vars: add test for deployment

2024-08-04 15:33:16 +07:00
1103 changed files with 23163 additions and 60409 deletions
--- a/.gitea/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 name: checks
 on:
  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
 jobs:
  checks-impure:
    runs-on: nix
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: nix run .#impure-checks
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
  deploy-docs:
    runs-on: nix
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: nix run .#deploy-docs
    env:
      SSH_HOMEPAGE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOMEPAGE_KEY }}
--- a/.gitea/workflows/update-clan-core-for-checks.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/update-clan-core-for-checks.yml
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-name: "Update pinned clan-core for checks"
-on:
-  repository_dispatch:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "51 2 * * *"
-jobs:
-  update-pinned-clan-core:
-    runs-on: nix
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Update clan-core for checks
-        run: nix run .#update-clan-core-for-checks
-      - name: Create pull request
-        env:
-          CI_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_BOT_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=clan-bot GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=clan-bot@clan.lol GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=clan-bot GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=clan-bot@clan.lol
-          git commit -am "Update pinned clan-core for checks"
-          git push origin +HEAD:update-clan-core-for-checks
-          set -x
-          resp=$(nix run --inputs-from . nixpkgs#curl -- -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: token $CI_BOT_TOKEN" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '{
-              "head": "update-clan-core-for-checks",
-              "base": "main",
-              "title": "Update Clan Core for Checks",
-              "body": "This PR updates the pinned clan-core flake input that is used for checks."
-            }' \
-           "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/clan-core/pulls")
-          pr_number=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r '.number')
-
-          # Merge when succeed
-          while true; do
-            resp=$(nix run --inputs-from . nixpkgs#curl -- -X POST \
-              -H "Authorization: token $CI_BOT_TOKEN" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d '{
-                "Do": "merge",
-                "merge_when_checks_succeed": true,
-                "delete_branch_after_merge": true
-              }' \
-              "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/clan-core/pulls/$pr_number/merge")
-            msg=$(echo $resp | jq -r '.message')
-            if [[ "$msg" != "Please try again later" ]]; then
-              break
-            fi
-            echo "Retrying in 2 seconds..."
-            sleep 2
-          done
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-name: Github<->Gitea sync
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "39 * * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-jobs:
-  repo-sync:
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'clan-lol'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
-        id: app-token
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ vars.CI_APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.CI_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      - name: repo-sync
-        uses: repo-sync/github-sync@v2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-        with:
-          source_repo: "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core.git"
-          source_branch: "main"
-          destination_branch: "main"
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 .direnv
-.nixos-test-history
-.hypothesis
+**/.nixos-test-history
+***/.hypothesis
 out.log
 .coverage.*
-qubeclan
+**/qubeclan
 pkgs/repro-hook
-testdir
+**/testdir
 democlan
 example_clan
 result*
-/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/nixpkgs
+/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/nixpkgs
 /pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/webui/assets
 nixos.qcow2
-*.glade~
+**/*.glade~
 /docs/out
-/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/select
-.local.env

-# macOS stuff
-.DS_Store

 # dream2nix
 .dream2nix
@@ -43,14 +39,3 @@ repo
 node_modules
 dist
 .webui
-
-# TODO: remove after bug in select is fixed
-select
-
-# Generated files
-pkgs/clan-app/ui/api/API.json
-pkgs/clan-app/ui/api/API.ts
-pkgs/clan-app/ui/api/Inventory.ts
-pkgs/clan-app/ui/api/modules_schemas.json
-pkgs/clan-app/ui/api/schema.json
-pkgs/clan-app/ui/.fonts
--- a/lib/test/container-test-driver/test_driver/py.typed
+++ b/lib/test/container-test-driver/test_driver/py.typed
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-nixosModules/clanCore/vars/.* @lopter
-pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/(secrets|vars)/.* @lopter
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 # Contributing to Clan

-<!-- Local file: docs/CONTRIBUTING.md -->
-Go to the Contributing guide at https://docs.clan.lol/guides/contributing/CONTRIBUTING
+## Live-reloading documentation
+
+Enter the `docs` directory:
+
+```shell-session
+cd docs
+```
+
+Enter the development shell or enable `direnv`:
+
+```shell-session
+direnv allow
+```
+
+Run a local server:
+
+```shell-session
+mkdocs serve
+```
+
+Open http://localhost:8000/ in your browser.
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Copyright 2023-2024 Clan contributors
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
-this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
-the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
-use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
-the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
-subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
-FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
-COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
-IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
-CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ If you're new to Clan and eager to dive in, start with our quickstart guide and

