.sops.yaml

@@ -55,3 +55,15 @@ creation_rules:
       - age:
           - *admin
           - *docker
+
+  # 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

CLAUDE.md

@@ -321,11 +321,14 @@ 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`, `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),
+`tor-relay` currently only exists as `lxc-tor-relay`, and `baremetal`
+currently 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
@@ -341,12 +344,16 @@ removing a host.
   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
+- `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
@@ -370,6 +377,16 @@ 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
+  `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

README.md

@@ -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`
+- **Platforms** (what it runs on): `linode`, `proxmox`, `lxc`, `baremetal`
 - **Build types** (what it's for): `minimal`, `nix-cache`, `server`, `docker`,
   `gui`, `pxe-boot`, `tailscale-exit-node`, `tor-relay`
 
 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` currently only exists as `lxc-tor-relay`, and `baremetal`
+currently only exists as `baremetal-gui` (the real gui-host hardware). The
+full list:
 
 | Target | Purpose |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ PXE/DHCP/TFTP need LAN L2 adjacency that a Linode VPS doesn't have, and
 | `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 |
 | `lxc-tor-relay` | Tor middle relay |
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ 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 |

flake.nix

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
         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; };

hosts/nixos/host.nix

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ _:
 
   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";

modules/disko/baremetal.nix

@@ -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";
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/hardware-configuration/baremetal.nix

@@ -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;
+}

modules/networking/wifi.nix

@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
-{ lib, vars, ... }:
+{ config, lib, vars, ... }:
 
 {
-  # Prestages a NetworkManager connection profile for vars.wifiSsid/
-  # wifiPassword so the host associates on first boot with no manual
-  # nmtui/nmcli step. Guarded on a non-empty SSID so leaving the
-  # placeholders blank in variables.nix is a no-op rather than an empty,
-  # broken profile — fill both in once the bare-metal hardware profile is
-  # wired up.
-  networking.networkmanager.ensureProfiles.profiles = lib.mkIf (vars.wifiSsid != "") {
-    ${vars.wifiSsid} = {
+  # Prestages a NetworkManager connection profile for vars.wifiSsid so the
+  # host associates on first boot with no manual nmtui/nmcli step. Guarded
+  # on a non-empty SSID so leaving the placeholder blank in variables.nix
+  # is a no-op rather than an empty, broken profile — fill it in once the
+  # network is known.
+  #
+  # The password itself lives in secrets/gui.yaml, not variables.nix --
+  # NetworkManager's ensureProfiles renders `psk = "$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";
@@ -19,7 +36,7 @@
       };
       wifi-security = {
         key-mgmt = "wpa-psk";
-        psk = vars.wifiPassword;
+        psk = "$WIFI_PASSWORD";
       };
     };
   };

modules/platforms/baremetal.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  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;
+  };
+}

secrets/gui.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+wifi-password: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:SZQPtU6PYHbf9o83wq3KTupx,iv:FxO68Pn/+N58r/OPLfkAMYPFpP8TYxszMniFd/01E38=,tag:jwxaY6zDEcO5r9OWSfvUyw==,type:str]
+sops:
+    age:
+        - enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBVR0dXaC9VS2JxUWZ5RXUw
+            NnRVZ1FxbENwRXM1bFFJRVNQR1Q5amt3S20wCmxPdXFrcVhWeEtVcUIrc0twT1dw
+            VzhRQ2dpWFkvc2w1QWc4dG1MV2tualkKLS0tIG9Ka2ZWbHUvd2xRd3JoN0U4WU0r
+            YlRMeTcvZmhjMnZ3NTJZTkdvSWd2UGMKkrsWAtkLOlq6SQ/qSnndNtZY78clcUm1
+            rHv9Qm0LYNegMbcqJOGdfHmafy2jWL4yO2VCeDeeaqf7PtcuIyXnMw==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+          recipient: age1njap586hc0q43kr03g6c8eqhdsmk8zcafkl3f83xwlc2gqhlmfgs4tmwad
+        - enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBXOS9vUGV4RjhndEp1WkhC
+            RHBLNmJ1YWZFRnIrbnZBeVVobU8vVmdqZ0dNCk5jUmVEMUFya2gxSzlqeHVQSlhR
+            SFdTUEhZMGFWeHpTbzhTS0trTVgwYWsKLS0tIEIyNmFGM0dwM0NyTlAzREFwNjNP
+            bTlIN3ZVQ0VzS3JuUVRBRUtrUzFwUzQKnI1RrVsCSOSo51IWygOrJeVokhPtEawj
+            ZIqbVU8IqbLRCcBvIjldDCvDpIsdfOf42HPagY7xHdjkylirx6Z6Jw==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+          recipient: age190htw7prp4vln076dxjx3gxxaq06h0zl0te7cqgpx79vl3lhkaes8suy05
+    lastmodified: "2026-07-22T01:15:21Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:dC/oIqMUHkOh3AocOwP7Gc6XGH3L+nTqJfhFNts1DNbRXsopNIxVBtIz2pEhwnWSQrqPisDLmPHFBwRpGVn01u8w8IU1FKbAKC0J2nJXF8ozpInbjzDOmehqPWZG7yaKoq8cwAnp5XOk+IVO4l6tPxLxkExU5fT2ALuMq+sgOko=,iv:jaVyArpf6zMCFa6J9X1aQMGrmFq+W2CPZdWO6vVW68c=,tag:S+qF8/FkgHc4uW0e4ICmSQ==,type:str]
+    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
+    version: 3.13.2

variables.nix

@@ -45,12 +45,21 @@
   # the installer image's nixos/root users.
   adminSshKey = "ssh-rsa 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 wayne@stream";
 
-  # Prestaged wifi credentials for the gui host's NetworkManager profile
-  # (modules/networking/wifi.nix). Leave blank until the bare-metal
-  # hardware profile is wired up — an empty ssid disables the profile
-  # rather than creating a broken empty one.
+  # Prestaged wifi SSID for the gui host's NetworkManager profile
+  # (modules/networking/wifi.nix). Leave blank until the network is known
+  # — an empty ssid disables the profile rather than creating a broken
+  # empty one. The password is not here -- it's sops-encrypted in
+  # secrets/gui.yaml (wifi-password) instead, since this file isn't a
+  # secret store.
   wifiSsid = "";
-  wifiPassword = "";
+
+  # Bare-metal gui host's two disks for a ZFS RAID0 (striped) root pool
+  # (modules/disko/baremetal.nix). Only used transiently at disko-format
+  # time (partitioning); the resulting fileSystems/zpool import reference
+  # by-partlabel/by-id paths afterward regardless, same as
+  # modules/disko/proxmox.nix's own plain "/dev/sda".
+  guiRootDisk1 = "/dev/sda";
+  guiRootDisk2 = "/dev/sdb";
 
   # System
   timeZone = "Australia/Brisbane";