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# Secrets
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Secrets are handled using [Agenix](https://github.com/ryantm/agenix).
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## Cheat sheet
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### Adding a secret
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As an example, let us add a secret in a file “cheeses” whose content should be
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“best ones come unpasteurised”.
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1. Edit [`secrets.nix`](./secrets.nix), adding a field to the final record with
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the file name mapped to the systems that should be able to decrypt the
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secret, for instance:
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```nix
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cheeses = [ vm02116 forgejo-ci ];
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```
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2. Run Agenix to add the content of the file. Agenix is provided by the
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development Shell but can also be run directly with `nix run
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github:ryantm/agenix --`. Run `agenix -e cheeses.age` (with the `.age`
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extension); this will open your `$EDITOR` ; enter “best ones come
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unpasteurised”, save and close.
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3. If you are doing something flake-related such as NixOps4, do not forget to
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commit or at least stage the secret.
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4. In the machine's configuration, load the Agenix NixOS module, declare your
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secret, possibly with owner/group, and use it where necessary, eg.:
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```nix
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{ config, ... }:
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{
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imports = [ inputs.agenix.x86_64-linux.nixosModules.default ];
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age.secrets.cheeses.file = ../secrets/cheeses.age;
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# age.secrets.cheeses.owner = "jeanpierre";
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# age.secrets.cheeses.group = "france";
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# age.secrets.cheeses.mode = "440";
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services.imaginaryCheeseFactory.frenchSecretFile = config.age.secrets.cheeses.path;
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}
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```
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5. Never read the content of the file in Nix, that is never do anything like:
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```nix
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services.imaginaryCheeseFactory.frenchSecret = readFile config.age.secrets.cheeses.path;
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```
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This will put the secret as a world-readable file in the Nix store. The
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service that you are using must be able to read from a file at runtime, and
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if the NixOS default module options do not provide that, you must find a way
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around it.
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