data model: deployment

allows declaring options so instantiations may configure required
settings

deployment/data-model-test.nix

@@ -16,33 +16,50 @@ in
   test-eval = {
     expr =
       let
-        example = eval {
-          runtime-configurations.nixos =
-            { ... }:
-            {
-              system.stateVersion = "25.05";
-            };
-          runtime-environments.bar.nixos = { };
-          applications.foo = {
-            module =
-              { pkgs, ... }:
+        example = eval (
+          { config, ... }:
+          {
+            runtime-configurations.single-ssh-host =
+              { ... }:
               {
-                environment.systemPackages = [
-                  pkgs.hello
-                ];
+                system.stateVersion = "25.05";
               };
-          };
-        };
+            runtime-environments.bar = {
+              single-ssh-host = {
+                ssh = {
+                  host = "localhost";
+                  username = "root";
+                  authentication.password = "";
+                };
+              };
+            };
+            applications.foo = {
+              module =
+                { pkgs, ... }:
+                {
+                  environment.systemPackages = [
+                    pkgs.hello
+                  ];
+                };
+            };
+            deployments.baz = {
+              module = { };
+              runtime-environment = config.runtime-environments.bar;
+            };
+          }
+        );
       in
       {
-        has-runtime-configuration = lib.isAttrs example.runtime-configurations.nixos;
-        has-runtime-environment = lib.isAttrs example.runtime-environments.bar.nixos.module;
+        has-runtime-configuration = lib.isAttrs example.runtime-configurations.single-ssh-host;
+        has-runtime-environment = lib.isAttrs example.runtime-environments.bar.single-ssh-host.module;
         has-application = lib.isAttrs example.applications.foo.module;
+        has-deployment = lib.isAttrs example.deployments.baz.module;
       };
     expected = {
       has-runtime-configuration = true;
       has-runtime-environment = true;
       has-application = true;
+      has-deployment = true;
     };
   };
 }

deployment/data-model.nix

@@ -45,9 +45,49 @@ let
         )
       )
       {
-        nixos = {
-          description = "A NixOS instance to deploy to.";
+        vm = {
+          description = "A VM to deploy to.";
           type = submodule {
+            options = {
+            };
+          };
+        };
+        single-ssh-host = {
+          description = "A single host to deploy to by SSH.";
+          type = submodule {
+            options = {
+              ssh = mkOption {
+                description = "SSH connection info";
+                type = submodule {
+                  options = {
+                    host = mkOption {
+                      description = "the host to access by SSH";
+                      type = str;
+                    };
+                    username = mkOption {
+                      description = "the SSH user to use";
+                      type = nullOr str;
+                      default = null;
+                    };
+                    authentication = mkOption {
+                      description = "authentication method";
+                      type = attrsOf (attrTag {
+                        private-key = mkOption {
+                          description = "path to the user's SSH private key";
+                          type = str;
+                          example = "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519";
+                        };
+                        password = mkOption {
+                          description = "SSH password";
+                          # TODO: mark as sensitive
+                          type = str;
+                        };
+                      });
+                    };
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+            };
           };
         };
       }
@@ -65,6 +105,26 @@ let
       }
     ];
   };
+  deployment = submoduleWith {
+    description = "A deployment of a configuration of applications to a run-time environment";
+    modules = [
+      {
+        options = {
+          # the `applications` option consists of configuration for the above applications
+          module = mkOption {
+            description = ''
+              Configuration to be deployed
+            '';
+            type = deferredModule;
+          };
+          runtime-environment = mkOption {
+            description = "The run-time environment to deploy to";
+            type = runtime-environment;
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    ];
+  };
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -80,5 +140,9 @@ in
       description = "Collection of Fediversity applications";
       type = attrsOf application;
     };
+    deployments = mkOption {
+      description = "Deployment of a configuration of applications to a run-time environment";
+      type = attrsOf deployment;
+    };
   };
 }