net (FreeIPA
+      # refuses to shadow ts.net, a real public TLD).
+      server = [ "/${vars.tailnetDomain}/${vars.tailscaleResolverIp}" ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ vars.ports.dns ];
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ vars.ports.dns ];
+}
@@ -129,5 +129,6 @@ echo "flake.lock still points at the old input revisions until refreshed. Either
 echo "  nix flake update nixpkgs home-manager   # just these two inputs"
 echo "  nix flake update                        # everything — see docs/flake-lock-automation.md"
 echo
-echo "Then run 'bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh dry-run' before committing —"
-echo "a channel bump can shift option defaults across every host."
+echo "Then run 'bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh --full-check --dry-run' before"
+echo "committing — a channel bump can shift option defaults across every host,"
+echo "and only --dry-run actually builds anything to catch that."
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Validation entry point for CI and local/agent review.
+#
+# Default mode (what CI runs on every push/PR): fmt-check, statix, and eval
+# are scoped to files that actually changed against a base ref, plus
+# whichever hosts/packages those changes can affect. This exists because
+# the unscoped sweep below is slow enough to time out CI runners -- see
+# --full-check.
+#
+# --full-check: the historical full sweep (every host, every package,
+# fmt --check ./statix check . over the whole tree). Slow -- minutes, not
+# seconds. CI never passes this; run it locally before a release or after
+# touching modules/common/*, flake.nix, or variables.nix if you want extra
+# confidence beyond what the changed-files scope already covers for those
+# paths (see below).
+#
+# --dry-run: adds `nix build --dry-run --no-link` for whatever scope is
+# active (changed-files scope by default, full scope under --full-check).
+#
+# Per-host/per-package eval and dry-run build calls run concurrently (see
+# scripts/lib/nix-parallel.sh) since they're independent of each other.
+# Concurrency defaults to core count capped by available memory (~1GB/job)
+# rather than plain core count, since each concurrent `nix eval` evaluates a
+# whole NixOS system closure and can OOM a small/memory-constrained CI
+# runner otherwise; override via NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS if a runner has more (or
+# less) room than that estimate assumes.
 set -euo pipefail

 script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
@@ -6,8 +31,53 @@ script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "${script_dir}/lib/nix-bootstrap.sh"
 # shellcheck source=lib/nix-eval.sh
 source "${script_dir}/lib/nix-eval.sh"
+# shellcheck source=lib/nix-parallel.sh
+source "${script_dir}/lib/nix-parallel.sh"

-MODE="${1:-validate}"
+repo_root="$(cd "${script_dir}/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$repo_root"
+
+# When this repo is a subdirectory of a larger git repo (e.g. a mono-repo
+# subtree), `git diff --name-only` outputs paths relative to the outer git
+# root, not this directory. Compute a prefix to strip so pattern matching
+# below works correctly regardless of nesting depth.
+_git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || echo "$repo_root")"
+if [[ "$repo_root" != "$_git_root" ]]; then
+  _subtree_prefix="${repo_root#"$_git_root"/}/"
+else
+  _subtree_prefix=""
+fi
+
+full_check=false
+dry_run=false
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/codex-maintenance.sh [--full-check] [--dry-run]
+
+  --full-check  Run the full sweep: fmt-check and statix over the whole
+                repo, eval every host and package. Slow. Never run by CI.
+  --dry-run     Additionally run `nix build --dry-run --no-link` for
+                whatever scope is active.
+
+With neither flag (the CI default), fmt-check/statix/eval are scoped to
+files changed against a base ref (env MAINT_BASE_SHA, else the PR base,
+else HEAD^), plus the hosts/packages those changes can affect.
+EOF
+}
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case "$arg" in
+    --full-check) full_check=true ;;
+    --dry-run) dry_run=true ;;
+    -h|--help) usage; exit 0 ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unknown argument: $arg" >&2
+      usage >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done

 ensure_nix_profile

@@ -16,12 +86,6 @@ if ! command -v nix >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  exit 127
 fi

-hosts="$(list_flake_targets .)"
-
-echo "Hosts:"
-echo "$hosts"
-
-echo
 echo "Checking for obvious committed secrets..."
 if grep -RInE 'github_pat_|ghp_|access-tokens|hashedPassword[[:space:]]*=' \
  --exclude-dir=.git \
@@ -33,70 +97,235 @@ else
  echo "No obvious token patterns found."
 fi

+mapfile -t all_hosts < <(list_flake_targets .)
+mapfile -t all_packages < <(nix eval --json "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" .#packages.x86_64-linux --apply builtins.attrNames | jq -r '.[]')
+
+# host_targets_for_dir <hosts-subdir-name>
+# Prints the nixosConfigurations target names whose hostPath is
+# ./hosts/<dir>/host.nix, derived straight from flake.nix's generatedTargets
+# (one mkTarget { ... } call per line) rather than a hand-maintained table,
+# so it can't drift the way a copied mapping would.
+host_targets_for_dir() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  grep -oE '^[[:space:]]*[A-Za-z0-9_-]+ = mkTarget \{[^}]*hostPath = \./hosts/'"${dir}"'/host\.nix;[^}]*\};' flake.nix \
+    | sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]*([A-Za-z0-9_-]+) = mkTarget.*/\1/' \
+    || true
+}
+
+declare -a changed_files=()
+scope_desc="full repo"
+
+if ! $full_check; then
+  resolve_base_ref() {
+    if [[ -n "${MAINT_BASE_SHA:-}" ]] && git cat-file -e "${MAINT_BASE_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo "$MAINT_BASE_SHA"
+      return
+    fi
+    if git rev-parse --verify -q HEAD^ >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "HEAD^"
+      return
+    fi
+    git hash-object -t tree /dev/null
+  }
+
+  base_ref="$(resolve_base_ref)"
+  echo
+  echo "Changed-files scope: diffing against ${base_ref}"
+  mapfile -t changed_files < <(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR "$base_ref" -- . | sort -u | sed "s|^${_subtree_prefix}||")
+
+  if [[ ${#changed_files[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "No changed files detected."
+  else
+    printf '  %s\n' "${changed_files[@]}"
+  fi
+  scope_desc="changed files only (base: ${base_ref})"
+fi
+
+# Whole-tree fmt/lint always run under --full-check; otherwise scoped below.
+declare -a changed_nix_files=()
+for f in "${changed_files[@]:-}"; do
+  [[ "$f" == *.nix && -f "$f" ]] && changed_nix_files+=("$f")
+done
+
 echo
 echo "Checking Nix formatting with nixpkgs-fmt..."
-nix run "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#nixpkgs-fmt -- --check .
+if $full_check; then
+  nix run "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#nixpkgs-fmt -- --check .
+elif [[ ${#changed_nix_files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+  nix run "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#nixpkgs-fmt -- --check "${changed_nix_files[@]}"
+else
+  echo "No changed .nix files; skipping."
+fi

 echo
 echo "Running statix lint..."
-nix run "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#statix -- check .
+if $full_check; then
+  nix run "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#statix -- check .
+elif [[ ${#changed_nix_files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+  for f in "${changed_nix_files[@]}"; do
+    nix run "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#statix -- check "$f"
+  done
+else
+  echo "No changed .nix files; skipping."
+fi
+
+# Figure out which hosts/packages this run needs to eval (and, under
+# --dry-run, build). full_check always means "everything"; otherwise a
+# change to flake.nix/flake.lock/variables.nix/modules/common/* (repo-wide
+# inputs) or to any other modules/*.nix outside platforms//build-types
+# (whose blast radius isn't safely inferable from the path alone -- see
+# CLAUDE.md's "Grep modules/build-types/*.nix for each build type's imports
+# list") also falls back to everything, on the same reasoning CLAUDE.md
+# already gives interactive sessions for when to run the full sweep.
+# Anything more targeted -- a host.nix, a platform module, a build-type
+# module -- narrows to just the hosts it can affect.
+declare -A affected_hosts=()
+eval_packages=false
+
+if $full_check; then
+  for h in "${all_hosts[@]}"; do affected_hosts[$h]=1; done
+  eval_packages=true
+else
+  full_fallback=false
+  for f in "${changed_files[@]:-}"; do
+    case "$f" in
+      flake.nix|flake.lock|variables.nix|modules/common/*)
+        full_fallback=true
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if ! $full_fallback; then
+    for f in "${changed_files[@]:-}"; do
+      case "$f" in
+        hosts/*/*)
+          hostdir="${f#hosts/}"
+          hostdir="${hostdir%%/*}"
+          while IFS= read -r t; do
+            [[ -n "$t" ]] && affected_hosts[$t]=1
+          done < <(host_targets_for_dir "$hostdir")
+          ;;
+        modules/platforms/*.nix)
+          platform="$(basename "$f" .nix)"
+          for h in "${all_hosts[@]}"; do
+            [[ "$h" == "${platform}-"* ]] && affected_hosts[$h]=1
+          done
+          ;;
+        modules/build-types/*.nix)
+          buildtype="$(basename "$f" .nix)"
+          for h in "${all_hosts[@]}"; do
+            [[ "$h" == *"-${buildtype}" ]] && affected_hosts[$h]=1
+          done
+          ;;
+        modules/installer/*)
+          # iso.nix (imported by both the "installer" nixosConfigurations
+          # target and netbootSystem, which backs packages.pxe) pulls in
+          # common.nix, so a common.nix change reaches all three.
+          affected_hosts[installer]=1
+          eval_packages=true
+          ;;
+        modules/pxe-boot/*)
+          # stage-installer-artifacts.nix is imported by
+          # modules/build-types/pxe-boot.nix only -- same blast radius as a
+          # build-types/*.nix change, not a packages one.
+          for h in "${all_hosts[@]}"; do
+            [[ "$h" == *"-pxe-boot" ]] && affected_hosts[$h]=1
+          done
+          ;;
+        modules/*)
+          full_fallback=true
+          ;;
+      esac
+    done
+  fi
+
+  if $full_fallback; then
+    echo
+    echo "Changed files affect shared config; falling back to evaluating every host/package."
+    for h in "${all_hosts[@]}"; do affected_hosts[$h]=1; done
+    eval_packages=true
+  fi
+fi
+
+mapfile -t hosts < <(for h in "${!affected_hosts[@]}"; do echo "$h"; done | sort)

 echo
-echo "Evaluating host toplevel derivations..."
-for host in $hosts; do
-  echo "==> $host"
-  nix eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.toplevel.drvPath"
+echo "Checking nix-cache host key for drift..."
+if bash "${script_dir}/secrets/sync-nix-cache-host-key.sh" --check; then
+  :
+else
+  drift_status=$?
+  if [[ "$drift_status" -eq 2 ]]; then
+    echo "nix-cache unreachable from here -- skipping host-key drift check."
+  else
+    echo "WARNING: nix-cache's host key has drifted from variables.nix (see above)." >&2
+    echo "  Run 'bash scripts/secrets/sync-nix-cache-host-key.sh' to fix." >&2
+  fi
+fi

+echo
+if [[ ${#hosts[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "No hosts affected by changed files; skipping host eval."
+else
+  echo "Evaluating host toplevel derivations (${scope_desc}, up to ${NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS} at a time)..."
  # lxc-* hosts deploy via a directly pct-restore-able tarball instead of
  # nixos-install (see docs/auto-installer.md); proxmox-* hosts can
  # alternatively be built as a standalone disk image (see
  # docs/proxmox-images.md). Both are otherwise-unvalidated buildable
  # surface, easy to silently break without this.
-  case "$host" in
-    lxc-*)
-      echo "==> $host (tarball)"
-      nix eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.tarball.drvPath"
-      ;;
-    proxmox-*)
-      echo "==> $host (diskoImagesScript)"
-      nix eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript.drvPath"
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-echo
-echo "Evaluating buildable packages..."
-packages="$(nix eval --json "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" .#packages.x86_64-linux --apply builtins.attrNames | jq -r '.[]')"
-for pkg in $packages; do
-  echo "==> packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}"
-  nix eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}"
-done
-
-if [[ "$MODE" == "dry-run" ]]; then
-  echo
-  echo "Running dry-run builds for all hosts. This will not create result symlinks."
-  for host in $hosts; do
-    echo "==> Dry-run build: $host"
-    nix build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.toplevel"
-
+  declare -a host_eval_jobs=()
+  for host in "${hosts[@]}"; do
+    host_eval_jobs+=("${host}${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.toplevel.drvPath")
    case "$host" in
      lxc-*)
-        echo "==> Dry-run build: $host (tarball)"
-        nix build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.tarball"
+        host_eval_jobs+=("${host} (tarball)${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.tarball.drvPath")
        ;;
      proxmox-*)
-        echo "==> Dry-run build: $host (diskoImagesScript)"
-        nix build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript"
+        host_eval_jobs+=("${host} (diskoImagesScript)${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript.drvPath")
        ;;
    esac
  done
+  run_nix_parallel host_eval_jobs eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}"
+fi

-  echo
-  echo "Running dry-run builds for all packages."
-  for pkg in $packages; do
-    echo "==> Dry-run build: packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}"
-    nix build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}"
+echo
+if ! $eval_packages; then
+  echo "No packages affected by changed files; skipping package eval."
+else
+  echo "Evaluating buildable packages (up to ${NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS} at a time)..."
+  declare -a package_eval_jobs=()
+  for pkg in "${all_packages[@]}"; do
+    package_eval_jobs+=("packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}")
  done
+  run_nix_parallel package_eval_jobs eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}"
+fi
+
+if $dry_run; then
+  echo
+  echo "Running dry-run builds for the active scope (up to ${NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS} at a time). This will not create result symlinks."
+  declare -a host_build_jobs=()
+  for host in "${hosts[@]:-}"; do
+    host_build_jobs+=("Dry-run build: ${host}${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.toplevel")
+    case "$host" in
+      lxc-*)
+        host_build_jobs+=("Dry-run build: ${host} (tarball)${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.tarball")
+        ;;
+      proxmox-*)
+        host_build_jobs+=("Dry-run build: ${host} (diskoImagesScript)${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript")
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  run_nix_parallel host_build_jobs build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}"
+
+  if $eval_packages; then
+    echo
+    echo "Running dry-run builds for packages."
+    declare -a package_build_jobs=()
+    for pkg in "${all_packages[@]}"; do
+      package_build_jobs+=("Dry-run build: packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#packages.x86_64-linux.${pkg}")
+    done
+    run_nix_parallel package_build_jobs build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}"
+  fi
 fi

 echo
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ cat > "$HOME/.config/nix/nix.conf" <<'EOF'
 experimental-features = nix-command flakes
 accept-flake-config = false
 warn-dirty = false
+build-users-group =
 EOF

 echo "Nix version:"
@@ -82,13 +83,6 @@ if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 fi

 echo "Available NixOS hosts:"
-hosts="$(list_flake_targets .)"
-echo "$hosts"
+list_flake_targets .

-echo "Evaluating all host toplevel derivations..."
-for host in $hosts; do
-  echo "==> Evaluating $host"
-  nix eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" ".#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.toplevel.drvPath"
-done
-
-echo "Codex setup complete."
+echo "Codex setup complete. Run bash scripts/codex-maintenance.sh to validate changes."
@@ -0,0 +1,595 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# deploy.sh — Full lifecycle management for the Docker Swarm HA cluster.
+#
+# Provisions two NixOS Proxmox VMs (ha-docker-1, ha-docker-2) as dual-manager
+# Docker Swarm nodes sharing NFS storage from the existing HA file-server
+# cluster.  Both nodes are managers so either can accept Docker API and
+# `docker stack` commands.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/docker-swarm/deploy.sh [options]
+#   scripts/docker-swarm/deploy.sh --destroy [options]
+#
+# Phases (all run by default; skip any with --skip-<phase>):
+#   1. ensure-bridge     Create vmbr3 (swarm cluster bridge) on the Proxmox node.
+#   2. sync-keys         Generate SSH host keys for both nodes (clan vars).
+#   3. ipa-hosts         Create IPA host objects + sops-encrypted keytabs.
+#   4. create-vms        Build NixOS disk images and create VMs via create-proxmox-resource.sh.
+#   5. add-hardware      Attach vmbr2 (storage) and vmbr3 (swarm) NICs; start VMs.
+#   6. boot-wait         Wait for SSH on both LAN IPs.
+#   7. refresh-sops-keys Detect disko key drift; re-encrypt secrets; commit.
+#   8. init-swarm        docker swarm init on node1; manager join on node2; label nodes.
+#   9. dns               Register storage.home and swarm.home A records in FreeIPA.
+#  10. verify            docker node ls; NFS mount check; swarm health.
+#
+# Options:
+#   --node <host>            Proxmox host (default: pve1.sweet.home)
+#   --vmid1 <n>              VMID for ha-docker-1 (default: 202)
+#   --vmid2 <n>              VMID for ha-docker-2 (default: 203)
+#   --storage <pool>         Proxmox storage pool (default: local-zfs)
+#   --swarm-bridge <br>      Bridge for Docker Swarm cluster network (default: vmbr3)
+#   --storage-bridge <br>    Bridge for NFS storage network (default: vmbr2)
+#   --memory <MB>            RAM per node (default: 4096)
+#   --cores <n>              vCPUs per node (default: 4)
+#   --skip-ensure-bridge     Skip vmbr3 creation/check
+#   --skip-sync-keys         Skip sync-host-keys.sh (clan vars already exist)
+#   --skip-ipa-hosts         Skip IPA host account creation (keytabs already exist)
+#   --skip-create-vms        Skip VM creation (VMs already exist)
+#   --skip-add-hardware      Skip NIC attachment (already attached)
+#   --skip-boot-wait         Skip boot/SSH wait (VMs already running)
+#   --skip-refresh-sops-keys Skip sops host-key drift fix
+#   --skip-init-swarm        Skip swarm initialisation (already initialised)
+#   --skip-dns               Skip FreeIPA DNS record creation
+#   --skip-verify            Skip post-deploy health checks
+#   --force-rebuild          Pass --force-rebuild to create-proxmox-resource.sh
+#   --destroy                Stop and delete both VMs (skip all other phases)
+#   --dry-run                Print what would run without executing
+#   -h|--help                Show this message
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+#   - SSH access to the Proxmox node as $PROXMOX_SSH_USER (wayne).
+#   - sops age key in the standard location (used by sync-host-keys.sh).
+#   - SSH access to domain-controller.sweet.home as $PROXMOX_SSH_USER for DNS phase.
+#   - For --skip-sync-keys: clan vars already in vars/per-machine/proxmox-ha-docker-{1,2}/.
+#   - For --skip-ipa-hosts: secrets/ha-docker-{1,2}.keytab already exist and are committed.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/env.sh"
+
+# ── Defaults ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+NODE="${PVE1_HOST}"   # deploy.sh targets pve1 by default (authorised for this cluster)
+VMID1=202
+VMID2=203
+STORAGE="${PROXMOX_STORAGE:-local-zfs}"
+SWARM_BRIDGE="vmbr3"
+STORAGE_BRIDGE="vmbr2"
+MEMORY_MB=4096
+CORES=4
+
+SKIP_ENSURE_BRIDGE=false
+SKIP_SYNC_KEYS=false
+SKIP_IPA_HOSTS=false
+SKIP_CREATE_VMS=false
+SKIP_ADD_HARDWARE=false
+SKIP_BOOT_WAIT=false
+SKIP_REFRESH_SOPS_KEYS=false
+SKIP_INIT_SWARM=false
+SKIP_DNS=false
+SKIP_VERIFY=false
+FORCE_REBUILD=false
+DESTROY=false
+DRY_RUN=false
+
+# ── Variables from repo (mirrors variables.nix) ───────────────────────────────
+
+NODE1_HOST="ha-docker-1"
+NODE2_HOST="ha-docker-2"
+NODE1_LAN_IP="192.168.2.230"
+NODE2_LAN_IP="192.168.2.231"
+NODE1_SWARM_IP="192.168.30.230"
+NODE2_SWARM_IP="192.168.30.231"
+NODE1_STORAGE_IP="192.168.20.230"
+NODE2_STORAGE_IP="192.168.20.231"
+SWARM_CIDR="192.168.30.0/24"
+STORAGE_CIDR="192.168.20.0/24"
+STORAGE_ZONE="storage.home"
+SWARM_ZONE="swarm.home"
+SSH_USER="${PROXMOX_SSH_USER:-wayne}"
+DC_HOST="${IPA_SERVER:-domain-controller.sweet.home}"
+
+# ── Argument parsing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+usage() {
+  sed -n '/^# Usage:/,/^[^#]/{ /^#/{ s/^# \?//; p } }' "$0"
+  exit "${1:-0}"
+}
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --node)               NODE="$2";           shift 2 ;;
+    --vmid1)              VMID1="$2";          shift 2 ;;
+    --vmid2)              VMID2="$2";          shift 2 ;;
+    --storage)            STORAGE="$2";        shift 2 ;;
+    --swarm-bridge)       SWARM_BRIDGE="$2";   shift 2 ;;
+    --storage-bridge)     STORAGE_BRIDGE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --memory)             MEMORY_MB="$2";      shift 2 ;;
+    --cores)              CORES="$2";          shift 2 ;;
+    --skip-ensure-bridge)     SKIP_ENSURE_BRIDGE=true;     shift ;;
+    --skip-sync-keys)         SKIP_SYNC_KEYS=true;         shift ;;
+    --skip-ipa-hosts)         SKIP_IPA_HOSTS=true;         shift ;;
+    --skip-create-vms)        SKIP_CREATE_VMS=true;        shift ;;
+    --skip-add-hardware)      SKIP_ADD_HARDWARE=true;      shift ;;
+    --skip-boot-wait)         SKIP_BOOT_WAIT=true;         shift ;;
+    --skip-refresh-sops-keys) SKIP_REFRESH_SOPS_KEYS=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-init-swarm)        SKIP_INIT_SWARM=true;        shift ;;
+    --skip-dns)               SKIP_DNS=true;               shift ;;
+    --skip-verify)            SKIP_VERIFY=true;            shift ;;
+    --force-rebuild)          FORCE_REBUILD=true;          shift ;;
+    --destroy)                DESTROY=true;                shift ;;
+    --dry-run)                DRY_RUN=true;                shift ;;
+    -h|--help) usage 0 ;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2; usage 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# ── Helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+log()  { echo "==> $*"; }
+logn() { echo "    $*"; }
+err()  { echo "ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+run() {
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] $*"
+  else
+    "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+pve() {
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${SSH_USER}@${NODE} sudo $*"
+  else
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" "sudo $*"
+  fi
+}
+
+pve_check() {
+  # Read-only probe — always executes even in dry-run.
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" "sudo $*"
+}
+
+SWARM_USER="nixos"
+
+n1() {
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+    "${SWARM_USER}@${NODE1_LAN_IP}" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+n2() {
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+    "${SWARM_USER}@${NODE2_LAN_IP}" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+dc() {
+  # Run ipa commands on domain-controller as $SSH_USER.
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${SSH_USER}@${DC_HOST} $*"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "$@"
+}
+
+wait_for_ssh() {
+  local ip="$1" label="$2"
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Skipping SSH wait for ${label} (${ip})"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  local deadline=$(( $(date +%s) + 300 ))
+  log "Waiting for SSH on ${label} (${ip}) — up to 5 min..."
+  while [[ $(date +%s) -lt $deadline ]]; do
+    if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=3 \
+        -o BatchMode=yes "${SWARM_USER}@${ip}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+      logn "${label} is up."
+      return 0
+    fi
+    sleep 5
+  done
+  err "Timed out waiting for SSH on ${label} (${ip})"
+}
+
+# ── Destroy mode ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if $DESTROY; then
+  log "Destroying Docker Swarm VMs (${VMID1}=${NODE1_HOST}, ${VMID2}=${NODE2_HOST}) on ${NODE}"
+  for vmid in "$VMID1" "$VMID2"; do
+    STATUS=$(pve "qm status ${vmid} 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if echo "$STATUS" | grep -q "running"; then
+      log "Stopping VMID ${vmid}..."
+      pve "qm stop ${vmid} --skiplock 1"
+      sleep 5
+    fi
+    if $DRY_RUN || pve "qm config ${vmid} >/dev/null 2>&1"; then
+      log "Deleting VMID ${vmid}..."
+      run pve "qm destroy ${vmid} --purge 1"
+    else
+      logn "VMID ${vmid} not found — already gone."
+    fi
+  done
+  log "Done — swarm VMs destroyed."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 1: Ensure swarm bridge ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_ENSURE_BRIDGE; then
+  log "Phase 1: Ensuring swarm bridge ${SWARM_BRIDGE} on ${NODE}"
+  if pve_check "test -d /sys/class/net/${SWARM_BRIDGE}" &>/dev/null; then
+    logn "${SWARM_BRIDGE} already exists — skipping."
+  else
+    logn "Creating isolated internal bridge ${SWARM_BRIDGE} (no upstream port, ${SWARM_CIDR})"
+    BRIDGE_CONF="auto ${SWARM_BRIDGE}
+iface ${SWARM_BRIDGE} inet manual
+    bridge-ports none
+    bridge-stp off
+    bridge-fd 0"
+    if $DRY_RUN; then
+      echo "[dry-run] Would write /etc/network/interfaces.d/${SWARM_BRIDGE}.conf and ifup it"
+    else
+      ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" \
+        "echo '${BRIDGE_CONF}' | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces.d/${SWARM_BRIDGE}.conf > /dev/null && sudo ifup ${SWARM_BRIDGE}"
+      logn "${SWARM_BRIDGE} created and brought up."
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 2: Sync host keys ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_SYNC_KEYS; then
+  log "Phase 2: Syncing SSH host keys for both swarm targets"
+  for target in proxmox-ha-docker-1 proxmox-ha-docker-2; do
+    CLAN_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh"
+    if [[ -d "$CLAN_DIR" ]]; then
+      logn "Clan vars for ${target} already exist — skipping."
+    else
+      logn "Generating host keys for ${target}..."
+      run bash "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh" "$target"
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 3: IPA host accounts ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_IPA_HOSTS; then
+  log "Phase 3: Creating IPA host accounts and keytabs"
+  IPA_SCRIPT="${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh"
+  for host in "${NODE1_HOST}" "${NODE2_HOST}"; do
+    KEYTAB="${REPO_ROOT}/secrets/${host}.keytab"
+    if [[ -f "$KEYTAB" ]]; then
+      logn "Keytab for ${host} already exists — skipping."
+    else
+      logn "Creating IPA host account and keytab for ${host}..."
+      run bash "$IPA_SCRIPT" "$host"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+    # Keytabs must be committed and pushed before VMs rebuild from Gitea.
+    CURRENT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+    logn "Committing keytabs and pushing to Gitea (branch: ${CURRENT_BRANCH})..."
+    (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && \
+      git add secrets/ha-docker-1.keytab secrets/ha-docker-2.keytab .sops.yaml && \
+      git commit -m "secrets(ha-docker): add IPA keytabs for ha-docker-1 and ha-docker-2" || true && \
+      git push origin "${CURRENT_BRANCH}")
+    logn "Pushed."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 3.5: Prepare Proxmox node for building ─────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_CREATE_VMS && ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  CURRENT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+  local_ssh() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" "$*"; }
+  if local_ssh "test -d /nix" &>/dev/null && ! local_ssh "test -w /nix" &>/dev/null; then
+    logn "/nix exists but not writable by ${SSH_USER} — fixing ownership with sudo..."
+    local_ssh "sudo chown -R ${SSH_USER} /nix"
+    logn "Done."
+  fi
+  unset -f local_ssh
+
+  # Use PROXMOX_REMOTE_REPO_DIR (from env.sh) so the build path is consistent
+  # with what create-proxmox-resource.sh will use.  The default is
+  # /home/<user>/nixos (the standalone nixos repo clone on pve1), but can be
+  # overridden to e.g. /home/<user>/infrastructure/nixos when the infrastructure
+  # mono-repo is checked out on pve1 instead.
+  REMOTE_REPO="${PROXMOX_REMOTE_REPO_DIR:-/home/${SSH_USER}/nixos}"
+  if pve_check "test -d ${REMOTE_REPO}/.git" &>/dev/null; then
+    REMOTE_BRANCH=$(ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" \
+      "cd ${REMOTE_REPO} && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null")
+    if [[ "$REMOTE_BRANCH" != "$CURRENT_BRANCH" ]]; then
+      logn "Remote repo (${REMOTE_REPO}) is on '${REMOTE_BRANCH}', switching to '${CURRENT_BRANCH}'..."
+      if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" \
+          "cd ${REMOTE_REPO} && git fetch origin && git checkout '${CURRENT_BRANCH}' && git pull --ff-only" 2>&1; then
+        logn "Done."
+      else
+        logn "WARNING: branch switch failed — proceeding anyway (create-proxmox-resource.sh will retry)"
+      fi
+    fi
+  else
+    logn "Remote repo ${REMOTE_REPO} not found on ${NODE} — create-proxmox-resource.sh will clone it."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 4: Create VMs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_CREATE_VMS; then
+  log "Phase 4: Building and creating swarm VMs on ${NODE}"
+  CREATE="${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh"
+  REBUILD_FLAG=""
+  $FORCE_REBUILD && REBUILD_FLAG="--force-rebuild"
+
+  for spec in "${VMID1}:${NODE1_HOST}:proxmox-ha-docker-1" "${VMID2}:${NODE2_HOST}:proxmox-ha-docker-2"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vmid host_name flake_target <<< "$spec"
+    log "Creating ${flake_target} (VMID ${vmid}) on ${NODE}..."
+    # --force-rebuild is always passed: create-proxmox-resource.sh only calls
+    # sync_remote_host_keys (which bakes the clan-var SSH key into the disk
+    # image) when it actually builds.  Reusing a cached image skips that step
+    # and leaves the VM unable to decrypt sops secrets on first boot.
+    run bash "$CREATE" \
+      --type vm \
+      --host "$host_name" \
+      --vmid "$vmid" \
+      --node "$NODE" \
+      --storage "$STORAGE" \
+      --memory "$MEMORY_MB" \
+      --cores "$CORES" \
+      --force-rebuild
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 5: Add NICs and start VMs ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_ADD_HARDWARE; then
+  log "Phase 5: Attaching storage (${STORAGE_BRIDGE}) and swarm (${SWARM_BRIDGE}) NICs"
+  for vmid in "$VMID1" "$VMID2"; do
+    logn "VMID ${vmid}: stopping to add NICs..."
+    pve "qm stop ${vmid} --skiplock 1 2>/dev/null; sleep 3" || true
+
+    logn "Adding net1 (${STORAGE_BRIDGE} — NFS storage)..."
+    pve "qm set ${vmid} --net1 virtio,bridge=${STORAGE_BRIDGE},firewall=0"
+
+    logn "Adding net2 (${SWARM_BRIDGE} — Docker Swarm)..."
+    pve "qm set ${vmid} --net2 virtio,bridge=${SWARM_BRIDGE},firewall=0"
+
+    logn "Starting VMID ${vmid}..."
+    pve "qm start ${vmid}"
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 6: Wait for SSH ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_BOOT_WAIT; then
+  log "Phase 6: Waiting for both nodes to come up on LAN IPs"
+  wait_for_ssh "$NODE1_LAN_IP" "$NODE1_HOST"
+  wait_for_ssh "$NODE2_LAN_IP" "$NODE2_HOST"
+  logn "Both nodes are SSHable."
+  sleep 10  # let systemd finish activation
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 7: Refresh sops host-key registrations ─────────────────────────────
+#
+# Disko builds raw disk images: each new VM boots with a freshly-generated SSH
+# host key, not the one pre-seeded in clan vars.  Scan the running VMs; if
+# their ed25519 keys differ from the clan var, update the clan var, rewrite
+# the .sops.yaml anchor, and re-encrypt all affected sops files.
+
+if ! $SKIP_REFRESH_SOPS_KEYS; then
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would scan VM host keys and refresh .sops.yaml / secrets if needed"
+  else
+    log "Phase 7: Refreshing sops host-key registrations (disko key drift fix)"
+    SOPS_UPDATED=false
+
+    for spec in \
+      "${NODE1_LAN_IP}:proxmox-ha-docker-1:${NODE1_HOST}" \
+      "${NODE2_LAN_IP}:proxmox-ha-docker-2:${NODE2_HOST}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r node_ip flake_target host_name <<< "$spec"
+      CLAN_PUB="${REPO_ROOT}/vars/per-machine/${flake_target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value"
+
+      logn "Scanning ed25519 host key from ${host_name} (${node_ip})..."
+      RAW=$(ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 "${node_ip}" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^#") || true
+      if [[ -z "$RAW" ]]; then
+        logn "WARNING: no ed25519 key returned for ${node_ip} — skipping"
+        continue
+      fi
+      SCANNED_TYPE=$(awk '{print $2}' <<< "$RAW")
+      SCANNED_KEY=$(awk  '{print $3}' <<< "$RAW")
+      SCANNED_PUBKEY="${SCANNED_TYPE} ${SCANNED_KEY} ${host_name}"
+
+      CURRENT=$(tr -d '\n' < "$CLAN_PUB" 2>/dev/null || true)
+      if [[ "$SCANNED_PUBKEY" == "$CURRENT" ]]; then
+        logn "${host_name}: clan var matches running key — no update needed"
+        continue
+      fi
+
+      logn "${host_name}: key drift detected — updating clan var"
+      logn "  old: ${CURRENT}"
+      logn "  new: ${SCANNED_PUBKEY}"
+      echo "$SCANNED_PUBKEY" > "$CLAN_PUB"
+      SOPS_UPDATED=true
+
+      ANCHOR="${flake_target}"
+      NEW_AGE=$(echo "$SCANNED_PUBKEY" | \
+        nix run --quiet --no-warn-dirty nixpkgs#ssh-to-age 2>/dev/null)
+      [[ -z "$NEW_AGE" ]] && err "ssh-to-age produced no output for ${host_name}"
+      logn "  new age key: ${NEW_AGE}"
+      sed -i "/&${ANCHOR} /s| age[a-z0-9]*$| ${NEW_AGE}|" "${REPO_ROOT}/.sops.yaml"
+    done
+
+    if $SOPS_UPDATED; then
+      logn "Running sops updatekeys on affected secrets..."
+      SOPS="nix run --quiet --no-warn-dirty nixpkgs#sops --"
+      (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/common.yaml && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/ha-docker-1.keytab && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/ha-docker-2.keytab)
+
+      logn "Committing refreshed host keys and re-encrypted secrets..."
+      (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && \
+        git add \
+          vars/per-machine/proxmox-ha-docker-1/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value \
+          vars/per-machine/proxmox-ha-docker-2/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value \
+          .sops.yaml \
+          secrets/common.yaml \
+          secrets/ha-docker-1.keytab \
+          secrets/ha-docker-2.keytab && \
+        git commit -m "secrets(ha-docker): refresh sops host-key registrations for new VM instances" || true)
+      logn "Sops keys refreshed and committed."
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 8: Initialise Docker Swarm ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_INIT_SWARM; then
+  log "Phase 8: Initialising Docker Swarm"
+
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would run: docker swarm init --advertise-addr ${NODE1_SWARM_IP} --data-path-addr ${NODE1_SWARM_IP} on ${NODE1_HOST}"
+    logn "[dry-run] Would join ${NODE2_HOST} as manager"
+    logn "[dry-run] Would label both nodes"
+  else
+    # Check if node1 is already a swarm manager.
+    if n1 "docker info --format '{{.Swarm.LocalNodeState}}'" 2>/dev/null | grep -qx "active"; then
+      logn "${NODE1_HOST} is already in a swarm — skipping init."
+    else
+      logn "Initialising swarm on ${NODE1_HOST} (advertise: ${NODE1_SWARM_IP})..."
+      n1 "docker swarm init \
+        --advertise-addr ${NODE1_SWARM_IP} \
+        --data-path-addr ${NODE1_SWARM_IP}"
+      logn "Swarm initialised on ${NODE1_HOST}."
+    fi
+
+    # Check if node2 is already joined.
+    if n2 "docker info --format '{{.Swarm.LocalNodeState}}'" 2>/dev/null | grep -qx "active"; then
+      logn "${NODE2_HOST} is already in the swarm — skipping join."
+    else
+      logn "Fetching manager join token from ${NODE1_HOST}..."
+      JOIN_TOKEN=$(n1 "docker swarm join-token manager -q")
+      [[ -z "$JOIN_TOKEN" ]] && err "Failed to get swarm manager join token from ${NODE1_HOST}"
+
+      logn "Joining ${NODE2_HOST} as manager (advertise: ${NODE2_SWARM_IP})..."
+      n2 "docker swarm join \
+        --token ${JOIN_TOKEN} \
+        --advertise-addr ${NODE2_SWARM_IP} \
+        --data-path-addr ${NODE2_SWARM_IP} \
+        ${NODE1_SWARM_IP}:2377"
+      logn "${NODE2_HOST} joined as manager."
+    fi
+
+    # Label nodes for service placement constraints.
+    logn "Labelling swarm nodes..."
+    n1 "docker node update --label-add node=${NODE1_HOST} ${NODE1_HOST}" || true
+    n1 "docker node update --label-add node=${NODE2_HOST} ${NODE2_HOST}" || true
+    logn "Labels applied."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 9: DNS registration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_DNS; then
+  log "Phase 9: Registering DNS records in FreeIPA"
+
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would create/verify ${SWARM_ZONE} zone and add A records"
+  else
+    # Check for and create the swarm.home zone if absent.
+    if ! dc "ipa dnszone-show ${SWARM_ZONE}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      logn "Creating ${SWARM_ZONE} DNS zone..."
+      dc "ipa dnszone-add ${SWARM_ZONE} \
+        --name-server=${DC_HOST}. \
+        --admin-email=hostmaster@${SWARM_ZONE}"
+      # Reverse zone for 192.168.30.x
+      dc "ipa dnszone-add 30.168.192.in-addr.arpa \
+        --name-server=${DC_HOST}. \
+        --admin-email=hostmaster@${SWARM_ZONE}" 2>/dev/null || \
+        logn "  (reverse zone 30.168.192.in-addr.arpa already exists or skipped)"
+    else
+      logn "${SWARM_ZONE} zone already exists."
+    fi
+
+    # storage.home A records (zone already exists from HA cluster setup).
+    for spec in "${NODE1_HOST}:${NODE1_STORAGE_IP}" "${NODE2_HOST}:${NODE2_STORAGE_IP}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r hostname ip <<< "$spec"
+      logn "Adding ${hostname}.${STORAGE_ZONE} → ${ip}"
+      dc "ipa dnsrecord-add ${STORAGE_ZONE} ${hostname} --a-rec=${ip} --a-create-reverse" 2>/dev/null || \
+        logn "  (record already exists or reverse zone missing — continuing)"
+    done
+
+    # swarm.home A records.
+    for spec in "${NODE1_HOST}:${NODE1_SWARM_IP}" "${NODE2_HOST}:${NODE2_SWARM_IP}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r hostname ip <<< "$spec"
+      logn "Adding ${hostname}.${SWARM_ZONE} → ${ip}"
+      dc "ipa dnsrecord-add ${SWARM_ZONE} ${hostname} --a-rec=${ip} --a-create-reverse" 2>/dev/null || \
+        logn "  (record already exists — continuing)"
+    done
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 10: Verify ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_VERIFY; then
+  log "Phase 10: Verifying swarm health"
+
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would verify swarm node list and NFS mounts"
+  else
+    logn "Swarm node list:"
+    n1 "docker node ls" || err "docker node ls failed on ${NODE1_HOST}"
+
+    logn "Checking swarm state on both nodes..."
+    for spec in "${NODE1_LAN_IP}:${NODE1_HOST}" "${NODE2_LAN_IP}:${NODE2_HOST}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r ip hostname <<< "$spec"
+      STATE=$(ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+        "${SWARM_USER}@${ip}" "docker info --format '{{.Swarm.LocalNodeState}}'" 2>/dev/null)
+      if [[ "$STATE" != "active" ]]; then
+        err "${hostname} swarm state is '${STATE}', expected 'active'"
+      fi
+      logn "  ${hostname}: swarm=${STATE} ✓"
+    done
+
+    logn "Checking NFS mounts on both nodes..."
+    for spec in "${NODE1_LAN_IP}:${NODE1_HOST}" "${NODE2_LAN_IP}:${NODE2_HOST}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r ip hostname <<< "$spec"
+      NFS_OK=$(ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+        "${SWARM_USER}@${ip}" "df -h /mnt/docker/config 2>/dev/null | grep -c nfs || echo 0" 2>/dev/null)
+      if [[ "$NFS_OK" -ge 1 ]]; then
+        logn "  ${hostname}: /mnt/docker/config NFS mount ✓"
+      else
+        logn "  WARNING: ${hostname}: /mnt/docker/config does not appear to be NFS-mounted"
+        logn "  (automount may still be pending — try: ssh nixos@${ip} 'ls /mnt/docker/config')"
+      fi
+    done
+
+    logn "Checking overlay network..."
+    NETWORKS=$(n1 "docker network ls --filter driver=overlay --format '{{.Name}}'")
+    if echo "$NETWORKS" | grep -q "ingress"; then
+      logn "  ingress overlay network present ✓"
+    else
+      logn "  WARNING: ingress overlay network not found — swarm may not be fully initialised"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+log "Deploy complete. Both nodes are ready for 'docker stack deploy'."
+log "Connect to either manager:"
+log "  ssh nixos@${NODE1_LAN_IP}   (${NODE1_HOST})"
+log "  ssh nixos@${NODE2_LAN_IP}   (${NODE2_HOST})"
@@ -3,29 +3,39 @@
 # second copy of these values in every script:
 #   source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/env.sh"
 # Every variable can still be overridden per-invocation via the
-# environment (e.g. PROXMOX_STORAGE=tank-nvme ./scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh ...)
+# environment (e.g. PROXMOX_STORAGE=tank-nvme ./scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh ...)
 # since each one only sets a default if unset.

