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nixos-router/modules/router/options.nix
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nilsandClaude Sonnet 5.5 b5429ad876 Add local DNS records, DHCP reservations and an installer ISO
DNS and DHCP (needed to replace a dnsmasq-based router):
- router.dns.domain/hosts/overrides/forwardZones: authoritative local
  domain, split-horizon host records with reverse entries, wildcard
  overrides and per-zone forwarders (private zones skip DNSSEC).
- lans.<n>.dhcp.reservations: Kea host reservations, published in DNS.
- Tunnels with dns = true admit what their peers route, so a
  site-to-site peer without a transfer address can use the resolver.

Installer:
- router-install wipes a disk, creates an ESP and an ext4 root and
  installs a prebuilt system with its secrets; nothing is built on the
  box. installed-layout is the shared disk layout contract.
- lib.mkInstaller builds an ISO for a given nixosSystem;
  packages.installer-example is the example's ISO.

Covered by the dns and installer VM tests (the latter installs onto an
empty disk and boots it under UEFI), wireguard DNS and assertion cases.
PLAN.md records the remaining gaps for replacing the hand-written router.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-28 12:31:44 +01:00

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Nix

{ config, lib, ... }:
let
inherit (lib) mkOption mkEnableOption types;
rlib = import ./lib.nix { inherit lib; };
in
{
options.router = {
enable = mkEnableOption "the router role";
wan = {
interface = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "eth0";
description = ''
Physical uplink interface. Native IPv6 (DHCPv6) runs on it untagged;
with PPPoE it also carries the (optionally tagged) PPPoE session.
The link may also carry LANs ("router on a stick") when the uplink
is PPPoE on a VLAN and IPv6 is disabled: the untagged link is then
free for a LAN and only the PPP device counts as an uplink.
'';
};
ipv4 = {
type = mkOption {
type = types.enum [
"dhcp"
"pppoe"
];
default = "dhcp";
description = "How the router gets its IPv4 uplink.";
};
pppoe = {
vlan = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.ints.between 1 4094);
default = null;
description = "VLAN ID the ISP requires for PPPoE, or null for untagged.";
};
username = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "";
description = "PPP authentication username.";
};
passwordFile = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (
types.pathWith {
absolute = true;
inStore = false;
}
);
default = null;
example = "/var/lib/secrets/pppoe-password";
description = ''
File containing the PPP password, read at service start. Must not
be in the Nix store (it would be world-readable).
'';
};
mtu = mkOption {
type = types.ints.between 576 1500;
default = 1492;
description = "PPP MTU/MRU; TCP MSS is clamped to match on forwarded traffic.";
};
};
interface = mkOption {
type = types.str;
readOnly = true;
internal = true;
description = "Device IPv4 traffic leaves through (derived).";
};
};
ipv6.enable = mkEnableOption ''
IPv6 on the uplink: DHCPv6 (soliciting even without RA flags) plus
prefix delegation. The ISP is expected to delegate a single /64
'';
};
lans = mkOption {
default = { };
description = "LAN segments served by this router, keyed by name.";
type = types.attrsOf (
types.submodule (
{ name, config, ... }:
{
options = {
interface = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "eth1";
description = ''
Interface carrying this LAN. With `vlan` set this is the
parent (trunk) interface on which the VLAN device is created.
'';
};
vlan = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.ints.between 1 4094);
default = null;
description = "802.1Q VLAN ID, or null for an untagged LAN on `interface`.";
};
device = mkOption {
type = types.str;
readOnly = true;
internal = true;
description = "Device the LAN's addresses live on (derived).";
};
zone = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = name;
description = ''
Firewall zone this LAN belongs to. LANs sharing a zone may
talk to each other freely; traffic between zones is denied
unless a rule in `router.firewall.rules` allows it. Defaults
to a zone named after the LAN.
