# borrows from: # https://xeiaso.net/blog/paranoid-nixos-2021-07-18 # https://elis.nu/blog/2020/05/nixos-tmpfs-as-root/ # https://github.com/nix-community/impermanence { lib, config, impermanence, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.sane.impermanence; in { options = { sane.impermanence.enable = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; }; sane.impermanence.home-dirs = mkOption { default = []; type = types.listOf (types.either types.str (types.attrsOf types.str)); }; sane.impermanence.service-dirs = mkOption { default = []; type = types.listOf (types.either types.str (types.attrsOf types.str)); }; }; config = let map-dir = defaults: dir: if isString dir then map-dir defaults { directory = "${defaults.directory}${dir}"; } else defaults // dir ; map-dirs = defaults: dirs: builtins.map (map-dir defaults) dirs; map-home-dirs = map-dirs { user = "colin"; group = "users"; mode = "0755"; directory = "/home/colin/"; }; map-sys-dirs = map-dirs { user = "root"; group = "root"; mode = "0755"; directory = ""; }; map-service-dirs = map-dirs { user = "root"; group = "root"; mode = "0755"; directory = ""; }; in mkIf cfg.enable { environment.persistence."/nix/persist" = { directories = (map-home-dirs ([ # cache is probably too big to fit on the tmpfs # TODO: we could bind-mount it to something which gets cleared per boot, though. ".cache" ".cargo" ".rustup" ".ssh" # intentionally omitted: # ".config" # managed by home-manager # ".local" # nothing useful in here ] ++ cfg.home-dirs)) ++ (map-sys-dirs [ { mode = "0700"; directory = "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections"; } # "/etc/nixos" "/etc/ssh" "/var/log" "/var/backup" # for e.g. postgres dumps ]) ++ (map-service-dirs ([ # "/var/lib/AccountsService" # not sure what this is, but it's empty "/var/lib/alsa" # preserve output levels, default devices # "/var/lib/blueman" # files aren't human readable "/var/lib/bluetooth" # preserve bluetooth handshakes "/var/lib/colord" # preserve color calibrations (?) # "/var/lib/dhclient" # empty on lappy; dunno about desko # "/var/lib/fwupd" # not sure why this would need persistent state # "/var/lib/geoclue" # empty on lappy # "/var/lib/lockdown" # empty on desko; might store secrets after iOS handshake? # "/var/lib/logrotate.status" # seems redundant with what's in /var/log? "/var/lib/machines" # maybe not needed, but would be painful to add a VM and forget. # "/var/lib/misc" # empty on lappy # "/var/lib/NetworkManager" # looks to be mostly impermanent state? # "/var/lib/NetworkManager-fortisslvpn" # empty on lappy # "/var/lib/nixos" # has some uid/gid maps, but we enforce these to be deterministic. # "/var/lib/PackageKit" # wtf is this? # "/var/lib/power-profiles-daemon" # redundant with nixos declarations # "/var/lib/private" # empty on lappy # "/var/lib/systemd" # nothing obviously necessary # "/var/lib/udisks2" # empty on lappy # "/var/lib/upower" # historic charge data. unnecessary, but maybe used somewhere? # # servo additions: # "/var/lib/dhparams" # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/security/dhparams.nix # "/var/lib/dovecot" # "/var/lib/duplicity" ] ++ cfg.service-dirs)); files = [ "/etc/machine-id" # "/home/colin/knowledge" "/home/colin/.zsh_history" # # XXX these only need persistence because i have mutableUsers = true, i think # "/etc/group" # "/etc/passwd" # "/etc/shadow" # { file = "/home/test2"; persistentStoragePath = "/nix/persist"; } ]; }; systemd.services.sane-sops = { description = "sops relies on /etc/ssh being available, so re-run its activation AFTER fs-local"; script = config.system.activationScripts.setupSecrets.text; after = [ "fs-local.target" ]; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; }; }; }