-# SSH-reachable Proxmox node that scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh runs
-# pct/qm on. Matches the Proxmox web UI hostname already used in
-# hosts/nixos/home.nix's desktop shortcuts (pve.<homeDomain> from
-# variables.nix) -- change this if that's not actually reachable over SSH,
-# or if you're targeting a different node in a multi-node cluster.
-: "${PROXMOX_HOST:=pve.sweet.home}"
-: "${PROXMOX_SSH_USER:=root}"
+# Two SSH-reachable Proxmox nodes exist on the LAN:
+#   - pve1.sweet.home      -- production. Real, live VMs/containers.
+#   - pve-test.sweet.home  -- sandbox/test node, for scratch VMs/containers
+#     that don't belong on production.
+#
+# PROXMOX_HOST is what scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh actually
+# targets by default -- overridable per-invocation with --node <hostname>,
+# or per-variable as usual (e.g. PROXMOX_HOST=$PVE_TEST_HOST). It defaults
+# to production, matching this repo's behavior before pve-test existed --
+# see CLAUDE.md's "Two Proxmox nodes" section for the policy on which
+# situations should target which node (in particular: Claude defaults to
+# pve-test, not this variable's own default, unless explicitly told
+# otherwise).
+: "${PVE1_HOST:=pve1.sweet.home}"
+: "${PVE_TEST_HOST:=pve-test.sweet.home}"
+: "${PROXMOX_HOST:=$PVE1_HOST}"
+: "${PROXMOX_SSH_USER:=wayne}"

 # Where this flake repo lives on the Proxmox node itself.
-# scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh builds images directly on the node
+# scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh builds images directly on the node
 # instead of transferring them over the network -- it clones the repo here
 # (from this checkout's own `origin` remote) the first time it doesn't
 # find it, installing build tooling via scripts/codex-setup.sh, then
 # `git pull`s it before every subsequent build.
-: "${PROXMOX_REMOTE_REPO_DIR:=/root/nixos}"
+: "${PROXMOX_REMOTE_REPO_DIR:=/home/${PROXMOX_SSH_USER}/nixos}"

 # Storage pool names -- Proxmox's own stock-install defaults, but this
 # varies a lot by setup (ZFS pool name, custom LVM-thin volume, etc.).
 # Verify with `pvesm status` on the node and correct these if wrong.
-: "${PROXMOX_STORAGE:=local-lvm}"     # VM disks / CT rootfs
+: "${PROXMOX_STORAGE:=local-zfs}"     # VM disks / CT rootfs
 : "${PROXMOX_ISO_STORAGE:=local}"     # uploaded images/ISOs/CT templates

 : "${PROXMOX_BRIDGE:=vmbr0}"
@@ -63,15 +73,32 @@
 # nothing here forces a mount to happen.
 : "${PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_FEATURES:=nesting=1,keyctl=1,mount=nfs;nfs4}"

-export PROXMOX_HOST PROXMOX_SSH_USER PROXMOX_STORAGE PROXMOX_ISO_STORAGE \
-  PROXMOX_BRIDGE PROXMOX_DEFAULT_CORES PROXMOX_DEFAULT_MEMORY_MB \
-  PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_DISK_GB PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_FEATURES \
-  PROXMOX_REMOTE_REPO_DIR
+export PVE1_HOST PVE_TEST_HOST PROXMOX_HOST PROXMOX_SSH_USER PROXMOX_STORAGE \
+  PROXMOX_ISO_STORAGE PROXMOX_BRIDGE PROXMOX_DEFAULT_CORES \
+  PROXMOX_DEFAULT_MEMORY_MB PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_DISK_GB \
+  PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_FEATURES PROXMOX_REMOTE_REPO_DIR

 # Matches variables.nix's nixCacheHost -- update both if it ever changes.
 : "${NIX_CACHE_HOST:=nix-cache}"
 export NIX_CACHE_HOST

