Optional Configuration

Table of Contents

Supply password with SSH
Encrypt boot pool
- Persistent swap and hibernation

Skip to System Installation section if no optional configuration is needed.

Supply password with SSH 

Note: if you choose to encrypt boot pool, where decryption is handled by GRUB, as described in the next section, configuration performed in this section will have no effect.

This example uses DHCP:

mkdir -p /mnt/etc/state/ssh/
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -f /mnt/state/etc/ssh/ssh_host_initrd_ed25519_key
tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  #networking.interfaces.enp1s0.useDHCP = true;
  boot = {
    initrd.network = {
      enable = true;
      ssh = {
        enable = true;
        hostKeys = [ /state/etc/ssh/ssh_host_initrd_ed25519_key ];
        authorizedKeys = [ "$YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY" ];
      };
      postCommands = ''
        echo "zfs load-key -a; killall zfs" >> /root/.profile
      '';
    };
  };
EOF

Encrypt boot pool 

Note: This will disable password with SSH. The password previously set for root pool will be replaced by keyfile, embedded in initrd.

Add package:

tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.cryptsetup ];
EOF

LUKS password:
```
LUKS_PWD=secure-passwd
```
You will need to enter the same password for each disk at boot. As root pool key is protected by this password, the previous warning about password strength still apply.

Double-check password here. Complete reinstallation is needed if entered wrong.

Create encryption keys:

mkdir -p /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/
chmod 700 /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/
dd bs=32 count=1 if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs
dd bs=32 count=1 if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks
chmod u=r,go= /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/*

Backup boot pool:

zfs snapshot -r bpool_$INST_UUID/$INST_ID@pre-luks
zfs send -Rv bpool_$INST_UUID/$INST_ID@pre-luks > /mnt/root/bpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-pre-luks

Unmount EFI partition:

for i in ${DISK}; do
 umount /mnt/boot/efis/${i##*/}-part1
done
umount /mnt/boot/efi

Destroy boot pool:
```
zpool destroy bpool_$INST_UUID
```

Create LUKS containers:

for i in ${DISK}; do
 cryptsetup luksFormat -q --type luks1 --key-file /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks $i-part2
 echo $LUKS_PWD | cryptsetup luksAddKey --key-file /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks $i-part2
 cryptsetup open ${i}-part2 ${i##*/}-part2-luks-bpool_$INST_UUID --key-file /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks
tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  boot.initrd.luks.devices = {
    "${i##*/}-part2-luks-bpool_$INST_UUID" = {
      device = "${i}-part2";
      allowDiscards = true;
      keyFile = "/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks";
    };
  };
EOF
done

GRUB 2.06 still does not have complete support for LUKS2, LUKS1 is used instead.

Embed key file in initrd:

tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  boot.initrd.secrets = {
    "/etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs" = "/etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs";
    "/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks" = "/etc/cryptkey.d/bpool_$INST_UUID-key-luks";
  };
EOF

Recreate boot pool with mappers as vdev:

disk_num=0; for i in $DISK; do disk_num=$(( $disk_num + 1 )); done
if [ $disk_num -gt 1 ]; then INST_VDEV_BPOOL=mirror; fi


zpool create \
    -d -o feature@async_destroy=enabled \
    -o feature@bookmarks=enabled \
    -o feature@embedded_data=enabled \
    -o feature@empty_bpobj=enabled \
    -o feature@enabled_txg=enabled \
    -o feature@extensible_dataset=enabled \
    -o feature@filesystem_limits=enabled \
    -o feature@hole_birth=enabled \
    -o feature@large_blocks=enabled \
    -o feature@lz4_compress=enabled \
    -o feature@spacemap_histogram=enabled \
    -o ashift=12 \
    -o autotrim=on \
    -O acltype=posixacl \
    -O canmount=off \
    -O compression=lz4 \
    -O devices=off \
    -O normalization=formD \
    -O relatime=on \
    -O xattr=sa \
    -O mountpoint=/boot \
    -R /mnt \
    bpool_$INST_UUID \
     $INST_VDEV_BPOOL \
    $(for i in ${DISK}; do
       printf "/dev/mapper/${i##*/}-part2-luks-bpool_$INST_UUID ";
      done)

