refactor(flake): user registry, multi-user hosts, and portable home outputs (#49)
CI / flake (push) Successful in 3m26s

## Summary

Separates user identity (data) from the reusable Nix modules and lets a host declare any number of users, replacing the previous one-user-per-host structure. Also restructures the tree and exposes the home config for use off these hosts.

## Changes

- **User registry** (`users/registry.nix`): per-user identity (name, email, groups, authorized + signing keys) as the single source of truth; no user data hardcoded in modules.
- **Multi-user `mkHost`**: a host declares a `users` set keyed by username; per-user identity is injected into each home config via the `identity` module arg.
- **Restructured layout**: `users/`, `home/`, `modules/`, `hosts/`, `lib/` replace the former `lyrathorpe/` and `system/` trees.
- **Portable outputs**: standalone `homeConfigurations."<user>@<system>"` (the portable subset — shell, git, editor, claude) plus an exported `homeModules` for use on machines not managed by this flake, or as an input to other flakes.
- Docs (`README.md`, `home/README.md`) and `.gitignore` updated for the new paths.

## Fixes

- Closes #46 — shared user module authorized one user's SSH key for every account.
- Closes #47 — git committer identity hardcoded as defaults instead of per-user.
- Closes #48 — EDaaS systemd linger hardcoded to a literal username.

## Verification

- `nix flake check` passes: treefmt, deadnix, statix, pre-commit, and evaluation of all NixOS hosts + Darwin + homeConfigurations.
- Derivation-path comparison vs `main`: `lyrathorpe-mbp` and `emmathorpe-edaas` are byte-identical; `lyrathorpe-t400`, `lyrathorpe-macpro31` and `lyrathorpe-rpi5` differ only by de-duplicating a repeated `authorized_keys` entry (confirmed with nix-diff — no other change).
- Standalone `homeConfigurations."lyrathorpe@x86_64-linux".activationPackage` builds.

## Notes

- `emmathorpe` has no personal authorized key yet (it previously inherited Lyra's key via the bug in #46); the registry entry is intentionally empty — add a real key if SSH login as `emmathorpe` is wanted (moot on the WSL host).
- A two-repo (public dotfiles / private systems) split is deferred by design; this internal restructure is the prerequisite for it.