+# Matches variables.nix's lanDomain (the Gitea host this flake's own repo
+# is served from -- see scripts/installer/auto-install.sh's FLAKE_BASE_URL)
+# -- update both if it ever changes.
+: "${LAN_DOMAIN:=gitea.lan.ddnsgeek.com}"
+export LAN_DOMAIN
+
+# Matches variables.nix's homeDomain -- the base LAN domain for service
+# subdomains, FreeIPA Kerberos realm, and host FQDNs.
+: "${HOME_DOMAIN:=sweet.home}"
+export HOME_DOMAIN
+
+# Matches variables.nix's ipaServer -- the FreeIPA server hostname.
+# scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh SSHes here to run
+# ipa host-add and ipa-getkeytab.
+: "${IPA_SERVER:=domain-controller.sweet.home}"
+export IPA_SERVER
+
 # nix_extra_opts: call as a plain statement (NOT inside $(...)/<(...) --
 # that forks a subshell, and the whole point is exporting a decision back
 # into *this* shell) to populate the global NIX_OPTS array with whatever
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# gc-hosts.sh — Run nix-collect-garbage -d on all live NixOS hosts.
+#
+# The host list is rebuilt on every run:
+#   1. This workstation (nixos) — always first
+#   2. pve1 — always second (non-NixOS Proxmox node with Nix installed)
+#   3. Every NixOS guest currently running on pve1 (discovered via pct/qm list)
+#
+# nix-cache is excluded: gc-ing the shared binary cache evicts store paths
+# that other hosts depend on for substitution.
+#
+# NixOS hosts: tries "sudo -n nix-collect-garbage -d" first (works when
+# wheelNeedsPassword = false, e.g. the HA cluster).  Falls back to user-level
+# "nix-collect-garbage -d" if sudo needs a password — still collects
+# unreferenced store paths and old nixos-user profile generations, but leaves
+# old system generations in place.
+# pve1: runs "bash -l -c nix-collect-garbage -d" as the login user so
+# /etc/profile is sourced and the Nix daemon's PATH is set up automatically.
+#
+# Usage (from repo root):
+#   bash scripts/gc-hosts.sh [--dry-run]
+
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+source scripts/env.sh 2>/dev/null || true
+source scripts/lib/nix-eval.sh 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# ── config ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+: "${MAX_JOBS:=8}"
+: "${NIXOS_USER:=nixos}"
+: "${PVE1_SSH_USER:=${PROXMOX_SSH_USER:-wayne}}"
+
+# GC connections use BatchMode — no interactive prompts, just succeed or fail.
+SSH_OPTS=(-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10)
+# Discovery connections do NOT use BatchMode so that sudo can prompt if needed
+# (pct/qm list require root access on Proxmox).
+SSH_QUERY_OPTS=(-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10)
+
+DRY_RUN=0
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case "$arg" in
+    --dry-run) DRY_RUN=1 ;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $arg" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# ── build the host list ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+# ORDERED_HOSTS: names in display/execution order.
+# HOST_TARGET[name]: SSH target string (user@host).
+# HOST_TYPE[name]: "nixos" (try sudo gc, fallback user) | "nix" (login-shell gc).
+declare -a  ORDERED_HOSTS=()
+declare -A  HOST_TARGET=()
+declare -A  HOST_TYPE=()
+declare -A  _SEEN_HOSTNAMES=()   # dedup tracker
+
+_add_host() {
+  local name="$1" target="$2" type="$3"
+  if [[ -n "${_SEEN_HOSTNAMES[$name]+_}" ]]; then return; fi
+  _SEEN_HOSTNAMES[$name]=1
+  ORDERED_HOSTS+=("$name")
+  HOST_TARGET[$name]="$target"
+  HOST_TYPE[$name]="$type"
+}
+
+# 1. Workstation (hard-wired first)
+_add_host "nixos" "${NIXOS_USER}@nixos" "nixos"
+
+# 2. pve1 (hard-wired second; non-NixOS, no system generations)
+_add_host "pve1" "${PVE1_SSH_USER}@${PVE1_HOST}" "nix"
+
+# 3. Dynamically discover running NixOS guests on pve1
+#
+# create-proxmox-resource.sh names every guest after its NixOS hostname:
+#   pct create ... --hostname <nixos-hostname>  (LXC)
+#   qm  create ... --name    <nixos-hostname>   (VM)
+# So pct/qm list output already contains the NixOS hostname directly.
+# We validate against the flake to filter out non-NixOS guests on pve1
+# (e.g. FreeIPA, Proxmox Backup Server) that share the same Proxmox node.
+echo "Discovering running guests on ${PVE1_HOST}..."
+
+# Eval the flake once to get the set of hostnames that are actually NixOS.
+# Values are NixOS hostnames (e.g. "docker"); keys are flake targets ("lxc-docker").
+nixos_hostnames=""
+nixos_hostnames="$(
+  nix eval --json "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" .#nixosConfigurations \
+    --apply 'cfgs: builtins.attrValues (builtins.mapAttrs (_: cfg: cfg.config.networking.hostName) cfgs)' \
+    2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[]' | sort -u
+)" || { echo "  warning: flake eval failed — non-NixOS guests will not be filtered" >&2; }
+
+# SSH_QUERY_OPTS (no BatchMode) so sudo can prompt if needed for pct/qm.
+if ssh "${SSH_QUERY_OPTS[@]}" "${PVE1_SSH_USER}@${PVE1_HOST}" "true" 2>/dev/null; then
+  running_guests="$(
+    ssh "${SSH_QUERY_OPTS[@]}" "${PVE1_SSH_USER}@${PVE1_HOST}" bash -s <<'DISCOVER'
+sudo pct list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1 && $2=="running" { print $NF }'
+sudo qm  list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1 && $3=="running" { print $2  }'
+DISCOVER
+  )" || running_guests=""
+
+  while IFS= read -r hostname; do
+    [[ -z "$hostname" ]] && continue
+    # Exclude nix-cache.
+    case "$hostname" in *nix-cache*) continue ;; esac
+    # Skip if not a flake-managed NixOS host (filters non-NixOS pve1 guests).
+    if [[ -n "$nixos_hostnames" ]] && ! grep -qxF "$hostname" <<< "$nixos_hostnames"; then
+      continue
+    fi
+    # Skip if already in the list (e.g. a proxmox-gui guest whose hostname is nixos).
+    if [[ -n "${_SEEN_HOSTNAMES[$hostname]+_}" ]]; then continue; fi
+
+    echo "  + $hostname"
+    _add_host "$hostname" "${NIXOS_USER}@${hostname}" "nixos"
+  done <<< "$(echo "$running_guests" | sort -u)"
+else
+  echo "  warning: ${PVE1_HOST} unreachable — skipping dynamic host discovery" >&2
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Hosts: ${ORDERED_HOSTS[*]}"
+echo ""
+
+# ── dry-run ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if [[ "$DRY_RUN" -eq 1 ]]; then
+  echo "[dry-run] commands that would run:"
+  for host in "${ORDERED_HOSTS[@]}"; do
+    target="${HOST_TARGET[$host]}"
+    type="${HOST_TYPE[$host]}"
+    if [[ "$type" == "nixos" ]]; then
+      echo "  ssh ${SSH_OPTS[*]} $target 'sudo -n nix-collect-garbage -d'"
+      echo "  # fallback: ssh ... $target 'nix-collect-garbage -d'"
+    else
+      echo "  ssh ${SSH_OPTS[*]} $target 'bash -l -c nix-collect-garbage -d'"
+    fi
+  done
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# ── gc worker ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+gc_one() {
+  local host="$1" target="${HOST_TARGET[$1]}" type="${HOST_TYPE[$1]}" logfile="$2"
+
+  if ! ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$target" "true" 2>>"$logfile"; then
+    echo "unreachable"; return
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$type" == "nixos" ]]; then
+    if ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$target" "sudo -n nix-collect-garbage -d" \
+        >>"$logfile" 2>>"$logfile"; then
+      echo "ok(sudo)"; return
+    fi
+    echo "[sudo needs password — falling back to user-level gc]" >>"$logfile"
+    if ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$target" "nix-collect-garbage -d" \
+        >>"$logfile" 2>>"$logfile"; then
+      echo "ok(user)"; return
+    fi
+  else
+    # Non-NixOS node: use a login shell so /etc/profile is sourced and the
+    # Nix daemon's bin dir is on PATH (set up by /etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh
+    # which the Nix installer adds to /etc/profile).
+    if ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$target" "bash -l -c 'nix-collect-garbage -d'" \
+        >>"$logfile" 2>>"$logfile"; then
+      echo "ok"; return
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  echo "failed:$?"
+}
+
+# ── parallel execution ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+echo "Running gc on ${#ORDERED_HOSTS[@]} hosts (up to ${MAX_JOBS} parallel)..."
+echo ""
+
+TMPDIR_GC="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR_GC"' EXIT
+
+declare -A LOGS=()
+job_count=0
+
+for host in "${ORDERED_HOSTS[@]}"; do
+  logfile="${TMPDIR_GC}/${host}.log"
+  resultfile="${TMPDIR_GC}/${host}.result"
+  LOGS[$host]="$logfile"
+  : > "$logfile"
+
+  ( result="$(gc_one "$host" "$logfile")"; echo "$result" > "$resultfile" ) &
+
+  (( job_count++ )) || true
+  if [[ "$job_count" -ge "$MAX_JOBS" ]]; then
+    wait -n 2>/dev/null || wait
+    (( job_count-- )) || true
+  fi
+done
+
+wait
+
+# ── summary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+echo "Results:"
+echo "──────────────────────────────"
+
+ok_hosts=()
+warn_hosts=()
+fail_hosts=()
+
+for host in "${ORDERED_HOSTS[@]}"; do
+  result="$(cat "${TMPDIR_GC}/${host}.result" 2>/dev/null || echo "failed:missing")"
+  case "$result" in
+    ok|"ok(sudo)"|"ok(user)")
+      printf "  %-22s  %s\n" "$host" "$result"
+      ok_hosts+=("$host") ;;
+    unreachable)
+      printf "  %-22s  UNREACHABLE\n" "$host"
+      warn_hosts+=("$host") ;;
+    *)
+      printf "  %-22s  FAILED (%s)\n" "$host" "$result"
+      fail_hosts+=("$host") ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "  ${#ok_hosts[@]} succeeded, ${#warn_hosts[@]} unreachable, ${#fail_hosts[@]} failed"
+
+for host in "${warn_hosts[@]+"${warn_hosts[@]}"}" "${fail_hosts[@]+"${fail_hosts[@]}"}"; do
+  logfile="${LOGS[$host]}"
+  if [[ -s "$logfile" ]]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "── $host ──"
+    cat "$logfile"
+  fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+[[ "${#fail_hosts[@]}" -eq 0 ]]
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# acceptance-tests.sh — HA cluster acceptance tests (T1–T7)
+#
+# Run from a host with SSH access to both HA nodes (or from node1 itself).
+# All 7 tests must pass before considering the cluster production-ready.
+# Test values below must match variables.nix haServer* values.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# All values override-able via environment variables; defaults match variables.nix.
+NODE1="${NODE1:-ha-server-1}"
+NODE2="${NODE2:-ha-server-2}"
+NODE1_IP="${NODE1_IP:-192.168.2.228}"   # vars.haServer1Ip
+NODE2_IP="${NODE2_IP:-192.168.2.227}"   # vars.haServer2Ip
+VIP="${VIP:-192.168.20.229}"            # vars.haServerVip
+XFS_MOUNT="${XFS_MOUNT:-/srv/ha-data}"  # vars.haStorageRoot
+ISCSI_IQN="${ISCSI_IQN:-iqn.2026-01.home.sweet:ha-storage}"  # vars.haIscsiIqn
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+PASS=0
+FAIL=0
+RESULTS=()
+
+# Use PASS=$((PASS+1)) instead of ((PASS++)) — the latter evaluates to 0 when
+# PASS=0, which triggers set -e and kills the script after the very first PASS.
+pass() { echo "  PASS: $1"; PASS=$((PASS+1)); RESULTS+=("PASS $1"); }
+fail() { echo "  FAIL: $1"; FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); RESULTS+=("FAIL $1"); }
+
+HA_USER="nixos"
+n1() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+n2() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo " HA Cluster Acceptance Tests — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+
+# ── Pre-flight: DRBD sync must be complete ────────────────────────────────
+# Tests that check disk state, XFS mount, and iSCSI will fail or give false
+# results while the initial full sync is in progress.  Block until done.
+echo ""
+echo "Pre-flight: verifying DRBD sync is complete..."
+DRBD_PREFLIGHT=$(n1 "drbdadm dstate ha-data 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+if ! echo "$DRBD_PREFLIGHT" | grep -q "^UpToDate/UpToDate$"; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "  ERROR: DRBD initial sync not complete."
+  echo "  Current dstate on $NODE1: $DRBD_PREFLIGHT"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Monitor progress:"
+  echo "    ssh nixos@$NODE1_IP 'sudo watch -n3 cat /proc/drbd'"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Re-run this script once dstate shows UpToDate/UpToDate."
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "  dstate: $DRBD_PREFLIGHT — ready."
+
+# ── Detect Active/Standby nodes ────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Use crm_mon to detect which node holds the Promoted (Primary) DRBD resource.
+# Pacemaker is authoritative; DRBD role can briefly read as Secondary while
+# Pacemaker is mid-transition, giving a false Active/Standby swap.
+# Wait up to 90 s for Pacemaker to settle before giving up.
+echo ""
+echo "Detecting Active/Standby nodes (waiting for Pacemaker to settle)..."
+ACTIVE_NODE=""
+for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+  # crm_mon -1 output contains "Promoted: [ <node> ]" for the DRBD master.
+  CRM_OUT=$(n1 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || n2 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  # crm_mon 2.x formats Promoted lines as "    * Promoted: [ node ]" — the * bullet
+  # means ^\s*(Promoted|Masters): never matches; filter Unpromoted first instead.
+  ACTIVE_NODE=$(echo "$CRM_OUT" | grep -v 'Unpromoted\|Unmanaged' | grep -E '(Promoted|Masters):' | grep -oE '\b(ha-server-[0-9]+)\b' | head -1 || true)
+  [[ -n "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]] && break
+  sleep 3
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+  echo "  WARNING: could not determine Active node from crm_mon after 90 s — defaulting to $NODE1"
+  ACTIVE_NODE="$NODE1"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE1" ]]; then
+  ACTIVE_IP="$NODE1_IP"
+  STANDBY_NODE="$NODE2"; STANDBY_IP="$NODE2_IP"
+  na() { n1 "$@"; }
+  ns() { n2 "$@"; }
+else
+  ACTIVE_IP="$NODE2_IP"
+  STANDBY_NODE="$NODE1"; STANDBY_IP="$NODE1_IP"
+  na() { n2 "$@"; }
+  ns() { n1 "$@"; }
+fi
+echo "  Active:  $ACTIVE_NODE ($ACTIVE_IP)"
+echo "  Standby: $STANDBY_NODE ($STANDBY_IP)"
+
+# ── T1: Corosync quorum established ──────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "[T1] Corosync quorum"
+if na "corosync-quorumtool -s" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "Quorate:.*Yes"; then
+  pass "cluster has quorum"
+else
+  fail "cluster does not have quorum — check corosync on both nodes"
+fi
+
+# ── T2: DRBD Primary on Active node, Secondary on Standby ────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "[T2] DRBD roles"
+DRBD_ROLE=$(na "drbdadm role ha-data" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+if [[ "$DRBD_ROLE" == "Primary/Secondary" || "$DRBD_ROLE" == "Primary" ]]; then
+  pass "DRBD Primary on $ACTIVE_NODE ($DRBD_ROLE)"
+else
+  fail "unexpected DRBD role on $ACTIVE_NODE: $DRBD_ROLE (expected Primary/Secondary)"
+fi
+
+DRBD_DSTATE=$(na "drbdadm dstate ha-data" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+if echo "$DRBD_DSTATE" | grep -q "UpToDate"; then
+  pass "DRBD disk state UpToDate ($DRBD_DSTATE)"
+else
+  fail "DRBD disk not UpToDate: $DRBD_DSTATE"
+fi
+
+# ── T3: XFS mounted at haStorageRoot on the Active node ──────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "[T3] XFS mount"
+if na "mountpoint -q '${XFS_MOUNT}'" 2>/dev/null; then
+  pass "XFS mounted at ${XFS_MOUNT} on $ACTIVE_NODE"
+else
+  fail "XFS not mounted at ${XFS_MOUNT} on $ACTIVE_NODE"
+fi
+
+if ns "mountpoint -q '${XFS_MOUNT}'" 2>/dev/null; then
+  fail "XFS unexpectedly mounted on $STANDBY_NODE (should only be on Active node)"
+else
+  pass "XFS not mounted on $STANDBY_NODE (correct — Standby)"
+fi
+
+# ── T4: iSCSI target visible on Active node ───────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "[T4] iSCSI target"
+IQN_COUNT=$(na "bash -c 'ls /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/ 2>/dev/null | grep -c iqn || true'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+if [[ "$IQN_COUNT" -ge 1 ]]; then
+  pass "iSCSI IQN active on $ACTIVE_NODE ($IQN_COUNT target(s))"
+else
+  fail "no iSCSI IQN active on $ACTIVE_NODE"
+fi
+
+# iSCSI port reachable from Standby node via VIP.
+# Use bash TCP probe (no iscsiadm needed — just checks port 3260 is open).
+if ns "bash -c 'echo >/dev/tcp/${VIP}/3260' 2>/dev/null"; then
+  pass "iSCSI port 3260 reachable from $STANDBY_NODE via VIP ${VIP}"
+else
+  fail "iSCSI port 3260 not reachable from $STANDBY_NODE via ${VIP}"
+fi
+
+# ── T5: Failover — standby Active node, verify resources move to Standby ──
+echo ""
+echo "[T5] Failover (standby $ACTIVE_NODE)"
+ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME=$(na "crm_node -n" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+na "crm_standby -N '${ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME}' -v on" 2>/dev/null || true
+echo "  Waiting up to 120 s for resources to move to $STANDBY_NODE..."
+MOVED=false
+for i in $(seq 1 120); do
+  if ns "mountpoint -q '${XFS_MOUNT}'" 2>/dev/null; then
+    MOVED=true
+    echo "  Resources moved in ${i}s"
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+if $MOVED; then
+  pass "XFS mounted on $STANDBY_NODE after failover"
+  IQN_ON_STANDBY=$(ns "bash -c 'ls /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/ 2>/dev/null | grep -c iqn || true'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  [[ "$IQN_ON_STANDBY" -ge 1 ]] \
+    && pass "iSCSI target active on $STANDBY_NODE after failover" \
+    || fail "iSCSI target NOT active on $STANDBY_NODE after failover"
+else
+  fail "XFS did not mount on $STANDBY_NODE within 120 s — failover incomplete"
+fi
+
+# ── T6: Data integrity — file written post-failover readable ─────────────
+echo ""
+echo "[T6] Data integrity"
+# Write a test file on the new Active (former Standby) and verify it.
+# Use `echo | sudo tee` for the write: "echo ... > file" via bash -c has the
+# redirect interpreted by the remote nixos shell (not sudo), so the file open
+# runs as nixos and fails with EACCES on the root-owned XFS mount.  Piping
+# through sudo tee lets tee (running as root) open the file instead.
+TEST_FILE="${XFS_MOUNT}/.acceptance-test-$$"
+TEST_CONTENT="ha-acceptance-test-$(date +%s)"
+echo "${TEST_CONTENT}" | ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${STANDBY_IP}" sudo tee "${TEST_FILE}" > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
+READBACK=$(ns cat "${TEST_FILE}" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+if [[ "$READBACK" == "$TEST_CONTENT" ]]; then
+  pass "test file written and read back correctly on $STANDBY_NODE"
+else
+  fail "data integrity check failed (wrote: '$TEST_CONTENT', read: '$READBACK')"
+fi
+ns rm -f "${TEST_FILE}" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# ── T7: Node rejoin — un-standby original Active, verify cluster is healthy ─
+echo ""
+echo "[T7] Node rejoin"
+na "crm_standby -N '${ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME}' -v off" 2>/dev/null || true
+na "crm_resource --cleanup" 2>/dev/null || true
+sleep 5
+
+if na "corosync-quorumtool -s 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'Quorate:.*Yes'"; then
+  pass "$ACTIVE_NODE rejoined — cluster has quorum"
+else
+  fail "$ACTIVE_NODE did not rejoin with quorum"
+fi
+
+DRBD_ROLE_AFTER=$(na "drbdadm role ha-data" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+if echo "$DRBD_ROLE_AFTER" | grep -q "Secondary"; then
+  pass "$ACTIVE_NODE is DRBD Secondary after rejoin ($DRBD_ROLE_AFTER)"
+else
+  fail "unexpected DRBD role on $ACTIVE_NODE after rejoin: $DRBD_ROLE_AFTER"
+fi
+
+# ── Summary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo " Results: ${PASS} PASS, ${FAIL} FAIL"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+for r in "${RESULTS[@]}"; do echo "  $r"; done
+echo ""
+
+if [[ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "ALL PASS — cluster is production-ready."
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "SOME TESTS FAILED — investigate before deploying."
+  exit 1
+fi
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# cluster-enable-stonith.sh — enable STONITH fence agent after the fence SSH
+# key is deployed to both nodes and authorised on the Proxmox host.
+#
+# Run from ha-server-1 as root AFTER:
+#   - /etc/pacemaker/fence_pve_ssh exists on both nodes (chmod +x)
+#     (copy from scripts/ha/fence-pve-ssh.py)
+#   - /etc/fence-pve-ssh-key (SSH private key) exists on both nodes
+#   - The corresponding public key is in authorized_keys on PVE_HOST
+#   - VMID_NODE1 / VMID_NODE2 filled in below
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+NODE1="ha-server-1"
+NODE2="ha-server-2"
+VMID_NODE1=""          # FILL IN: Proxmox VMID for ha-server-1
+VMID_NODE2=""          # FILL IN: Proxmox VMID for ha-server-2
+PVE_HOST="pve1.sweet.home"
+PVE_USER="wayne"
+FENCE_KEY="/etc/fence-pve-ssh-key"
+FENCE_SCRIPT="/etc/pacemaker/fence_pve_ssh"
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+log() { echo "[stonith-setup] $*"; }
+die() { echo "[stonith-setup] ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+[[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]] || die "must run as root"
+[[ -n "$VMID_NODE1" ]] || die "VMID_NODE1 not set — edit this script"
+[[ -n "$VMID_NODE2" ]] || die "VMID_NODE2 not set — edit this script"
+[[ -f "$FENCE_KEY" ]] || die "fence key not found at $FENCE_KEY"
+[[ -f "$FENCE_SCRIPT" ]] || die "fence script not found at $FENCE_SCRIPT"
+
+log "Verifying fence agent can reach ${PVE_HOST}..."
+ssh -i "$FENCE_KEY" -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 \
+    -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${PVE_USER}@${PVE_HOST}" \
+    "sudo /usr/sbin/qm list" &>/dev/null \
+  || die "Cannot SSH to ${PVE_USER}@${PVE_HOST} — check authorized_keys and sudo"
+log "Fence agent SSH connectivity confirmed"
+
+log "Creating Pacemaker STONITH resources..."
+cibadmin --create --scope resources --xml-text "
+<primitive id=\"stonith-${NODE1}\" class=\"stonith\" type=\"external/fence_pve_ssh\">
+  <instance_attributes id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-attrs\">
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-plug\" name=\"plug\" value=\"${NODE1}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-pve-host\" name=\"pve_host\" value=\"${PVE_HOST}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-pve-user\" name=\"pve_user\" value=\"${PVE_USER}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-key-file\" name=\"key_file\" value=\"${FENCE_KEY}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-vmid1\" name=\"vmid_node1\" value=\"${VMID_NODE1}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-vmid2\" name=\"vmid_node2\" value=\"${VMID_NODE2}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-host-list\" name=\"pcmk_host_list\" value=\"${NODE1}\"/>
+  </instance_attributes>
+  <operations>
+    <op id=\"stonith-${NODE1}-monitor\" name=\"monitor\" interval=\"30s\" timeout=\"30s\"/>
+  </operations>
+</primitive>
+" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+cibadmin --create --scope resources --xml-text "
+<primitive id=\"stonith-${NODE2}\" class=\"stonith\" type=\"external/fence_pve_ssh\">
+  <instance_attributes id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-attrs\">
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-plug\" name=\"plug\" value=\"${NODE2}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-pve-host\" name=\"pve_host\" value=\"${PVE_HOST}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-pve-user\" name=\"pve_user\" value=\"${PVE_USER}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-key-file\" name=\"key_file\" value=\"${FENCE_KEY}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-vmid1\" name=\"vmid_node1\" value=\"${VMID_NODE1}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-vmid2\" name=\"vmid_node2\" value=\"${VMID_NODE2}\"/>
+    <nvpair id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-host-list\" name=\"pcmk_host_list\" value=\"${NODE2}\"/>
+  </instance_attributes>
+  <operations>
+    <op id=\"stonith-${NODE2}-monitor\" name=\"monitor\" interval=\"30s\" timeout=\"30s\"/>
+  </operations>
+</primitive>
+" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+log "Enabling STONITH and restoring quorum policy..."
+crm_attribute -t crm_config -n stonith-enabled -v true
+crm_attribute -t crm_config -n no-quorum-policy -v stop
+
+log "DRBD fencing mode must also be updated to resource-only (already the"
+log "default in cluster-config.nix; confirm with: cat /etc/drbd.d/ha-data.conf)"
+
+log "Testing fence agent..."
+stonith_admin --list-devices && log "Fence devices listed successfully." \
+  || warn "stonith_admin --list-devices failed — check config"
+
+log "STONITH enabled. Cluster is now fully HA."
@@ -0,0 +1,483 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# cluster-init.sh — one-time HA cluster initialisation script
+#
+# Run ONCE from ha-server-1 as root AFTER both VMs are booted and have SSH
+# access.  It:
+#   1. Generates and distributes the corosync authkey
+#   2. Waits for corosync quorum and pacemaker
+#   3. Initialises DRBD metadata, promotes node1 to primary
+#   4. Creates XFS on /dev/drbd0 and mounts it
+#   5. Creates the directory tree and iSCSI LUN backing file
+#   6. Configures LIO iSCSI target (file-backed LUN)
+#   7. Configures Pacemaker resources: DRBD → XFS → iSCSI → NFS → VIP
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+#   - Both VMs booted with the ha-server config (nixos-rebuild done)
+#   - SSH key access from node1 to root@NODE2_IP
+#   - VMID_NODE1 / VMID_NODE2 filled in below (needed for STONITH setup;
+#     cluster starts without STONITH, which you enable separately via
+#     scripts/ha/cluster-enable-stonith.sh)
+#   - Run as root on ha-server-1
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# All values override-able via environment variables; defaults match variables.nix.
+NODE1="${NODE1:-ha-server-1}"
+NODE2="${NODE2:-ha-server-2}"
+NODE1_IP="${NODE1_IP:-192.168.2.228}"   # vars.haServer1Ip
+NODE2_IP="${NODE2_IP:-192.168.2.227}"   # vars.haServer2Ip
+VIP="${VIP:-192.168.20.229}"            # vars.haServerVip (storage-client, vmbr2, VLAN 20)
+VIP_LAN="${VIP_LAN:-192.168.2.229}"    # vars.haServerLanVip (LAN, vmbr0)
+XFS_MOUNT="${XFS_MOUNT:-/srv/ha-data}"  # vars.haStorageRoot
+ISCSI_IQN="${ISCSI_IQN:-iqn.2026-01.home.sweet:ha-storage}"  # vars.haIscsiIqn
+ISCSI_LUN_FILE="${XFS_MOUNT}/iscsi-lun.img"
+ISCSI_LUN_SIZE="10G"
+DRBD_DEVICE="/dev/drbd0"
+# DRBD backing disk — by-id path that resolves correctly on both nodes
+# regardless of whether the OS-level name is sda or sdb (Proxmox VM disk
+# ordering is not guaranteed). Matches haServerDrbdDisk in variables.nix.
+# Override DRBD_DISK if your hardware uses a different controller/slot path.
+DRBD_DISK="${DRBD_DISK:-/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-scsi1}"
+VMID_NODE1="${VMID_NODE1:-}"            # set by deploy.sh; needed for STONITH
+VMID_NODE2="${VMID_NODE2:-}"
+PVE_HOST="${PVE_HOST:-pve1.sweet.home}"
+PVE_USER="${PVE_USER:-wayne}"
+# Inter-node SSH: HA_USER is the user to SSH as on NODE2; HA_KEY is the private
+# key to use.  Default is root-to-root (no key arg).  deploy.sh sets HA_USER=nixos
+# and HA_KEY=/tmp/cluster-init-key so the script works even when root-to-root SSH
+# is not available.
+HA_USER="${HA_USER:-root}"
+HA_KEY="${HA_KEY:-}"
+
+# NFS dataset subdirectories to create under XFS_MOUNT.
+# Must mirror vars.nfsShares subpath values in variables.nix.
+NFS_SUBDIRS=(
+  "docker/config"
+  "docker/volumes"
+  "docker/databases"
+  "docker/nextcloud-data"
+  "raspi/volumes"
+  "proxmox/iso"
+  "proxmox/lxc"
+  "pxe-boot/images"
+)
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+log()  { echo "[cluster-init] $*"; }
+die()  { echo "[cluster-init] ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+warn() { echo "[cluster-init] WARNING: $*" >&2; }
+
+[[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]] || die "must run as root"
+[[ "$(hostname)" == "$NODE1" ]] || die "must run on $NODE1"
+
+# NixOS may not include xfsprogs in root's PATH even when it's in the store.
+# If mkfs.xfs is missing, search the Nix store for it.
+if ! command -v mkfs.xfs &>/dev/null; then
+  _xfs_bin=$(find /nix/store -maxdepth 3 -name mkfs.xfs 2>/dev/null | head -1 | xargs dirname 2>/dev/null || true)
+  [[ -n "$_xfs_bin" ]] && export PATH="$_xfs_bin:$PATH" \
+    || die "mkfs.xfs not found — add xfsprogs to ha-server.nix environment.systemPackages and rebuild"
+fi
+
+# drbdmeta lives alongside drbdadm but may not be in PATH when run via sudo.
+if ! command -v drbdmeta &>/dev/null; then
+  _drbd_bin=$(dirname "$(command -v drbdadm)" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  [[ -n "$_drbd_bin" ]] && export PATH="$_drbd_bin:$PATH" \
+    || die "drbdmeta not found — is drbd-utils in ha-server environment.systemPackages?"
+fi
+
+# Portable 16-hex-char UUID generator (no openssl required).
+_rand_uuid() {
+  cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid 2>/dev/null | tr -d '-' | cut -c1-16 | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'
+}
+
+# Inter-node SSH/SCP helpers — abstract over root-to-root vs nixos+sudo.
+_SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10"
+[[ -n "$HA_KEY" ]] && _SSH_OPTS="-i $HA_KEY $_SSH_OPTS"
+if [[ "$HA_USER" == "root" ]]; then
+  n2_ssh() { ssh $_SSH_OPTS "root@${NODE2_IP}" "$@"; }
+  n2_scp() { scp $_SSH_OPTS "$1" "root@${NODE2_IP}:$2"; }
+else
+  # Non-root user with passwordless sudo; wrap each command with sudo.
+  n2_ssh() { ssh $_SSH_OPTS "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo "$@"; }
+  n2_scp() {
+    # SCP to a tmp path, then sudo-move to the real destination as the remote user.
+    local src="$1" dst="$2"
+    local tmp="/tmp/_cluster_init_scp_$$"
+    scp $_SSH_OPTS "$src" "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}:${tmp}"
+    ssh $_SSH_OPTS "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo mv "${tmp}" "${dst}"
+  }
+fi
+
+# ── 0. Corosync authkey ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+AUTHKEY="/etc/corosync/authkey"
+mkdir -p /etc/corosync
+if [[ ! -f "$AUTHKEY" ]]; then
+  log "Generating corosync authkey..."
+  corosync-keygen -k "$AUTHKEY"
+  chmod 0400 "$AUTHKEY"
+fi
+log "Distributing authkey to $NODE2..."
+n2_ssh "mkdir -p /etc/corosync"
+n2_scp "$AUTHKEY" "$AUTHKEY"
+n2_ssh "chmod 0400 '${AUTHKEY}'"
+
+log "Restarting corosync and pacemaker on both nodes..."
+systemctl restart corosync
+n2_ssh "systemctl restart corosync"
+sleep 3
+
+log "Starting pacemaker on both nodes (may have failed at boot before authkey was placed)..."
+systemctl start pacemaker 2>/dev/null || systemctl restart pacemaker 2>/dev/null || true
+n2_ssh "systemctl start pacemaker 2>/dev/null || systemctl restart pacemaker 2>/dev/null || true"
+sleep 2
+
+# ── 1. Corosync quorum ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+log "Waiting for corosync quorum..."
+for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+  if corosync-quorumtool -s 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'Quorate:.*Yes'; then
+    log "Quorum established"
+    break
+  fi
+  [[ $i -eq 30 ]] && die "corosync quorum not established after 60 s"
+  sleep 2
+done
+
+log "Waiting for pacemaker..."
+for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+  if crm_mon -1 &>/dev/null; then
+    log "Pacemaker running"
+    break
+  fi
+  [[ $i -eq 30 ]] && die "pacemaker not running after 60 s"
+  sleep 2
+done
+
+# ── 2. DRBD initialisation ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Put both nodes in Pacemaker standby first so it stops managed resources
+# cleanly, then enable maintenance-mode so Pacemaker's monitor operations are
+# suspended.  Without maintenance-mode, Pacemaker keeps monitoring: when it
+# sees DRBD Primary on a standby node (that it didn't start), it triggers a
+# stop action — killing the initial sync after ~10 s.  Maintenance-mode
+# disables all start/stop/monitor actions for the duration of the sync; it is
+# cleared after UpToDate/UpToDate is confirmed.
+log "Setting both nodes to Pacemaker standby for DRBD metadata init..."
+crm_standby -N "$NODE1" -v on 2>/dev/null || true
+crm_standby -N "$NODE2" -v on 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Wait for Pacemaker to actually stop DRBD (if it was managing it).
+log "Waiting for DRBD to stop under Pacemaker control..."
+for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+  n1_role=$(drbdadm role ha-data 2>/dev/null || echo "Unconfigured")
+  n2_role=$(n2_ssh "drbdadm role ha-data 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "Unconfigured")
+  if [[ "$n1_role" == "Unconfigured" ]] && [[ "$n2_role" == "Unconfigured" ]]; then
+    log "DRBD stopped on both nodes"
+    break
+  fi
+  [[ $i -eq 30 ]] && warn "DRBD still active after 60s standby — forcing down anyway"
+  sleep 2
+done
+
+log "Enabling Pacemaker maintenance-mode (suspends monitor/start/stop during sync)..."
+crm_attribute -t crm_config -n maintenance-mode -v true 2>/dev/null || true
+
+log "Detaching DRBD on $NODE1 (belt-and-suspenders after standby)..."
+drbdadm down ha-data 2>/dev/null || true
+log "Detaching DRBD on $NODE2..."
+n2_ssh "drbdadm down ha-data 2>/dev/null || true"
+sleep 2
+
+# Ensure /etc/drbd.conf on both nodes points to DRBD_DISK (the stable by-id
+# path).  VMs built before this fix may have /dev/sda or /dev/sdb hardcoded.
+# NixOS makes /etc/drbd.conf a symlink into the read-only Nix store, so
+# sed -i on the symlink target would fail — we break the symlink first with
+# cp --remove-destination, creating a regular writable copy.
+# Rebuild+redeploy (--force-rebuild) to make this permanent.
+_PATCH_DRBD=$(mktemp)
+cat > "$_PATCH_DRBD" << 'PATCHEOF'
+#!/bin/bash
+WANT="$1"
+conf=/etc/drbd.conf
+if [[ -L "$conf" ]]; then
+  cp --remove-destination "$(readlink -f "$conf")" "$conf"
+fi
+cur=$(drbdadm sh-ll-dev ha-data 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
+if [[ -n "$cur" && "$cur" != "$WANT" ]]; then
+  echo "[cluster-init] WARNING: patching $conf: $cur → $WANT (rebuild to make permanent)"
+  sed -i "s,${cur},${WANT},g" "$conf"
+fi
+PATCHEOF
+chmod +x "$_PATCH_DRBD"
+bash "$_PATCH_DRBD" "$DRBD_DISK"
+n2_scp "$_PATCH_DRBD" "/tmp/patch-drbd-disk.sh"
+n2_ssh "bash /tmp/patch-drbd-disk.sh ${DRBD_DISK}"
+n2_ssh "rm -f /tmp/patch-drbd-disk.sh"
+rm -f "$_PATCH_DRBD"
+
+log "Initialising DRBD metadata on $NODE1..."
+# Use drbdmeta --force directly for BOTH create-md and write-dev-uuid.
+# drbdadm create-md --force passes --force to drbdmeta create-md but NOT to
+# the write-dev-uuid sub-call it makes internally, so write-dev-uuid fails when
+# the backing disk is still busy and stdin is not a TTY:
+# "stdin not a TTY, not waiting for confirmation" → exit 20.
+# Calling drbdmeta --force directly bypasses the exclusive-open confirmation on
+# both steps without needing a TTY, regardless of whether the device is busy.
+# Skip metadata creation only if DRBD is UP and fully synced (UpToDate/UpToDate).
+# When the resource is down, drbdadm dstate reads metadata and returns just
+# "UpToDate" (no slash) — that must not be treated as "already synced".
+# Mismatched UUIDs from an interrupted sync cause instant WFConnection→StandAlone,
+# so we always recreate metadata unless the sync is genuinely complete.
+if [[ "$(drbdadm dstate ha-data 2>/dev/null)" != "UpToDate/UpToDate" ]]; then
+  UUID1=$(_rand_uuid)
+  drbdmeta --force 0 v08 "${DRBD_DISK}" internal create-md
+  drbdmeta --force 0 v08 "${DRBD_DISK}" internal write-dev-uuid "$UUID1"
+fi
+
+log "Initialising DRBD metadata on $NODE2..."
+if [[ "$(n2_ssh "drbdadm dstate ha-data 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null)" != "UpToDate/UpToDate" ]]; then
+  UUID2=$(n2_ssh "cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid 2>/dev/null | tr -d '-' | cut -c1-16 | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'")
+  n2_ssh "drbdmeta --force 0 v08 ${DRBD_DISK} internal create-md"
+  n2_ssh "drbdmeta --force 0 v08 ${DRBD_DISK} internal write-dev-uuid ${UUID2}"
+fi
+
+log "Bringing up DRBD on both nodes..."
+drbdadm up ha-data 2>/dev/null || true
+n2_ssh "drbdadm up ha-data" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+log "Forcing $NODE1 to DRBD Primary for initial sync..."
+drbdadm primary ha-data --force
+# NOTE: Pacemaker standby is intentionally kept ON until after the sync
+# completes.  Clearing it here races with the OCF DRBD agent: Pacemaker
+# sees DRBD in WFConnection/SyncSource and may call drbdadm-down thinking
+# something went wrong, killing the sync.  Standby is cleared below, after
+# UpToDate/UpToDate is confirmed.
+
+log "Waiting for DRBD initial sync to complete (32 GB may take 10–20 min)..."
+log "  (monitor with: watch -n3 cat /proc/drbd)"
+_sync_chars=('|' '/' '-' $'\\')
+_sync_iter=0
+while true; do
+  _dstate=$(drbdadm dstate ha-data 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+  if echo "$_dstate" | grep -q "UpToDate/UpToDate"; then
+    printf "\r%-80s\r" ""
+    log "DRBD initial sync complete (dstate: $_dstate)"
+    break
+  fi
+  # Parse connection state from /proc/drbd (cs:SyncSource, cs:Connected, cs:StandAlone …)
+  _cs=$(grep -oE 'cs:[A-Za-z]+' /proc/drbd 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's/cs://' || echo "unknown")
+  # /proc/drbd uses variable whitespace: "sync'ed:  5.2%" (two spaces).
+  _pct=$(grep -oE "sync'ed:[[:space:]]+[0-9.]+" /proc/drbd 2>/dev/null | grep -oE "[0-9.]+" | head -1 || echo "")
+  _eta=$(grep -oE "finish:[[:space:]]+[0-9:]+" /proc/drbd 2>/dev/null | grep -oE "[0-9:]+$" | head -1 || echo "")
+  _spd=$(grep -oE "speed:[[:space:]]+[0-9,]+" /proc/drbd 2>/dev/null | grep -oE "[0-9,]+$" | head -1 || echo "")
+  _sync_iter=$(( _sync_iter + 1 ))
+  _sc="${_sync_chars[$_sync_iter % 4]}"
+  if [[ "$_cs" == "StandAlone" && $_sync_iter -gt 5 ]]; then
+    printf "\r%-80s\r" ""
+    die "DRBD is StandAlone after 15 s — peer connection lost (dstate: $_dstate). " \
+        "Check corosync/network and re-run cluster-init."
+  elif [[ -n "$_pct" ]]; then
+    printf "\r  [%s] syncing: %s%% done — ETA %s @ %s K/s     " \
+      "$_sc" "$_pct" "${_eta:-??:??:??}" "${_spd:-?}"
+  else
+    printf "\r  [%s] cs:%s dstate:%s — waiting for sync to start     " "$_sc" "$_cs" "$_dstate"
+  fi
+  sleep 3
+done
+
+log "Disabling Pacemaker maintenance-mode and clearing standby — handing DRBD back to Pacemaker..."
+crm_attribute -t crm_config -n maintenance-mode -v false 2>/dev/null || true
+crm_standby -N "$NODE1" -v off 2>/dev/null || true
+crm_standby -N "$NODE2" -v off 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# ── 3. XFS filesystem ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+log "Creating XFS on ${DRBD_DEVICE}..."
+if ! xfs_info "${DRBD_DEVICE}" &>/dev/null; then
+  mkfs.xfs -f "${DRBD_DEVICE}"
+fi
+
+log "Mounting ${DRBD_DEVICE} at ${XFS_MOUNT}..."
+mkdir -p "${XFS_MOUNT}"
+mountpoint -q "${XFS_MOUNT}" || mount "${DRBD_DEVICE}" "${XFS_MOUNT}"
+
+# ── 4. NFS dataset directories ────────────────────────────────────────────
+log "Creating NFS dataset directories..."
+for subdir in "${NFS_SUBDIRS[@]}"; do
+  mkdir -p "${XFS_MOUNT}/${subdir}"
+done
+
+# ── 5. iSCSI LUN backing file ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+log "Creating iSCSI LUN backing file ${ISCSI_LUN_FILE} (${ISCSI_LUN_SIZE})..."
+if [[ ! -f "${ISCSI_LUN_FILE}" ]]; then
+  fallocate -l "${ISCSI_LUN_SIZE}" "${ISCSI_LUN_FILE}"
+fi
+
+# ── 6. LIO iSCSI target ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+log "Configuring LIO iSCSI target via targetcli..."
+# Note: do NOT bind portal to ${VIP} here — the VIP isn't assigned yet (Pacemaker
+# creates it).  The default portal (all IPs, port 3260) is correct; Pacemaker's
+# VIP resource will make the target reachable at the VIP address.
+#
+# Clear any existing LIO state first (idempotent: re-run after a partial failure).
+# Use specific delete commands — clearconfig does not reliably clear kernel state.
+if ls /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/ 2>/dev/null | grep -q "${ISCSI_IQN}"; then
+  log "Clearing existing LIO target ${ISCSI_IQN} before reconfiguration..."
+  targetcli "/iscsi delete ${ISCSI_IQN}" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+if ls /sys/kernel/config/target/core/ 2>/dev/null | grep -q "fileio"; then
+  log "Clearing existing LIO backstore ha-lun0 before reconfiguration..."
+  targetcli "/backstores/fileio delete ha-lun0" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+targetcli <<EOF
+/backstores/fileio create name=ha-lun0 file_or_dev=${ISCSI_LUN_FILE} size=0 write_back=false
+/iscsi create ${ISCSI_IQN}
+/iscsi/${ISCSI_IQN}/tpg1/luns create /backstores/fileio/ha-lun0
+/iscsi/${ISCSI_IQN}/tpg1 set attribute authentication=0
+/iscsi/${ISCSI_IQN}/tpg1 set attribute demo_mode_write_protect=0
+saveconfig /etc/target/saveconfig.json
+EOF
+
+log "Tearing down LIO kernel objects — Pacemaker will restore via targetctl on the Active node..."
+# LIO holds the backing file open; clear kernel state now so the XFS unmount succeeds.
+# Use specific delete commands (clearconfig does not reliably clear kernel configfs state).
+targetcli "/iscsi delete ${ISCSI_IQN}" 2>/dev/null || warn "LIO iscsi delete failed — umount may fail"
+targetcli "/backstores/fileio delete ha-lun0" 2>/dev/null || warn "LIO backstore delete failed"
+
+log "Distributing iSCSI saveconfig to $NODE2..."
+n2_scp /etc/target/saveconfig.json /etc/target/saveconfig.json
+
+
+log "Unmounting ${XFS_MOUNT} — Pacemaker manages it..."
+umount "${XFS_MOUNT}" || { sync; umount -l "${XFS_MOUNT}"; }
+
+log "Demoting DRBD to Secondary — Pacemaker manages primary role..."
+drbdadm role ha-data 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^Primary" && drbdadm secondary ha-data || true
+
+# ── 7. Pacemaker resources ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+log "Configuring Pacemaker cluster properties..."
+crm_attribute -t crm_config -n stonith-enabled -v false
+crm_attribute -t crm_config -n no-quorum-policy -v ignore
+
+log "Creating Pacemaker resources via cibadmin..."
+# Use cibadmin --replace with pacemaker-4.0-compatible XML.
+# Key schema rules for pacemaker-4.0:
+#   - globally-unique must be in <meta_attributes>, not a direct <clone> attribute
+#   - promoted-max / promoted-node-max (not master-max / master-node-max)
+#   - constraint with-rsc-role="Promoted" (not "Master")
+cibadmin --replace --scope resources --xml-text '<resources>
+  <clone id="ms-drbd0">
+    <meta_attributes id="ms-drbd0-meta">
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-globally-unique" name="globally-unique" value="false"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-promotable" name="promotable" value="true"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-promoted-max" name="promoted-max" value="1"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-promoted-node-max" name="promoted-node-max" value="1"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-clone-max" name="clone-max" value="2"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-clone-node-max" name="clone-node-max" value="1"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-notify" name="notify" value="true"/>
+      <nvpair id="ms-drbd0-interleave" name="interleave" value="true"/>
+    </meta_attributes>
+    <primitive id="drbd0" class="ocf" type="drbd" provider="linbit">
+      <instance_attributes id="drbd0-attrs">
+        <nvpair id="drbd0-resource" name="drbd_resource" value="ha-data"/>
+      </instance_attributes>
+      <operations>
+        <op id="drbd0-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="240s"/>
+        <op id="drbd0-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="120s"/>
+        <op id="drbd0-promote" name="promote" interval="0" timeout="240s"/>
+        <op id="drbd0-demote" name="demote" interval="0" timeout="90s"/>
+        <op id="drbd0-monitor-promoted" name="monitor" interval="20s" timeout="20s" role="Promoted"/>
+        <op id="drbd0-monitor-unpromoted" name="monitor" interval="30s" timeout="20s" role="Unpromoted"/>
+      </operations>
+    </primitive>
+  </clone>
+  <group id="ha-group">
+    <primitive id="xfs-data" class="ocf" type="Filesystem" provider="heartbeat">
+      <instance_attributes id="xfs-data-attrs">
+        <nvpair id="xfs-data-device" name="device" value="/dev/drbd0"/>
+        <nvpair id="xfs-data-directory" name="directory" value="/srv/ha-data"/>
+        <nvpair id="xfs-data-fstype" name="fstype" value="xfs"/>
+        <nvpair id="xfs-data-options" name="options" value="defaults"/>
+        <nvpair id="xfs-data-force_unmount" name="force_unmount" value="true"/>
+      </instance_attributes>
+      <operations>
+        <op id="xfs-data-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="60s"/>
+        <op id="xfs-data-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="60s"/>
+        <op id="xfs-data-monitor" name="monitor" interval="20s" timeout="40s"/>
+      </operations>
+    </primitive>
+    <primitive id="iscsi-target" class="systemd" type="targetctl">
+      <operations>
+        <op id="iscsi-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="60s"/>
+        <op id="iscsi-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="60s"/>
+        <op id="iscsi-monitor" name="monitor" interval="20s" timeout="40s"/>
+      </operations>
+    </primitive>
+    <primitive id="nfs-server" class="systemd" type="nfs-server">
+      <operations>
+        <op id="nfs-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="60s"/>
+        <op id="nfs-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="60s"/>
+        <op id="nfs-monitor" name="monitor" interval="30s" timeout="40s"/>
+      </operations>
+    </primitive>
+    <primitive id="vip-storage" class="ocf" type="IPaddr2" provider="heartbeat">
+      <instance_attributes id="vip-storage-attrs">
+        <nvpair id="vip-storage-ip" name="ip" value="192.168.20.229"/>
+        <nvpair id="vip-storage-cidr" name="cidr_netmask" value="24"/>
+        <nvpair id="vip-storage-nic" name="nic" value="ens20"/>
+      </instance_attributes>
+      <operations>
+        <op id="vip-storage-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="20s"/>
+        <op id="vip-storage-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="20s"/>
+        <op id="vip-storage-monitor" name="monitor" interval="10s" timeout="20s"/>
+      </operations>
+    </primitive>
+    <primitive id="vip-lan" class="ocf" type="IPaddr2" provider="heartbeat">
+      <instance_attributes id="vip-lan-attrs">
+        <nvpair id="vip-lan-ip" name="ip" value="192.168.2.229"/>
+        <nvpair id="vip-lan-cidr" name="cidr_netmask" value="24"/>
+        <nvpair id="vip-lan-nic" name="nic" value="ens18"/>
+      </instance_attributes>
+      <operations>
+        <op id="vip-lan-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="20s"/>
+        <op id="vip-lan-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="20s"/>
+        <op id="vip-lan-monitor" name="monitor" interval="10s" timeout="20s"/>
+      </operations>
+    </primitive>
+  </group>
+</resources>'
+
+log "Adding Pacemaker ordering and colocation constraints..."
+cibadmin --replace --scope constraints --xml-text '<constraints>
+  <rsc_order id="order-drbd-group" first="ms-drbd0" first-action="promote" then="ha-group" then-action="start" kind="Mandatory"/>
+  <rsc_colocation id="coloc-group-with-drbd" score="INFINITY" rsc="ha-group" with-rsc="ms-drbd0" with-rsc-role="Promoted"/>
+</constraints>'
+
+log "Clearing stale Pacemaker failure history..."
+crm_resource --cleanup 2>/dev/null || true
+
+log "Waiting for resources to start..."
+for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+  if crm_resource -r vip-storage --locate 2>/dev/null | grep -q "running on"; then
+    log "VIPs are up: $(crm_resource -r vip-storage --locate)"
+    break
+  fi
+  [[ $i -eq 60 ]] && { warn "VIPs not up after 120 s — check: crm_mon -1"; break; }
+  sleep 2
+done
+
+log ""
+log "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+log " HA cluster initialised."
+log ""
+log "  crm_mon -1                               — cluster status"
+log "  iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p ${VIP}       — verify iSCSI (storage net)"
+log "  iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p ${VIP_LAN}   — verify iSCSI (LAN)"
+log "  showmount -e ${VIP}                          — verify NFS exports (storage net)"
+log "  showmount -e ${VIP_LAN}                      — verify NFS exports (LAN)"
+log ""
+log "  To enable STONITH (after deploying fence SSH key):"
+log "    1. Fill in VMID_NODE1 / VMID_NODE2 in cluster-enable-stonith.sh"
+log "    2. Copy scripts/ha/fence-pve-ssh.py to /etc/pacemaker/fence_pve_ssh"
+log "       on both nodes (chmod +x)"
+log "    3. Generate and distribute the fence SSH key"
+log "       (see docs or cluster-enable-stonith.sh header)"
+log "    4. bash scripts/ha/cluster-enable-stonith.sh"
+log "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
@@ -0,0 +1,499 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# deploy.sh — Full lifecycle management for the HA file-server cluster.
+#
+# Handles everything from zero (no VMs, no secrets) through a running,
+# tested cluster, and optionally tears it back down.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/ha/deploy.sh [options]
+#   scripts/ha/deploy.sh --destroy [options]
+#
+# Phases (all run by default; skip any with --skip-*):
+#   1. ensure-bridge   Create storage bridge (vmbr1) on the Proxmox node if absent.
+#   2. sync-keys       Generate SSH host keys and register age keys for both nodes.
+#   3. create-vms      Build disk images and create both VMs via create-proxmox-resource.sh.
+#   4. add-hardware    Attach storage NIC (vmbr1) and DRBD data disk to each VM.
+#   5. boot-wait       Start VMs, wait for SSH on both nodes.
+#   6. cluster-init    Form the cluster: DRBD, corosync, Pacemaker, NFS, VIP.
+#                      Also encrypts the generated corosync authkey into the repo.
+#   7. run-tests       Run acceptance tests (T1–T7).
+#
+# Options:
+#   --node <host>            Proxmox host to deploy on (default: pve1.sweet.home)
+#   --vmid1 <n>              VMID for ha-server-1 (default: 200)
+#   --vmid2 <n>              VMID for ha-server-2 (default: 201)
+#   --storage <pool>         Proxmox storage pool (default: local-zfs)
+#   --storage-bridge <br>    Bridge for HA storage network (default: vmbr1)
+#   --drbd-disk-gb <n>       DRBD data disk size in GB (default: 32)
+#   --memory <MB>            RAM per node (default: 4096)
+#   --cores <n>              vCPUs per node (default: 4)
+#   --skip-ensure-bridge     Skip storage bridge creation/check
+#   --skip-sync-keys         Skip sync-host-keys.sh (clan vars already exist)
+#   --skip-create-vms        Skip VM creation (VMs already exist)
+#   --skip-add-hardware      Skip net1/scsi1 attachment (already attached)
+#   --skip-boot-wait         Skip boot/SSH wait (VMs already running)
+#   --skip-refresh-sops-keys Skip scanning running VMs for fresh SSH host keys
+#   --skip-cluster-init      Skip cluster formation (cluster already configured)
+#   --skip-tests             Skip acceptance tests
+#   --force-rebuild          Pass --force-rebuild to create-proxmox-resource.sh
+#   --destroy                Stop and delete both VMs (skip all other phases)
+#   --dry-run                Print what would run without executing
+#   -h|--help                Show this message
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+#   - SSH access to the Proxmox node as $PROXMOX_SSH_USER (wayne).