'';
};
internet = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Whether this LAN may reach the internet (opt-in).";
};
ipv4 = {
address = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "192.168.10.1";
description = "Router address on this LAN.";
};
prefixLength = mkOption {
type = types.ints.between 8 30;
default = 24;
};
subnet = mkOption {
type = types.str;
readOnly = true;
description = "Network in CIDR notation, derived from `address` and `prefixLength`.";
};
};
dhcp = {
enable = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
};
pool = {
start = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "192.168.10.100";
};
end = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "192.168.10.199";
};
};
reservations = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf (
types.submodule {
options = {
mac = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "a8:a1:59:0b:4b:97";
description = "Hardware address of the client.";
};
address = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = "192.168.10.20";
description = "Address handed to the client; must lie inside the LAN.";
};
};
}
);
default = { };
description = ''
Fixed leases, keyed by hostname. The name is also sent to the
client and published in DNS (under `router.dns.domain` if set).
'';
};
};
ipv6.pd = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether this LAN receives the /64 delegated on the uplink
(assigned to the interface and announced via SLAAC). A /64
cannot be split, so at most one LAN may set this; the others
stay IPv4-only.
'';
};
allowManagement = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = "Whether clients on this LAN may reach SSH on the router.";
};
};
config.device =
if config.vlan == null then config.interface else "${config.interface}.${toString config.vlan}";
# "invalid" is only ever seen when assertions.nix is already failing.
config.ipv4.subnet =
if rlib.ipv4.parse config.ipv4.address == null then
"invalid"
else
rlib.ipv4.cidr config.ipv4.address config.ipv4.prefixLength;
}
)
);
};
wireguard = mkOption {
default = { };
description = ''
WireGuard tunnels, keyed by name. A tunnel is a firewall member like a
LAN (it has a `zone`, `internet`, `allowManagement`), so
`router.firewall.rules` also cover traffic to and from it. Peers'
`allowedIPs` are the destinations routed into the tunnel; routing is
by destination only (no default-route tunnels).
'';
type = types.attrsOf (
types.submodule (
{ name, ... }:
{
options = {
interface = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "wg-${name}";
description = "Name of the WireGuard device.";
};
privateKeyFile = mkOption {
type = types.pathWith {
absolute = true;
inStore = false;
};
example = "/var/lib/secrets/wg-rw.key";
description = ''
File with the private key, outside the Nix store. It is
handed to systemd-networkd as a systemd credential, so it
can be root-only (mode 0600) and is read when networkd starts.
'';
};
listenPort = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.port;
default = null;
description = "UDP port to listen on (opened on the uplinks); null for a dial-out-only tunnel.";
};
mtu = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.ints.between 576 9000);
default = null;
description = "Tunnel MTU; null keeps the kernel default (1420).";
};
addresses = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
example = [
"10.100.0.1/24"
"fd42:100::1/64"
];
description = ''
Addresses (CIDR, IPv4 and/or IPv6) on the tunnel interface;
empty means no transfer network (fine for site-to-site).
'';
};
zone = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = name;
description = "Firewall zone; shared with LANs or other tunnels if you want a common policy.";
};
internet = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Whether traffic from this tunnel may reach the internet via the uplink.";
};
allowManagement = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Whether SSH on the router is reachable through this tunnel.";
};
dns = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Whether the router's resolver answers on the tunnel's IPv4 address.";
};
masquerade = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Source-NAT IPv4 traffic leaving through this tunnel to the tunnel address.";
};
killSwitch = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
Drop forwarded traffic for this tunnel's peers' `allowedIPs`
when it would leave through an uplink (for example because
the tunnel device is down), instead of letting it leak.
