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nixos-router/flake.nix
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nilsandClaude Opus 5.5 f5909fbdcb Add a generic installer that asks for the basics and builds offline
The installer ISO no longer needs a prebuilt system: `router-setup` asks
for the disk, the WAN and LAN interfaces, DHCP or PPPoE (optionally on a
VLAN), host name, LAN address and a password, writes settings.json and
the secrets, builds that router offline (the ISO carries a reference
router system whose closure has everything the build needs) and installs
it with `router-install --system`.

The password is used for the web UI and, hashed, as root's console
password (routerSettings sets root's hashedPasswordFile; it applies when
the account is created at installation).

checks.setup answers router-setup on the console and checks the installed
box: its settings, the web UI and console login with that password, and
a rebuild that reproduces the installed system.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AeFqV9dZrK6nipHkPfyM4F
2026-10-29 09:19:14 +01:00

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{
description = "nixos-router: a NixOS-based distribution for routers/firewalls";
inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
outputs =
{ self, nixpkgs }:
let
systems = [
"x86_64-linux"
"aarch64-linux"
];
forAllSystems = f: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system: f nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
in
{
nixosModules = {
router = ./modules/router;
default = self.nixosModules.router;
# Disk layout contract shared by router-install and target configs.
installed-layout = ./modules/installer/layout.nix;
# The installer pieces; `lib.mkInstaller` wires them up.
installer = ./modules/installer/install-script.nix;
installer-iso = ./modules/installer/iso.nix;
# The generic installer's `router-setup` (see lib.setupModule).
setup = ./modules/installer/setup.nix;
# Appliance disk image: dm-verity store, volatile root, state on /var.
image = ./modules/image;
# Configuration from a settings file (JSON), rebuilt on the device.
settings = ./modules/settings;
};
# A router built from settings.json; this is what the device's own
# configuration flake (see mkConfigDir) evaluates.
lib.mkRouterSystem =
{
settings,
modules ? [ ],
}:
nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
self.nixosModules.router
self.nixosModules.settings
self.nixosModules.installed-layout
{
routerSettings.file = settings;
# The device rebuilds itself, offline if need be: it needs the
# sources its configuration flake points to.
system.extraDependencies = [
self.outPath
nixpkgs.outPath
];
}
]
++ modules;
};
# The configuration directory installed to /var/lib/router/config: a
# flake pinned to exactly this router source, the settings and an
# optional local.nix with extra NixOS configuration.
lib.mkConfigDir =
{
pkgs,
settings,
local ? null,
}:
pkgs.runCommand "router-config" { } ''
mkdir -p $out
cp ${self.lib.configFlake pkgs} $out/flake.nix
cp ${settings} $out/settings.json
${pkgs.lib.optionalString (local != null) "cp ${local} $out/local.nix"}
'';
# The configuration directory's flake.nix (shared by mkConfigDir and
# router-setup, so both build exactly the same system).
lib.configFlake =
pkgs:
pkgs.writeText "flake.nix" ''
{
inputs.nixos-router.url = "path:${self.outPath}";
outputs =
{ nixos-router, ... }:
{
nixosConfigurations.router = nixos-router.lib.mkRouterSystem {
settings = ./settings.json;
modules = if builtins.pathExists ./local.nix then [ ./local.nix ] else [ ];
};
};
}
'';
# The generic installer: `router-setup` asks for the basics, builds
# the router offline and installs it; the rest is done in the web UI.
# nix build .#installer
# router-setup's configuration: the flake template and the reference
# system whose closure makes the offline build possible. `local` is an
# extra module that the installed systems will import as well.
lib.setupModule =
{
local ? null,
}:
{ pkgs, ... }:
{
imports = [ self.nixosModules.setup ];
router.setup = {
flake = self.lib.configFlake pkgs;
reference =
(self.lib.mkRouterSystem {
settings = builtins.toFile "settings.json" (
builtins.toJSON {
router = {
wan.interface = "eth0";
lans.lan = {
interface = "eth1";
internet = true;
ipv4.address = "192.168.1.1";
dhcp.pool = {
start = "192.168.1.100";
end = "192.168.1.200";
};
};
};
}
);
# A path, not a derivation: the module system would read its attributes.
modules = pkgs.lib.optional (local != null) "${local}";
}).config.system.build.toplevel;
};
};
# The generic installer ISO:
# nix build .#installer
nixosConfigurations.installer = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
self.nixosModules.installer-iso
(self.lib.setupModule { })
];
};
packages.x86_64-linux.installer = self.nixosConfigurations.installer.config.system.build.isoImage;
# Installer ISO for a given nixosSystem:
# nix build .#installer-example (see packages)
lib.mkInstaller =
{ configuration }:
nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
inherit (configuration.pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
modules = [
self.nixosModules.installer-iso
{
router.installer.system = configuration.config.system.build.toplevel;
# Reach the live system with the keys that will reach the router.
users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys =
configuration.config.users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys;
}
];
};
packages.x86_64-linux.installer-home =
(self.lib.mkInstaller { configuration = self.nixosConfigurations.home; })
.config.system.build.isoImage;
packages.x86_64-linux.installer-example =
(self.lib.mkInstaller { configuration = self.nixosConfigurations.example; })
.config.system.build.isoImage;
# A deployable starting point; copy examples/desktop and adapt it.
nixosConfigurations.example = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
self.nixosModules.router
./examples/desktop
];
};
# The home gateway replacing antigua's router role (see examples/home).
nixosConfigurations.home = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
self.nixosModules.router
./examples/home
];
};
# Appliance image (verity store, volatile root) for trying on hardware:
# nix build .#image -> result/*.raw
nixosConfigurations.image = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
self.nixosModules.router
self.nixosModules.image
./examples/image
];
};
packages.x86_64-linux.image = self.nixosConfigurations.image.config.system.build.image;
# `nix run .#deploy -- <flake-attr> <user@host>`: activate a new
# configuration with commit-confirm; see scripts/deploy.sh.
apps.x86_64-linux.deploy =
let
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
deploy = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
name = "router-deploy";
runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
nixos-rebuild
openssh
coreutils
];
text = builtins.readFile ./scripts/deploy.sh;
};
in
{
type = "app";
program = "${deploy}/bin/router-deploy";
};
# VM tests need KVM; only wired up for x86_64 until aarch64 CI exists.
checks.x86_64-linux =
import ./tests {
inherit self;
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
}
// {
# The example must keep building as a complete system.
example = self.nixosConfigurations.example.config.system.build.toplevel;
home = self.nixosConfigurations.home.config.system.build.toplevel;
};
# `nix run .#lab`: boot the basic test topology in tmux, one console pane
# per VM plus the interactive test-driver REPL.
apps.x86_64-linux.lab =
let
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
test = self.checks.x86_64-linux.basic;
lab = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
name = "router-lab";
runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
tmux
util-linux
gnugrep
coreutils
];
text = import ./tests/lab.nix {
inherit (pkgs) lib;
driver = test.driverInteractive;
nodes = builtins.attrNames test.nodes;
};
};
in
{
type = "app";
program = "${lab}/bin/router-lab";
};
formatter = forAllSystems (pkgs: pkgs.nixfmt);
};
}