+#   - sops age key in the standard location (used by sync-host-keys.sh).
+#   - For --skip-sync-keys: clan vars already in vars/per-machine/proxmox-ha-server-{1,2}/.
+#   - For full tests: secrets/common.yaml decryptable on both nodes (run
+#     `sops updatekeys secrets/common.yaml` after sync-keys).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/env.sh"
+
+# ── Defaults ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+NODE="${PROXMOX_HOST:-$PVE1_HOST}"
+VMID1=200
+VMID2=201
+STORAGE="${PROXMOX_STORAGE:-local-zfs}"
+STORAGE_BRIDGE="vmbr1"
+DRBD_DISK_GB=32
+MEMORY_MB=4096
+CORES=4
+
+SKIP_ENSURE_BRIDGE=false
+SKIP_SYNC_KEYS=false
+SKIP_CREATE_VMS=false
+SKIP_ADD_HARDWARE=false
+SKIP_BOOT_WAIT=false
+SKIP_REFRESH_SOPS_KEYS=false
+SKIP_CLUSTER_INIT=false
+SKIP_TESTS=false
+FORCE_REBUILD=false
+DESTROY=false
+DRY_RUN=false
+
+# ── Variables from repo ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+NODE1_HOST="ha-server-1"
+NODE2_HOST="ha-server-2"
+NODE1_IP="192.168.2.228"
+NODE2_IP="192.168.2.227"
+STORAGE_IP1="192.168.10.228"
+STORAGE_IP2="192.168.10.227"
+STORAGE_CIDR="192.168.10.224/29"
+SSH_USER="${PROXMOX_SSH_USER:-wayne}"
+
+# ── Argument parsing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+usage() {
+  sed -n '/^# Usage:/,/^[^#]/{ /^#/{ s/^# \?//; p } }' "$0"
+  exit "${1:-0}"
+}
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --node)               NODE="$2";           shift 2 ;;
+    --vmid1)              VMID1="$2";          shift 2 ;;
+    --vmid2)              VMID2="$2";          shift 2 ;;
+    --storage)            STORAGE="$2";        shift 2 ;;
+    --storage-bridge)     STORAGE_BRIDGE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --drbd-disk-gb)       DRBD_DISK_GB="$2";   shift 2 ;;
+    --memory)             MEMORY_MB="$2";      shift 2 ;;
+    --cores)              CORES="$2";          shift 2 ;;
+    --skip-ensure-bridge) SKIP_ENSURE_BRIDGE=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-sync-keys)     SKIP_SYNC_KEYS=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-create-vms)    SKIP_CREATE_VMS=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-add-hardware)  SKIP_ADD_HARDWARE=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-boot-wait)         SKIP_BOOT_WAIT=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-refresh-sops-keys) SKIP_REFRESH_SOPS_KEYS=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-cluster-init)      SKIP_CLUSTER_INIT=true; shift ;;
+    --skip-tests)         SKIP_TESTS=true;     shift ;;
+    --force-rebuild)      FORCE_REBUILD=true;  shift ;;
+    --destroy)            DESTROY=true;        shift ;;
+    --dry-run)            DRY_RUN=true;        shift ;;
+    -h|--help)            usage 0 ;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2; usage 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# ── Helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+log()  { echo "==> $*"; }
+logn() { echo "    $*"; }
+err()  { echo "ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+run() {
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] $*"
+  else
+    "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+pve() {
+  # Run a command on the Proxmox node via SSH.
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${SSH_USER}@${NODE} sudo $*"
+  else
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" "sudo $*"
+  fi
+}
+
+pve_check() {
+  # Run a read-only probe on the Proxmox node — always executes even in dry-run.
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" "sudo $*"
+}
+
+HA_USER="nixos"
+
+n1() {
+  # Run a command on ha-server-1 via SSH as nixos with sudo.
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+n2() {
+  # Run a command on ha-server-2 via SSH as nixos with sudo.
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+wait_for_ssh() {
+  local ip="$1" label="$2"
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Skipping SSH wait for ${label} (${ip})"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  local deadline=$(( $(date +%s) + 300 ))
+  log "Waiting for SSH on ${label} (${ip}) — up to 5 min..."
+  while [[ $(date +%s) -lt $deadline ]]; do
+    if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=3 \
+        -o BatchMode=yes "${HA_USER}@${ip}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+      logn "${label} is up."
+      return 0
+    fi
+    sleep 5
+  done
+  err "Timed out waiting for SSH on ${label} (${ip})"
+}
+
+# ── Destroy mode ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if $DESTROY; then
+  log "Destroying HA cluster VMs (${VMID1}=${NODE1_HOST}, ${VMID2}=${NODE2_HOST}) on ${NODE}"
+  for vmid in "$VMID1" "$VMID2"; do
+    STATUS=$(pve "qm status ${vmid} 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if echo "$STATUS" | grep -q "running"; then
+      log "Stopping VMID ${vmid}..."
+      pve "qm stop ${vmid} --skiplock 1"
+      sleep 5
+    fi
+    if $DRY_RUN || pve "qm config ${vmid} >/dev/null 2>&1"; then
+      log "Deleting VMID ${vmid}..."
+      run pve "qm destroy ${vmid} --purge 1"
+    else
+      logn "VMID ${vmid} not found — already gone."
+    fi
+  done
+  log "Done — cluster VMs destroyed."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 1: Storage bridge ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_ENSURE_BRIDGE; then
+  log "Phase 1: Ensuring storage bridge ${STORAGE_BRIDGE} on ${NODE}"
+  if pve_check "test -d /sys/class/net/${STORAGE_BRIDGE}" &>/dev/null; then
+    logn "${STORAGE_BRIDGE} already exists — skipping."
+  else
+    logn "Creating isolated internal bridge ${STORAGE_BRIDGE} (no upstream port, ${STORAGE_CIDR})"
+    BRIDGE_CONF="auto ${STORAGE_BRIDGE}
+iface ${STORAGE_BRIDGE} inet manual
+    bridge-ports none
+    bridge-stp off
+    bridge-fd 0"
+    if $DRY_RUN; then
+      echo "[dry-run] Would write /etc/network/interfaces.d/${STORAGE_BRIDGE}.conf and ifup it"
+    else
+      ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" \
+        "echo '${BRIDGE_CONF}' | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces.d/${STORAGE_BRIDGE}.conf > /dev/null && sudo ifup ${STORAGE_BRIDGE}"
+      logn "${STORAGE_BRIDGE} created and brought up."
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 2: Sync host keys ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_SYNC_KEYS; then
+  log "Phase 2: Syncing SSH host keys for both HA targets"
+  for target in proxmox-ha-server-1 proxmox-ha-server-2; do
+    CLAN_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh"
+    if [[ -d "$CLAN_DIR" ]]; then
+      logn "Clan vars for ${target} already exist — skipping."
+    else
+      logn "Generating host keys for ${target}..."
+      run bash "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh" "$target"
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 2.5: Prepare Proxmox node for building ─────────────────────────────
+if ! $SKIP_CREATE_VMS && ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  CURRENT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+  # Fix /nix ownership if it exists but belongs to a different UID.
+  # pve1's IPA-enrolled wayne (UID 50002) can't write to a store created by
+  # another UID — passwordless sudo corrects it once.
+  # Use direct SSH (no sudo) for the writability check so we test wayne's own
+  # access, not root's.
+  local_ssh() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" "$*"; }
+  if local_ssh "test -d /nix" &>/dev/null && ! local_ssh "test -w /nix" &>/dev/null; then
+    logn "/nix exists but not writable by ${SSH_USER} — fixing ownership with sudo (one-time)..."
+    local_ssh "sudo chown -R ${SSH_USER} /nix"
+    logn "Done."
+  fi
+  unset -f local_ssh
+
+  # Ensure the remote clone is on the correct branch so create-proxmox-resource.sh
+  # builds from the same commits we're deploying.
+  REMOTE_REPO="/home/${SSH_USER}/nixos"
+  if pve_check "test -d ${REMOTE_REPO}/.git" &>/dev/null; then
+    REMOTE_BRANCH=$(ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" \
+      "cd ${REMOTE_REPO} && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null")
+    if [[ "$REMOTE_BRANCH" != "$CURRENT_BRANCH" ]]; then
+      logn "Remote clone is on '${REMOTE_BRANCH}', switching to '${CURRENT_BRANCH}'..."
+      ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" \
+        "cd ${REMOTE_REPO} && git fetch origin && git checkout '${CURRENT_BRANCH}' && git pull --ff-only"
+      logn "Done."
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 3: Create VMs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_CREATE_VMS; then
+  log "Phase 3: Building and creating VMs on ${NODE}"
+
+  CREATE="${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh"
+
+  for spec in "${VMID1}:ha-server-1:proxmox-ha-server-1" "${VMID2}:ha-server-2:proxmox-ha-server-2"; do
+    IFS=: read -r vmid host_name flake_target <<< "$spec"
+    log "Creating ${flake_target} (VMID ${vmid}) on ${NODE}..."
+    # Always --force-rebuild: create-proxmox-resource.sh only calls
+    # sync_remote_host_keys (which populates host-keys/ for proxmox.nix to
+    # bake the clan-var SSH key into the disko image) when it actually builds.
+    # Reusing a cached image skips that step, so destroy+recreate would reuse
+    # an image with a stale/random key baked in → sops fails on first boot.
+    run bash "$CREATE" \
+      --type vm \
+      --host "$host_name" \
+      --vmid "$vmid" \
+      --node "$NODE" \
+      --storage "$STORAGE" \
+      --memory "$MEMORY_MB" \
+      --cores "$CORES" \
+      --force-rebuild
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 4: Add storage NIC and DRBD disk ────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_ADD_HARDWARE; then
+  log "Phase 4: Attaching storage NIC (${STORAGE_BRIDGE}) and DRBD disk (${DRBD_DISK_GB}G) to each VM"
+  for vmid in "$VMID1" "$VMID2"; do
+    log "  VMID ${vmid}: stopping to add hardware..."
+    pve "qm stop ${vmid} --skiplock 1 2>/dev/null; sleep 3" || true
+
+    logn "Adding net1 (${STORAGE_BRIDGE})..."
+    pve "qm set ${vmid} --net1 virtio,bridge=${STORAGE_BRIDGE},firewall=0"
+
+    logn "Adding scsi1 (${STORAGE}:${DRBD_DISK_GB}G for DRBD)..."
+    pve "qm set ${vmid} --scsi1 ${STORAGE}:${DRBD_DISK_GB},format=raw"
+
+    logn "Starting VMID ${vmid}..."
+    pve "qm start ${vmid}"
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 5: Wait for SSH ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_BOOT_WAIT; then
+  log "Phase 5: Waiting for both nodes to come up"
+  wait_for_ssh "$NODE1_IP" "$NODE1_HOST"
+  wait_for_ssh "$NODE2_IP" "$NODE2_HOST"
+  logn "Both nodes are SSHable."
+  # Give systemd a few seconds to settle after activation
+  sleep 10
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 5.5: Refresh sops host-key registrations ───────────────────────────
+#
+# Disko builds raw disk images; each new VM boots with a freshly-generated SSH
+# host key rather than the one pre-seeded in clan vars.  This phase scans the
+# actual running VMs, and if their ed25519 host keys differ from what clan vars
+# record: updates the clan var pub-key files, rewrites the .sops.yaml age-key
+# anchors, and re-encrypts all affected sops files so the nodes can decrypt
+# secrets on the next nixos-rebuild.  Safe no-op when keys haven't changed.
+
+if ! $SKIP_REFRESH_SOPS_KEYS; then
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would scan VM host keys and refresh .sops.yaml / secrets if needed"
+  else
+    log "Phase 5.5: Refreshing sops host-key registrations (disko key drift fix)"
+    SOPS_UPDATED=false
+
+    for spec in \
+      "${NODE1_IP}:proxmox-ha-server-1:${NODE1_HOST}" \
+      "${NODE2_IP}:proxmox-ha-server-2:${NODE2_HOST}"; do
+      IFS=: read -r node_ip flake_target host_name <<< "$spec"
+      CLAN_PUB="${REPO_ROOT}/vars/per-machine/${flake_target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value"
+
+      logn "Scanning ed25519 host key from ${host_name} (${node_ip})..."
+      RAW=$(ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 "${node_ip}" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^#") || true
+      if [[ -z "$RAW" ]]; then
+        logn "WARNING: no ed25519 key returned by ssh-keyscan for ${node_ip} — skipping"
+        continue
+      fi
+      # ssh-keyscan returns:  <ip>  ssh-ed25519  <b64key>
+      SCANNED_TYPE=$(awk '{print $2}' <<< "$RAW")
+      SCANNED_KEY=$(awk  '{print $3}' <<< "$RAW")
+      SCANNED_PUBKEY="${SCANNED_TYPE} ${SCANNED_KEY} ${host_name}"
+
+      CURRENT=$(tr -d '\n' < "$CLAN_PUB" 2>/dev/null || true)
+      if [[ "$SCANNED_PUBKEY" == "$CURRENT" ]]; then
+        logn "${host_name}: clan var matches running key — no update needed"
+        continue
+      fi
+
+      logn "${host_name}: key drift detected — updating clan var"
+      logn "  old: ${CURRENT}"
+      logn "  new: ${SCANNED_PUBKEY}"
+      echo "$SCANNED_PUBKEY" > "$CLAN_PUB"
+      SOPS_UPDATED=true
+
+      # Rewrite the .sops.yaml anchor for this host with the new age key.
+      ANCHOR="${flake_target}"   # e.g. proxmox-ha-server-1
+      NEW_AGE=$(echo "$SCANNED_PUBKEY" | \
+        nix run --quiet --no-warn-dirty nixpkgs#ssh-to-age 2>/dev/null)
+      if [[ -z "$NEW_AGE" ]]; then
+        err "ssh-to-age produced no output for ${host_name} — check nixpkgs#ssh-to-age"
+      fi
+      logn "  new age key: ${NEW_AGE}"
+      sed -i "/&${ANCHOR} /s| age[a-z0-9]*$| ${NEW_AGE}|" "${REPO_ROOT}/.sops.yaml"
+    done
+
+    if $SOPS_UPDATED; then
+      logn "Running sops updatekeys on affected secrets..."
+      SOPS="nix run --quiet --no-warn-dirty nixpkgs#sops --"
+      (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/common.yaml && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/ha-server-1.yaml && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/ha-server-2.yaml && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/ha-server-1.keytab && \
+        $SOPS updatekeys -y secrets/ha-server-2.keytab)
+      # Note: ha-corosync-authkey is re-generated and re-encrypted by cluster-init below.
+
+      logn "Committing refreshed host keys and re-encrypted secrets..."
+      (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && \
+        git add \
+          vars/per-machine/proxmox-ha-server-1/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value \
+          vars/per-machine/proxmox-ha-server-2/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value \
+          .sops.yaml \
+          secrets/common.yaml \
+          secrets/ha-server-1.yaml \
+          secrets/ha-server-2.yaml \
+          secrets/ha-server-1.keytab \
+          secrets/ha-server-2.keytab && \
+        git commit -m "secrets(ha): refresh sops host-key registrations for new VM instances" || true)
+      logn "Sops keys refreshed and committed."
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 6: Cluster init ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_CLUSTER_INIT; then
+  log "Phase 6: Initialising HA cluster"
+
+  CLUSTER_INIT="${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/ha/cluster-init.sh"
+  [[ -x "$CLUSTER_INIT" ]] || chmod +x "$CLUSTER_INIT"
+
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would generate temp key, authorise on ${NODE2_HOST}, scp cluster-init.sh to ${NODE1_HOST}, and run it as root via sudo"
+  else
+    # Generate a temp keypair so cluster-init.sh can SSH node1→node2 as ${HA_USER}.
+    # Root on node1 has no keys; a temp key bridging node1→node2 nixos solves this.
+    TEMP_KEY="${REPO_ROOT}/.tmp-cluster-init-key"
+    TEMP_KEY_PUB="${TEMP_KEY}.pub"
+    rm -f "$TEMP_KEY" "$TEMP_KEY_PUB"
+    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f "$TEMP_KEY" -N "" -C "cluster-init-temp-$(date +%s)" -q
+    TEMP_PUBKEY=$(cat "$TEMP_KEY_PUB")
+
+    logn "Authorising temp key on ${NODE2_HOST} for ${HA_USER}..."
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" \
+      "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh && echo '${TEMP_PUBKEY}' >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
+
+    logn "Placing temp key on ${NODE1_HOST} for root..."
+    scp -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+      "$TEMP_KEY" "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}:/tmp/cluster-init-key"
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" \
+      "sudo mkdir -p /root/.ssh && sudo cp /tmp/cluster-init-key /root/.ssh/cluster-init-key && \
+       sudo chmod 600 /root/.ssh/cluster-init-key && rm -f /tmp/cluster-init-key"
+
+    logn "Uploading cluster-init.sh to ${NODE1_HOST}..."
+    scp -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+      "$CLUSTER_INIT" "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}:/tmp/cluster-init.sh"
+
+    logn "Running cluster-init.sh on ${NODE1_HOST}..."
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" \
+      "sudo env NODE1=${NODE1_HOST} NODE2=${NODE2_HOST} \
+       NODE1_IP=${NODE1_IP} NODE2_IP=${NODE2_IP} \
+       VIP=192.168.20.229 XFS_MOUNT=/srv/ha-data \
+       ISCSI_IQN=iqn.2026-01.home.sweet:ha-storage \
+       VMID_NODE1=${VMID1} VMID_NODE2=${VMID2} \
+       HA_USER=${HA_USER} HA_KEY=/root/.ssh/cluster-init-key \
+       bash /tmp/cluster-init.sh"
+
+    logn "Cleaning up temp key from both nodes..."
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" \
+      "sed -i '/cluster-init-temp/d' ~/.ssh/authorized_keys" 2>/dev/null || true
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" \
+      "sudo rm -f /root/.ssh/cluster-init-key" 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -f "$TEMP_KEY" "$TEMP_KEY_PUB"
+
+    # Encrypt the corosync authkey generated by cluster-init and commit it.
+    log "  Encrypting corosync authkey into secrets/ha-corosync-authkey..."
+    AUTHKEY_TMP="${REPO_ROOT}/secrets/ha-corosync-authkey.tmp"
+    ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" \
+      "sudo cat /etc/corosync/authkey" > "$AUTHKEY_TMP"
+    if [[ ! -s "$AUTHKEY_TMP" ]]; then
+      err "corosync authkey on node1 is empty — cluster-init may have failed."
+    fi
+    mv "$AUTHKEY_TMP" "${REPO_ROOT}/secrets/ha-corosync-authkey"
+    (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && nix run nixpkgs#sops -- -e --input-type binary -i secrets/ha-corosync-authkey)
+    logn "Authkey encrypted. Committing..."
+    (cd "${REPO_ROOT}" && git add secrets/ha-corosync-authkey && \
+      git commit -m "secrets(ha): encrypt corosync authkey generated by cluster-init")
+    logn "Committed."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── Phase 7: Acceptance tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if ! $SKIP_TESTS; then
+  log "Phase 7: Running acceptance tests (T1–T7)"
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    logn "[dry-run] Would run acceptance-tests.sh against ${NODE1_HOST}/${NODE2_HOST}"
+  else
+    NODE1="$NODE1_HOST" NODE2="$NODE2_HOST" \
+    NODE1_IP="$NODE1_IP" NODE2_IP="$NODE2_IP" \
+    VIP="192.168.20.229" \
+    bash "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/ha/acceptance-tests.sh"
+  fi
+fi
+
+log "Deploy complete."
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# failover.sh — graceful HA cluster failover
+#
+# Detects which node is active and moves all resources to the other node by
+# putting the active node into Pacemaker standby.  Waits for the XFS mount to
+# appear on the target before returning.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/ha/failover.sh [--to node1|node2] [--force] [--timeout <s>] [--dry-run]
+#
+#   --to node1|node2  target node (default: the node that is NOT currently active)
+#   --force           skip the interactive confirmation prompt
+#   --timeout <s>     seconds to wait for resources to move (default: 120)
+#   --dry-run         show what would be done without changing anything
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+NODE1="${NODE1:-ha-server-1}"
+NODE2="${NODE2:-ha-server-2}"
+NODE1_IP="${NODE1_IP:-192.168.2.228}"
+NODE2_IP="${NODE2_IP:-192.168.2.227}"
+VIP="${VIP:-192.168.20.229}"
+XFS_MOUNT="${XFS_MOUNT:-/srv/ha-data}"
+HA_USER="${HA_USER:-nixos}"
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+n1() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+n2() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+# ── Argument parsing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+TARGET_NODE=""
+FORCE=false
+DRY_RUN=false
+TIMEOUT=120
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --to)
+      shift
+      case "${1:-}" in
+        node1|ha-server-1) TARGET_NODE="$NODE1" ;;
+        node2|ha-server-2) TARGET_NODE="$NODE2" ;;
+        *) echo "ERROR: --to must be node1, node2, ha-server-1, or ha-server-2"; exit 1 ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+    --force)   FORCE=true ;;
+    --dry-run) DRY_RUN=true ;;
+    --timeout) shift; TIMEOUT="${1:?--timeout requires a value}" ;;
+    *) echo "Unknown argument: $1"; echo "Usage: $0 [--to node1|node2] [--force] [--timeout <s>] [--dry-run]"; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+DRY_PREFIX=""
+$DRY_RUN && DRY_PREFIX="[dry-run] "
+
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo " HA Cluster Failover — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
+$DRY_RUN && echo " MODE: dry-run — no changes will be made"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+
+# ── Detect active node ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Detecting active node..."
+
+CRM_OUT=""
+if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+  CRM_OUT=$(n1 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+fi
+if [[ -z "$CRM_OUT" ]]; then
+  if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+    CRM_OUT=$(n2 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  fi
+fi
+
+# crm_mon 2.x formats Promoted lines as "    * Promoted: [ node ]" — the * bullet
+# means ^\s*(Promoted|Masters): never matches; filter Unpromoted first instead.
+ACTIVE_NODE=$(echo "$CRM_OUT" | grep -v 'Unpromoted\|Unmanaged' | \
+  grep -E '(Promoted|Masters):' | \
+  grep -oE '\b(ha-server-[0-9]+)\b' | head -1 || true)
+
+if [[ -z "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "ERROR: could not determine active node from crm_mon."
+  echo "  Is Pacemaker still settling?  Try running scripts/ha/health.sh first."
+  echo "  If Pacemaker is down on both nodes, manual recovery is required."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE1" ]]; then
+  ACTIVE_IP="$NODE1_IP"
+  STANDBY_NODE="$NODE2"
+  STANDBY_IP="$NODE2_IP"
+  na() { n1 "$@"; }
+  ns() { n2 "$@"; }
+else
+  ACTIVE_IP="$NODE2_IP"
+  STANDBY_NODE="$NODE1"
+  STANDBY_IP="$NODE1_IP"
+  na() { n2 "$@"; }
+  ns() { n1 "$@"; }
+fi
+
+echo "  Active:  $ACTIVE_NODE ($ACTIVE_IP)"
+echo "  Standby: $STANDBY_NODE ($STANDBY_IP)"
+
+# ── Validate target ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if [[ -n "$TARGET_NODE" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$TARGET_NODE" == "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "ERROR: $TARGET_NODE is already the active node — nothing to do."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "  Target:  $TARGET_NODE (as requested)"
+else
+  echo "  Target:  $STANDBY_NODE (auto — the other node)"
+fi
+
+# ── Pre-checks ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Pre-checks..."
+
+DRBD_DSTATE=$(na "drbdadm dstate ha-data 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+if ! echo "$DRBD_DSTATE" | grep -q "UpToDate/UpToDate"; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "  WARNING: DRBD dstate is '$DRBD_DSTATE' (not UpToDate/UpToDate)."
+  echo "  Failing over with a partially-synced disk risks split-brain."
+  if ! $FORCE; then
+    echo "  Use --force to proceed anyway (not recommended)."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "  --force specified — proceeding despite non-ideal DRBD state."
+else
+  echo "  DRBD dstate: $DRBD_DSTATE — OK"
+fi
+
+QUORUM_OK=$(na "corosync-quorumtool -s 2>/dev/null | grep -c 'Quorate:.*Yes'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+if [[ "$QUORUM_OK" -lt 1 ]]; then
+  echo "  ERROR: cluster does not have quorum — failover would be unsafe."
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "  Quorum: OK"
+
+# ── Confirm ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if ! $FORCE && ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "  This will move all resources from $ACTIVE_NODE → $STANDBY_NODE."
+  echo "  VIP and services will be unreachable for ~10–30 seconds."
+  printf "  Proceed? [y/N] "
+  read -r ANSWER
+  [[ "${ANSWER,,}" == "y" || "${ANSWER,,}" == "yes" ]] || { echo "Aborted."; exit 0; }
+fi
+
+# ── Capture active node's crm_node name ───────────────────────────────────
+# crm_node -n returns the node name as registered in Pacemaker (may differ
+# from hostname if Pacemaker was configured with explicit node names).
+ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME=$(na "crm_node -n 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "$ACTIVE_NODE")
+
+# ── Perform failover ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "${DRY_PREFIX}Putting $ACTIVE_NODE into standby (resources will migrate to $STANDBY_NODE)..."
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  na "crm_standby -N '${ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME}' -v on" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+# ── Wait for resources to move ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo "${DRY_PREFIX}Waiting up to ${TIMEOUT}s for XFS to mount on $STANDBY_NODE..."
+MOVED=false
+SPIN_CHARS=('|' '/' '-' '\')
+SPIN_I=0
+
+if $DRY_RUN; then
+  echo "  [dry-run] would wait for mountpoint $XFS_MOUNT on $STANDBY_NODE"
+  MOVED=true
+else
+  for i in $(seq 1 "$TIMEOUT"); do
+    if ns "mountpoint -q '${XFS_MOUNT}' 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null; then
+      printf "\r%-80s\r" ""
+      echo "  Resources moved in ${i}s"
+      MOVED=true
+      break
+    fi
+    SPIN_I=$(( SPIN_I + 1 ))
+    SC="${SPIN_CHARS[$((SPIN_I % 4))]}"
+    printf "\r  [%s] waiting... (%ds)     " "$SC" "$i"
+    sleep 1
+  done
+fi
+
+if ! $MOVED; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "ERROR: XFS did not mount on $STANDBY_NODE within ${TIMEOUT}s."
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Current resource state:"
+  na "crm_mon -1 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'Started|Stopped|Promoted|Unpromoted|FAILED' | sed 's/^/  /' || true
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Clearing standby to restore $ACTIVE_NODE (undo the failover attempt)..."
+  na "crm_standby -N '${ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME}' -v off" 2>/dev/null || true
+  na "crm_resource --cleanup" 2>/dev/null || true
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ── Clear failure history ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo "${DRY_PREFIX}Clearing Pacemaker failure history..."
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  ns "crm_resource --cleanup 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+# ── Re-enable original active node as standby ─────────────────────────────
+echo "${DRY_PREFIX}Re-enabling $ACTIVE_NODE (now standby — will not claim resources)..."
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  na "crm_standby -N '${ACTIVE_CRMD_NAME}' -v off" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+# ── Wait briefly for DRBD resync to begin ─────────────────────────────────
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  sleep 5
+fi
+
+# ── Final state ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Failover complete.  Final state:"
+echo ""
+
+CRM_OUT_AFTER=""
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  CRM_OUT_AFTER=$(ns "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || na "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+else
+  CRM_OUT_AFTER="$CRM_OUT"
+fi
+
+NEW_ACTIVE=$(echo "$CRM_OUT_AFTER" | grep -v 'Unpromoted\|Unmanaged' | \
+  grep -E '(Promoted|Masters):' | \
+  grep -oE '\b(ha-server-[0-9]+)\b' | head -1 || true)
+
+if [[ -n "$NEW_ACTIVE" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$NEW_ACTIVE" == "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+    echo "  WARNING: $ACTIVE_NODE is still showing as active in crm_mon."
+    echo "  Pacemaker may still be settling — check again in a few seconds."
+  else
+    echo "  Active:  $NEW_ACTIVE"
+    echo "  Standby: $ACTIVE_NODE"
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo ""
+RESOURCES_AFTER=$(echo "$CRM_OUT_AFTER" | awk '/Full List of Resources/,0' | tail -n +2 || true)
+[[ -z "$RESOURCES_AFTER" ]] && RESOURCES_AFTER=$(echo "$CRM_OUT_AFTER" | \
+  grep -E 'Started|Stopped|Promoted|Unpromoted|FAILED|Master|Slave' || true)
+[[ -n "$RESOURCES_AFTER" ]] && echo "$RESOURCES_AFTER" | sed 's/^/  /'
+
+echo ""
+echo "  (DRBD resync of $ACTIVE_NODE may take a moment; monitor with:"
+echo "   ssh nixos@${ACTIVE_IP} 'sudo watch -n3 cat /proc/drbd')"
+echo ""
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+fence_pve_ssh - Proxmox VE SSH fence agent for Pacemaker.
+
+Uses SSH to reach the Proxmox host and run 'qm stop/start <vmid>'.
+Deploy to /etc/pacemaker/fence_pve_ssh on both HA nodes (chmod +x).
+
+Configuration (as pacemaker stonith resource attributes):
+  pve_host     Proxmox host to SSH to (default: pve1.sweet.home)
+  pve_user     SSH user (default: wayne)
+  key_file     SSH private key path (default: /etc/fence-pve-ssh-key)
+  vmid_node1   VMID for ha-server-1
+  vmid_node2   VMID for ha-server-2
+  plug         Node name to act on (set by pacemaker: ha-server-1 or ha-server-2)
+  action       Action: off|on|reboot|status|list|metadata
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+
+
+METADATA = """<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<resource-agent name="fence_pve_ssh" shortdesc="Proxmox VE SSH fence agent (test lab)">
+  <longdesc>Fences a VM on a Proxmox VE host by SSHing to the PVE host and
+  running qm stop/start.  For test use only.</longdesc>
+  <vendor-url>https://proxmox.com</vendor-url>
+  <parameters>
+    <parameter name="action" required="1" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="-a, --action=[action]"/>
+      <content type="string" default="reboot"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">Fencing action: off|on|reboot|status|list</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter name="plug" required="0" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="-n, --plug=[nodename]"/>
+      <content type="string"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">Cluster node name to fence</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter name="pve_host" required="0" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="--pve-host=[host]"/>
+      <content type="string" default="pve1.sweet.home"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">Proxmox VE host to SSH to</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter name="pve_user" required="0" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="--pve-user=[user]"/>
+      <content type="string" default="wayne"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">SSH user on the Proxmox host</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter name="key_file" required="0" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="--key-file=[path]"/>
+      <content type="string" default="/etc/fence-pve-ssh-key"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">SSH private key file path</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter name="vmid_node1" required="1" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="--vmid-node1=[vmid]"/>
+      <content type="string"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">VMID for ha-test-node1</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter name="vmid_node2" required="1" unique="0">
+      <getopt mixed="--vmid-node2=[vmid]"/>
+      <content type="string"/>
+      <shortdesc lang="en">VMID for ha-test-node2</shortdesc>
+    </parameter>
+  </parameters>
+  <actions>
+    <action name="off" timeout="60s"/>
+    <action name="on" timeout="60s"/>
+    <action name="reboot" timeout="60s"/>
+    <action name="status" timeout="30s"/>
+    <action name="list" timeout="10s"/>
+    <action name="metadata" timeout="5s"/>
+  </actions>
+</resource-agent>
+"""
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+    p.add_argument("-a", "--action", default="reboot")
+    p.add_argument("-n", "--plug")
+    p.add_argument("--pve-host", default="pve1.sweet.home")
+    p.add_argument("--pve-user", default="wayne")
+    p.add_argument("--key-file", default="/etc/fence-pve-ssh-key")
+    p.add_argument("--vmid-node1")
+    p.add_argument("--vmid-node2")
+    # Allow remaining unknown args (pacemaker may pass extra ones)
+    return p.parse_known_args()[0]
+
+
+def ssh(pve_host, pve_user, key_file, cmd):
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "ssh",
+            "-i", key_file,
+            "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
+            "-o", "BatchMode=yes",
+            "-o", "ConnectTimeout=10",
+            f"{pve_user}@{pve_host}",
+            cmd,
+        ],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    return result
+
+
+def get_vmid(args):
+    node = args.plug
+    if not node:
+        print("ERROR: --plug not specified", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    mapping = {
+        "ha-server-1": args.vmid_node1,
+        "ha-server-2": args.vmid_node2,
+    }
+    vmid = mapping.get(node)
+    if not vmid:
+        print(f"ERROR: unknown node '{node}'", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return vmid
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    action = args.action.lower()
+
+    if action == "metadata":
+        print(METADATA)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    if action == "list":
+        if args.vmid_node1:
+            print("ha-server-1")
+        if args.vmid_node2:
+            print("ha-server-2")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    vmid = get_vmid(args)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(args.key_file):
+        print(f"ERROR: SSH key not found at {args.key_file}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if action in ("off", "reboot"):
+        print(f"Stopping VM {vmid} ({args.plug}) on {args.pve_host}...")
+        r = ssh(args.pve_host, args.pve_user, args.key_file,
+                f"sudo /usr/sbin/qm stop {vmid}")
+        if r.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"ERROR stopping VM: {r.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        print(f"VM {vmid} stopped")
+
+    if action in ("on", "reboot"):
+        print(f"Starting VM {vmid} ({args.plug}) on {args.pve_host}...")
+        r = ssh(args.pve_host, args.pve_user, args.key_file,
+                f"sudo /usr/sbin/qm start {vmid}")
+        if r.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"ERROR starting VM: {r.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        print(f"VM {vmid} started")
+
+    if action == "status":
+        r = ssh(args.pve_host, args.pve_user, args.key_file,
+                f"sudo /usr/sbin/qm status {vmid}")
+        if r.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"ERROR querying VM status: {r.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        # qm status returns "status: running" or "status: stopped"
+        status_line = r.stdout.strip()
+        print(status_line)
+        if "stopped" in status_line:
+            sys.exit(2)   # pacemaker interprets exit 2 as "off"
+        sys.exit(0)       # running = exit 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# health.sh — HA cluster health snapshot (read-only, non-destructive)
+#
+# Prints a compact status panel across both nodes: SSH reachability, quorum,
+# DRBD state, Pacemaker resources, and service ports via the VIP.
+# Run from any host with SSH access to the HA nodes.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+NODE1="${NODE1:-ha-server-1}"
+NODE2="${NODE2:-ha-server-2}"
+NODE1_IP="${NODE1_IP:-192.168.2.228}"   # vars.haServer1Ip
+NODE2_IP="${NODE2_IP:-192.168.2.227}"   # vars.haServer2Ip
+VIP="${VIP:-192.168.20.229}"            # vars.haServerVip (storage-client, VLAN 20 — internal only)
+VIP_LAN="${VIP_LAN:-192.168.2.229}"    # vars.haServerLanVip (LAN, VLAN 2 — reachable from workstation)
+XFS_MOUNT="${XFS_MOUNT:-/srv/ha-data}"  # vars.haStorageRoot
+HA_USER="${HA_USER:-nixos}"
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+REACHABLE_1=false
+REACHABLE_2=false
+
+n1()  { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+n2()  { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+probe_node() {
+  local ip=$1
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 "${HA_USER}@${ip}" true 2>/dev/null && echo "ONLINE" || echo "OFFLINE"
+}
+
+section() { echo ""; echo "── $* ──"; }
+
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo " HA Cluster Health — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+
+# ── Node reachability ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+section "Nodes"
+N1_STATUS=$(probe_node "$NODE1_IP")
+N2_STATUS=$(probe_node "$NODE2_IP")
+[[ "$N1_STATUS" == "ONLINE" ]] && REACHABLE_1=true
+[[ "$N2_STATUS" == "ONLINE" ]] && REACHABLE_2=true
+
+if ! $REACHABLE_1 && ! $REACHABLE_2; then
+  echo "  ERROR: both nodes unreachable — cannot continue."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ── Detect active node ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# crm_mon 2.x formats the Promoted line as "    * Promoted: [ node ]" — the
+# bullet * means ^\s*(Promoted|Masters): never matches.  Filter out Unpromoted
+# first, then match anywhere on the line.
+ACTIVE_NODE=""
+CRM_OUT=""
+if $REACHABLE_1; then
+  CRM_OUT=$(n1 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+elif $REACHABLE_2; then
+  CRM_OUT=$(n2 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+fi
+ACTIVE_NODE=$(echo "${CRM_OUT:-}" | grep -v 'Unpromoted\|Unmanaged' | \
+  grep -E '(Promoted|Masters):' | \
+  grep -oE '\b(ha-server-[0-9]+)\b' | head -1 || true)
+
+STANDBY_NODE=""
+if [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE1" ]]; then
+  STANDBY_NODE="$NODE2"
+elif [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE2" ]]; then
+  STANDBY_NODE="$NODE1"
+fi
+
+n1_tag=""; n2_tag=""
+[[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE1" ]] && n1_tag=" [ACTIVE]"  || n1_tag=" [STANDBY]"
+[[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE2" ]] && n2_tag=" [ACTIVE]"  || n2_tag=" [STANDBY]"
+[[ -z "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]] && { n1_tag=""; n2_tag=""; }
+
+printf "  %-14s  [%s]%s\n" "$NODE1" "$N1_STATUS" "$n1_tag"
+printf "  %-14s  [%s]%s\n" "$NODE2" "$N2_STATUS" "$n2_tag"
+
+if [[ -z "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "  WARNING: could not determine active node from crm_mon."
+  echo "  Pacemaker may still be settling, or both nodes may be in standby."
+fi
+
+# ── Quorum ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+section "Quorum"
+if $REACHABLE_1; then
+  QUORUM=$(n1 "corosync-quorumtool -s 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+elif $REACHABLE_2; then
+  QUORUM=$(n2 "corosync-quorumtool -s 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${QUORUM:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "  corosync-quorumtool: unavailable"
+else
+  QUORATE=$(echo "$QUORUM" | grep "Quorate:" | awk '{print $2}' || echo "?")
+  VOTES=$(echo "$QUORUM" | grep "Total votes:" | awk '{print $3}' || echo "?")
+  NEEDED=$(echo "$QUORUM" | grep "Quorum votes:" | awk '{print $3}' || echo "?")
+  echo "  Quorate: $QUORATE   Votes: $VOTES / Expected: $NEEDED"
+fi
+
+# ── DRBD ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+section "DRBD (ha-data)"
+
+drbd_info_from() {
+  local node=$1 run=$2
+  local role dstate cs pct
+  role=$($run "drbdadm role ha-data 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+  dstate=$($run "drbdadm dstate ha-data 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+  cs=$($run "grep -oE 'cs:[A-Za-z]+' /proc/drbd 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's/cs://'" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+  pct=$($run "grep -oE \"sync'ed:[[:space:]]+[0-9.]+\" /proc/drbd 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9.]+$' | head -1" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+  printf "  %-14s  role: %-22s  dstate: %-25s  cs: %s" \
+    "$node" "${role:-unknown}" "${dstate:-unknown}" "${cs:-unknown}"
+  [[ -n "$pct" ]] && printf "  syncing: %s%%" "$pct"
+  echo ""
+}
+
+$REACHABLE_1 && drbd_info_from "$NODE1" n1 || echo "  $NODE1  [OFFLINE]"
+$REACHABLE_2 && drbd_info_from "$NODE2" n2 || echo "  $NODE2  [OFFLINE]"
+
+# ── Pacemaker (full crm_mon output) ───────────────────────────────────────
+section "Pacemaker"
+if [[ -n "${CRM_OUT:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "$CRM_OUT" | sed 's/^/  /'
+else
+  echo "  crm_mon returned no output — trying again without suppression:"
+  if $REACHABLE_1; then
+    n1 "crm_mon -1" || true
+  elif $REACHABLE_2; then
+    n2 "crm_mon -1" || true
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── XFS mount ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+section "XFS Mount ($XFS_MOUNT)"
+check_mount() {
+  local node=$1 run=$2
+  local status
+  if $run "mountpoint -q '$XFS_MOUNT' 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null; then
+    local usage
+    usage=$($run "df -h '$XFS_MOUNT' 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print \$3\"/\"\$2\" used (\"\$5\")\";}'" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+    status="mounted"
+    [[ -n "$usage" ]] && status="mounted  $usage"
+  else
+    status="not mounted"
+  fi
+  printf "  %-14s  %s\n" "$node" "$status"
+}
+
+$REACHABLE_1 && check_mount "$NODE1" n1 || echo "  $NODE1  [OFFLINE]"
+$REACHABLE_2 && check_mount "$NODE2" n2 || echo "  $NODE2  [OFFLINE]"
+
+# ── LAN VIP (NFS) — reachable from workstation ────────────────────────────────
+section "LAN VIP ($VIP_LAN) — NFS"
+if ping -c1 -W2 "$VIP_LAN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "  Ping       OK"
+else
+  echo "  Ping       UNREACHABLE"
+fi
+if bash -c "echo >/dev/tcp/${VIP_LAN}/2049" 2>/dev/null; then
+  printf "  %-10s  port %-5s  OK\n" "NFS" "2049"
+else
+  printf "  %-10s  port %-5s  UNREACHABLE\n" "NFS" "2049"
+fi
+
+# ── Storage VIP (NFS + iSCSI) — VLAN 20 internal bridge, tested via active node ─
+section "Storage VIP ($VIP) — NFS + iSCSI (via ${ACTIVE_NODE:-unknown})"
+
+run_active_raw() {
+  local active_ip=""
+  [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE1" ]] && active_ip="$NODE1_IP"
+  [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE2" ]] && active_ip="$NODE2_IP"
+  [[ -z "$active_ip" ]] && return 1
+  ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+    "${HA_USER}@${active_ip}" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+if [[ -z "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+  echo "  Cannot determine active node — skipping"
+else
+  if run_active_raw "ping -c1 -W2 '$VIP' >/dev/null 2>&1"; then
+    echo "  Ping       OK"
+  else
+    echo "  Ping       UNREACHABLE"
+  fi
+  if run_active_raw "bash -c 'echo >/dev/tcp/${VIP}/2049' 2>/dev/null"; then
+    printf "  %-10s  port %-5s  OK\n" "NFS" "2049"
+  else
+    printf "  %-10s  port %-5s  UNREACHABLE\n" "NFS" "2049"
+  fi
+  if run_active_raw "bash -c 'echo >/dev/tcp/${VIP}/3260' 2>/dev/null"; then
+    printf "  %-10s  port %-5s  OK\n" "iSCSI" "3260"
+  else
+    printf "  %-10s  port %-5s  UNREACHABLE\n" "iSCSI" "3260"
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+if [[ -n "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+  echo " Active: $ACTIVE_NODE   Standby: $STANDBY_NODE"
+else
+  echo " Active: unknown (Pacemaker not settled)"
+fi
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# resize-data-disk.sh — online resize of the HA cluster data disk
+#
+# Three-phase process (all online-safe, no downtime required):
+#   1. Proxmox: grow scsi1 on both HA VMs   (qm resize)
+#   2. Guest:   rescan block device on both nodes so the kernel sees the new size
+#   3. DRBD + XFS: drbdadm resize, then xfs_growfs — active node only
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/ha/resize-data-disk.sh --size +20G [--force] [--dry-run]
+#
+#   --size +NNg    amount to grow scsi1 by, e.g. +20G, +50G (required)
+#                  XFS and DRBD cannot shrink; only positive deltas accepted
+#   --force        skip the interactive confirmation prompt
+#   --dry-run      show what would be done without changing anything
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../env.sh"
+
+# ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+NODE1="${NODE1:-ha-server-1}"
+NODE2="${NODE2:-ha-server-2}"
+NODE1_IP="${NODE1_IP:-192.168.2.228}"
+NODE2_IP="${NODE2_IP:-192.168.2.227}"
+XFS_MOUNT="${XFS_MOUNT:-/srv/ha-data}"
+DRBD_RESOURCE="${DRBD_RESOURCE:-ha-data}"
+DATA_DISK_SLOT="${DATA_DISK_SLOT:-scsi1}"   # Proxmox disk name (scsi1 = data disk)
+HA_USER="${HA_USER:-nixos}"
+PVE_HOST="${PVE_HOST:-${PVE1_HOST}}"
+PVE_SSH_USER="${PVE_SSH_USER:-${PROXMOX_SSH_USER}}"
+PVE_SUDO=""
+[[ "$PVE_SSH_USER" != "root" ]] && PVE_SUDO="sudo"
+# By-id symlink for the data disk; basename resolves to the raw block device.
+# matches variables.nix's haServerDrbdDisk.
+DATA_DISK_BYID="${DATA_DISK_BYID:-scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-${DATA_DISK_SLOT}}"
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+pve() { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 \
+          "${PVE_SSH_USER}@${PVE_HOST}" "$@"; }
+n1()  { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+          "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+n2()  { ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+          "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" sudo "$@" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+# ── Argument parsing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+SIZE=""
+FORCE=false
+DRY_RUN=false
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --size)    shift; SIZE="${1:?--size requires a value (e.g. +20G)}" ;;
+    --force)   FORCE=true ;;
+    --dry-run) DRY_RUN=true ;;
+    *) echo "Unknown argument: $1"
+       echo "Usage: $0 --size +NNg [--force] [--dry-run]"
+       exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$SIZE" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: --size is required (e.g. --size +20G)"
+  echo "Usage: $0 --size +NNg [--force] [--dry-run]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Only positive deltas — qm resize, DRBD, and XFS all refuse to shrink.
+if [[ ! "$SIZE" =~ ^\+[0-9]+(G|M|T)$ ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: --size must be a positive delta like +20G, +50G, +500M, +2T"
+  echo "       (qm resize, drbdadm resize, and xfs_growfs can only grow, not shrink)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DRY_PREFIX=""
+$DRY_RUN && DRY_PREFIX="[dry-run] "
+
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo " HA Data Disk Resize — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
+echo " Size delta: $SIZE  •  Proxmox: $PVE_HOST"
+$DRY_RUN && echo " MODE: dry-run — no changes will be made"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+
+# ── Detect active node ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Detecting active node..."
+
+CRM_OUT=""
+if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+     "${HA_USER}@${NODE1_IP}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+  CRM_OUT=$(n1 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+fi
+if [[ -z "$CRM_OUT" ]]; then
+  if ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+       "${HA_USER}@${NODE2_IP}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+    CRM_OUT=$(n2 "crm_mon -1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  fi
+fi
+
+# crm_mon 2.x formats Promoted lines as "    * Promoted: [ node ]" (bullet *),
+# so ^\s*(Promoted|Masters): never matches; filter Unpromoted first instead.
+ACTIVE_NODE=$(echo "$CRM_OUT" | grep -v 'Unpromoted\|Unmanaged' | \
+  grep -E '(Promoted|Masters):' | \
+  grep -oE '\b(ha-server-[0-9]+)\b' | head -1 || true)
+
+if [[ -z "$ACTIVE_NODE" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: could not determine active node from crm_mon."
+  echo "  Is Pacemaker still settling?  Try running scripts/ha/health.sh first."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ACTIVE_NODE" == "$NODE1" ]]; then
+  ACTIVE_IP="$NODE1_IP"
+  na() { n1 "$@"; }
+else
+  ACTIVE_IP="$NODE2_IP"
+  na() { n2 "$@"; }
+fi
+
+echo "  Active node: $ACTIVE_NODE ($ACTIVE_IP)"
+
+# ── Pre-check DRBD state ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Pre-checks..."
+
+DRBD_DSTATE=$(na "drbdadm dstate ${DRBD_RESOURCE} 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+if ! echo "$DRBD_DSTATE" | grep -q "UpToDate/UpToDate"; then
+  echo "  WARNING: DRBD dstate is '$DRBD_DSTATE' (expected UpToDate/UpToDate)."
+  echo "  Resizing with a partially-synced disk may cause issues."
+  if ! $FORCE; then
+    echo "  Use --force to proceed anyway."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "  --force specified — proceeding despite non-ideal DRBD state."
+else
+  echo "  DRBD dstate: $DRBD_DSTATE — OK"
+fi
+
+# ── Find VMIDs on Proxmox ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Looking up VM IDs on ${PVE_HOST}..."
+
+QM_LIST=$(pve "$PVE_SUDO qm list 2>/dev/null" || true)
+VMID1=$(echo "$QM_LIST" | awk -v name="$NODE1" '$0 ~ name {print $1}' | head -1)
+VMID2=$(echo "$QM_LIST" | awk -v name="$NODE2" '$0 ~ name {print $1}' | head -1)
+
+if [[ -z "$VMID1" ]]; then
+  echo "  ERROR: could not find VMID for $NODE1 on $PVE_HOST"
+  echo "  qm list output:"
+  echo "$QM_LIST" | sed 's/^/    /'
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ -z "$VMID2" ]]; then
+  echo "  ERROR: could not find VMID for $NODE2 on $PVE_HOST"
+  echo "  qm list output:"
+  echo "$QM_LIST" | sed 's/^/    /'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "  $NODE1: VMID $VMID1"
+echo "  $NODE2: VMID $VMID2"
+
+# ── Confirm ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if ! $FORCE && ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "  Plan:"
+  echo "    Phase 1 — qm resize $VMID1 ${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE}  (on $PVE_HOST)"
+  echo "              qm resize $VMID2 ${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE}  (on $PVE_HOST)"
+  echo "    Phase 2 — block device rescan on $NODE1 and $NODE2"
+  echo "    Phase 3 — drbdadm resize + xfs_growfs on $ACTIVE_NODE"
+  echo "  No downtime required (all operations are online-safe)."
+  printf "  Proceed? [y/N] "
+  read -r ANSWER
+  [[ "${ANSWER,,}" == "y" || "${ANSWER,,}" == "yes" ]] || { echo "Aborted."; exit 0; }
+fi
+
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+# Phase 1 — Resize both VM data disks in Proxmox
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+echo ""
+echo "── Phase 1 — Proxmox disk resize (${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE} on both VMs) ──"
+
+echo "  ${DRY_PREFIX}qm resize $VMID1 ${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE}  ($NODE1 on ${PVE_HOST})"
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  pve "$PVE_SUDO qm resize $VMID1 ${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE}"
+fi
+
+echo "  ${DRY_PREFIX}qm resize $VMID2 ${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE}  ($NODE2 on ${PVE_HOST})"