 In the Clan ecosystem, security is paramount. Learn how to handle secrets effectively:

- **Secrets Management**: Securely manage secrets by consulting [secrets](https://docs.clan.lol/guides/getting-started/secrets/)<!-- [secrets.md](docs/site/guides/getting-started/secrets.md) -->.
+- **Secrets Management**: Securely manage secrets by consulting [secrets](https://docs.clan.lol/getting-started/secrets/)<!-- [secrets.md](docs/site/getting-started/secrets.md) -->.

 ### Contributing to Clan

@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ Clan is more than a tool; it's a movement towards a better digital future. By co
 Connect with us and the Clan community for support and discussion:

 - [Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#clan:clan.lol) for live discussions.
- IRC bridge on [hackint#clan](https://chat.hackint.org/#/connect?join=clan) for real-time chat support.
+- IRC bridges (coming soon) for real-time chat support.

--- a/checks/admin/default.nix
+++ b/checks/admin/default.nix
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  self,
-  clanLib,
-  ...
-}:
-
-let
-  public-key = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII6zj7ubTg6z/aDwRNwvM/WlQdUocMprQ8E92NWxl6t+ test@test";
-in
-
-clanLib.test.makeTestClan {
-  inherit pkgs self;
-  nixosTest = (
-    { ... }:
-
-    {
-      name = "admin";
-
-      clan = {
-        directory = ./.;
-        modules."@clan/admin" = ../../clanServices/admin/default.nix;
-        inventory = {
-
-          machines.client = { };
-          machines.server = { };
-
-          instances = {
-            ssh-test-one = {
-              module.name = "@clan/admin";
-              roles.default.machines."server".settings = {
-                allowedKeys.testkey = public-key;
-              };
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      };
-
-      nodes = {
-        client.environment.etc.private-test-key.source = ./private-test-key;
-
-        server = {
-          services.openssh = {
-            enable = true;
-            settings.UsePAM = false;
-          };
-        };
-      };
-
-      testScript = ''
-        start_all()
-
-        machines = [client, server]
-        for m in machines:
-            m.systemctl("start network-online.target")
-
-        for m in machines:
-            m.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
-
-        client.succeed(f"ssh -F /dev/null -i /etc/private-test-key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o BatchMode=yes root@server true &>/dev/null")
-      '';
-    }
-  );
-}
--- a/checks/admin/private-test-key
+++ b/checks/admin/private-test-key
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
-b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
-QyNTUxOQAAACCOs4+7m04Os/2g8ETcLzP1pUHVKHDKa0PBPdjVsZerfgAAAJDXdRkm13UZ
-JgAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACCOs4+7m04Os/2g8ETcLzP1pUHVKHDKa0PBPdjVsZerfg
-AAAECIgb2FQcgBKMniA+6zm2cwGre60ATu3Sg1GivgAqVJlI6zj7ubTg6z/aDwRNwvM/Wl
-QdUocMprQ8E92NWxl6t+AAAAC3BpbnBveEBraXdpAQI=
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
-
--- a/checks/admin/sops/machines/server/key.json
+++ b/checks/admin/sops/machines/server/key.json
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "publickey": "age1q4e7nsw5z6mqeqk5u5kug8lwhpq3f276s0t0npwfffwdkfh58gkqxknhjg",
-    "type": "age"
-  }
-]
--- a/checks/admin/sops/secrets/server-age.key/secret
+++ b/checks/admin/sops/secrets/server-age.key/secret
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ET/FggP6t7L60krfVRvtMjv++xr3zqRsJ58AfnPS1zjTovV5tE9RgnboGY1ieS7fCs4VOL2S6ELtwV1+BTLDQX9s0c5A9cKqjnc=,iv:6EQ6DOqxUdHcOziTxf8kl0sp1Pggu720s5BJ8zA9Je0=,tag:hQMPWaWb4igqDYjwNehlqQ==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBRWjhuZkgwNEZTL3JXZHFE\nTC9jSXJGcVd2bnkvOE1qV0d6TzNobFZobndvCmF1UmhVUWtKeVVwS29NY21ONkRn\nZU5sM01kTU9rQVNENi9paUFWbERoWnMKLS0tIEdjZzgwQjFtWlVtRGZwdW9GY0FK\nSER1TTFNVGxFa0ZrclR4MitWVERiSGMK9DNLzlJZelcpP0klwSDMggTAy5ZVOmsZ\niuu8dXMSdIeTd7l8rpZZN27BaKUm8yEDpUmot5Vq9rbZl6SO3ncX+A==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-07T11:45:41Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:m8eTnPtMzrooEah43mvjwHxQIwR/aq+A1wYyG/rQ75COq/TQepfMiDSrCJKW8x+OKmN/3HZs1b9k659jNNMF+RtMag0+/ovTmr7PQux3IkzWl+R2kU3Y7WDOMweBKY3mTMu6reICE1YVME8vJwhDDbA5JCXJv64rkTz2tfGt4CQ=,iv:/vrwJyEVsfm1cUK//TesY24Makt8YI8mwx5GIhn4038=,tag:H2tS9ohvWJ4TWB6LghcZNg==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/admin/sops/secrets/server-age.key/users/admin