---------

Co-authored-by: Emma Thorpe <emma.thorpe@citrix.com>
Reviewed-on: #49
This commit was merged in pull request #49.
This commit is contained in:
2026-06-29 13:06:23 +01:00
co-authored by Emma Thorpe
parent 906fae7e7b
commit 128deca2e3
61 changed files with 329 additions and 220 deletions
+62
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
# Options shared by every NixOS host (laptops and the WSL box). Imported via
# baseModules in flake.nix. Host- and platform-specific settings stay in the
# per-machine configs; laptop-only settings live in ./laptop.nix.
{ pkgs, ... }:
{
time.timeZone = "Europe/London";
i18n.defaultLocale = "en_GB.UTF-8";
# Store hygiene. auto-optimise-store hard-links identical files in the store
# after each build (cheap dedupe; NOT a garbage collector -- there is
# deliberately no automatic GC timer). The larger download buffer avoids
# "buffer full" stalls when fetching big NARs over a fast link.
nix.settings.auto-optimise-store = true;
nix.settings.download-buffer-size = 134217728; # 128 MiB
# Extra binary cache for the nix-community toolchain (home-manager, nixvim,
# treefmt, ...). Merges with any host-specific caches (e.g. the Asahi cache on
# the MBP) rather than replacing them.
nix.settings.substituters = [ "https://nix-community.cachix.org" ];
nix.settings.trusted-public-keys = [
"nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs="
];
# Run dynamically-linked foreign binaries (VS Code remote server, prebuilt
# toolchains, language-server downloads) on every NixOS host, not just WSL.
programs.nix-ld.enable = true;
# Minimal system-level CLI available before the home-manager profile loads
# (e.g. early boot / rescue). User-level tooling lives in home-manager.
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
git
fastfetch
];
# Fonts on every host. The Nerd Font carries the powerline/Nerd glyphs the
# tmux statusline uses (foot names it explicitly in home/sway.nix); Noto sans +
# colour emoji prevent tofu in terminals/TUIs/Firefox -- important on the WSL
# box, which does not pull the graphical hosts' default Noto stack. The Mac
# installs the Nerd Font via the Darwin config.
fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono
noto-fonts
noto-fonts-color-emoji
];
# Map the generic fontconfig families so anything asking for "monospace" gets
# the Nerd Font (with emoji fallback), not DejaVu.
fonts.fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
monospace = [
"JetBrainsMono Nerd Font"
"Noto Color Emoji"
];
sansSerif = [
"Noto Sans"
"Noto Color Emoji"
];
serif = [
"Noto Serif"
"Noto Color Emoji"
];
emoji = [ "Noto Color Emoji" ];
};
}
+13
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
# Desktop (non-portable) NixOS hosts. Counterpart to ./laptop.nix: imports the
# shared ./workstation.nix base and swaps the mobile Wi-Fi backend for wired
# NetworkManager. A desktop host also sets `portable = false` in its host-table
# entry (flake.nix), which drops the battery block and brightness keybindings
# from the Sway bar -- see home/sway.nix.
{ ... }:
{
imports = [ ./workstation.nix ];
# Wired networking. NetworkManager handles DHCP/connections itself; do not
# combine with networking.wireless.* (laptop.nix) -- the two backends conflict.
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
}
+12
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
# Feature-flag option declarations shared by every NixOS host (imported via
# baseModules in flake.nix). Declaring the flags here -- rather than inside the
# module that implements them -- means a host can read or set a flag without
# importing the (often large) implementation module. In particular,
# features.swayDesktop.enable is read by modules/users.nix on every host, but a
# headless host (e.g. the Pi) must be able to leave it at its default without
# pulling in modules/sway.nix. The implementation lives in modules/sway.nix,
# gated on this flag.
{ lib, ... }:
{
options.features.swayDesktop.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the Sway desktop";
}
Binary file not shown.
Binary file not shown.
+31
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
# Portable NixOS hosts (X1, MBP-Asahi). Imported from the host table in
# flake.nix. Shared graphical-workstation settings live in ./workstation.nix;
# the only laptop-specific bit is the Wi-Fi backend. Mobile home-manager
# components (battery block, brightness keys) are gated by the `portable` flag
# threaded through mkHost -- see home/sway.nix.
{ ... }:
{
imports = [ ./workstation.nix ];
# Wi-Fi via iwd with its built-in DHCP/network configuration.
networking.wireless.iwd = {
enable = true;