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  pve "$PVE_SUDO qm resize $VMID2 ${DATA_DISK_SLOT} ${SIZE}"
+fi
+
+echo "  Phase 1 done."
+
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+# Phase 2 — Rescan block device on both guest nodes
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+echo ""
+echo "── Phase 2 — Block device rescan (both nodes) ──"
+
+rescan_node() {
+  local node_name=$1 run_fn=$2
+
+  # Resolve block device name from the stable by-id symlink on the guest.
+  # Read-only lookup — safe to run even in dry-run so we show the real device.
+  local blk_dev=""
+  blk_dev=$($run_fn "bash -c 'basename \$(readlink -f /dev/disk/by-id/${DATA_DISK_BYID})'" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [[ -z "$blk_dev" ]]; then
+    echo "  ERROR: /dev/disk/by-id/${DATA_DISK_BYID} not found on $node_name" >&2
+    echo "         Check DATA_DISK_BYID or DATA_DISK_SLOT configuration." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "  ${DRY_PREFIX}Rescanning /dev/${blk_dev} on ${node_name}..."
+  if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+    $run_fn "bash -c 'echo 1 > /sys/block/${blk_dev}/device/rescan'" 2>/dev/null
+    local new_size
+    new_size=$($run_fn "lsblk -nd -o SIZE /dev/${blk_dev} 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+    echo "    /dev/${blk_dev} on $node_name now reports: $new_size"
+  fi
+}
+
+rescan_node "$NODE1" n1
+rescan_node "$NODE2" n2
+
+echo "  Phase 2 done."
+
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+# Phase 3 — Grow DRBD metadata, then XFS (active node only)
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+echo ""
+echo "── Phase 3 — DRBD resize + XFS grow (on active node: $ACTIVE_NODE) ──"
+
+echo "  ${DRY_PREFIX}drbdadm resize ${DRBD_RESOURCE}"
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  na "drbdadm resize ${DRBD_RESOURCE}"
+fi
+
+echo "  ${DRY_PREFIX}xfs_growfs ${XFS_MOUNT}"
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  na "xfs_growfs ${XFS_MOUNT}"
+fi
+
+echo "  Phase 3 done."
+
+# ── Verify ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "── Verify ──"
+
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  DF_OUT=$(na "df -h '${XFS_MOUNT}' 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+  if [[ -n "$DF_OUT" ]]; then
+    echo "  ${XFS_MOUNT}:"
+    echo "$DF_OUT" | sed 's/^/    /'
+  fi
+
+  DRBD_DSTATE_AFTER=$(na "drbdadm dstate ${DRBD_RESOURCE} 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+  echo "  DRBD dstate: $DRBD_DSTATE_AFTER"
+  if ! echo "$DRBD_DSTATE_AFTER" | grep -q "UpToDate/UpToDate"; then
+    echo "  NOTE: DRBD is resyncing — normal immediately after resize."
+    echo "        Monitor: ssh nixos@${ACTIVE_IP} 'sudo watch -n3 cat /proc/drbd'"
+  fi
+else
+  echo "  [dry-run] would verify df -h ${XFS_MOUNT} and drbdadm dstate on $ACTIVE_NODE"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo " Resize complete."
+echo " Active node: $ACTIVE_NODE"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo ""
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p jq disko nixos-install-tools zfs
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+# The only genuinely external tools this script calls directly: `jq`
+# (parsing the `nix eval` host list), `disko`/`nixos-install` (the
+# install itself), and `zpool` (exporting a ZFS root pool before reboot,
+# see the comment above that call below). Everything disko shells out to
+# internally (parted/sgdisk/mkfs.*/zfs/...) is self-contained -- disko's
+# own generated scripts hardcode absolute Nix store paths for those, they
+# don't rely on this script's PATH at all (confirmed by inspecting a
+# generated system.build.formatScript). The built installer image
+# (modules/installer/common.nix, plus the upstream
+# installation-cd-minimal.nix it imports via iso.nix) already has all
+# four in environment.systemPackages, so this nix-shell wrapper is a
+# fast no-op there; it's what makes the script also work standalone
+# (e.g. run directly from a checkout on a stock ISO), where they aren't
+# guaranteed.
+set -eux
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)/env.sh"
+
+export FLAKE_BASE_URL="git+https://${LAN_DOMAIN}/beatzaplenty/nixos.git"
+
+echo "Fetching available NixOS hosts from flake..."
+# Two categories deliberately excluded from the menu:
+#   lxc-*     — these build a config.system.build.tarball meant for
+#               `pct restore` on Proxmox directly, not an install.
+#               Running nixos-install against one here would
+#               bind-mount / onto /mnt and then refuse to touch the
+#               filesystem it's currently running on — see
+#               docs/auto-installer.md.
+#   installer — this *is* the installer image's own flake target,
+#               not a deployable host; "installing" it means
+#               nixos-install-ing a copy of the installer into
+#               itself.
+mapfile -t options < <(
+  nix eval --json --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config --extra-experimental-features "flakes nix-command" \
+    "${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations" \
+    --apply builtins.attrNames \
+  | jq -r '.[]
+      | select(startswith("lxc-") | not)
+      | select(. != "installer")'
+)
+
+if [[ ${#options[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: No NixOS hosts found in ${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#nixosConfigurations" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Note: lxc-* targets aren't installed this way — build them with"
+echo "  nix build .#nixosConfigurations.<name>.config.system.build.tarball"
+echo "and 'pct restore' the result on Proxmox directly. See docs/auto-installer.md."
+
+echo "Choose the flake profile to install:"
+select choice in "${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
+
+# A nix-cache host is *the* substituter/remote-builder for every other
+# host once installed (its own config explicitly excludes itself from
+# using either — see buildType != "nix-cache" in the nixos flake.nix).
+# Installing one shouldn't depend on a nix-cache substituter either,
+# for the same reason — plus in practice "nix-cache" only resolves over
+# Tailscale, which a fresh installer environment was never connected to
+# anyway, so it's dead weight even for non-nix-cache installs until
+# that's sorted out. Override it away here specifically for nix-cache
+# targets to keep install-time behaviour consistent with run-time.
+nix_extra_opts=()
+if [[ "${choice}" == *-nix-cache ]]; then
+    echo "Installing a nix-cache host — skipping the nix-cache substituter."
+    nix_extra_opts+=(--option substituters "https://cache.nixos.org/")
+fi
+
+# Every host reachable through this menu has a Disko config (lxc-*
+# is filtered out above, and is the only category that doesn't —
+# see docs/auto-installer.md), so this can run unconditionally: no
+# need to probe the flake first and branch on whether Disko applies.
+disko --mode destroy,format,mount \
+    --flake "${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#${choice}" "${nix_extra_opts[@]}" --yes-wipe-all-disks
+
+# 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 with scripts/secrets/prepare-host-key.sh first.
+#
+# Two places a key can come from, checked in order:
+#   /etc/host-keys  — baked into this image at build time (see
+#                      modules/installer/host-keys.nix; only present
+#                      if built with NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR set)
+#   /root/host-keys — scp'd in manually after boot (older fallback,
+#                      still supported for images built without keys)
+mkdir -p /root/host-keys
+if [[ -f "/etc/host-keys/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" ]]; then
+    echo "Found baked-in SSH host key for ${choice}, installing to target..."
+    install -D -m 0600 "/etc/host-keys/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+    install -D -m 0644 "/etc/host-keys/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
+elif [[ -f "/root/host-keys/${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
+    # Third place a key can come from: an arbitrary path the operator
+    # points at interactively (e.g. a USB stick, a mount from another
+    # machine) -- only offered when there's an actual human at the other
+    # end of stdin to ask, never in a non-interactive run.
+    key_copied=0
+    if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
+        echo "No SSH host key found for ${choice} (checked /etc/host-keys and /root/host-keys)."
+        read -rp "Path to a directory containing ${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key(.pub) (blank to skip): " key_src_dir
+        if [[ -n "$key_src_dir" && -f "${key_src_dir}/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" && -f "${key_src_dir}/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" ]]; then
+            cp "${key_src_dir}/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" "${key_src_dir}/${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" /root/host-keys/
+            key_copied=1
+        elif [[ -n "$key_src_dir" ]]; then
+            echo "WARNING: ${choice}_ssh_host_ed25519_key(.pub) not found in ${key_src_dir}."
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$key_copied" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        echo "Copied SSH host key for ${choice} from ${key_src_dir}, installing to target..."
+        install -D -m 0600 "/root/host-keys/${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 SSH host key found for ${choice} (checked /etc/host-keys and /root/host-keys)"
+        echo "sops-nix secrets (including the login password) will NOT decrypt on first boot."
+        echo "Run scripts/secrets/prepare-host-key.sh for host ${choice} on your admin workstation first,"
+        echo "then either rebuild this image with NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR set, scp the result to"
+        echo "/root/host-keys/ on this machine, or point at it when prompted above."
+        read -rp "Continue without a pre-seeded key anyway? (y/N): " skip_key
+        if [[ ! "$skip_key" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+            echo "Aborted."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /mnt/install-tmp
+export TMPDIR=/mnt/install-tmp
+
+nixos-install \
+    --flake "${FLAKE_BASE_URL}#${choice}" \
+    "${nix_extra_opts[@]}" \
+    --no-root-password
+
+
+    rm -rf /mnt/install-tmp
+    # Redundant copy of the host's private key — the real one is now at
+    # /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key. Nothing NixOS-managed ever cleans this
+    # up on its own since it was written imperatively, not declaratively.
+    rm -rf /root/host-keys
+
+    # disko's --mode ...,mount left any ZFS root pool imported (that's what
+    # let nixos-install write into /mnt). If we reboot with it still
+    # imported, it isn't just "not exported" -- it's stamped with *this*
+    # live installer environment's hostid, which almost never matches the
+    # target's own networking.hostId (see hosts/*/host.nix; the installer
+    # itself sets none). modules/services/zfs/enable-service.nix and
+    # modules/common/configuration.nix both set boot.zfs.forceImportRoot =
+    # false deliberately (the safe option per that setting's own docs), so
+    # the freshly-installed system's first real boot sees a pool "in use by
+    # another system" and refuses to import it without -f -- which is what
+    # makes boot stall waiting on the ZFS import. Exporting here (a no-op
+    # if the chosen host has no ZFS root, e.g. proxmox-*/linode-*) clears
+    # that in-use state so the next import, from any hostid, succeeds.
+    #
+    # Anything still mounted under /mnt -- nixos-install's own leftover
+    # chroot bind mounts for running the target's activation script
+    # (/mnt/dev, /mnt/proc, /mnt/sys, /mnt/run), and disko's own /mnt/boot
+    # ESP mount (modules/disko/baremetal.nix) -- blocks ZFS from unmounting
+    # its root dataset at /mnt, the same way any nested mount blocks
+    # unmounting its parent. Confirmed live: zpool export failed with
+    # "cannot unmount '/mnt': pool or dataset busy" even after handling the
+    # chroot mounts alone, because /mnt/boot was still mounted too. Because
+    # of this script's `set -e`, that killed the script before it ever
+    # reached reboot, silently defeating the whole point of exporting first.
+    # Unmounting everything under /mnt up front (recursively, so nested
+    # mounts like /mnt/dev/pts come along for free) sidesteps needing to
+    # enumerate every mount disko/nixos-install might leave behind.
+    if mountpoint -q /mnt; then
+        umount -R /mnt
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "$(zpool list -H -o name 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
+        echo "Exporting ZFS pool(s) before reboot..."
+        zpool export -a
+    fi
+
+    sleep 10
+    reboot
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Add a NixOS host to the FreeIPA domain and produce a sops-encrypted keytab
+# at secrets/<hostname>.keytab, ready for modules/ipa/client.nix.
+#
+# One command replaces three error-prone manual steps:
+#   1. ipa host-add on the domain controller
+#   2. ipa-getkeytab on the domain controller + SCP back
+#   3. sops encrypt in-place (must be at secrets/<hostname>.keytab for
+#      the creation rule to match -- the common mistake that breaks sops)
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh [options] <hostname>
+#
+# Arguments:
+#   <hostname>       Short hostname, e.g. "tailscale-router". The FQDN is
+#                    derived as <hostname>.<HOME_DOMAIN>.
+#
+# Options:
+#   --ip <addr>      Register this IP with the IPA host record (optional).
+#   --dc <host>      SSH to this host to run IPA commands.
+#                    Default: $IPA_SERVER (from env.sh / environment).
+#   --dc-user <u>    SSH user on the domain controller. Default: wayne.
+#   --dry-run        Print what would be done without making any changes.
+#   -h, --help       Show this message.
+#
+# Prereqs:
+#   1. Run from the repo root (so .sops.yaml and secrets/ are found).
+#   2. SSH access to the domain controller as --dc-user (default: wayne)
+#      with passwordless sudo (or sudo cached). IPA commands and kinit run
+#      as root via sudo so the Kerberos ticket is in root's cache where all
+#      ipa tools expect it. If there's no valid ticket, the script runs
+#      `sudo kinit admin` interactively — you'll be prompted for the IPA
+#      admin password once. The password never touches this script.
+#   3. The host's age key(s) must already be in .sops.yaml. Run
+#      scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <flake-target> first so the host
+#      can decrypt its own keytab on boot. This script adds the .sops.yaml
+#      creation rule for secrets/<hostname>.keytab automatically, but the
+#      host age key anchor (&lxc-<hostname> etc.) must already exist —
+#      otherwise only the admin key can decrypt the keytab and the deployed
+#      host will fail to read it.
+#   4. sops in PATH, or Nix available to run it via `nix run`.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../env.sh"
+
+# --- Argument parsing ---
+
+DC_HOST="${IPA_SERVER}"
+DC_USER="wayne"
+IP_ADDR=""
+DRY_RUN=false
+TARGET=""
+
+usage() {
+  sed -n '/^# Usage:/,/^[^#]/{ /^#/{ s/^# \?//; p } }' "$0"
+  exit "${1:-0}"
+}
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --ip)      IP_ADDR="$2";  shift 2 ;;
+    --dc)      DC_HOST="$2";  shift 2 ;;
+    --dc-user) DC_USER="$2";  shift 2 ;;
+    --dry-run) DRY_RUN=true;  shift ;;
+    -h|--help) usage 0 ;;
+    -*)  echo "Unknown flag: $1" >&2; usage 1 ;;
+    *)
+      if [[ -n "${TARGET}" ]]; then echo "Unexpected argument: $1" >&2; usage 1; fi
+      TARGET="$1"; shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "${TARGET}" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: hostname required." >&2
+  usage 1
+fi
+
+# Reject FQDNs passed by mistake — the script appends HOME_DOMAIN itself.
+# "nixos.sweet.home" → FQDN would become "nixos.sweet.home.sweet.home".
+if [[ "${TARGET}" == *"."* ]]; then
+  echo "Error: <hostname> must be the short name (e.g. 'nixos'), not a FQDN." >&2
+  echo "       The FQDN is derived automatically as ${TARGET}.${HOME_DOMAIN}." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+FQDN="${TARGET}.${HOME_DOMAIN}"
+KEYTAB_SECRET="${REPO_ROOT}/secrets/${TARGET}.keytab"
+# Temp path on the domain controller — use a name that won't collide.
+DC_TMP="/tmp/nixos-keytab-${TARGET}-$$.keytab"
+
+# --- Helpers ---
+
+log()  { echo "==> $*"; }
+logn() { echo "    $*"; }
+
+run() {
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] $*"
+  else
+    "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+dc_run() {
+  # Run a command string on the domain controller via SSH.
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST} $*"
+  else
+    ssh "${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+# --- Locate sops ---
+
+if command -v sops &>/dev/null; then
+  SOPS_CMD=(sops)
+else
+  log "sops not in PATH — will use 'nix run nixpkgs#sops'"
+  SOPS_CMD=(nix run "nixpkgs#sops" --)
+fi
+
+# --- Preflight checks ---
+
+cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
+
+[[ -f .sops.yaml ]] || { echo "Error: .sops.yaml not found — run from repo root." >&2; exit 1; }
+[[ -d secrets  ]]   || { echo "Error: secrets/ not found — run from repo root."   >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# --- Step 1: Ensure .sops.yaml has a creation rule for this keytab ---
+#
+# sops matches creation rules against the PATH of the file being encrypted,
+# not the output path. To match secrets/<hostname>.keytab, the file must
+# already be at that path when sops -e -i is called. The creation rule must
+# also exist at that point or sops will refuse with "no matching creation
+# rules found."
+
+log "Checking .sops.yaml for creation rule: secrets/${TARGET}.keytab"
+
+RULE_EXISTS=false
+# Match "path_regex: secrets/<hostname>...keytab" — using .*keytab rather
+# than \.keytab because the file stores the regex verbatim (\.keytab = two
+# chars: backslash + dot), which a BRE \.  (= escaped literal dot) won't span.
+if grep -q "path_regex: secrets/${TARGET}.*keytab" .sops.yaml 2>/dev/null; then
+  RULE_EXISTS=true
+  logn "Rule already exists — skipping addition."
+fi
+
+if ! $RULE_EXISTS; then
+  # Collect which platform-variant age anchors exist in .sops.yaml for this
+  # hostname. The keytab is platform-agnostic (same FQDN regardless of
+  # whether lxc/proxmox/linode variant is deployed), so all platform anchors
+  # that have been registered get added as recipients.
+  RECIPIENTS=("*admin")
+  for platform in lxc proxmox linode; do
+    anchor="${platform}-${TARGET}"
+    if grep -q "^  - &${anchor} " .sops.yaml; then
+      RECIPIENTS+=("*${anchor}")
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [[ ${#RECIPIENTS[@]} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Warning: no platform age keys found for '${TARGET}' in .sops.yaml." >&2
+    echo "         Run scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <flake-target> first," >&2
+    echo "         otherwise only the admin key can decrypt the keytab and the" >&2
+    echo "         deployed host won't be able to read it at boot." >&2
+    echo "         Continuing with admin-only encryption..." >&2
+  fi
+
+  # Build the indented recipient list for the YAML block.
+  RECIPIENT_YAML=""
+  for r in "${RECIPIENTS[@]}"; do
+    RECIPIENT_YAML+="          - ${r}"$'\n'
+  done
+  RECIPIENT_YAML="${RECIPIENT_YAML%$'\n'}"  # strip trailing newline
+
+  NEW_RULE="
+  # Host keytab for ${TARGET} FreeIPA enrollment (binary sops file).
+  # Generated by scripts/ipa/create-nixos-ipa-host-account.sh.
+  - path_regex: secrets/${TARGET}\\.keytab\$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+${RECIPIENT_YAML}"
+
+  if $DRY_RUN; then
+    echo "[dry-run] Would append to .sops.yaml:"
+    echo "${NEW_RULE}"
+  else
+    logn "Adding creation rule (recipients: ${RECIPIENTS[*]})"
+    printf '%s\n' "${NEW_RULE}" >> .sops.yaml
+    logn "Added."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# --- Step 2: Add IPA host account (idempotent) ---
+
+log "Adding FreeIPA host account: ${FQDN}"
+
+# Ensure there's a valid admin Kerberos ticket on the DC.
+# ipa host-add and ipa-getkeytab both need one. All IPA commands run via
+# sudo so the ticket must be in root's cache — check and refresh as root.
+# ssh -t allocates a PTY so kinit (and sudo if needed) can prompt normally;
+# no password ever touches this script or the shell history.
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  if ! ssh "${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "sudo klist -s" &>/dev/null; then
+    log "No valid Kerberos ticket on ${DC_HOST} — running sudo kinit admin"
+    ssh -t "${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "sudo kinit admin"
+    if ! ssh "${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "sudo klist -s" &>/dev/null; then
+      echo "Error: kinit admin failed or produced no valid ticket." >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    logn "Kerberos ticket on ${DC_HOST} is valid."
+  fi
+fi
+
+IP_FLAG=""
+[[ -n "${IP_ADDR}" ]] && IP_FLAG="--ip-address=${IP_ADDR}"
+
+# --force: create the host record even if DNS doesn't resolve it yet.
+if $DRY_RUN; then
+  echo "[dry-run] ssh ${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST} sudo ipa host-add '${FQDN}' ${IP_FLAG} --force"
+else
+  HOST_ADD_OUT=$(ssh "${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "sudo ipa host-add '${FQDN}' ${IP_FLAG} --force 2>&1") \
+    && HOST_ADD_RC=0 || HOST_ADD_RC=$?
+  if [[ $HOST_ADD_RC -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "${HOST_ADD_OUT}"
+  elif echo "${HOST_ADD_OUT}" | grep -q "already exists"; then
+    logn "(host already registered)"
+  else
+    echo "Error: ipa host-add failed (exit ${HOST_ADD_RC}):" >&2
+    echo "${HOST_ADD_OUT}" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# --- Step 3: Fetch the keytab from the domain controller ---
+
+log "Fetching keytab for host/${FQDN}"
+
+# Remove the plaintext keytab if the script aborts before encryption completes.
+# The trap is cleared at the end of step 4 once sops has encrypted it in-place.
+trap 'rm -f "${KEYTAB_SECRET}"' EXIT
+
+dc_run "sudo ipa-getkeytab -s '${IPA_SERVER}' -p 'host/${FQDN}' -k '${DC_TMP}'"
+
+if $DRY_RUN; then
+  echo "[dry-run] Would stream ${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}:${DC_TMP} → secrets/${TARGET}.keytab"
+else
+  logn "Streaming keytab from ${DC_HOST}:${DC_TMP} → secrets/${TARGET}.keytab"
+  # scp can't read a root-owned temp file as ${DC_USER}; pipe through sudo cat instead.
+  ssh "${DC_USER}@${DC_HOST}" "sudo cat '${DC_TMP}'" > "${KEYTAB_SECRET}"
+
+  logn "Removing temp file on ${DC_HOST}"
+  dc_run "sudo rm -f '${DC_TMP}'"
+fi
+
+# --- Step 4: Encrypt in-place ---
+#
+# The file must already be at secrets/<hostname>.keytab (done above) so
+# sops matches the creation rule by path. Using -i (in-place) rather than
+# stdout redirect keeps the path intact through the encrypt call.
+
+log "Encrypting secrets/${TARGET}.keytab in-place with sops"
+run "${SOPS_CMD[@]}" -e --input-type binary -i "${KEYTAB_SECRET}"
+
+# Encryption succeeded — the file is now sops-encrypted; cancel the cleanup trap.
+trap - EXIT
+
+# --- Done ---
+
+if ! $DRY_RUN; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "Done. secrets/${TARGET}.keytab is sops-encrypted and ready."
+  echo ""
+  echo "Next steps:"
+  echo "  1. Verify: grep '\"data\": \"ENC' secrets/${TARGET}.keytab"
+  echo "  2. Stage and commit:"
+  echo "       git add secrets/${TARGET}.keytab .sops.yaml"
+  echo "       git commit -m 'secrets: add IPA keytab for ${TARGET}'"
+  echo "  3. Add to hosts/${TARGET}/host.nix (networking block and imports):"
+  echo ""
+  echo "       networking = {"
+  echo "         hostName = \"${TARGET}\";"
+  echo "         domain   = vars.homeDomain;          # required for Kerberos FQDN"
+  echo "         nameservers = [ vars.domainControllerIp ];  # IPA DNS"
+  echo "         ..."
+  echo "       };"
+  echo ""
+  echo "       imports = ["
+  echo "         (import ../../modules/ipa/client.nix {"
+  echo "           keytabSopsFile = ../../secrets/${TARGET}.keytab;"
+  echo "           caCertFile     = ../../certs/ipa-ca.crt;"
+  echo "         })"
+  echo "       ];"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  4. Deploy: nixos-rebuild switch (or create-proxmox-resource.sh)"
+fi
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Clan vars helpers: manage SSH host keys stored as clan vars (sops-encrypted
+# binary files under vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/) instead of the
+# gitignored host-keys/ directory.
+#
+# Layout (per clan's convention):
+#   vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key/secret  -- sops binary (admin-encrypted)
+#   vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value  -- plaintext SSH pubkey
+#
+# Sourced by create-proxmox-resource.sh and sync-host-keys.sh.
+# Depends on sops-age.sh and ssh-host-keys.sh being sourced first (for
+# sops_yaml_admin_pubkey, ssh_pubkey_to_age, and NIX_OPTS).
+
+if ! declare -p NIX_OPTS >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  declare -a NIX_OPTS=()
+fi
+
+# clan_ssh_key_exists <target> <repo_root>
+# Returns 0 if clan vars hold a SSH host key for <target>, 1 otherwise.
+clan_ssh_key_exists() {
+  local target="$1" repo_root="$2"
+  [[ -f "${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key/secret" ]]
+}
+
+# clan_ssh_pubkey_path <target> <repo_root>
+# Prints the path to the plaintext SSH public key value file.
+clan_ssh_pubkey_path() {
+  local target="$1" repo_root="$2"
+  echo "${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value"
+}
+
+# clan_decrypt_ssh_key <target> <repo_root> <dest_dir>
+# Decrypts the sops-encrypted SSH host private key for <target> into <dest_dir>,
+# naming it <target>_ssh_host_ed25519_key (to match NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR
+# conventions that lxc.nix and the disko build already expect). Also copies
+# the plaintext public key. The caller is responsible for protecting and
+# cleaning up <dest_dir>.
+clan_decrypt_ssh_key() {
+  local target="$1" repo_root="$2" dest_dir="$3"
+  local secret="${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key/secret"
+  local pubval="${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub/value"
+  local dest_priv="${dest_dir}/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+  local dest_pub="${dest_dir}/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
+
+  nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
+    "sops -d --output-type binary '${secret}'" > "$dest_priv"
+  chmod 0600 "$dest_priv"
+  cp "$pubval" "$dest_pub"
+}
+
+# clan_generate_ssh_key <target> <repo_root>
+# Generates a new SSH host key pair and stores it in clan vars format:
+#   - private key: sops binary-encrypted for the admin age key
+#   - public key: plaintext value file
+# Idempotent: if the secret already exists, prints a note and returns 0.
+# Requires sops_yaml_admin_pubkey (from sops-age.sh) to be available.
+clan_generate_ssh_key() {
+  local target="$1" repo_root="$2"
+  local var_base="${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh"
+  local secret_dir="${var_base}/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+  local pubval_dir="${var_base}/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
+
+  if [[ -f "${secret_dir}/secret" ]]; then
+    echo "Clan SSH host key for ${target} already exists -- skipping generation."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # Resolve admin age public key from .sops.yaml
+  local admin_pubkey
+  admin_pubkey="$(sops_yaml_admin_pubkey "${repo_root}/.sops.yaml")"
+  if [[ -z "$admin_pubkey" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not find &admin age key in ${repo_root}/.sops.yaml" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  # Generate the SSH key pair in a secure temp directory
+  local tmpdir
+  tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+  local priv_tmp="${tmpdir}/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2064
+  trap "rm -rf '${tmpdir}'" RETURN
+
+  nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p openssh --run \
+    "ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N '' -C '${target}' -f '${priv_tmp}'" >/dev/null
+
+  # Create a minimal sops config that uses only the admin age key -- this
+  # prevents sops from merging in ALL recipients from .sops.yaml (which
+  # would unnecessarily encrypt for every host's key, not just admin).
+  local sops_cfg="${tmpdir}/sops-config.json"
+  printf '{"creation_rules":[{"key_groups":[{"age":["%s"]}]}]}\n' \
+    "$admin_pubkey" > "$sops_cfg"
+
+  # Encrypt the private key in sops binary format (admin-only recipient)
+  mkdir -p "$secret_dir" "$pubval_dir"
+  nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
+    "sops -e --config '${sops_cfg}' --input-type binary '${priv_tmp}'" \
+    > "${secret_dir}/secret"
+
+  # Store the public key as a plaintext value file
+  cp "${priv_tmp}.pub" "${pubval_dir}/value"
+
+  echo "Generated and stored clan SSH host key for ${target}."
+  echo "  Private key: ${secret_dir}/secret (sops binary, admin-key encrypted)"
+  echo "  Public key:  ${pubval_dir}/value"
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Shared "type X to confirm" prompt for scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh
+# (--modify, and replacing an existing --allow-duplicate-host resource) and
+# scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh (--regenerate-all-keys) -- three destructive
+# confirmations that all work the same way (echo the expected value back
+# exactly), kept in one place so the prompt/comparison logic can't drift.
+# Source alongside env.sh:
+#   source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/lib/confirm.sh"
+#
+# Deliberately does NOT print anything on mismatch or decide exit-vs-return
+# -- callers vary on both (a top-level script exits, a subcommand function
+# returns; wording differs too), so that stays at the call site.
+
+# confirm_typed <expected> <prompt>
+# Prints <prompt> via `read -rp`, then reports (via exit status) whether the
+# typed input matched <expected> exactly.
+confirm_typed() {
+  local expected="$1" prompt="$2" input
+  read -rp "$prompt" input
+  [[ "$input" == "$expected" ]]
+}
@@ -34,3 +34,21 @@ flake_target_hostname() {
  nix eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" \
    "${flake_ref}#nixosConfigurations.${target}.config.networking.hostName" 2>/dev/null
 }
+
+# flake_target_lxc_privileged <flake_ref> <target>
+# Prints "true" or "false" for one lxc-* target's config.proxmoxLXC.privileged
+# (modules/platforms/lxc.nix is the single source of truth -- e.g.
+# lxc-docker sets this true so it can NFS-mount; every other lxc-* host
+# stays unprivileged). Only meaningful for lxc-* targets -- the option
+# doesn't exist for linode-*/proxmox-* (nixpkgs' proxmox-lxc.nix, which
+# declares it, is only ever imported by modules/platforms/lxc.nix). Empty
+# (not an error under set -e) if the eval fails.
+flake_target_lxc_privileged() {
+  local flake_ref="$1" target="$2"
+  # Not --raw: the option is a Nix boolean, and --raw can only coerce
+  # strings ("cannot coerce a Boolean to a string"). Plain `nix eval`
+  # prints a bare `true`/`false` for a boolean, which is exactly the
+  # string this needs.
+  nix eval "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}" \
+    "${flake_ref}#nixosConfigurations.${target}.config.proxmoxLXC.privileged" 2>/dev/null
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Shared parallel-nix-invocation helper for scripts/codex-maintenance.sh.
+# Source alongside nix-eval.sh:
+#   source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/lib/nix-parallel.sh"
+#
+# The per-host/per-package `nix eval`/`nix build --dry-run` calls in
+# codex-maintenance.sh are independent of each other, so running them one at
+# a time leaves most cores idle for most of the sweep -- run_nix_parallel
+# fans a batch of them out across up to NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS processes instead.
+
+# NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS: how many `nix` invocations run_nix_parallel runs at
+# once. Defaults to core count capped by available memory (~1GB/job,
+# floor 1) rather than plain `nproc` -- each concurrent `nix eval` here
+# evaluates a whole NixOS system closure from scratch, and on a small/
+# memory-constrained CI runner, `nproc` concurrent evals can OOM-kill each
+# other (confirmed empirically: on a 4GB/6-core box, 5-6 concurrent evals
+# started getting killed while 3-4 ran clean and were still ~2x faster than
+# serial). Override via env if a given machine/CI runner has room to spare
+# or needs a tighter cap.
+default_nix_parallel_jobs() {
+  local cores mem_avail_kb mem_cap
+  cores="$(nproc 2>/dev/null || echo 4)"
+  mem_avail_kb="$(awk '/^MemAvailable:/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo 2>/dev/null)"
+  if [[ -z "$mem_avail_kb" ]]; then
+    echo "$cores"
+    return
+  fi
+  mem_cap=$((mem_avail_kb / 1024 / 1024))
+  ((mem_cap < 1)) && mem_cap=1
+  ((mem_cap < cores)) && echo "$mem_cap" || echo "$cores"
+}
+NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS="${NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS:-$(default_nix_parallel_jobs)}"
+
+# Separator between a job's label and its flake attr in the arrays
+# run_nix_parallel takes -- a control character so it can't collide with
+# anything a label or attr path would plausibly contain.
+NIX_PARALLEL_SEP=$'\x1f'
+
+# run_nix_parallel <jobs_array_name> <nix subcommand + flags...>
+#
+# jobs_array_name: name of an already-populated bash array whose entries are
+# "<label>${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}<attr>" pairs, e.g.
+#   jobs=("proxmox-docker${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}.#nixosConfigurations.proxmox-docker...drvPath")
+# Remaining args are passed to `nix` before the attr, e.g.:
+#   run_nix_parallel jobs eval --raw "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}"
+#   run_nix_parallel jobs build --dry-run --no-link "${NIX_EVAL_FLAGS[@]}"
+#
+# Prints "==> <label>" followed by that job's stdout+stderr for every job,
+# in submission order (not completion order) so a run stays readable and
+# diffable across invocations even though the work itself doesn't finish in
+# that order. Returns non-zero if any job failed, only after every job has
+# finished and been printed -- same "surface everything, then fail" contract
+# a `set -e` caller gets, just parallelized instead of stopping at the first
+# failure.
+run_nix_parallel() {
+  local -n jobs_ref="$1"
+  shift
+  local -a nix_args=("$@")
+
+  local n=${#jobs_ref[@]}
+  [[ $n -eq 0 ]] && return 0
+
+  local tmp_dir
+  tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+  local i=0 running=0
+  for job in "${jobs_ref[@]}"; do
+    local attr="${job#*"${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}"}"
+    printf '%s\n' "${job%%"${NIX_PARALLEL_SEP}"*}" >"${tmp_dir}/${i}.label"
+    (
+      if nix "${nix_args[@]}" "$attr" >"${tmp_dir}/${i}.out" 2>&1; then
+        echo 0 >"${tmp_dir}/${i}.status"
+      else
+        echo 1 >"${tmp_dir}/${i}.status"
+      fi
+    ) &
+    i=$((i + 1))
+    running=$((running + 1))
+    if ((running >= NIX_PARALLEL_JOBS)); then
+      wait -n
+      running=$((running - 1))
+    fi
+  done
+  wait
+
+  local failed=0 j
+  for ((j = 0; j < n; j++)); do
+    echo "==> $(cat "${tmp_dir}/${j}.label")"
+    cat "${tmp_dir}/${j}.out"
+    [[ "$(cat "${tmp_dir}/${j}.status")" -ne 0 ]] && failed=1
+  done
+
+  rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+  return $failed
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Shared sops/age helpers for scripts/secrets/backup-admin-key.sh,
+# scripts/secrets/rotate-admin-key.sh, and scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh -- all three
+# derive an age public key from a private identity file the same way, two
+# of them resolve the same sops/age default key-file path, and two of them
+# run `sops updatekeys` the same way. Kept in one place so they can't drift
+# apart. Source alongside env.sh:
+#   source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/lib/sops-age.sh"
+#
+# Uses NIX_OPTS (an array of extra `nix-shell` options -- see env.sh's
+# nix_extra_opts) if the caller has already set it, same convention as
+# lib/ssh-host-keys.sh. Falls back to no extra options if the caller never
+# sourced env.sh.
+if ! declare -p NIX_OPTS >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  declare -a NIX_OPTS=()
+fi
+
+# sops/age's own default identity-file resolution order, minus $SOPS_AGE_KEY
+# itself (an inline identity, not a path -- callers that accept it check it
+# separately, before falling back to this).
+: "${DEFAULT_SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE:=${SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sops/age/keys.txt}}"
+
+# age_pubkey_from_identity_file <identity-file>
+# Prints the age public key for a private identity file (age-keygen -y).
+age_pubkey_from_identity_file() {
+  local identity_file="$1"
+  nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p age --run "age-keygen -y '${identity_file}'"
+}
+
+# sops_yaml_admin_pubkey <sops-yaml-path>
+# Prints .sops.yaml's current &admin age public key, or empty (not an error
+# under set -e) if no such anchor line exists -- callers that need to treat
+# "missing" as fatal check for an empty result themselves.
+sops_yaml_admin_pubkey() {
+  local sops_yaml="$1"
+  grep -E '^  - &admin age1' "$sops_yaml" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $NF}' || true
+}
+
+# sops_updatekeys <secrets-file> [key-file]
+# Re-encrypts <secrets-file> for .sops.yaml's current recipient set. If
+# <key-file> is given, decrypts with that identity (SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE)
+# instead of whatever's ambient -- needed when the ambient default key
+# doesn't match yet (e.g. mid-rotation, decrypting with the outgoing key).
+sops_updatekeys() {
+  local secrets_file="$1" key_file="${2:-}"
+  if [[ -n "$key_file" ]]; then
+    SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$key_file" nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
+      "sops updatekeys --yes '${secrets_file}'"
+  else
+    nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run "sops updatekeys --yes '${secrets_file}'"
+  fi
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Shared SSH-host-key / age-conversion helpers for scripts/sync-host-keys.sh
-# and scripts/prepare-host-key.sh -- both generate the same kind of key
+# Shared SSH-host-key / age-conversion helpers for scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh
+# and scripts/secrets/prepare-host-key.sh -- both generate the same kind of key
 # (ed25519, no passphrase, the sops-nix age-derivation input) and convert it
 # to an age recipient the same way; kept in one place so the two can't
 # drift apart.
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Ad hoc clone of a single VM/CT from pve1 (production) to pve-test
+# (sandbox), via vzdump + qmrestore/pct restore -- not a general-purpose
+# backup tool, just a quick "give me a disposable copy of this thing on
+# pve-test" for testing against real-ish data without touching prod.
+#
+# Flow:
+#   1. vzdump the resource on pve1 into its "local" storage (--mode
+#      snapshot by default, so the source keeps running throughout --
+#      see --mode below for when that's not possible).
+#   2. Stream the resulting archive straight from pve1 to pve-test
+#      (ssh pve1 cat ... | ssh pve-test cat > ...) -- this machine is
+#      just the relay, no separate on-disk staging copy here.
+#   3. qmrestore / pct restore it on pve-test under --new-vmid (default:
+#      same VMID as the source -- pve-test is a separate node/cluster, so
+#      no collision unless that VMID is already in use there too).
+#      Always restored with --unique 1 (fresh MAC addresses) since the
+#      source is typically still running on the same LAN -- restoring
+#      with the *same* MAC would put two live guests on the wire with
+#      identical hardware addresses.
+#   4. Delete the vzdump archive from pve1's local storage and the
+#      relayed copy on pve-test, so neither node accumulates ad hoc
+#      backup files from this script. Only the pve1 original is
+#      preserved on any failure after step 1, so a failed
+#      transfer/restore can be retried without re-running the backup.
+#
+# This script's own defaults are pve1 -> pve-test, unlike
+# create-proxmox-resource.sh's --node (which defaults to production) --
+# see CLAUDE.md's "Two Proxmox nodes" section. pve1 is only ever touched
+# here after typing the source VMID back to confirm; pve-test is treated
+# as disposable, matching this repo's usual policy for that node.
+#
+# See --help for the full option list.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/confirm.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/confirm.sh"
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0 --vmid <n> [options]
+
+  --vmid <n>              Required: VMID on the source node to clone.
+                           Kind (qemu VM vs LXC CT) is auto-detected.
+  --new-vmid <n>           VMID to restore as on the target node
+                           (default: same as --vmid).
+  --mode snapshot|suspend|stop
+                           vzdump backup mode (default: snapshot -- the
+                           source resource keeps running throughout;
+                           requires snapshot-capable storage, e.g.
+                           ZFS/LVM-thin/Ceph/qcow2). Fall back to
+                           "suspend" (brief pause) or "stop" (source
+                           goes down for the duration) if the source's
+                           storage doesn't support live snapshots --
+                           vzdump's own error will say so.
+  --source-node <host>      (default: \$PVE1_HOST, ${PVE1_HOST})
+  --target-node <host>       (default: \$PVE_TEST_HOST, ${PVE_TEST_HOST})
+  --source-storage <pool>      Where vzdump writes the backup on the
+                               source node (default: local).
+  --target-storage <pool>       Where the restored disk/rootfs lands on
+                               the target node (default: \$PROXMOX_STORAGE, ${PROXMOX_STORAGE}).
+  --keep-backup                  Don't delete the vzdump archive from
+                                 either node afterward (debugging aid).
+  --yes                            Skip the typed VMID confirmation
+                                   before touching the source node.
+  --dry-run                          Print the full plan and skip every
+                                     mutating step (vzdump, transfer,
+                                     restore, delete) and the confirm
+                                     prompt. Still makes read-only SSH
+                                     calls to look up the source kind
+                                     and check the target VMID is free
+                                     -- harmless on either node.
+  -h, --help
+EOF
+}
+
+vmid=""
+new_vmid=""
+mode="snapshot"
+source_node="$PVE1_HOST"
+target_node="$PVE_TEST_HOST"
+source_storage="local"
+target_storage="$PROXMOX_STORAGE"
+keep_backup=0
+skip_confirm=0
+dry_run=0
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+  --vmid) vmid="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --new-vmid) new_vmid="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --mode) mode="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --source-node) source_node="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --target-node) target_node="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --source-storage) source_storage="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --target-storage) target_storage="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+  --keep-backup) keep_backup=1; shift ;;
+  --yes) skip_confirm=1; shift ;;
+  --dry-run) dry_run=1; shift ;;
+  -h | --help) usage; exit 0 ;;
+  *) echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2; usage >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$vmid" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: --vmid is required." >&2
+  usage >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ "$mode" != "snapshot" && "$mode" != "suspend" && "$mode" != "stop" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: --mode must be snapshot, suspend, or stop." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+[[ -z "$new_vmid" ]] && new_vmid="$vmid"
+
+source_target="${PROXMOX_SSH_USER}@${source_node}"
+target_target="${PROXMOX_SSH_USER}@${target_node}"
+
+# No dry-run wrapper needed for the calls below: every mutating step
+# (vzdump, transfer, restore, delete) is reached only after the --dry-run
+# early-exit further down, so a plain `ssh` call is never in the dry-run
+# path.
+
+# --- identify the resource kind on the source node -----------------------
+echo "==> Looking up VMID ${vmid} on ${source_node}..."
+kind=""
+if ssh "$source_target" "qm status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  kind="vm"
+elif ssh "$source_target" "pct status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  kind="lxc"
+else
+  echo "ERROR: VMID ${vmid} doesn't exist on ${source_node} as either a VM or CT." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "VMID ${vmid} on ${source_node} is a ${kind}."
+
+# --- refuse to clobber an existing resource on the target node -----------
+if ssh "$target_target" "qm status ${new_vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+  || ssh "$target_target" "pct status ${new_vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "ERROR: VMID ${new_vmid} already exists on ${target_node}. Pass --new-vmid" >&2
+  echo "with a free ID, or remove the existing resource there first." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "Plan:"
+echo "  source: ${kind} VMID ${vmid} on ${source_node} (storage: ${source_storage}, mode: ${mode})"
+echo "  target: VMID ${new_vmid} on ${target_node} (storage: ${target_storage}, fresh MAC via --unique)"
+[[ "$keep_backup" -eq 1 ]] && echo "  backup archives are kept on both nodes afterward (--keep-backup)"
+
+if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
+  echo
+  echo "[dry-run] No backup, transfer, restore, or delete was performed."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ "$skip_confirm" -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo
+  if ! confirm_typed "$vmid" "Type the source VMID (${vmid}) to confirm backing it up from ${source_node}: "; then
+    echo "Cancelled -- input didn't match ${vmid}." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# --- vzdump on the source node --------------------------------------------
+echo
+echo "==> Backing up VMID ${vmid} on ${source_node} (mode=${mode}, storage=${source_storage})..."
+vzdump_log="$(ssh "$source_target" \
+  "vzdump ${vmid} --mode ${mode} --storage ${source_storage} --compress zstd" 2>&1)" \
+  || {
+    echo "$vzdump_log" >&2
+    echo "ERROR: vzdump failed on ${source_node}." >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+echo "$vzdump_log"
+
+archive="$(echo "$vzdump_log" | grep -oP "creating vzdump archive '\K[^']+" | tail -n1)"
+if [[ -z "$archive" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: couldn't find the archive path in vzdump's output above." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+archive_basename="$(basename "$archive")"
+target_tmp_archive="/var/tmp/${archive_basename}"
+echo "Archive: ${archive}"
+
+# Always clean up the relayed copy on the target node, success or failure
+# -- it's only ever a working copy, restored or not.
+cleanup_target_tmp() {
+  if [[ "$keep_backup" -ne 1 ]]; then
+    ssh "$target_target" "rm -f '${target_tmp_archive}'" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+}
+trap cleanup_target_tmp EXIT
+
+# --- relay the archive from source to target ------------------------------
+echo
+echo "==> Transferring archive to ${target_node}..."
+ssh "$source_target" "cat '${archive}'" | ssh "$target_target" "cat > '${target_tmp_archive}'"
+
+# --- restore on the target node --------------------------------------------
+echo
+echo "==> Restoring as VMID ${new_vmid} on ${target_node} (storage=${target_storage})..."
+if [[ "$kind" == "vm" ]]; then
+  ssh "$target_target" "qmrestore '${target_tmp_archive}' ${new_vmid} --storage ${target_storage} --unique 1"
+else
+  ssh "$target_target" "pct restore ${new_vmid} '${target_tmp_archive}' --storage ${target_storage} --unique 1"
+fi
+
+# --- clean up the source backup now that the restore succeeded -----------
+if [[ "$keep_backup" -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo
+  echo "==> Deleting backup archive from ${source_node}'s ${source_storage} storage..."
+  ssh "$source_target" "rm -f '${archive}' '${archive}.notes' '${archive}.log'" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "Done. VMID ${new_vmid} (${kind}) is now on ${target_node}, cloned from" \
+  "VMID ${vmid} on ${source_node}."
@@ -6,17 +6,31 @@
 #
 # This is the non-NixOS equivalent of modules/nix-cache/client.nix +
 # modules/nix-cache/remote-builder-client.nix -- those two only apply to
-# hosts built from this flake. A plain Debian box with Nix installed
-# (single- or multi-user install, nix-daemon running) has no NixOS module
-# system to pick that config up, so this edits /etc/nix/nix.conf by hand
-# instead. Run this ON the target Debian machine, as root.
+# hosts built from this flake. A plain Debian box with Nix installed has no
+# NixOS module system to pick that config up, so this edits nix.conf by hand.
+#
+# Two modes depending on who runs it:
+#
+#   root (multi-user / daemon install):
+#     Writes /etc/nix/nix.conf, /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts, restarts nix-daemon.
+#     Requires /etc/nix/nix.conf to already exist (i.e. nix-daemon is set up).
+#     Run as: sudo ./configure-nix-cache-client.sh [options]
+#
+#   non-root (single-user install):
+#     Writes ~/.config/nix/nix.conf, ~/.ssh/known_hosts. No daemon to restart.
+#     Run as: ./configure-nix-cache-client.sh [options]
 #
 # The values below mirror variables.nix / modules/nix-cache/client.nix in
 # this repo -- update both if nix-cache is ever rebuilt with a new host
 # key or the cache signing key is rotated (see docs/nix-cache.md).
 #
+# REMOTE_BUILDER_KEY defaults to the running user's default SSH identity
+# (root: /root/.ssh/id_ed25519, other user: ~/.ssh/id_ed25519). That key
+# must be listed in vars.remoteBuilderAuthorizedKeys in this repo and
+# nix-cache rebuilt before remote building works.
+#
 # Usage:
-#   sudo ./configure-nix-cache-client.sh [--dry-run] [--no-remote-builder] [--no-restart]
+#   ./configure-nix-cache-client.sh [--dry-run] [--no-remote-builder] [--no-restart]
 #
 # Env overrides (defaults match variables.nix):
 #   NIX_CACHE_HOST, NIX_CACHE_HOST_KEY, REMOTE_BUILDER_USER, REMOTE_BUILDER_KEY
@@ -24,19 +38,30 @@
 set -euo pipefail