+++ b/checks/admin/sops/secrets/server-age.key/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../users/admin
--- a/checks/admin/sops/users/admin/key.json
+++ b/checks/admin/sops/users/admin/key.json
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "publickey": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-  "type": "age"
-}
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519.pub/value
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519.pub/value
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICVVQjCEuryZii1LmJyjx9DX44eJh3qwTTEWlahYONsz nixbld@kiwi
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519/machines/server
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519/machines/server
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/machines/server
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519/secret
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519/secret
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data: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,iv:EuprKOFKzNLZrGlPtU2mEjmtNPNOcuVDbuvrtYyrerc=,tag:ny/q1AMHIQ8OgUNEE0Cc8w==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1q4e7nsw5z6mqeqk5u5kug8lwhpq3f276s0t0npwfffwdkfh58gkqxknhjg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBLODFxUjREa2tOYW9xaHYw\nQlhWZ282UVhiOGRndk0xYnlCQWRYR01qS2hJCllySUZyblJmTkgyZXd5bjVINDBo\nbEhIWmxycVdOVW0xTUxkalF5Y1k2bXcKLS0tIGRRS1VqOG5sanh2dXR5a2FGeXRs\nK3ZUdERCdEkvMmt3ZndPZEM3QUxJZzAKutOr9jHPCL86zEdMWJ6YZmplcr4tDAcN\nncQfC5rddYDW+0y/crwepKTa2FZjQheOY7jobZanU19ai521hqDSVw==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBxc3NxNGhRYmU3eFNodDZ4\ndnNTeHFnNXBKbUxmNHBjRlFpNG0zdVNpS2d3CjhrOUlSQU5BZVlSdWR3dnNyODZO\nRFBKZWpwWHlOUW03OGlVZlRQUmMrMzQKLS0tIEd6ei9LU3ZFTzlWTUk1c3huS1RQ\nbG1vQzI4ODJkeFcyRnJaQWp1Wk9zSkUKXefMOk/ZT4P6DItfnM82RoOvX4SBn7Fn\nlAoMnSzaRCunDwq7ha05G45gcI2Wjv3urjt0tmdmrmTnFtBSSt23TQ==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-07T11:45:47Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ORCANHbEX13O+zBVLOYyPxYIr1RS3NybTBb23ES7RbiGhSl2t/TXcfPWU5Smuqee0tfcrxL0u1FELZta4IysySW54JlD2907E9OUJWlQ6seOxADla4TMukW2pwhSsUJ9XfjEwC07zYB0alHzO3pY+LG3OAWzyhAlWzHlB5+WqIA=,iv:As+CjAJxKht0PJs3S2WWzho7UBqaUUltBIrYvlzBAbM=,tag:PSyUKaPZZNCxqd6XLPJSCw==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519/users/admin
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/openssh/ssh.id_ed25519/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password-hash/machines/server
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password-hash/machines/server
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/machines/server
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password-hash/secret
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password-hash/secret
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:5Fa0TQN/Whj311JZuVWXnp+2KJaNZPb/TOnP23T+KktulabcBA9go+/F+8wJbsEH2mf6UDq656p6C+kLIvfBFl2O/WwSOhsl23as9TLbgB6gBq73GjyV81VFsnLYNLHKMq+8nfJHM/WekA==,iv:n5vz3q5N6DplLWibdiCcYDdiN7q1VggzPoIYy9r2ZJw=,tag:FoGXrrJfjHZCUVTS2RESmw==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1q4e7nsw5z6mqeqk5u5kug8lwhpq3f276s0t0npwfffwdkfh58gkqxknhjg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBheXZvUW9YbjBFMi9mZnVk\ncGFPQzFOZkNPMU1HckhtSGtDWExpWVNYRlV3CjdDaDlSd2wzVnhKZGU0aFY0UnZY\nQStPSkxuSmlyOU9aeUdRaEJ2UTRRSm8KLS0tIFd3SG9YdEU5T2tzNk16b2s1SUNj\nWkh2cng5eWd3ZmxVZDhSR2Y1QnFySDgKGb/t+8NqiSGgmFOJc1NmDYZ+PXlANy8V\nuFwUTeqWAv7pOiGC8oessfyTPaJ7gWjz+XfKV5JVVikK2l3J4eAGxg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBWM0daWmxCTjAyQStwQ2lM\nNkcyZW9hRmpDelRJR0VVTWhNTGFuZWhCc1RJCm81ZXowZjBhWGpIQTBhQnZLSmQy\nVUNNYjI0bVpqQ21YZS95TW53OUx1YUkKLS0tIDRUUE1zczBDeFJTOTQyVXVkMkYy\ncVVTN3J6TWtwcXVpM0M5c0gxUXpmV2cKwlWrbGLtkO2+PXKoMoHTV5aJpnfVy3RP\n6i8DDpLPGYfVUtWxHx+L+NmMxmw1AvmKSbdB4Y7aSbBW2mea3j1YCg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-07T11:45:50Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:rwdbGOg8l8fWT2GYFx+PgV3oPxt5+NCHJf3PhG3V2lrRMPRisyf1nKwDsYavTuhv+bZC/qo4LrGylcXsHWdkCe/xBX+/jYLMf6nJZPk8BPzfUpiDnEKwRl05qfRfkIDusnQrlBrE+tqtcool65js7hYIzSi92O/hxbzzfsCUpqk=,iv:lUTNJkr6Zh3MQm/h7Ven4N6xVn4VeTXOEKzxd0HSsCk=,tag:Bwbi4HD9vzso6306y7EZOg==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password-hash/users/admin