Restore boot pool backup:

zfs recv bpool_${INST_UUID}/${INST_ID} < /mnt/root/bpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-pre-luks
rm /mnt/root/bpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-pre-luks

Mount boot dataset and EFI partitions:

zfs mount bpool_$INST_UUID/$INST_ID/BOOT/default

for i in ${DISK}; do
 mount ${i}-part1 /mnt/boot/efis/${i##*/}-part1
done

mount -t vfat ${INST_PRIMARY_DISK}-part1 /mnt/boot/efi

As keys are stored in initrd, set secure permissions for /boot:
```
chmod 700 /mnt/boot
```

Change root pool password to key file:

mkdir -p /etc/cryptkey.d/
cp /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs /etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs
zfs change-key -l \
-o keylocation=file:///etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs \
-o keyformat=raw \
rpool_$INST_UUID/$INST_ID

Enable GRUB cryptodisk:

tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  boot.loader.grub.enableCryptodisk = true;
EOF

Important: Back up root dataset key /etc/cryptkey.d/rpool_$INST_UUID-${INST_ID}-key-zfs to a secure location.

In the possible event of LUKS container corruption, data on root set will only be available with this key.

Persistent swap and hibernation 

Optional: enable persistent swap partition. By default encryption key of swap partition is discarded on reboot:

INST_SWAPKEY=/mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/${INST_PRIMARY_DISK##*/}-part4-key-luks-swap
INST_SWAPMAPPER=${INST_PRIMARY_DISK##*/}-part4-luks-swap

# fstab
# remove existing swap entries
for i in $DISK; do echo $i; done | grep -v ${INST_PRIMARY_DISK##*/} \
| while read j; do sed -i "\,$j-part4\"; randomEncryption.enable,d" /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} ; done
sed -i "s|${INST_PRIMARY_DISK}-part4\"; randomEncryption.enable = true|/dev/mapper/${INST_SWAPMAPPER}\"|g" /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE}

# create key and format partition as LUKS container
dd bs=32 count=1 if=/dev/urandom of=${INST_SWAPKEY};
chmod u=r,go= /mnt/etc/cryptkey.d/*
cryptsetup luksFormat -q --type luks2 --key-file ${INST_SWAPKEY} ${INST_PRIMARY_DISK}-part4
cryptsetup luksOpen ${INST_PRIMARY_DISK}-part4 ${INST_SWAPMAPPER} --key-file ${INST_SWAPKEY}

# initialize swap space
mkswap /dev/mapper/${INST_SWAPMAPPER}

# add initrd key
tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  boot.initrd.secrets = {
    "/etc/cryptkey.d/${INST_PRIMARY_DISK##*/}-part4-key-luks-swap" = "/etc/cryptkey.d/${INST_PRIMARY_DISK##*/}-part4-key-luks-swap";
  };
  boot.initrd.luks.devices = {
    "${INST_SWAPMAPPER}" = {
      device = "${INST_PRIMARY_DISK}-part4";
      allowDiscards = true;
      keyFile = "/etc/cryptkey.d/${INST_PRIMARY_DISK##*/}-part4-key-luks-swap";
    };
  };
EOF

Optional: after enabling persistent swap partition, enable hibernation:
```
tee -a /mnt/etc/nixos/${INST_CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
  boot.resumeDevice = "/dev/mapper/${INST_SWAPMAPPER}";
EOF
```
Note that hibernation might not work with discrete graphics, virtio graphics or AMD APU integrated graphics. This is not specific to this guide.

Computer must resume from a continuous swap space, resume from multiple swap partitions is not supported.

Do not touch anything on disk while the computer is in hibernation, see kernel documentation.

Optional Configuration

Supply password with SSH

Encrypt boot pool

Persistent swap and hibernation

Supply password with SSH 

Encrypt boot pool 

Persistent swap and hibernation 