'';
};
peers = mkOption {
default = { };
type = types.attrsOf (
types.submodule {
options = {
publicKey = mkOption { type = types.str; };
presharedKeyFile = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (
types.pathWith {
absolute = true;
inStore = false;
}
);
default = null;
};
endpoint = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
example = "vpn.example.org:51820";
};
allowedIPs = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
example = [ "192.168.50.0/24" ];
};
persistentKeepalive = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.ints.between 1 65535);
default = null;
};
};
}
);
};
};
}
)
);
};
firewall.rules = mkOption {
default = [ ];
description = ''
Allow rules between zones, on top of the default (deny between zones).
Rules are one-directional; return traffic is allowed by connection
tracking. `to` must be the zone of a LAN or tunnel; `from` may also be
the reserved zone `wan` (traffic arriving on the uplinks), which
publishes services to the outside: such rules must name a
`destination` and protocol (and ports for tcp/udp), so a typo cannot
expose a whole zone.
'';
type = types.listOf (
types.submodule {
options = {
from = mkOption {
type = types.str;
description = "Source zone, or `wan`.";
};
to = mkOption {
type = types.str;
description = "Destination zone.";
};
protocol = mkOption {
type = types.enum [
"any"
"tcp"
"udp"
"icmp"
];
default = "any";
};
ports = mkOption {
type = types.listOf (types.either types.port (types.strMatching "[0-9]+-[0-9]+"));
default = [ ];
example = [
443
"50000-50100"
];
description = ''
Destination ports or ranges (tcp/udp only); empty means all
ports. With `dnat` these are the ports on the router's
public address.
'';
};
destination = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
example = "192.168.10.5";
description = ''
Restrict the rule to an IPv4 address or CIDR inside the
destination zone; null means the whole zone. IPv6 addresses
are accepted too (for pinholes) but cannot be checked against
the zone, because delegated prefixes are not known at build time.
'';
};
sources = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
example = [ "198.51.100.0/24" ];
description = "Only match traffic from these IPv4/IPv6 addresses or CIDRs; empty means any source.";
};
dnat = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Port forward: traffic from `wan` to `ports` on the router's
public IPv4 address is redirected to `destination` (one IPv4
host). The source address is preserved.
'';
};
toPort = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.port;
default = null;
description = "Port on `destination` when it differs from the public port (single-port forwards only).";
};
hairpin = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Let LANs with `internet = true` reach this forward through the
router's public address (NAT loopback, source is masqueraded).
'';
};
rateLimit = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.strMatching "[0-9]+/(second|minute|hour)");
default = null;
example = "10/minute";
description = "Limit new connections per source address; the excess is dropped.";
};
log = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Log new connections accepted by this rule, and connections dropped by `rateLimit` (kernel log).";
};
};
}
);
};
dns.domain = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
example = "home.example.org";
description = ''
Local domain. It is authoritative on the router: names below it that
have no record answer NXDOMAIN and are never forwarded. Short names in
`dns.hosts` and DHCP reservation names live in it.
'';
};
dns.hosts = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf (types.listOf types.str);
default = { };
example = {
nas = [ "192.168.10.20" ];
"git.example.org" = [
"10.43.0.50"
"fd00::50"
];
};
description = ''
Local records: name to IPv4/IPv6 addresses. A name without a dot is
placed in `dns.domain`; a full name overrides public DNS for that
name only (split horizon). Reverse records are created as well.
'';
};
dns.overrides = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf (types.listOf types.str);
default = { };
example = {
"k8s.example.org" = [ "10.43.0.50" ];
};
description = "Like `dns.hosts`, but the name and everything below it answer with these addresses (wildcard).";
};
dns.forwardZones = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf (types.listOf types.str);
default = { };
example = {
"branch.example.org" = [ "10.1.0.254" ];
};
description = ''
Zones answered by other resolvers (e.g. across a tunnel). DNSSEC
validation is skipped for them: they are private zones.
'';
};
dns.forwarders = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Upstream resolvers. When empty, Unbound resolves recursively.";
};
};
config.router.wan.ipv4.interface =
if config.router.wan.ipv4.type == "pppoe" then "pppoe-wan" else config.router.wan.interface;
}