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password-hash/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password/secret
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password/secret
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:sPh+BuT2we+d/GaMv4zPWc3rPhlMsJQC,iv:VwcHUOMaNiao+R8RBtUINffEUhutktKD6KEWLkFxyp4=,tag:SNVKLjjDv+u5XTVczs2/Uw==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBJVWNYRGEwVWxDSmE4bTNL\nRlZPeGZabFZZNGFsMEwzV1ZmT1pqNVk4STMwCkg5UER0Vjk3K1RMazVVYjF3SDc2\ndDZHa3VtYjRiWUJET25weXprc0JNUjAKLS0tIDdVb2xNdWxCcjhpSGtGWDV0d2ti\nZENkZGNpSTNzMVVTZVN0ZktLc2VackEKdexhI37pwcnbZbcy30k9Uo5Z7z3NLqlx\nspxJ87SzEwdStTMhiH1iYf62vcyAOTa4HwfXu97MGVPFNw13/VfgCw==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-07T11:45:50Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:tZRh8qj7JUnhXCfqCHJKWEFQ8XLtmo/p0C+eFIK+34enxfB5lG5Lq83wBXLa0D/nqrr58z1rLO+UVDOI5LH1jFxARBZZnUKrVJNTDHa5pUnlnVOFEOoc+R0h2E5Xw9OHaq7aDUh4fT9+gNDpguKggI5fS9KqRnmZ4VrpNccjnkw=,iv:2yI25fcWMog91EMD7bYQy3GS30a7gZHnif93MaE3sZo=,tag:tYqa6zssiU3BCFU5xmDYZQ==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password/users/admin
+++ b/checks/admin/vars/per-machine/server/root-password/password/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/app-ocr/default.nix
+++ b/checks/app-ocr/default.nix
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ self, pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  name = "app-ocr-smoke-test";
-
-  enableOCR = true;
-
-  nodes = {
-    wayland =
-      { modulesPath, ... }:
-      {
-        imports = [ (modulesPath + "/../tests/common/wayland-cage.nix") ];
-        services.cage.program = "${self.packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-app}/bin/clan-app";
-        virtualisation.memorySize = 2047;
-        # TODO: get rid of this and fix debus-proxy error instead
-        services.cage.environment.WEBKIT_DISABLE_SANDBOX_THIS_IS_DANGEROUS = "1";
-      };
-    xorg =
-      { pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
-      {
-        imports = [
-          (modulesPath + "/../tests/common/user-account.nix")
-          (modulesPath + "/../tests/common/x11.nix")
-        ];
-        virtualisation.memorySize = 2047;
-        services.xserver.enable = true;
-        services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = "${
-          self.packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-app
-        }/bin/clan-app";
-        test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
-      };
-  };
-  testScript = ''
-    start_all()
-
-    wayland.wait_for_unit('graphical.target')
-    xorg.wait_for_unit('graphical.target')
-
-    wayland.wait_for_text('Welcome to Clan')
-    xorg.wait_for_text('Welcome to Clan')
-  '';
-}
--- a/checks/backups/flake-module.nix
+++ b/checks/backups/flake-module.nix
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@
    fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/null";
    boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/null";
  };
-  clan.inventory.services = {
-    borgbackup.test-backup = {
-      roles.client.machines = [ "test-backup" ];
-      roles.server.machines = [ "test-backup" ];
-    };
-  };
  flake.nixosModules = {
    test-backup =
      {
        pkgs,
        lib,
+        config,
        ...
      }:
      let
@@ -28,67 +23,44 @@
      in
      {
        imports = [
-          # Do not import inventory modules. They should be configured via 'clan.inventory'
-          #
-          # TODO: Configure localbackup via inventory
+          self.clanModules.borgbackup
          self.clanModules.localbackup
+          self.clanModules.sshd
        ];
-        # Borgbackup overrides
-        services.borgbackup.repos.test-backups = {
-          path = "/var/lib/borgbackup/test-backups";
-          authorizedKeys = [ (builtins.readFile ../assets/ssh/pubkey) ];
-        };
-        clan.borgbackup.destinations.test-backup.repo = lib.mkForce "borg@machine:.";
-
        clan.core.networking.targetHost = "machine";
        networking.hostName = "machine";
+        services.openssh.settings.UseDns = false;