settings.General.EnableNetworkConfiguration = true;
};
# Lid behaviour: suspend on battery, lock on external power (swayidle's
# before-sleep hook locks before the suspend completes either way).
services.logind.settings.Login = {
HandleLidSwitch = "suspend";
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower = "lock";
};
# Bluetooth. The Asahi MBP loads Apple's BT firmware (see its host config) and
# the T400 has an optional BT module; enable bluez on both, with blueman as the
# GUI/tray manager for the Sway session.
hardware.bluetooth = {
enable = true;
powerOnBoot = true;
};
services.blueman.enable = true;
}
+11
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
# Key-only sshd hardening, imported by hosts that run sshd (T400, Mac Pro,
# RPi5). Authorized keys are owned per-user by the registry (modules/users.nix),
# not here.
{ ... }:
{
services.openssh.settings = {
PasswordAuthentication = false; # keys only
KbdInteractiveAuthentication = false; # no keyboard-interactive fallback
PermitRootLogin = "no";
};
}
+161
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
let
cfg = config.features.swayDesktop;
# Catppuccin Mocha (shared with the Sway desktop, see home/sway.nix).
ctp = import ../lib/catppuccin-mocha.nix;
in
{
# The features.swayDesktop.enable option is declared in
# system/modules/features.nix (so headless hosts can read/set it without
# importing this module). This module only provides its implementation.
config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
programs.sway = {
enable = true;
wrapperFeatures.gtk = true;
extraSessionCommands = ''
# QT
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="wayland;xcb"
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
# SDL
export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland
# Java
export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
# Misc
export CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland
export WINIT_UNIX_BACKEND=wayland
export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
'';
# Core Wayland utilities. The lock screen, idle daemon, status bar and
# notification daemon are configured per-user in home/sway.nix.
extraPackages = with pkgs; [
brightnessctl
foot
grim
slurp # region selection for screenshots
swappy # screenshot annotation/save
jq # used by the focused-window screenshot bind
playerctl # MPRIS media keys
sway-launcher-desktop
pavucontrol
];
};
fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
noto-fonts
noto-fonts-color-emoji
font-awesome
];
# Wayland login screen (replaces console/getty login on every Sway host).
# greetd runs ReGreet inside the cage kiosk compositor; the Sway session is
# offered automatically because programs.sway registers itself via
# services.displayManager.sessionPackages. Hosts that turn off
# features.swayDesktop (e.g. EDaaS) keep plain TTY login.
programs.regreet.enable = true;
# Theme the greeter to match the Sway desktop (Catppuccin Mocha). ReGreet is
# GTK; recolour via CSS (covering both libadwaita named colours and plain
# GTK node selectors) and use the same Noto Sans as the bar/notifications.
programs.regreet.font = {
name = "Noto Sans";
package = pkgs.noto-fonts;
size = 16;
};
programs.regreet.extraCss = ''
/* GTK4 Adwaita legacy names (what plain GTK4 actually references). */
@define-color theme_bg_color #${ctp.base};
@define-color theme_fg_color #${ctp.text};
@define-color theme_base_color #${ctp.mantle};
@define-color theme_text_color #${ctp.text};
@define-color theme_selected_bg_color #${ctp.blue};
@define-color theme_selected_fg_color #${ctp.base};
@define-color insensitive_bg_color #${ctp.mantle};
@define-color insensitive_fg_color #${ctp.overlay0};
@define-color borders #${ctp.surface1};
@define-color warning_color #${ctp.peach};
@define-color error_color #${ctp.red};
@define-color success_color #${ctp.green};
/* libadwaita names (inert on plain GTK4, kept for forward-compat). */
@define-color window_bg_color #${ctp.base};
@define-color window_fg_color #${ctp.text};
@define-color view_bg_color #${ctp.mantle};
@define-color view_fg_color #${ctp.text};
@define-color card_bg_color #${ctp.surface0};
@define-color card_fg_color #${ctp.text};
@define-color accent_bg_color #${ctp.blue};
@define-color accent_fg_color #${ctp.base};
@define-color accent_color #${ctp.blue};
@define-color destructive_bg_color #${ctp.red};
@define-color destructive_fg_color #${ctp.base};
window {
background-color: #${ctp.base};
color: #${ctp.text};
}
label {
color: #${ctp.text};
}
entry {
background-color: #${ctp.surface0};
color: #${ctp.text};
border: 1px solid #${ctp.surface1};
}
entry:focus-within {
border-color: #${ctp.blue};