 : "${NIX_CACHE_HOST:=nix-cache}"
-: "${NIX_CACHE_HOST_KEY:=ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHrMKZlIGUd3pH9G3AqbsruqUGjxIXMAZw52u9MwiBCn lxc-nix-cache}"
+: "${NIX_CACHE_HOST_KEY:=ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICuHUxGNH6ei3BZD+EfZs3l4X8uJNcjQiOsM/G4yo4O/ lxc-nix-cache}"
 : "${REMOTE_BUILDER_USER:=nixremote}"
-: "${REMOTE_BUILDER_KEY:=/root/.ssh/nixremote}"

 CACHE_PUB_KEY="cache.local-1:usoWYanY3Kpq2+kDIS2nhWoLZiRxanmdysdzqCFBHW4="
 FALLBACK_URL="https://cache.nixos.org/"
 FALLBACK_PUB_KEY="cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY="

-NIX_CONF="/etc/nix/nix.conf"
-KNOWN_HOSTS="/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts"
 MARKER_BEGIN="# BEGIN nix-cache client config (configure-nix-cache-client.sh)"
 MARKER_END="# END nix-cache client config"

+# Mode: root uses system-wide paths and restarts the daemon; non-root uses
+# user-level paths and has no daemon to restart.
+if [[ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  install_mode="multi"
+  NIX_CONF="/etc/nix/nix.conf"
+  KNOWN_HOSTS="/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts"
+  : "${REMOTE_BUILDER_KEY:=/root/.ssh/id_ed25519}"
+else
+  install_mode="single"
+  NIX_CONF="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nix/nix.conf"
+  KNOWN_HOSTS="$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
+  : "${REMOTE_BUILDER_KEY:=$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519}"
+fi
+
 dry_run=0
 with_remote_builder=1
 restart_daemon=1
@@ -47,7 +72,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
    --no-remote-builder) with_remote_builder=0 ;;
    --no-restart) restart_daemon=0 ;;
    -h|--help)
-      sed -n '2,20p' "$0"
+      sed -n '2,37p' "$0"
      exit 0
      ;;
    *)
@@ -57,21 +82,22 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
  esac
 done

-if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 0 && "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: must run as root (writes $NIX_CONF and, unless --no-remote-builder, $KNOWN_HOSTS)." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if ! command -v nix >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "ERROR: no 'nix' binary on PATH -- install the Nix package manager first." >&2
  exit 1
 fi

-if [[ ! -f "$NIX_CONF" ]]; then
+if [[ "$install_mode" == "multi" && ! -f "$NIX_CONF" ]]; then
  echo "ERROR: $NIX_CONF not found -- expected an existing multi-user Nix install." >&2
  exit 1
 fi

+# Single-user: create the config file if it doesn't exist yet.
+if [[ "$install_mode" == "single" && "$dry_run" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$NIX_CONF")"
+  [[ -f "$NIX_CONF" ]] || touch "$NIX_CONF"
+fi
+
 builder_line=""
 if [[ "$with_remote_builder" -eq 1 ]]; then
  if [[ -f "$REMOTE_BUILDER_KEY" ]]; then
@@ -107,7 +133,7 @@ fi
 block="${block}
 $MARKER_END"

-echo "== nix.conf block to install =="
+echo "== nix.conf block to install ($NIX_CONF) =="
 echo "$block"
 echo "================================"

@@ -149,7 +175,8 @@ if [[ "$with_remote_builder" -eq 1 ]]; then
  fi
 fi

-if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 0 && "$restart_daemon" -eq 1 ]]; then
+# Only restart the daemon for multi-user installs -- single-user has no daemon.
+if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 0 && "$restart_daemon" -eq 1 && "$install_mode" == "multi" ]]; then
  if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemctl is-active --quiet nix-daemon 2>/dev/null; then
    systemctl restart nix-daemon
    echo "Restarted nix-daemon to pick up the new config."
@@ -8,14 +8,28 @@
 # script -- there's no multi-gigabyte image to transfer afterward. The first
 # time a node doesn't have that repo path yet, it's bootstrapped: cloned from
 # this checkout's own `origin` remote, then scripts/codex-setup.sh installs
-# the build tooling (Nix, etc.). Every run after that just `git pull`s it and
-# copies over the locally-managed host-keys/ (gitignored, so a git pull
-# alone wouldn't carry it) before building.
+# the build tooling (Nix, etc.). Every run after that just `git pull`s it.
+# SSH host keys are stored as clan vars (vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/,
+# committed and sops-encrypted) -- the script decrypts them locally and
+# copies only the two files for this target to the node's host-keys/ before
+# building. A target with no clan var is an error (generate one first with
+# scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <target>).
+#
+# --node (default: $PROXMOX_HOST, see scripts/env.sh) picks which of the two
+# LAN Proxmox nodes this runs against: production, pve1.sweet.home
+# ($PVE1_HOST, PROXMOX_HOST's own default), or the sandbox node,
+# pve-test.sweet.home ($PVE_TEST_HOST) -- pass --node "$PVE_TEST_HOST" (or
+# set PROXMOX_HOST=$PVE_TEST_HOST) to target the sandbox instead. See
+# CLAUDE.md's "Two Proxmox nodes" section: an agent session should default
+# to pve-test and only touch pve1 when the operator has explicitly said so
+# for the current task -- this script itself doesn't enforce that (its own
+# default is production, matching this repo's behavior before pve-test
+# existed), it's a policy for whoever/whatever is driving it.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc|vm --host <name> [options]
-#   scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc|vm --list
-#   scripts/create-proxmox-resource.sh --modify --vmid <n> [--cores N] [--memory MB] [--grow-disk GB]
+#   scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc|vm --host <name> [options]
+#   scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --type lxc|vm --list
+#   scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh --modify --vmid <n> [--cores N] [--memory MB] [--grow-disk GB]
 #
 # SAFETY:
 #   - The default (create) mode only ever creates a NEW resource -- it
@@ -41,13 +55,19 @@
 # See --help for the full option list.
 set -euo pipefail

-repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
-# shellcheck source=env.sh
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
-# shellcheck source=lib/nix-eval.sh
+# shellcheck source=../lib/nix-eval.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/nix-eval.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/confirm.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/confirm.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/sops-age.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/sops-age.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/clan-vars.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/clan-vars.sh"

-sync_keys="${repo_root}/scripts/sync-host-keys.sh"
+sync_keys="${repo_root}/scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh"

 usage() {
  cat <<EOF
@@ -118,7 +138,9 @@ Shared:
  --iso-storage <pool>            (default: \$PROXMOX_ISO_STORAGE, ${PROXMOX_ISO_STORAGE})
  --bridge <bridge>                (default: \$PROXMOX_BRIDGE, ${PROXMOX_BRIDGE})
  --node <host>                     Proxmox node to SSH into (default:
-                                    \$PROXMOX_HOST, ${PROXMOX_HOST})
+                                    \$PROXMOX_HOST, ${PROXMOX_HOST} --
+                                    production; the sandbox node is
+                                    \$PVE_TEST_HOST, ${PVE_TEST_HOST}).
  --dry-run                           Print the full plan; touch nothing
                                      local or remote, no prompts.
  -h, --help
@@ -178,6 +200,16 @@ done

 ssh_target="${PROXMOX_SSH_USER}@${node}"

+# Proxmox tools (pvesh, qm, pct) require root access to the cluster IPC
+# socket. When SSH-ing as a non-root user with sudo, prefix every remote
+# Proxmox command with sudo.
+sudo_prefix=""
+sudo_display=""
+if [[ "$PROXMOX_SSH_USER" != "root" ]]; then
+  sudo_prefix="sudo"
+  sudo_display="sudo "
+fi
+
 remote() {
  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${ssh_target} -- $*"
@@ -199,10 +231,10 @@ cmd_modify() {

  echo "Looking up VMID ${vmid} on ${node}..."
  local kind current_cores current_memory disk_key
-  if ssh "$ssh_target" "qm status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    kind="vm"
    disk_key="scsi0"
-  elif ssh "$ssh_target" "pct status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  elif ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} pct status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    kind="lxc"
    disk_key="rootfs"
  else
@@ -210,8 +242,8 @@ cmd_modify() {
    exit 1
  fi

-  local config_cmd="qm config ${vmid}"
-  [[ "$kind" == "lxc" ]] && config_cmd="pct config ${vmid}"
+  local config_cmd="${sudo_prefix} qm config ${vmid}"
+  [[ "$kind" == "lxc" ]] && config_cmd="${sudo_prefix} pct config ${vmid}"
  local current_config
  current_config="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "$config_cmd")"
  current_cores="$(echo "$current_config" | grep -oP '^cores:\s*\K\S+' || echo '?')"
@@ -230,15 +262,14 @@ cmd_modify() {
  fi

  echo
-  read -rp "Type the VMID (${vmid}) to confirm these changes: " confirm
-  if [[ "$confirm" != "$vmid" ]]; then
+  if ! confirm_typed "$vmid" "Type the VMID (${vmid}) to confirm these changes: "; then
    echo "Cancelled -- input didn't match ${vmid}."
    exit 1
  fi

-  local set_cmd="qm set"
-  local resize_cmd="qm resize"
-  [[ "$kind" == "lxc" ]] && set_cmd="pct set" && resize_cmd="pct resize"
+  local set_cmd="${sudo_prefix} qm set"
+  local resize_cmd="${sudo_prefix} qm resize"
+  [[ "$kind" == "lxc" ]] && set_cmd="${sudo_prefix} pct set" && resize_cmd="${sudo_prefix} pct resize"

  if [[ -n "$cores" || -n "$memory" ]]; then
    local args=""
@@ -271,6 +302,12 @@ platform_prefix="lxc"
 [[ -z "$cores" ]] && cores="$PROXMOX_DEFAULT_CORES"
 [[ -z "$memory" ]] && memory="$PROXMOX_DEFAULT_MEMORY_MB"