        programs.ssh.knownHosts = {
          machine.hostNames = [ "machine" ];
-          machine.publicKey = builtins.readFile ../assets/ssh/pubkey;
+          machine.publicKey = builtins.readFile ../lib/ssh/pubkey;
        };

-        services.openssh = {
-          enable = true;
-          settings.UsePAM = false;
-          settings.UseDns = false;
-          hostKeys = [
-            {
-              path = "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519";
-              type = "ed25519";
-            }
-          ];
-        };
-
-        users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ ../assets/ssh/pubkey ];
-
-        # This is needed to unlock the user for sshd
-        # Because we use sshd without setuid binaries
-        users.users.borg.initialPassword = "hello";
+        users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ ../lib/ssh/pubkey ];

        systemd.tmpfiles.settings."vmsecrets" = {
          "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519" = {
-            C.argument = "${../assets/ssh/privkey}";
+            C.argument = "${../lib/ssh/privkey}";
            z = {
              mode = "0400";
              user = "root";
            };
          };
          "/etc/secrets/ssh.id_ed25519" = {
-            C.argument = "${../assets/ssh/privkey}";
+            C.argument = "${../lib/ssh/privkey}";
            z = {
              mode = "0400";
              user = "root";
            };
          };
-          "/etc/secrets/borgbackup/borgbackup.ssh" = {
-            C.argument = "${../assets/ssh/privkey}";
+          "/etc/secrets/borgbackup.ssh" = {
+            C.argument = "${../lib/ssh/privkey}";
            z = {
              mode = "0400";
              user = "root";
            };
          };
-          "/etc/secrets/borgbackup/borgbackup.repokey" = {
+          "/etc/secrets/borgbackup.repokey" = {
            C.argument = builtins.toString (pkgs.writeText "repokey" "repokey12345");
            z = {
              mode = "0400";
@@ -97,7 +69,6 @@
          };
        };
        clan.core.facts.secretStore = "vm";
-        clan.core.vars.settings.secretStore = "vm";

        environment.systemPackages = [ self.packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-cli ];
        environment.etc.install-closure.source = "${closureInfo}/store-paths";
@@ -122,6 +93,7 @@
          '';
          folders = [ "/var/test-service" ];
        };
+        clan.borgbackup.destinations.test-backup.repo = "borg@machine:.";