}
button,
combobox button {
background-color: #${ctp.surface0};
color: #${ctp.text};
border: 1px solid #${ctp.surface1};
}
button:hover {
background-color: #${ctp.surface1};
}
button:active,
button:checked {
background-color: #${ctp.blue};
color: #${ctp.base};
}
'';
# cage reads the XKB_* environment at startup, so force the greeter onto the
# same Dvorak layout as the Sway session (home/sway.nix) -- otherwise the
# password field would be QWERTY. Dvorak is the "us" layout's variant, NOT a
# layout of its own: "dvorak" alone has no symbols/ file, so the keymap
# fails to compile and the greeter ends up with no keyboard at all (the
# greeter has no fallback, unlike a running Sway session). This overrides the
# greetd command regreet sets with mkDefault.
services.greetd.settings.default_session.command =
let
greeter = pkgs.writeShellScript "regreet-cage" ''
export XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=us
export XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT=dvorak
# ReGreet is plain GTK4 (no libadwaita); force the dark Adwaita variant
# so the extraCss accents sit on a dark base instead of light Adwaita.
export GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark
exec ${pkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-run-session ${lib.getExe pkgs.cage} -s -- ${lib.getExe config.programs.regreet.package}
'';
in
"${greeter}";
# Desktop portals: enables screen sharing (wlroots) and native file pickers
# for Wayland apps such as Element and Firefox.
xdg.portal = {
enable = true;
wlr.enable = true;
extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
config.common.default = "*";
};
};
}
+38
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
# System user accounts, built from the registry (users/registry.nix) for the
# host's `hostUsers` set. See README "Users".
{
config,
pkgs,
lib,
hostUsers,
userRegistry,
...
}:
{
programs.zsh.enable = true;
users.users = lib.mapAttrs (
name: spec:
let
id = userRegistry.${name};
in
{
isNormalUser = true;
home = "/home/${name}";
description = id.fullName;
inherit (id) extraGroups;
openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = id.sshAuthorizedKeys;
shell = pkgs.zsh;
}
# linger opt-in (host table); left unmanaged when unset.
// lib.optionalAttrs (spec ? linger) { inherit (spec) linger; }
) hostUsers;
programs.firefox = lib.mkIf (config.features.swayDesktop.enable == true) {
enable = true;
};
programs.thunderbird = lib.mkIf (config.features.swayDesktop.enable == true) {
enable = true;
};
}
+49
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
# Form-factor-agnostic base for the physical graphical NixOS machines. Imported
# by both ./laptop.nix and ./desktop.nix; those add only the bits that differ
# between portable and desktop hosts (chiefly the networking backend).
#
# The bootloader is NOT set here -- it is firmware-specific, not form-factor:
# UEFI hosts (MBP, Mac Pro 3,1) use systemd-boot, the BIOS-only T400 uses GRUB.
# Each machine config declares its own.
{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
{
features.swayDesktop.enable = true;
console.keyMap = "dvorak";
# Intel thermal management. x86 only -- the Asahi MBP governs its own SoC
# thermals, and thermald is an Intel-platform daemon.
services.thermald.enable = lib.mkIf pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 true;
# Default-deny inbound. Hosts that run a listening service open their own
# ports next to where the service is enabled (e.g. sshd -> 22 on X1).
networking.firewall.enable = true;
# Disk hygiene for the physical hosts. fstrim reclaims unused SSD blocks on a
# weekly timer; cleanOnBoot wipes /tmp at every boot.
services.fstrim.enable = true;
boot.tmp.cleanOnBoot = true;
# Userspace OOM killer: act on memory pressure early instead of letting the
# kernel OOM-thrash. Matters on the 4 GiB T400 and the elderly Mac Pro.
services.earlyoom.enable = true;
# Firmware updates via LVFS. No-op on the Asahi MBP (Apple-managed firmware),
# useful for UEFI/SSD updates on the x86 hosts.
services.fwupd.enable = true;
# Audio. PipeWire with the PulseAudio shim covers every graphical host; no
# per-machine audio config is needed.
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
pulse.enable = true;
};
# swaylock PAM stack. None of these machines has working fingerprint auth, so
# an empty service is enough -- swaylock falls back to password.
security.pam.services.swaylock = { };
# Redistributable firmware (GPU/Wi-Fi/NIC blobs) for the x86 hosts. Harmless
# on the Asahi MBP, which supplies its own peripheral firmware out-of-band.
hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
}