+if [[ "$type" == "vm" && -n "$disk_size" ]]; then
+  echo "WARNING: --disk-size is LXC-only for create mode and is ignored for VMs." >&2
+  echo "  VM disk size comes from proxmoxImageSize in variables.nix (currently ${disk_size}G was requested)." >&2
+  echo "  To expand after creation, use: --modify --vmid <n> --grow-disk <GB>" >&2
+fi
+
 # --- discover / resolve the flake target from --host --------------------
 # Emits "<target>\t<hostName>" pairs for every ${platform_prefix}-* flake
 # target -- the one source both --list and the --host lookup below read
@@ -323,6 +360,14 @@ fi
 # feeds straight into the guest's real hostname) disagree with host.nix.
 [[ -z "$name" ]] && name="$host"

+# For VM builds: the diskoImagesScript (run via QEMU on the node) writes the
+# raw disk image as <hostname>.raw into the CWD it was called from (the remote
+# repo dir), not to /var/lib/vz/import/ or anywhere else.  Import directly from
+# there -- no intermediate mv that can fail crossing filesystem boundaries or
+# leave a stale file on error.
+vm_built_raw=""
+[[ "$type" == "vm" ]] && vm_built_raw="${remote_repo_dir}/${host}.raw"
+
 # --- refuse to duplicate a host that's already live on the node ---------
 # Queries the node itself (qm/pct's own name/hostname config), not any
 # static list in this repo -- a file can't track whether a resource still
@@ -345,14 +390,15 @@ else
  echo
  echo "==> Checking ${node} for an existing VM/CT identified as '${host}'..."
  ssh_check_status=0
-  existing="$(ssh "$ssh_target" bash -s -- "$host" <<'REMOTE_SCRIPT'
+  existing="$(ssh "$ssh_target" bash -s -- "$host" "$sudo_prefix" <<'REMOTE_SCRIPT'
 target="$1"
-for id in $(qm list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'); do
-  n="$(qm config "$id" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '^name:\s*\K\S+' || true)"
+sudo_pfx="$2"
+for id in $($sudo_pfx qm list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'); do
+  n="$($sudo_pfx qm config "$id" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '^name:\s*\K\S+' || true)"
  [[ "$n" == "$target" ]] && echo "vm ${id} ${n}"
 done
-for id in $(pct list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'); do
-  n="$(pct config "$id" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '^hostname:\s*\K\S+' || true)"
+for id in $($sudo_pfx pct list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'); do
+  n="$($sudo_pfx pct config "$id" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '^hostname:\s*\K\S+' || true)"
  [[ "$n" == "$target" ]] && echo "lxc ${id} ${n}"
 done
 exit 0
@@ -429,8 +475,7 @@ REMOTE_SCRIPT
      echo "  - ${kind} VMID ${id} (${n})"
    done
    echo
-    read -rp "Type the hostname (${host}) to confirm destroying the above and replacing it: " confirm
-    if [[ "$confirm" != "$host" ]]; then
+    if ! confirm_typed "$host" "Type the hostname (${host}) to confirm destroying the above and replacing it: "; then
      echo "Cancelled -- input didn't match ${host}." >&2
      exit 1
    fi
@@ -440,12 +485,12 @@ REMOTE_SCRIPT
      if [[ "$kind" == "vm" ]]; then
        # qm destroy has no --force to stop-then-destroy in one call (pct's
        # does) -- stop explicitly first if it's running.
-        if ssh "$ssh_target" "qm status ${id}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q running; then
-          ssh "$ssh_target" "qm stop ${id}"
+        if ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm status ${id}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q running; then
+          ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm stop ${id}"
        fi
-        ssh "$ssh_target" "qm destroy ${id} --purge 1"
+        ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm destroy ${id} --purge 1"
      else
-        ssh "$ssh_target" "pct destroy ${id} --force 1 --purge 1"
+        ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} pct destroy ${id} --force 1 --purge 1"
      fi
    done
  fi
@@ -461,12 +506,37 @@ echo "Target: ${flake_target} (host=${host}, type=${type}) -> Proxmox resource '
 nix_extra_opts

 # --- make sure this target has a registered host key --------------------
+# sync-host-keys.sh is idempotent and generates the key (via clan vars) if
+# no key exists yet -- the old inline prepare-host-key.sh call is gone.
 echo
 echo "==> Ensuring host key exists and is registered..."
 sync_args=("$flake_target")
 [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]] && sync_args+=(--dry-run)
 bash "$sync_keys" "${sync_args[@]}"

+# If sync-host-keys.sh changed .sops.yaml, secrets/, or vars/per-machine/,
+# those changes must be committed and pushed before the remote `git pull`
+# below picks them up -- the PVE node builds from whatever HEAD is checked
+# out there, not the local working tree. Uncommitted clan vars or sops
+# recipients mean the image builds fine but the host cannot decrypt its
+# secrets on first boot. Block until the operator confirms they've pushed.
+if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  _dirty="$(git -C "$repo_root" status --porcelain -- .sops.yaml secrets/ vars/per-machine/ 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if [[ -n "$_dirty" ]]; then
+    echo
+    echo "==> COMMIT + PUSH REQUIRED before the remote build can succeed:"
+    echo "    Uncommitted changes in .sops.yaml, secrets/, or vars/per-machine/."
+    echo "    The PVE node builds from the git-tracked flake, so these changes"
+    echo "    must be committed and pushed first -- otherwise the image build will"
+    echo "    succeed but the host cannot decrypt its secrets on first boot."
+    echo
+    git -C "$repo_root" status --short -- .sops.yaml secrets/ vars/per-machine/ || true
+    echo
+    read -rp "    Commit and push those changes, then press Enter to continue (Ctrl-C to abort): "
+  fi
+  unset _dirty
+fi
+
 # --- VMID: pick one, and refuse to touch anything that already exists ---
 echo
 if [[ -z "$vmid" ]]; then
@@ -474,7 +544,7 @@ if [[ -z "$vmid" ]]; then
    vmid="<next-free-vmid>"
    echo "[dry-run] would ask ${node} for the next free VMID (pvesh get /cluster/nextid)"
  else
-    vmid="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "pvesh get /cluster/nextid" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
+    vmid="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} pvesh get /cluster/nextid" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
    echo "Auto-assigned VMID: ${vmid}"
  fi
 else
@@ -488,8 +558,8 @@ if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 0 ]]; then
  # both. Any success here means something is already using this ID --
  # refuse to go anywhere near it. (Reconfiguring an existing resource is
  # --modify's job, not this one's.)
-  if ssh "$ssh_target" "qm status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-    || ssh "$ssh_target" "pct status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    || ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} pct status ${vmid}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "ERROR: VMID ${vmid} already exists on ${node}. Refusing to touch an" >&2
    echo "existing resource here -- use --modify to reconfigure it, pick a" >&2
    echo "different --vmid, or omit it to auto-assign." >&2
@@ -524,7 +594,7 @@ ensure_remote_repo() {
  echo
  echo "==> Ensuring ${remote_repo_dir} exists and is current on ${node}..."
  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "[dry-run] would ensure ${remote_repo_dir} exists on ${node} (clone if missing, git pull if present), and would verify/bootstrap build tooling there (scripts/codex-setup.sh) if \`nix\` isn't already on PATH -- and if that bootstrap actually ran, would also configure ${node} as a nix-cache client (scripts/configure-nix-cache-client.sh)"
+    echo "[dry-run] would ensure ${remote_repo_dir} exists on ${node} (clone if missing, git pull if present), and would verify/bootstrap build tooling there (scripts/codex-setup.sh) if \`nix\` isn't already on PATH -- and if that bootstrap actually ran, would also configure ${node} as a nix-cache client (scripts/proxmox/configure-nix-cache-client.sh)"
    return
  fi

@@ -583,27 +653,41 @@ ensure_remote_repo() {
    # above -- ssh's non-interactive command execution won't have picked
    # up a freshly single-user-installed `nix` otherwise.
    echo "==> Configuring ${node} as a nix-cache substituter/remote-builder client..."
-    if ! ssh "$ssh_target" "cd '${remote_repo_dir}' && . scripts/lib/nix-bootstrap.sh && ensure_nix_profile && bash scripts/configure-nix-cache-client.sh"; then
+    if ! ssh "$ssh_target" "cd '${remote_repo_dir}' && . scripts/lib/nix-bootstrap.sh && ensure_nix_profile && bash scripts/proxmox/configure-nix-cache-client.sh"; then
      echo "WARNING: configure-nix-cache-client.sh failed on ${node} -- continuing without it (${node} will build from source / against cache.nixos.org only)." >&2
    fi
  fi
 }

-# --- sync locally-managed host-keys/ to the node ---------------------------
-# Gitignored (see .gitignore), so `git pull` above never carries it -- both
-# build paths need it present as NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR / --pre-format-files
-# input on the node itself now that the build runs there. scp (not rsync,
-# not already a dependency anywhere else in this repo) mirrors how this
-# script already transfers the --image case below.
+# --- sync host key to the node ---------------------------------------------
+# SSH host keys are stored as clan vars (vars/per-machine/<target>/openssh/).
+# Decrypt locally and scp just the two files for this target to the node's
+# host-keys/ directory, where the remote build script picks them up via
+# NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR (LXC) or --pre-format-files (VM). A target with no
+# clan var is an error -- generate one first with sync-host-keys.sh.
 sync_remote_host_keys() {
  echo
-  echo "==> Syncing host-keys/ to ${node}..."
+  echo "==> Syncing host key for ${flake_target} to ${node}..."
  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "[dry-run] would copy ${repo_root}/host-keys/ to ${ssh_target}:${remote_repo_dir}/host-keys/"
+    echo "[dry-run] would decrypt clan SSH key for ${flake_target} and copy to ${ssh_target}:${remote_repo_dir}/host-keys/"
    return
  fi
+  if ! clan_ssh_key_exists "$flake_target" "$repo_root"; then
+    echo "ERROR: no clan SSH key found for ${flake_target}" >&2
+    echo "  (expected: ${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${flake_target}/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key/secret)" >&2
+    echo "  Generate one first: bash scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh ${flake_target}" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  local tmpdir
+  tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2064
+  trap "rm -rf '${tmpdir}'" RETURN
+  echo "  Decrypting clan SSH key for ${flake_target}..."
+  clan_decrypt_ssh_key "$flake_target" "$repo_root" "$tmpdir"
  ssh "$ssh_target" "mkdir -p '${remote_repo_dir}/host-keys'"
-  scp -pr "${repo_root}/host-keys/." "${ssh_target}:${remote_repo_dir}/host-keys/"
+  scp -p "${tmpdir}/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" \
+         "${tmpdir}/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" \
+         "${ssh_target}:${remote_repo_dir}/host-keys/"
 }

 # --- build (or reuse an image already on the node) ------------------------
@@ -618,10 +702,14 @@ if [[ -n "$image" ]]; then
 elif [[ "$force_rebuild" -eq 1 ]]; then
  echo "--force-rebuild: skipping the existing-image check on ${node}."
 else
-  echo "==> Checking whether ${node} already has ${remote_path}..."
+  # VMs: check for the raw image in the remote repo dir (where disko writes it).
+  # LXC: check for the tarball in iso_storage (where the LXC build stages it).
+  _check_path="$remote_path"
+  [[ "$type" == "vm" ]] && _check_path="$vm_built_raw"
+  echo "==> Checking whether ${node} already has ${_check_path}..."
  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "[dry-run] would check: ssh ${ssh_target} -- test -f ${remote_path}"
-  elif ssh "$ssh_target" "test -f '${remote_path}'" 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "[dry-run] would check: ssh ${ssh_target} -- test -f ${_check_path}"
+  elif ssh "$ssh_target" "test -f '${_check_path}'" 2>/dev/null; then
    echo "Found it -- reusing, skipping build (use --force-rebuild to override)."
    image_already_remote=1
  else
@@ -659,11 +747,11 @@ if [[ "$image_already_remote" -eq 0 && -z "$local_image" ]]; then
      # hands the result to the remote shell to re-split, which would
      # otherwise scatter NIX_EXTRA_OPTS (itself several space-separated,
      # %q-quoted tokens) across the wrong positional parameters below.
-      printf -v remote_cmd 'bash -s -- %q %q %q %q %q' \
-        "$remote_repo_dir" "$flake_target" "$remote_dir" "$remote_filename" "$NIX_EXTRA_OPTS"
+      printf -v remote_cmd 'bash -s -- %q %q %q %q %q %q' \
+        "$remote_repo_dir" "$flake_target" "$remote_dir" "$remote_filename" "$NIX_EXTRA_OPTS" "$sudo_prefix"
      ssh "$ssh_target" "$remote_cmd" <<'REMOTE_SCRIPT'
 set -euo pipefail
-repo_dir="$1"; target="$2"; dest_dir="$3"; dest_name="$4"; nix_extra_opts_str="$5"
+repo_dir="$1"; target="$2"; dest_dir="$3"; dest_name="$4"; nix_extra_opts_str="$5"; sudo_pfx="$6"
 declare -a NIX_OPTS=()
 [[ -n "$nix_extra_opts_str" ]] && eval "NIX_OPTS=(${nix_extra_opts_str})"
 cd "$repo_dir"
@@ -672,6 +760,12 @@ cd "$repo_dir"
 # right after a successful install.
 . scripts/lib/nix-bootstrap.sh
 ensure_nix_profile
+if [[ ! -f "host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key not found in ${repo_dir}." >&2
+  echo "Generate the key locally (scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh ${target})" >&2
+  echo "and ensure it was synced here before starting the build." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR="$(pwd)/host-keys" nix build --impure \
  --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" \
  ".#nixosConfigurations.${target}.config.system.build.tarball" \
@@ -681,64 +775,69 @@ if [[ -z "$built" ]]; then
  echo "ERROR: no tarball found under result-${target}/tarball after build." >&2
  exit 1
 fi
-mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
-cp "$built" "${dest_dir}/${dest_name}"
+$sudo_pfx mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
+$sudo_pfx cp "$built" "${dest_dir}/${dest_name}"
 echo "Built and staged: ${dest_dir}/${dest_name}"
 REMOTE_SCRIPT
      local_image="$remote_path"
      echo "Built on ${node}: ${remote_path}"
    fi
  else
-    # PROXMOX_SSH_USER defaults to root (env.sh), which needs no sudo and
-    # can't assume it's even installed on a minimal node -- only shell out
-    # through sudo when actually running as a non-root SSH user.
-    sudo_prefix="sudo"
-    sudo_display="sudo "
-    if [[ "$PROXMOX_SSH_USER" == "root" ]]; then
-      sudo_prefix=""
-      sudo_display=""
-    fi
    if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-      echo "[dry-run] would build on ${node}: nix build --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config${nix_opts_display} \\"
+      echo "[dry-run] would build on ${node}: NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR=\$(pwd)/host-keys nix build --impure --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config${nix_opts_display} \\"
      echo "[dry-run]   .#nixosConfigurations.${flake_target}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript"
-      echo "[dry-run] would run:   ${sudo_display}./result-${flake_target} \\"
-      echo "[dry-run]                --pre-format-files host-keys/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key \\"
-      echo "[dry-run]                --pre-format-files host-keys/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub \\"
-      echo "[dry-run]                --build-memory 2048"
-      echo "[dry-run] would stage the result at ${remote_path}"
+      echo "[dry-run] would run:   ${sudo_display}./result-${flake_target} --build-memory 2048"
+      echo "[dry-run] image will be at ${vm_built_raw} (imported from there; no mv to /var/lib/vz/import/)"
      local_image="<built-image>.raw"
    else
      echo "==> Building Disko image for ${flake_target} on ${node}..."
      # See the LXC branch above for why this is one %q-quoted command
      # string rather than separate ssh argv elements.
-      printf -v remote_cmd 'bash -s -- %q %q %q %q %q %q' \
-        "$remote_repo_dir" "$flake_target" "$remote_dir" "$remote_filename" "$NIX_EXTRA_OPTS" "$sudo_prefix"
+      # $7 = image_name (hostname, the diskoImagesScript's own output filename).
+      #
+      # NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR + --impure: modules/platforms/proxmox.nix reads
+      # this env var at eval time (like lxc.nix) to embed the clan SSH host
+      # key in environment.etc. nixos-install's own activation then places the
+      # key on the target disk, so sshd-keygen finds it already present and
+      # skips generation. --pre-format-files put the key on the QEMU builder
+      # VM's rootfs (not the target disk), so sshd-keygen regenerated a fresh
+      # key -- one not registered in .sops.yaml -- and sops could never decrypt.
+      printf -v remote_cmd 'bash -s -- %q %q %q %q %q %q %q' \
+        "$remote_repo_dir" "$flake_target" "$remote_dir" "$remote_filename" "$NIX_EXTRA_OPTS" "$sudo_prefix" "$host"
      ssh "$ssh_target" "$remote_cmd" <<'REMOTE_SCRIPT'
 set -euo pipefail
-repo_dir="$1"; target="$2"; dest_dir="$3"; dest_name="$4"; nix_extra_opts_str="$5"; sudo_prefix="$6"
+repo_dir="$1"; target="$2"; dest_dir="$3"; dest_name="$4"; nix_extra_opts_str="$5"; sudo_pfx="$6"; image_name="$7"
 declare -a NIX_OPTS=()
 [[ -n "$nix_extra_opts_str" ]] && eval "NIX_OPTS=(${nix_extra_opts_str})"
 cd "$repo_dir"
 . scripts/lib/nix-bootstrap.sh
 ensure_nix_profile
-nix build --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" \
-  ".#nixosConfigurations.${target}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript" \
-  --out-link "result-${target}"
-$sudo_prefix "./result-${target}" \
-  --pre-format-files "host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key \
-  --pre-format-files "host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub \
-  --build-memory 2048
-built="$(find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.raw' -newer "result-${target}" | head -1)"
-if [[ -z "$built" ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: no .raw image found in ${repo_dir} after build." >&2
+if [[ ! -f "host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key not found in ${repo_dir}." >&2
+  echo "Generate the key locally (scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh ${target})" >&2
+  echo "and ensure it was synced here before starting the build." >&2
  exit 1
 fi
-mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
-mv "$built" "${dest_dir}/${dest_name}"
-echo "Built and staged: ${dest_dir}/${dest_name}"
+# Build diskoImagesScript with NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR so proxmox.nix embeds the
+# clan SSH key in environment.etc (same as lxc.nix). This causes nixos-install
+# to place the key on the target disk, so sshd-keygen finds it and skips
+# generation -- the disk image boots with the registered key, sops decrypts.
+NIXOS_HOST_KEYS_DIR="$(pwd)/host-keys" nix build --impure \
+  --no-use-registries --no-accept-flake-config "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" \
+  ".#nixosConfigurations.${target}.config.system.build.diskoImagesScript" \
+  --out-link "result-${target}"
+# Remove any stale .raw from a previous failed build so the post-build check
+# below is unambiguous (diskoImagesScript writes to CWD as ${image_name}.raw).
+$sudo_pfx rm -f "${image_name}.raw" 2>/dev/null || true
+$sudo_pfx "./result-${target}" --build-memory 2048
+if [[ ! -f "${image_name}.raw" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: ${image_name}.raw not found in ${repo_dir} after build -- disko/QEMU may have failed." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Built image: ${repo_dir}/${image_name}.raw"
 REMOTE_SCRIPT
-      local_image="$remote_path"
-      echo "Built on ${node}: ${remote_path}"
+      local_image="$vm_built_raw"
+      echo "Built on ${node}: ${vm_built_raw}"
    fi
  fi
 fi
@@ -766,13 +865,22 @@ if [[ "$type" == "lxc" ]]; then
  # 512M default otherwise (confirmed live: --memory 2048 left swap at
  # 512). Default to matching whatever --memory resolved to above.
  local_swap="${swap:-$memory}"
-  # --unprivileged 1: modules/platforms/lxc.nix sets proxmoxLXC.privileged
-  # = false, so the NixOS config inside the image assumes it's running as
-  # an unprivileged container (cgroup/capability/mount expectations baked
-  # in at boot). `pct create`'s own CLI default for this flag is
-  # privileged (unlike the web UI, which defaults its checkbox the other
-  # way) -- leaving it unset creates a privileged container running a
-  # NixOS config that assumes unprivileged, a real mismatch.
+  # --unprivileged: read back from modules/platforms/lxc.nix's own
+  # proxmoxLXC.privileged (via flake_target_lxc_privileged) rather than
+  # hardcoded. lxc.nix derives this automatically: any lxc-* host whose
+  # config.fileSystems has an NFS entry gets privileged=true, because the
+  # kernel's NFS client (FS_USERNS_MOUNT not set) rejects NFS mounts from
+  # inside any non-init user namespace -- exactly what an unprivileged
+  # container's UID-mapped root lives in -- with EPERM at the VFS layer,
+  # regardless of AppArmor (see lxc.nix's own comment). The NixOS config
+  # bakes in cgroup/capability/mount expectations matching whichever value
+  # it was built with, so this must stay in sync -- `pct create`'s CLI
+  # default is privileged (unlike the web UI, which defaults the other
+  # way), so leaving it unset would create a privileged container running
+  # a NixOS config that assumes unprivileged, a real mismatch.
+  privileged_eval="$(flake_target_lxc_privileged "$repo_root" "$flake_target")"
+  unprivileged_flag=1
+  [[ "$privileged_eval" == "true" ]] && unprivileged_flag=0
  #
  # --features nesting=1,keyctl=1: required for a modern (v247+) systemd
  # guest to actually boot unprivileged -- confirmed live: without this,
@@ -790,36 +898,69 @@ if [[ "$type" == "lxc" ]]; then
  # hands the whole string to `ssh` as a single command for the *remote*
  # shell to parse -- unquoted, that `;` would be read as a remote
  # command separator and silently truncate this into two commands.
-  create_cmd="pct create ${vmid} ${iso_storage}:vztmpl/${remote_filename} --unprivileged 1 --features '${PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_FEATURES}' --rootfs ${storage}:${local_disk_size} --hostname ${name} --cores ${cores} --memory ${memory} --swap ${local_swap} --net0 name=eth0,bridge=${bridge},ip=dhcp"
+  create_cmd="${sudo_prefix} pct create ${vmid} ${iso_storage}:vztmpl/${remote_filename} --unprivileged ${unprivileged_flag} --features '${PROXMOX_DEFAULT_LXC_FEATURES}' --rootfs ${storage}:${local_disk_size} --hostname ${name} --cores ${cores} --memory ${memory} --swap ${local_swap} --net0 name=eth0,bridge=${bridge},ip=dhcp"
  remote "$create_cmd"
-  remote "pct start ${vmid}"
+  remote "${sudo_prefix} pct start ${vmid}"
 else
  echo "==> Creating VM ${vmid} (${name})..."
  # pre-enrolled-keys=0 disables OVMF's Secure Boot key pre-enrollment --
  # required, or systemd-boot (unsigned) can't be trusted by the firmware.
-  remote "qm create ${vmid} --name ${name} --memory ${memory} --cores ${cores} \
+  # --agent 1: wires up the virtio-serial channel QEMU exposes to the guest.
+  # modules/common/configuration.nix sets services.qemuGuest.enable = true
+  # on every host, so the guest-side qemu-ga daemon is already running --
+  # without this flag Proxmox never creates the channel it listens on, so
+  # `qm guest exec`/`qm agent` and the UI's IP-address display silently
+  # never work for any VM this script creates.
+  remote "${sudo_prefix} qm create ${vmid} --name ${name} --memory ${memory} --cores ${cores} \
 --net0 virtio,bridge=${bridge} --bios ovmf --machine q35 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci \
--efidisk0 ${storage}:1,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=0"
+--efidisk0 ${storage}:1,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=0 --agent enabled=1"

+  # VMs built on the node: import from the repo dir (where disko/QEMU wrote it).
+  # VMs from --image: import from remote_path (where scp uploaded it).
+  _import_path="${remote_path}"
+  [[ -z "$image" ]] && _import_path="${vm_built_raw}"
  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${ssh_target} -- qm importdisk ${vmid} ${remote_path} ${storage}"
+    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${ssh_target} -- ${sudo_display}qm importdisk ${vmid} ${_import_path} ${storage}"
    echo "[dry-run] (would parse the resulting disk identifier from that output)"
-    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${ssh_target} -- qm set ${vmid} --scsi0 ${storage}:<parsed-disk-id>"
+    echo "[dry-run] ssh ${ssh_target} -- ${sudo_display}qm set ${vmid} --scsi0 ${storage}:<parsed-disk-id>"
  else
-    importdisk_output="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "qm importdisk ${vmid} ${remote_path} ${storage}")"
+    if ! importdisk_output="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm importdisk ${vmid} ${_import_path} ${storage}" 2>&1)"; then
+      echo "ERROR: qm importdisk failed:" >&2
+      echo "${importdisk_output}" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
    echo "$importdisk_output"
-    disk_id="$(echo "$importdisk_output" | grep -oP "(?<=Successfully imported disk as ')[^']+" | sed 's/^unused[0-9]*://')"
+    # PVE output format: "unusedN: successfully imported disk '<storage>:<vol>'"
+    # (lowercase "successfully", no "as"; the primary regex targets this form; the
+    # || true inside the substitution prevents set -e from aborting when grep finds
+    # no match -- without it the script would silently exit before reaching the
+    # fallback whenever the PVE format doesn't match).
+    disk_id="$(echo "$importdisk_output" | grep -oP "successfully imported disk '\\K[^']+" || true)"
+    if [[ -z "$disk_id" ]]; then
+      # Fallback for other PVE output variants: read qm config directly.
+      unused_line="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm config ${vmid}" | grep '^unused[0-9]*:' | head -1 || true)"
+      if [[ -n "$unused_line" ]]; then
+        disk_id="${unused_line#*: }"
+        echo "Note: disk ID resolved from qm config: ${disk_id}"
+      fi
+    fi
    if [[ -z "$disk_id" ]]; then
      echo "ERROR: couldn't parse the imported disk identifier from qm importdisk's output above." >&2
      echo "The VM shell (${vmid}) and imported disk both exist -- finish attaching it by hand:" >&2
-      echo "  ssh ${ssh_target} -- qm set ${vmid} --scsi0 ${storage}:<disk-id-from-output-above>" >&2
-      echo "  ssh ${ssh_target} -- qm set ${vmid} --boot order=scsi0" >&2
+      echo "  ssh ${ssh_target} -- ${sudo_display}qm set ${vmid} --scsi0 ${storage}:<disk-id-from-output-above>" >&2
+      echo "  ssh ${ssh_target} -- ${sudo_display}qm set ${vmid} --boot order=scsi0" >&2
      exit 1
    fi
-    remote "qm set ${vmid} --scsi0 ${disk_id}"
+    remote "${sudo_prefix} qm set ${vmid} --scsi0 ${disk_id}"
+    # The disk data is now in ZFS; remove the source raw file (only for images
+    # we built on the node -- --image uploads are the operator's to manage).
+    if [[ -z "$image" ]]; then
+      ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} rm -f '${_import_path}'" 2>/dev/null || \
+        echo "Warning: couldn't remove ${_import_path} from ${node} -- you can delete it manually" >&2
+    fi
  fi
-  remote "qm set ${vmid} --boot order=scsi0"
-  remote "qm start ${vmid}"
+  remote "${sudo_prefix} qm set ${vmid} --boot order=scsi0"
+  remote "${sudo_prefix} qm start ${vmid}"
 fi

 echo
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# recover-hosts.sh — Fix sops/SSH-key/GitHub-token issues on deployed NixOS hosts
+# and trigger a Switch-nix rebuild on each.
+#
+# Run from the repo root on the workstation (nixos@nixos):
+#   bash scripts/recover-hosts.sh [<hostname> ...]
+#
+# With no args it discovers and checks every known hostname.
+# With args it checks only those hostnames:
+#   bash scripts/recover-hosts.sh tor-relay
+#
+# Fixes applied automatically (then prompts before rebuilding):
+#   1. SSH host key drift — live key no longer matches host-keys/<target>_ssh_host_ed25519_key
+#      Fix: scp the registered key back and restore it (needs sudo once per host).
+#      To push new keys proactively (before drift, e.g. right after
+#      sync-host-keys.sh --regenerate-all-keys), use instead:
+#        scripts/secrets/push-host-keys.sh --all
+#   2. Stale/invalid GitHub access token — the rendered nix-github-token.conf has
+#      a token GitHub rejects (401), blocking any rebuild that fetches disko or
+#      other public GitHub flake inputs.
+#      Fix: empty the rendered file so nix makes unauthenticated requests instead.
+#      Public repos (disko, nixpkgs, etc.) work fine without auth. sops-nix
+#      re-renders the correct new token automatically after the first successful
+#      rebuild.
+#
+# Both fixes need one interactive sudo session per host. The script opens a
+# single ssh -t per broken host so you enter the password once and all steps
+# run in sequence.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+source scripts/env.sh 2>/dev/null || true
+
+SSH_OPTS=(-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5)
+SSH_USER=nixos
+
+# Known flake-target → ssh hostname map for all currently-defined hosts.
+# Add new hosts here as they are deployed.
+declare -A TARGET_HOST=(
+  [lxc-docker]=docker
+  [lxc-nix-cache]=nix-cache
+  [lxc-pxe-boot]=pxe-boot
+  [lxc-tor-relay]=tor-relay
+  [lxc-minimal]=nix-minimal
+  [proxmox-server]=server
+  [baremetal-gui]=nixos
+)
+
+# ── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+info() { echo "  [✓] $*"; }
+warn() { echo "  [!] $*"; }
+step() { echo "==> $*"; }
+
+ssh_host_age() {
+  ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 "$1" 2>/dev/null \
+    | nix shell nixpkgs#ssh-to-age --command ssh-to-age 2>/dev/null \
+    | head -1 || true
+}
+
+registered_age() {
+  local keyfile="host-keys/${1}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
+  [ -f "$keyfile" ] || return 0
+  nix shell nixpkgs#ssh-to-age --command ssh-to-age < "$keyfile" 2>/dev/null \
+    | head -1 || true
+}
+
+github_token_valid() {
+  local host=$1
+  local raw token code
+  raw=$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$host" \
+    "cat /run/secrets/rendered/nix-github-token.conf 2>/dev/null || true")
+  token=$(echo "$raw" | grep -oP '(?<=github\.com=)\S+' || true)
+  if [ -z "$token" ]; then
+    return 0  # no token = unauthenticated, works for public repos
+  fi
+  code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+    -H "Authorization: token $token" \
+    "https://api.github.com/repos/nix-community/disko" 2>/dev/null || echo 000)
+  [ "$code" = "200" ]
+}
+
+# ── discover hosts ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+  HOSTNAMES=("$@")
+else
+  HOSTNAMES=()
+  seen=()
+  for target in "${!TARGET_HOST[@]}"; do
+    h="${TARGET_HOST[$target]}"
+    # deduplicate (e.g. proxmox-server and lxc-server both map to "server")
+    if [[ ! " ${seen[*]:-} " =~ " $h " ]]; then
+      seen+=("$h")
+      if ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$h" "true" 2>/dev/null; then
+        HOSTNAMES+=("$h")
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ ${#HOSTNAMES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "No reachable hosts found. Pass hostnames explicitly or check SSH."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Hosts to check: ${HOSTNAMES[*]}"
+echo ""
+
+# ── check phase ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+NEEDS_FIX=()
+
+for host in "${HOSTNAMES[@]}"; do
+  step "$host"
+
+  if ! ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$host" "true" 2>/dev/null; then
+    warn "SSH unreachable — clearing stale known_hosts entry"
+    ssh-keygen -R "$host" 2>/dev/null || true
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  flake_target=$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$host" \
+    "cat /etc/flake-target 2>/dev/null || true")
+  echo "  flake-target: ${flake_target:-unknown}"
+
+  host_broken=false
+
+  # SSH host key
+  if [ -n "$flake_target" ] && [ -f "host-keys/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" ]; then
+    live=$(ssh_host_age "$host")
+    want=$(registered_age "$flake_target")
+    if [ "$live" = "$want" ]; then
+      info "SSH host key OK"
+    else
+      warn "SSH host key MISMATCH (live ≠ host-keys/) -- use push-host-keys.sh proactively next time"
+      echo "       live:       $live"
+      echo "       registered: $want"
+      host_broken=true
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "  [~] No host-keys/ entry for ${flake_target:-unknown} — skipping key check"
+  fi
+
+  # GitHub token
+  if github_token_valid "$host"; then
+    info "GitHub token OK"
+  else
+    warn "GitHub token invalid (rebuild will fail with 401)"
+    host_broken=true
+  fi
+
+  # sops-nix result
+  sops_result=$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$host" \
+    "systemctl show sops-nix --property=Result --value 2>/dev/null || echo unknown")
+  if [ "$sops_result" = "success" ]; then
+    info "sops-nix: success"
+  else
+    warn "sops-nix: $sops_result"
+  fi
+
+  $host_broken && NEEDS_FIX+=("$host")
+  echo ""
+done
+
+# ── fix phase ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if [ ${#NEEDS_FIX[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All hosts healthy — nothing to fix."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Hosts needing fixes: ${NEEDS_FIX[*]}"
+echo ""
+echo "Each fix requires one sudo session per host. You will be prompted for"
+echo "the nixos sudo password once per host; all steps run in that session."
+echo ""
+read -r -p "Proceed with fixes + Switch-nix on each broken host? [y/N] " confirm
+[[ "$confirm" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || { echo "Aborted."; exit 0; }
+echo ""
+
+for host in "${NEEDS_FIX[@]}"; do
+  step "Fixing $host"
+  flake_target=$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$host" \
+    "cat /etc/flake-target 2>/dev/null || true")
+
+  fix_script=""
+
+  # Fix 1: restore SSH host key
+  live=$(ssh_host_age "$host")
+  want=$(registered_age "${flake_target:-}")
+  if [ -n "$want" ] && [ "$live" != "$want" ]; then
+    echo "  Uploading registered SSH host key (private + public)..."
+    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+      "host-keys/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" \
+      "$SSH_USER@$host:/tmp/recover_ed25519_key"
+    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+      "host-keys/${flake_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" \
+      "$SSH_USER@$host:/tmp/recover_ed25519_key.pub"
+    fix_script+='
+echo "[fix] Restoring SSH host key..."
+install -m 0600 /tmp/recover_ed25519_key /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+install -m 0644 /tmp/recover_ed25519_key.pub /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
+rm -f /tmp/recover_ed25519_key /tmp/recover_ed25519_key.pub
+echo "      Done."
+'
+    ssh-keygen -R "$host" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+
+  # Fix 2: clear invalid GitHub token
+  if ! github_token_valid "$host"; then
+    fix_script+='
+echo "[fix] Clearing stale GitHub token (nix will use unauthenticated access)..."
+echo "" > /run/secrets/rendered/nix-github-token.conf
+systemctl restart nix-daemon 2>/dev/null || true
+echo "      Done."
+'
+  fi
+
+  # Fix 3: rebuild
+  fix_script+='
+echo "[fix] Running nixos-rebuild switch..."
+nixos-rebuild switch \
+  --no-write-lock-file \
+  --refresh \
+  --flake "git+https://gitea.lan.ddnsgeek.com/beatzaplenty/nixos.git#$(cat /etc/flake-target)"
+echo "[fix] Rebuild complete."
+'
+
+  echo "  Opening SSH session (enter sudo password when prompted)..."
+  if ssh -t -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "$SSH_USER@$host" \
+    "sudo bash -s" <<< "$fix_script"; then
+    echo ""
+    info "$host fixed and rebuilt"
+  else
+    rc=$?
+    echo ""
+    warn "$host: rebuild exited with code $rc (may still have succeeded — check sops-nix below)"
+  fi
+
+  # Verify: re-check sops-nix result post-rebuild
+  sops_result_after=$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$SSH_USER@$host" \
+    "systemctl show sops-nix --property=Result --value 2>/dev/null || echo unknown" 2>/dev/null || echo "ssh-failed")
+  if [ "$sops_result_after" = "success" ]; then
+    info "$host sops-nix: success post-rebuild"
+  else
+    warn "$host sops-nix: $sops_result_after post-rebuild (may need another pass)"
+  fi
+  echo ""
+done
+
+echo "Recovery complete."
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # copy is ever lost, or to run either script from a different machine.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   scripts/backup-admin-key.sh <dest-path> [--key-file <path>] [--force] [--dry-run]
+#   scripts/secrets/backup-admin-key.sh <dest-path> [--key-file <path>] [--force] [--dry-run]
 #
 # Source key resolution matches sops/age's own default order:
 #   $SOPS_AGE_KEY (inline identity text) if set, else
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 #   ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sops/age/keys.txt
 set -euo pipefail

-repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
 sops_yaml="${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"

-# shellcheck source=env.sh
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/sops-age.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/sops-age.sh"

 # Pin cwd for the same reason rotate-admin-key.sh does: age/sops calls
 # below should never depend on wherever the caller's shell happened to be.
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ EOF

 dry_run=0
 force=0
-key_file="${SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sops/age/keys.txt}"
+key_file="$DEFAULT_SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE"
 args=()

 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -103,13 +105,13 @@ scratch="$(mktemp)"
 trap 'rm -f "$scratch"' EXIT
 ( umask 077; printf '%s\n' "$src_content" > "$scratch" )

-src_pub="$(nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p age --run "age-keygen -y '$scratch'")" || {
+src_pub="$(age_pubkey_from_identity_file "$scratch")" || {
  echo "ERROR: source doesn't look like a valid age identity (age-keygen -y failed)." >&2
  exit 1
 }
 echo "    public key: ${src_pub}"

-current_admin_pub="$(grep -E '^  - &admin age1' "$sops_yaml" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $NF}' || true)"
+current_admin_pub="$(sops_yaml_admin_pubkey "$sops_yaml")"
 if [[ -n "$current_admin_pub" && "$current_admin_pub" != "$src_pub" ]]; then
  echo "NOTE: this key does not match .sops.yaml's current &admin entry (${current_admin_pub})."
  echo "      Backing it up anyway -- this script doesn't require it to be the admin key."
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$dest")"
 install -m 600 "$scratch" "$dest"

-dest_pub="$(nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p age --run "age-keygen -y '$dest'")"
+dest_pub="$(age_pubkey_from_identity_file "$dest")"
 if [[ "$dest_pub" != "$src_pub" ]]; then
  echo "ERROR: ${dest} was written but its public key doesn't match the source -- investigate before relying on this backup." >&2
  exit 1
@@ -144,5 +146,5 @@ Done. Backed up to: ${dest}

 This is a private key -- store it somewhere offline/secure, not in this
 repo or anywhere it'd get committed. Restore it with:
-  scripts/rotate-admin-key.sh ${dest}
+  scripts/secrets/rotate-admin-key.sh ${dest}
 EOF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Generates a new machine's SSH host key by an arbitrary name, before it
 # necessarily has a flake target yet -- prints the .sops.yaml snippet to
 # add by hand. For any host that already has a flake target,
-# scripts/sync-host-keys.sh <target> does this same job plus the
+# scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh <target> does this same job plus the
 # .sops.yaml/key_groups registration and re-encryption automatically; use
 # this script only to pre-generate a key ahead of adding the flake target
 # itself.
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 # new machine.
 set -euo pipefail

-repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
-# shellcheck source=env.sh
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
-# shellcheck source=lib/ssh-host-keys.sh
+# shellcheck source=../lib/ssh-host-keys.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/ssh-host-keys.sh"

-hostname="${1:?usage: scripts/prepare-host-key.sh <hostname>}"
+hostname="${1:?usage: scripts/secrets/prepare-host-key.sh <hostname>}"
 sops_yaml="${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"

 if [[ ! -f "$sops_yaml" ]]; then
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ mkdir -p "$keydir"
 keyfile="${keydir}/${hostname}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"

 if [[ -f "$keyfile" ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: $keyfile already exists. Remove it first if you want to regenerate." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Key already exists: ${keyfile}"
+  echo "Reusing the existing key. Remove it first if you want to regenerate."
+  exit 0
 fi

 nix_extra_opts
@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Pushes newly-generated SSH host keys from host-keys/ to already-running
+# NixOS hosts, so they can decrypt sops secrets after a nixos-rebuild
+# following scripts/secrets/sync-host-keys.sh --regenerate-all-keys.
+#
+# Before pushing any key, verifies that .sops.yaml and secrets/*.yaml are
+# committed and pushed to the remote -- hosts rebuild from the remote Gitea
+# flake, so recipient changes must land there before any rebuild, not just
+# before the key push.
+#
+#   push-host-keys.sh --all [--dry-run] [--skip-git-check]
+#   push-host-keys.sh <target> [--dry-run] [--skip-git-check]
+#
+#   --all              Push to every reachable managed host. Default when no
+#                      target is given.
+#   <target>           Push to one flake target only (e.g. lxc-server).
+#   --dry-run          Print what would be done; write nothing.
+#   --skip-git-check   Skip the commit/push check. Use only when the remote
+#                      already has the current .sops.yaml/secrets/*.yaml.
+#
+# SSH: connects as SSH_USER@<hostname> (default: nixos, the user with the
+# admin authorized key), then installs files via sudo -S (reads the sudo
+# password from stdin). The password is prompted once at startup and reused
+# for every host -- no PTY or terminal required on the remote side.
+# Hosts are reached at their bare hostname (relies on LAN DNS/mDNS).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+keydir="${repo_root}/host-keys"
+
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/nix-eval.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/nix-eval.sh"
+
+: "${SSH_USER:=nixos}"
+SSH_OPTS=(-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5)
+
+dry_run=0
+skip_git_check=0
+sudo_password=""
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0 [--all | <target>] [--dry-run] [--skip-git-check]
+
+  --all              Push to every reachable managed host. Default when no
+                     target is given.
+  <target>           Push to one flake target only (e.g. lxc-server).
+  --dry-run          Print what would be done; write nothing.
+  --skip-git-check   Skip the check that .sops.yaml/secrets/*.yaml are
+                     committed and pushed to the remote repo.
+
+Environment:
+  SSH_USER           SSH username (default: nixos).
+  SUDO_PASS          Sudo password (skips the interactive prompt; useful
+                     when calling from another script).
+EOF
+}
+
+# Prompt for the sudo password once; store it for all _do_push calls.
+# Accepts SUDO_PASS from the environment to allow non-interactive callers.
+prompt_sudo_password() {
+  [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]] && return
+  if [[ -n "${SUDO_PASS:-}" ]]; then
+    sudo_password="$SUDO_PASS"
+    return
+  fi
+  # read exits non-zero when stdin is not a terminal (e.g. CI, background
+  # agents). Catch that and give a clear message rather than a silent exit.
+  if ! read -r -s -p "sudo password for ${SSH_USER} on remote hosts: " sudo_password; then
+    echo >&2
+    echo "ERROR: stdin is not a terminal -- cannot prompt for sudo password." >&2
+    echo "       Set SUDO_PASS=<password> in the environment and re-run." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo >&2
+}
+
+locally_managed_hosts() {
+  for f in "${keydir}"/*_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub; do
+    [[ -e "$f" ]] || continue
+    basename "$f" _ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
+  done
+}
+
+# --- git state check/fix --------------------------------------------------
+# Hosts rebuild from the remote Gitea flake:
+#   nixos-rebuild switch --flake "git+https://<gitea>/nixos.git#<target>"
+# so .sops.yaml (updated recipients) and secrets/*.yaml (re-encrypted DEKs)
+# must be committed and pushed before any rebuild can succeed. This check
+# catches the common case where --regenerate-all-keys was just run but the
+# resulting diff hasn't been committed/pushed yet.
+ensure_remote_current() {
+  [[ "$skip_git_check" -eq 1 ]] && return
+
+  cd "$repo_root"
+
+  local dirty_unstaged dirty_staged
+  dirty_unstaged="$(git diff --name-only -- .sops.yaml secrets/ 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  dirty_staged="$(git diff --cached --name-only -- .sops.yaml secrets/ 2>/dev/null || true)"
+
+  if [[ -n "$dirty_unstaged" || -n "$dirty_staged" ]]; then
+    echo "Uncommitted changes in sops-managed files:"
+    [[ -n "$dirty_unstaged" ]] && sed 's/^/  (unstaged) /' <<<"$dirty_unstaged"
+    [[ -n "$dirty_staged"   ]] && sed 's/^/  (staged)   /' <<<"$dirty_staged"
+    echo
+    if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
+      echo "[dry-run] would prompt to commit .sops.yaml/secrets/ before continuing."
+    else
+      read -rp "Commit .sops.yaml + secrets/ now? [y/N]: " ans
+      if [[ "$ans" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        git add -- .sops.yaml secrets/
+        git commit -m "secrets: update recipients and re-encrypt for host key changes"
+        echo "Committed."
+      else
+        echo "Continuing with uncommitted changes -- the remote won't have the"
+        echo "updated recipients until you commit and push."
+      fi
+    fi
+    echo
+  fi
+
+  # Check if we're ahead of the remote tracking branch
+  local ahead
+  ahead="$(git rev-list --count '@{upstream}..HEAD' 2>/dev/null || echo "")"
+  if [[ -z "$ahead" ]]; then
+    echo "NOTE: no remote tracking branch found -- skipping push check."
+    echo "      Ensure the remote has the current .sops.yaml/secrets/ before"
+    echo "      triggering nixos-rebuild on any host."
+    echo
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$ahead" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Local branch is ${ahead} commit(s) ahead of remote."
+    if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
+      echo "[dry-run] would prompt to push before continuing."
+    else
+      read -rp "Push to remote now? [y/N]: " ans
+      if [[ "$ans" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        git push
+        echo "Pushed."
+      else
+        echo "Continuing without pushing -- remember to push before running"
+        echo "nixos-rebuild on any of these hosts."
+      fi
+    fi
+    echo
+  fi
+}
+
+# --- key installation (shared) -------------------------------------------
+_do_push() {
+  local hostname="$1" target="$2"
+  local keyfile="${keydir}/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+  local pubfile="${keyfile}.pub"
+
+  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
+    echo "  [dry-run] would scp host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key{,.pub} to /tmp/"
+    echo "  [dry-run] would: sudo -S install -m 0600/0644 to /etc/ssh/ and rm /tmp copies"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Upload to /tmp (writable as nixos, no privilege needed)
+  scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+    "$keyfile" "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}:/tmp/push_ed25519_key"
+  scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+    "$pubfile" "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}:/tmp/push_ed25519_key.pub"
+
+  # Install via sudo -S: the password is piped via herestring so no PTY is
+  # needed on either side. -p '' suppresses sudo's own prompt string.
+  ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}" \
+    "sudo -S -p '' bash -c '
+      install -m 0600 /tmp/push_ed25519_key     /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+      install -m 0644 /tmp/push_ed25519_key.pub /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
+      rm -f /tmp/push_ed25519_key /tmp/push_ed25519_key.pub
+      echo \"  [ok] host key installed\"
+    '" <<< "$sudo_password"
+
+  # Drop the stale known_hosts entry for this host (public key just changed)
+  ssh-keygen -R "$hostname" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  echo "  Done. Run nixos-rebuild switch on ${hostname} to activate."
+}
+
+# --- single named target --------------------------------------------------
+push_target() {
+  local target="$1"
+  local keyfile="${keydir}/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+
+  if [[ ! -f "$keyfile" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key not found." >&2
+    echo "       This target may not be locally managed (e.g. &${target} was" >&2
+    echo "       registered from the host's real SSH key, not generated here)." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  local hostname
+  hostname="$(flake_target_hostname "$repo_root" "$target")"
+  if [[ -z "$hostname" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: cannot resolve hostname for '${target}' from the flake." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "==> ${target} (→ ${hostname})"
+
+  if ! ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "  SKIP: ${SSH_USER}@${hostname} unreachable."
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Sanity-check that /etc/flake-target on the host agrees
+  local live_target
+  live_target="$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}" \
+    "cat /etc/flake-target 2>/dev/null || true")"
+  if [[ -n "$live_target" && "$live_target" != "$target" ]]; then
+    echo "  WARN: host reports /etc/flake-target='${live_target}', not '${target}'."
+    echo "       Pushing the key you specified (${target}) anyway."
+  fi
+
+  _do_push "$hostname" "$target"
+}
+
+# --- all managed hosts ----------------------------------------------------
+# For each unique hostname derived from managed targets, SSHes in and reads
+# /etc/flake-target to determine which key to push -- handles the case where
+# multiple targets share a hostname (e.g. lxc-server and proxmox-server both
+# resolve to "server"; only one is actually running).
+push_all() {
+  mapfile -t managed < <(locally_managed_hosts)
+  if [[ "${#managed[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "No managed keys in host-keys/ -- nothing to push."
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "Pushing to all reachable managed hosts..."
+  echo
+
+  declare -A seen_hostnames=()
+  local t hostname
+  for t in "${managed[@]}"; do
+    hostname="$(flake_target_hostname "$repo_root" "$t" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    [[ -z "$hostname" ]] && continue
+    [[ -n "${seen_hostnames[$hostname]+x}" ]] && continue
+    seen_hostnames["$hostname"]=1
+
+    echo "==> checking ${hostname}"
+
+    if ! ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}" true 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo "  SKIP: ${SSH_USER}@${hostname} unreachable."
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    # Ask the host which flake target it actually is
+    local live_target
+    live_target="$(ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "${SSH_USER}@${hostname}" \
+      "cat /etc/flake-target 2>/dev/null || true")"
+
+    if [[ -z "$live_target" ]]; then
+      echo "  SKIP: no /etc/flake-target on host -- can't determine which key to push."
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local live_keyfile="${keydir}/${live_target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+    if [[ ! -f "$live_keyfile" ]]; then
+      echo "  SKIP: host is '${live_target}' but no host-keys/${live_target}_... (hand-registered key, not managed here)."
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    echo "  target: ${live_target}"
+    _do_push "$hostname" "$live_target"
+  done
+}
+
+# --- main -----------------------------------------------------------------
+mode="all"
+target_arg=""
+extra_args=()
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case "$arg" in
+    --dry-run)        dry_run=1 ;;
+    --skip-git-check) skip_git_check=1 ;;
+    --all)            mode="all" ;;
+    -h|--help)        usage; exit 0 ;;
+    --*)              echo "Unknown option: $arg" >&2; usage >&2; exit 1 ;;
+    *)                extra_args+=("$arg") ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ "${#extra_args[@]}" -gt 1 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: specify at most one target (or --all)." >&2
+  usage >&2; exit 1
+elif [[ "${#extra_args[@]}" -eq 1 ]]; then
+  mode="single"
+  target_arg="${extra_args[0]}"
+fi
+
+[[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]] && { echo "[dry-run] no changes will be made"; echo; }
+
+nix_extra_opts
+ensure_remote_current
+prompt_sudo_password
+
+if [[ "$mode" == "single" ]]; then
+  push_target "$target_arg"
+else
+  push_all
+fi
+
+echo
+if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
+  echo "[dry-run] Nothing was changed. Re-run without --dry-run to apply."
+else
+  echo "Key push complete. For each updated host, run nixos-rebuild switch to"
+  echo "apply the config and let sops-nix decrypt secrets with the new key."
+fi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # sync-host-keys.sh print when they bootstrap a brand-new, not-yet-trusted
 # age key on a machine that's never had admin access before:
 #
-#   scripts/rotate-admin-key.sh /path/to/backed-up/admin/keys.txt
+#   scripts/secrets/rotate-admin-key.sh /path/to/backed-up/admin/keys.txt
 #
 # The backup key's *public* key must match .sops.yaml's current &admin
 # entry -- this script verifies that by deriving it, it doesn't just trust
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 # the common case is just pointing this at the restored backup.
 set -euo pipefail

-repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
 sops_yaml="${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"

-# shellcheck source=env.sh
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/sops-age.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/sops-age.sh"

 # sops resolves .sops.yaml by walking up from the process's cwd, not from
 # the target file's own path -- if this script were invoked from somewhere
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ EOF
 }

 dry_run=0
-new_key_file="${SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sops/age/keys.txt}"
+new_key_file="$DEFAULT_SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE"
 args=()

 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -93,13 +95,9 @@ backup_key="${args[0]}"

 nix_extra_opts

-age_pub() {
-  nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p age --run "age-keygen -y '$1'"
-}
-
 echo "==> Deriving public keys..."
-old_pub="$(age_pub "$backup_key")"
-new_pub="$(age_pub "$new_key_file")"
+old_pub="$(age_pubkey_from_identity_file "$backup_key")"
+new_pub="$(age_pubkey_from_identity_file "$new_key_file")"
 echo "    backup (old admin) key: ${old_pub}"
 echo "    new admin key:          ${new_pub}"

@@ -108,12 +106,11 @@ if [[ "$old_pub" == "$new_pub" ]]; then
  exit 1
 fi

-current_admin_line="$(grep -E '^  - &admin age1' "$sops_yaml" || true)"
-if [[ -z "$current_admin_line" ]]; then
+current_admin_pub="$(sops_yaml_admin_pubkey "$sops_yaml")"
+if [[ -z "$current_admin_pub" ]]; then
  echo "ERROR: couldn't find a '&admin age1...' line in ${sops_yaml}." >&2
  exit 1
 fi
-current_admin_pub="$(awk '{print $NF}' <<<"$current_admin_line")"

 if [[ "$current_admin_pub" != "$old_pub" ]]; then
  echo "ERROR: ${backup_key} doesn't match the current &admin key in .sops.yaml." >&2
@@ -129,9 +126,17 @@ if [[ "${#secrets_files[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
  exit 1
 fi

+# sops_can_decrypt <key-file> <secrets-file>: used both to confirm the
+# backup key still works before touching anything, and again after
+# rotation to confirm the new key does too.
+sops_can_decrypt() {
+  local key_file="$1" secrets_file="$2"
+  SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$key_file" nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
+    "sops -d '${secrets_file}'" >/dev/null
+}
+
 echo "==> Confirming the backup key can actually decrypt..."
-if ! SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$backup_key" nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
-  "sops -d '${secrets_files[0]}'" >/dev/null; then
+if ! sops_can_decrypt "$backup_key" "${secrets_files[0]}"; then
  echo "ERROR: backup key failed to decrypt $(basename "${secrets_files[0]}") -- aborting." >&2
  exit 1
 fi
@@ -162,14 +167,12 @@ echo "    Updated."
 echo "==> Re-encrypting secrets/*.yaml for the new recipient set..."
 for f in "${secrets_files[@]}"; do
  echo "==> $(basename "$f")"
-  SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$backup_key" nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
-    "sops updatekeys --yes '${f}'"
+  sops_updatekeys "$f" "$backup_key"
 done

 echo "==> Verifying the new key can decrypt everything..."
 for f in "${secrets_files[@]}"; do
-  if ! SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$new_key_file" nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run \
-    "sops -d '${f}'" >/dev/null; then
+  if ! sops_can_decrypt "$new_key_file" "$f"; then
    echo "ERROR: new key failed to decrypt $(basename "$f") after rotation -- investigate before committing." >&2
    exit 1
  fi
@@ -11,30 +11,35 @@
 #   sync-host-keys.sh --regenerate-all-keys Remove and freshly regenerate
 #                                           every locally-managed key.
 #
-# "Generate/register" is idempotent and additive only: an existing
-# host-keys/ file is never touched, and .sops.yaml only ever gains an
-# anchor/alias it doesn't already have -- safe to re-run any time, e.g.
-# right after adding a new host to flake.nix.
+# "Generate/register" is idempotent and additive only: an existing clan
+# var is never overwritten, and .sops.yaml only ever gains an anchor/alias
+# it doesn't already have -- safe to re-run any time, e.g. right after
+# adding a new host to flake.nix.
 #
-# --remove and --regenerate-all-keys only ever operate on anchors that have
-# a corresponding host-keys/<name>_ssh_host_ed25519_key file. Anchors
-# without one (&admin, and any anchor for an already-deployed host whose
-# real /etc/ssh key was registered by hand, e.g. &docker/&server/&nix-cache
-# today) are never listed, removed, or regenerated -- this tooling only
-# ever touches keys it itself manages.
+# --remove and --regenerate-all-keys only ever operate on anchors that
+# have a corresponding clan var (vars/per-machine/<name>/openssh/) or
+# host-keys/ file. Anchors without either (&admin) are never listed,
+# removed, or regenerated -- this tooling only ever touches keys it itself
+# manages.
 set -euo pipefail

-repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
 sops_yaml="${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"
 keydir="${repo_root}/host-keys"
 editor="${repo_root}/scripts/lib/sync-host-keys-edit-sops.py"

-# shellcheck source=env.sh
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/env.sh"
-# shellcheck source=lib/nix-eval.sh
+# shellcheck source=../lib/nix-eval.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/nix-eval.sh"
-# shellcheck source=lib/ssh-host-keys.sh
+# shellcheck source=../lib/ssh-host-keys.sh
 source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/ssh-host-keys.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/sops-age.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/sops-age.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/confirm.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/confirm.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../lib/clan-vars.sh
+source "${repo_root}/scripts/lib/clan-vars.sh"

 mkdir -p "$keydir"

@@ -50,13 +55,14 @@ Usage: $0 --all [--dry-run]
  <flake-target>            Same, for just one target (e.g. lxc-server).
                            Reports if it already has one.
  --remove                  Interactively pick one locally-managed key to
-                            remove from .sops.yaml and host-keys/.
+                            remove from .sops.yaml and vars/per-machine/
+                            (or host-keys/ for legacy keys).
  --regenerate-all-keys     Remove every locally-managed key and generate
-                            fresh replacements for every current flake
-                            target. Destructive -- requires typed
+                            fresh clan-var replacements for every current
+                            flake target. Destructive -- requires typed
                            confirmation.
  --dry-run                 Combine with any of the above: print what would
-                            change (host-keys/ files, .sops.yaml anchors and
+                            change (clan vars, .sops.yaml anchors and
                            key_groups, which secrets/*.yaml would be
                            re-encrypted) without touching anything. No keys
                            generated, no files written, no sops calls,
@@ -78,7 +84,11 @@ ensure_admin_decrypt_key() {
    return
  fi

-  local key_file="${SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sops/age/keys.txt}"
+  local key_file="$DEFAULT_SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE"
+  # Expand a leading ~ that survived variable substitution without tilde
+  # expansion (happens when SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE or XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set with
+  # a literal ~ in the caller's environment).
+  key_file="${key_file/#~\//$HOME/}"

  if [[ -s "$key_file" ]]; then
    echo "Found existing sops age key at ${key_file}."
@@ -87,36 +97,23 @@ ensure_admin_decrypt_key() {

  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
    echo "[dry-run] No sops age decryption key found (checked \$SOPS_AGE_KEY, \$SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE, ${key_file})."
-    echo "[dry-run] Would generate a new one here -- continuing the dry run without one; any"
-    echo "[dry-run] 'would re-encrypt' output below couldn't actually run for real yet."
+    echo "[dry-run] Continuing dry run without one -- any 'would re-encrypt' output below"
+    echo "[dry-run] couldn't actually run for real until a key is present."
    return
  fi

-  echo "No sops age decryption key found (checked \$SOPS_AGE_KEY, \$SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE, ${key_file})."
-  echo "Generating a new one at ${key_file}..."
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$key_file")"
-  nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p age --run "age-keygen -o '${key_file}'" 2>&1 | grep -v "^Public key:" || true
-  local new_pub
-  new_pub="$(nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p age --run "age-keygen -y '${key_file}'")"
+  cat >&2 <<EOF
+No sops age decryption key found (checked \$SOPS_AGE_KEY, \$SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE, ${key_file}).

-  cat <<EOF
+Place your admin age private key at ${key_file}, or set SOPS_AGE_KEY (inline
+key) or SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE (path to a different key file) and re-run.

-A brand-new age key was just generated -- it cannot decrypt anything that
-already exists in secrets/*.yaml, since nothing was ever encrypted for it.
-That trust can't be bootstrapped automatically (nobody can decrypt a file
-for a recipient that didn't exist when it was last encrypted).
-
-To actually use this key:
-  1. Have someone who currently CAN decrypt replace the &admin entry in
-     .sops.yaml with this public key:
-       ${new_pub}
-  2. They re-encrypt every secrets/*.yaml:
-       sops updatekeys --yes secrets/common.yaml
-       sops updatekeys --yes secrets/nix-cache.yaml
-       sops updatekeys --yes secrets/server.yaml
-  3. Re-run this script.
-
-Exiting without making any other changes.
+If the key is truly missing (not just mislocated), this is a manual recovery
+situation -- generating a brand-new admin key won't help, since it cannot
+decrypt anything already encrypted for the old one.  Each secrets/*.yaml is
+also encrypted for its respective host key(s), so a running deployed host can
+still decrypt what it needs -- but the admin key is required for re-encryption
+(e.g. adding new recipients via sops updatekeys).
 EOF
  exit 1
 }
@@ -129,10 +126,17 @@ discover_targets() {
 }

 locally_managed_hosts() {
-  for f in "$keydir"/*_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub; do
-    [[ -e "$f" ]] || continue
-    basename "$f" _ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
-  done
+  {
+    for f in "$keydir"/*_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub; do
+      [[ -e "$f" ]] || continue
+      basename "$f" _ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
+    done
+    local d
+    for d in "${repo_root}/vars/per-machine"/*/openssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key/secret; do
+      [[ -f "$d" ]] || continue
+      basename "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$d")")")"
+    done
+  } | sort -u
 }

 add_keys_json="[]"
@@ -142,13 +146,15 @@ dry_run=0
 queue_host_sync() {
  local host="$1"
  local keyfile="${keydir}/${host}_ssh_host_ed25519_key"
-  local has_local_key=0 has_anchor=0
+  local has_local_key=0 has_clan_key=0 has_anchor=0
  [[ -f "$keyfile" ]] && has_local_key=1
+  clan_ssh_key_exists "$host" "$repo_root" && has_clan_key=1
  grep -qE "^  - &${host} age1" "$sops_yaml" && has_anchor=1

-  if [[ "$has_local_key" -eq 0 && "$has_anchor" -eq 1 ]]; then
+  if [[ "$has_local_key" -eq 0 && "$has_clan_key" -eq 0 && "$has_anchor" -eq 1 ]]; then
    echo "SKIP ${host}: .sops.yaml already has an &${host} anchor, but"
-    echo "     host-keys/${host}_ssh_host_ed25519_key is missing locally."
+    echo "     neither host-keys/${host}_ssh_host_ed25519_key nor"
+    echo "     vars/per-machine/${host}/openssh/ exist locally."
    echo "     Not generating a replacement -- it wouldn't match whatever's"
    echo "     already registered (and possibly deployed). Remove the"
    echo "     &${host} line from .sops.yaml first if you really want a"
@@ -156,21 +162,26 @@ queue_host_sync() {
    return 1
  fi

-  if [[ "$has_local_key" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  if [[ "$has_local_key" -eq 0 && "$has_clan_key" -eq 0 ]]; then
    if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-      echo "[dry-run] ${host}: would generate host key"
+      echo "[dry-run] ${host}: would generate host key via clan vars"
    else
-      echo "==> ${host}: generating host key"
-      generate_host_ed25519_key "$host" "$keyfile"
+      echo "==> ${host}: generating host key via clan vars"
+      clan_generate_ssh_key "$host" "$repo_root"
+      has_clan_key=1
    fi
+  elif [[ "$has_clan_key" -eq 1 ]]; then
+    echo "==> ${host}: clan-managed SSH host key already present"
  else
-    echo "==> ${host}: host key already present"
+    echo "==> ${host}: host key already present (host-keys/)"
  fi

  if [[ "$has_anchor" -eq 0 ]]; then
    local age_pub
    if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
      age_pub="dry-run-placeholder-not-a-real-key"
+    elif [[ "$has_clan_key" -eq 1 ]]; then
+      age_pub="$(ssh_pubkey_to_age "$(clan_ssh_pubkey_path "$host" "$repo_root")")"
    else
      age_pub="$(ssh_pubkey_to_age "${keyfile}.pub")"
    fi
@@ -239,7 +250,7 @@ apply_edit_plan() {
      while IFS= read -r basename; do
        [[ -z "$basename" ]] && continue
        echo "==> secrets/${basename}"
-        nix-shell "${NIX_OPTS[@]}" -p sops --run "sops updatekeys --yes '${repo_root}/secrets/${basename}'"
+        sops_updatekeys "${repo_root}/secrets/${basename}"
      done <<<"$changed"
    fi
  fi
@@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ cmd_remove() {
  local hosts
  mapfile -t hosts < <(locally_managed_hosts)
  if [[ "${#hosts[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
-    echo "No locally-managed keys in host-keys/ -- nothing to remove."
+    echo "No locally-managed keys found (checked host-keys/ and vars/per-machine/) -- nothing to remove."
    return
  fi

@@ -304,7 +315,9 @@ cmd_remove() {
  for host in "${hosts[@]}"; do
    local registered="not registered in .sops.yaml"
    grep -qE "^  - &${host} age1" "$sops_yaml" && registered="registered in .sops.yaml"
-    printf '  %d) %s (%s)\n' "$i" "$host" "$registered"
+    local where="host-keys/"
+    clan_ssh_key_exists "$host" "$repo_root" && where="clan-vars"
+    printf '  %d) %s [%s, %s]\n' "$i" "$host" "$where" "$registered"
    i=$((i + 1))
  done

@@ -321,7 +334,7 @@ cmd_remove() {
  local target="${hosts[$((choice - 1))]}"

  if [[ "$dry_run" -ne 1 ]]; then
-    read -rp "Really remove '${target}'? Its host-keys/ files will be deleted and it will lose access to every secrets file it can currently decrypt. (y/N): " confirm
+    read -rp "Really remove '${target}'? Its key files will be deleted and it will lose access to every secrets file it can currently decrypt. (y/N): " confirm
    if [[ ! "$confirm" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
      echo "Cancelled."
      return
@@ -334,11 +347,13 @@ cmd_remove() {
  apply_edit_plan "$plan"

  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "[dry-run] would delete host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key(.pub)."
+    echo "[dry-run] would delete host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key(.pub) if present."
+    echo "[dry-run] would delete vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh/ if present."
    echo "[dry-run] Nothing was changed. Re-run without --dry-run to apply this."
  else
    rm -f "${keydir}/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" "${keydir}/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
-    echo "Removed host-keys/${target}_ssh_host_ed25519_key(.pub)."
+    rm -rf "${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${target}/openssh"
+    echo "Removed key for ${target} (host-keys/ and/or vars/per-machine/ as applicable)."
    echo
    echo "Review the diff, then commit and push."
  fi
@@ -348,19 +363,21 @@ cmd_regenerate_all() {
  local hosts
  mapfile -t hosts < <(locally_managed_hosts)
  if [[ "${#hosts[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
-    echo "No locally-managed keys in host-keys/ -- nothing to regenerate."
+    echo "No locally-managed keys found (checked host-keys/ and vars/per-machine/) -- nothing to regenerate."
    return
  fi

  echo "This will remove and freshly regenerate ALL locally-managed keys:"
  printf '  %s\n' "${hosts[@]}"
  echo
-  echo "Every host above will need its new key baked into a rebuilt install"
-  echo "image/tarball before it can decrypt secrets again."
+  echo "After regenerating, each host needs its new key before it can decrypt secrets:"
+  echo "  • Already running: push the key before rebuilding:"
+  echo "      scripts/secrets/push-host-keys.sh --all"
+  echo "  • Not yet deployed: rebuild the install image with the new keys baked in"
+  echo "      (see docs/auto-installer.md)."

  if [[ "$dry_run" -ne 1 ]]; then
-    read -rp "Type REGENERATE to confirm: " confirm
-    if [[ "$confirm" != "REGENERATE" ]]; then
+    if ! confirm_typed "REGENERATE" "Type REGENERATE to confirm: "; then
      echo "Cancelled."
      return
    fi
@@ -375,8 +392,8 @@ cmd_regenerate_all() {
  apply_edit_plan "$plan"

  if [[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "[dry-run] would delete ${#hosts[@]} host-keys/ file pair(s)."
-    echo "[dry-run] would then generate fresh replacements for the same hosts"
+    echo "[dry-run] would delete ${#hosts[@]} key pair(s) from host-keys/ and/or vars/per-machine/."
+    echo "[dry-run] would then generate fresh clan vars replacements for the same hosts"
    echo "[dry-run] (not simulated further here -- run without --dry-run, or"
    echo "[dry-run] preview a specific target with: $0 <target> --dry-run)."
    echo
@@ -388,12 +405,23 @@ cmd_regenerate_all() {
  local host
  for host in "${hosts[@]}"; do
    rm -f "${keydir}/${host}_ssh_host_ed25519_key" "${keydir}/${host}_ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
+    rm -rf "${repo_root}/vars/per-machine/${host}/openssh"
  done
-  echo "Removed ${#hosts[@]} host-keys/ file pair(s)."
+  echo "Removed ${#hosts[@]} key pair(s)."

  echo
  echo "Regenerating fresh keys for every current flake target..."
  cmd_all
+
+  echo
+  echo "Next steps:"
+  echo "  1. Commit and push .sops.yaml + secrets/ so the remote flake is current."
+  echo "  2. Push the new host key to each already-running managed host:"
+  echo "       scripts/secrets/push-host-keys.sh --all"
+  echo "     (this also prompts to commit/push if step 1 wasn't done yet)"
+  echo "  3. Run nixos-rebuild switch on each updated host."
+  echo "  4. For hosts not yet deployed, rebuild the install image (see"
+  echo "     docs/auto-installer.md)."
 }

 main() {
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More