        fileSystems."/mnt/external-disk" = {
          device = "/dev/vdb"; # created in tests with virtualisation.emptyDisks
@@ -142,28 +114,25 @@
            touch /run/unmount-external-disk
          '';
        };
+
+        services.borgbackup.repos.test-backups = {
+          path = "/var/lib/borgbackup/test-backups";
+          authorizedKeys = [ (builtins.readFile ../lib/ssh/pubkey) ];
+        };
      };
  };
  perSystem =
-    { pkgs, ... }:
-    let
-      clanCore = self.checks.x86_64-linux.clan-core-for-checks;
-    in
+    { nodes, pkgs, ... }:
    {
-      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
-        backups = self.clanLib.test.containerTest {
-          name = "backups";
+      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux) {
+        test-backups = (import ../lib/test-base.nix) {
+          name = "test-backups";
          nodes.machine = {
-            imports =
-              [
-                self.nixosModules.clanCore
-                # Some custom overrides for the backup tests
-                self.nixosModules.test-backup
-              ]
-              ++
-              # import the inventory generated nixosModules
-              self.clanInternals.inventoryClass.machines.test-backup.machineImports;
-            clan.core.settings.directory = ./.;
+            imports = [
+              self.nixosModules.clanCore
+              self.nixosModules.test-backup
+            ];
+            virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 256 ];
          };

          testScript = ''
@@ -175,14 +144,14 @@
            machine.succeed("echo testing > /var/test-backups/somefile")

            # create
-            machine.succeed("clan backups create --debug --flake ${clanCore} test-backup")
+            machine.succeed("clan backups create --debug --flake ${self} test-backup")
            machine.wait_until_succeeds("! systemctl is-active borgbackup-job-test-backup >&2")
            machine.succeed("test -f /run/mount-external-disk")
            machine.succeed("test -f /run/unmount-external-disk")

            # list
            backup_id = json.loads(machine.succeed("borg-job-test-backup list --json"))["archives"][0]["archive"]
-            out = machine.succeed("clan backups list --debug --flake ${clanCore} test-backup").strip()
+            out = machine.succeed("clan backups list --debug --flake ${self} test-backup").strip()
            print(out)
            assert backup_id in out, f"backup {backup_id} not found in {out}"
            localbackup_id = "hdd::/mnt/external-disk/snapshot.0"
@@ -190,7 +159,7 @@

            ## borgbackup restore
            machine.succeed("rm -f /var/test-backups/somefile")
-            machine.succeed(f"clan backups restore --debug --flake ${clanCore} test-backup borgbackup 'test-backup::borg@machine:.::{backup_id}' >&2")
+            machine.succeed(f"clan backups restore --debug --flake ${self} test-backup borgbackup 'test-backup::borg@machine:.::{backup_id}' >&2")
            assert machine.succeed("cat /var/test-backups/somefile").strip() == "testing", "restore failed"
            machine.succeed("test -f /var/test-service/pre-restore-command")
            machine.succeed("test -f /var/test-service/post-restore-command")
@@ -198,7 +167,7 @@

            ## localbackup restore
            machine.succeed("rm -rf /var/test-backups/somefile /var/test-service/ && mkdir -p /var/test-service")
-            machine.succeed(f"clan backups restore --debug --flake ${clanCore} test-backup localbackup '{localbackup_id}' >&2")
+            machine.succeed(f"clan backups restore --debug --flake ${self} test-backup localbackup '{localbackup_id}' >&2")
            assert machine.succeed("cat /var/test-backups/somefile").strip() == "testing", "restore failed"
            machine.succeed("test -f /var/test-service/pre-restore-command")
            machine.succeed("test -f /var/test-service/post-restore-command")
--- a/checks/borgbackup/default.nix
+++ b/checks/borgbackup/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(
+(import ../lib/test-base.nix) (
  { ... }:
  {
    name = "borgbackup";
@@ -12,22 +12,23 @@
          {
            services.openssh.enable = true;
            services.borgbackup.repos.testrepo = {
-              authorizedKeys = [ (builtins.readFile ../assets/ssh/pubkey) ];
+              authorizedKeys = [ (builtins.readFile ../lib/ssh/pubkey) ];
            };
          }
          {
-            clan.core.settings.directory = ./.;
+            clan.core.machineName = "machine";
+            clan.core.clanDir = ./.;
            clan.core.state.testState.folders = [ "/etc/state" ];
            environment.etc.state.text = "hello world";
            systemd.tmpfiles.settings."vmsecrets" = {
-              "/etc/secrets/borgbackup/borgbackup.ssh" = {
-                C.argument = "${../assets/ssh/privkey}";
+              "/etc/secrets/borgbackup.ssh" = {
+                C.argument = "${../lib/ssh/privkey}";
                z = {
                  mode = "0400";
                  user = "root";
                };
              };
-              "/etc/secrets/borgbackup/borgbackup.repokey" = {
+              "/etc/secrets/borgbackup.repokey" = {
                C.argument = builtins.toString (pkgs.writeText "repokey" "repokey12345");
                z = {
                  mode = "0400";
@@ -35,8 +36,7 @@
                };
              };
            };
-            # clan.core.facts.secretStore = "vm";
-            clan.core.vars.settings.secretStore = "vm";
+            clan.core.facts.secretStore = "vm";

