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alexion 7edc1ce94b feat(zfs): import ZFS pools and add the shared write group
Add `modules.zfs`, the host-level pool import: a host declares its ZFS host id
and the pools to import with their dataset mountpoints, and the module imports
those pools as durable state rather than recreating them, so a service's data
survives any rebuild or reimage.

Add a shared `storage` group with a fixed gid to the base config both the host
base and the guest-base build on, so a host and every guest carry the same
number and an identity-mapped container write lands on the pool as that group
without per-service permission juggling.

No host enables the module: the only host is a laptop with no pools and a
kernel with no ZFS build, so the enabled build was verified by ad-hoc
enablement against a ZFS-supported kernel while the committed tree stays inert.
2026-07-25 17:26:36 -04:00

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{
config,
lib,
inputs,
...
}:
# The shared foundation both the host base and the guest-base build on: the
# primary user, home-manager, and the fresher/pinned package overlays.
let
inherit (lib) mkOption types;
user = config.user;
# Args to instantiate an extra nixpkgs source on the base platform.
pinArgs = prev: {
inherit (prev.stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
config.allowUnfree = true;
};
in
{
imports = [ inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager ];
options.user = {
name = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "alexion";
description = ''
The primary interactive user this system is built for. Drives both the
system account and the home-manager user in lockstep.
'';
};
description = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "Alexion";
description = "Human-readable description (GECOS field) for the primary user.";
};
};
config = {
# Reach fresher packages with `unstable.<name>` or pin with `stable.<name>`.
nixpkgs.overlays = [
(_final: prev: {
unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable (pinArgs prev);
stable = import inputs.nixpkgs-stable (pinArgs prev);
})
];
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
# Flakes, so `nixos-rebuild switch` works from the console and a direnv
# `use flake` resolves inside a guest.
nix.settings.experimental-features = [
"nix-command"
"flakes"
];
# Primary user.
# The wheel group is the way in, since root is locked.
# No password is set here, since that is host-only.
# A guest therefore has none and is reached by SSH key or `machinectl`.
users.users.${user.name} = {
isNormalUser = true;
description = user.description;
extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
};
# The shared write group.
# Its gid is fixed, so a host and every guest carry the same number.
# An identity-mapped container write then lands on the pool as this group, sparing every service the permission juggling.
# 10000 clears the system-group ids assigned automatically and leaves headroom above the primary user, so nothing else claims it.
users.groups.storage.gid = 10000;
# home-manager as a NixOS module: one build produces the system and user
# environment together, sharing the system's pkgs and installing user
# packages into the system profile.
home-manager = {
useGlobalPkgs = true;
useUserPackages = true;
extraSpecialArgs = {
inherit inputs;
my = inputs.self.lib;
};
users.${user.name} = {
home.username = user.name;
home.homeDirectory = "/home/${user.name}";
home.stateVersion = "26.05";
};
};
};
}