            clan.borgbackup.destinations.test.repo = "borg@localhost:.";
          }
--- a/checks/clan-core-for-checks.nix
+++ b/checks/clan-core-for-checks.nix
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchgit }:
-fetchgit {
-  url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core.git";
-  rev = "843e1b24be6ff9a7015e67b3291216c08f628d3e";
-  sha256 = "1bfm3n9r9k8prbwsh0yzp421y4ahblv407gqihwvcpiqsx6s3b9b";
-}
--- a/checks/container/default.nix
+++ b/checks/container/default.nix
@@ -1,44 +1,19 @@
-(
+(import ../lib/container-test.nix) (
  { ... }:
  {
-    name = "container";
+    name = "secrets";

-    nodes.machine1 =
+    nodes.machine =
      { ... }:
      {
-        networking.hostName = "machine1";
+        networking.hostName = "machine";
        services.openssh.enable = true;
        services.openssh.startWhenNeeded = false;
      };
-
-    nodes.machine2 =
-      { ... }:
-      {
-        networking.hostName = "machine2";
-        services.openssh.enable = true;
-        services.openssh.startWhenNeeded = false;
-      };
-
    testScript = ''
-      import subprocess
      start_all()
-      machine1.succeed("systemctl status sshd")
-      machine2.succeed("systemctl status sshd")
-      machine1.wait_for_unit("sshd")
-      machine2.wait_for_unit("sshd")
-
-      p1 = subprocess.run(["ip", "a"], check=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-      assert p1.returncode == 0
-      bridge_output = p1.stdout.decode("utf-8")
-      assert "br0" in bridge_output, f"bridge not found in ip a output: {bridge_output}"
-
-      for m in [machine1, machine2]:
-          out = machine1.succeed("ip addr show eth1")
-          assert "UP" in out, f"UP not found in ip addr show output: {out}"
-          assert "inet" in out, f"inet not found in ip addr show output: {out}"
-          assert "inet6" in out, f"inet6 not found in ip addr show output: {out}"
-
-      machine1.succeed("ping -c 1 machine2")
+      machine.succeed("systemctl status sshd")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("sshd")
    '';
  }
 )
--- a/checks/data-mesher/default.nix
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/default.nix
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  self,
-  clanLib,
-  ...
-}:
-clanLib.test.makeTestClan {
-  inherit pkgs self;
-  nixosTest = (
-    { lib, ... }:
-    let
-      machines = [
-        "admin"
-        "peer"
-        "signer"
-      ];
-    in
-    {
-      name = "data-mesher";
-
-      clan = {
-        directory = ./.;
-        inventory = {
-          machines = lib.genAttrs machines (_: { });
-          services = {
-            data-mesher.default = {
-              roles.peer.machines = [ "peer" ];
-              roles.admin.machines = [ "admin" ];
-              roles.signer.machines = [ "signer" ];
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      };
-
-      defaults =
-        { config, ... }:
-        {
-          environment.systemPackages = [
-            config.services.data-mesher.package
-          ];
-
-          clan.data-mesher.network.interface = "eth1";
-          clan.data-mesher.bootstrapNodes = [
-            "[2001:db8:1::1]:7946" # peer1
-            "[2001:db8:1::2]:7946" # peer2
-          ];
-
-          # speed up for testing
-          services.data-mesher.settings = {
-            cluster.join_interval = lib.mkForce "2s";
-            cluster.push_pull_interval = lib.mkForce "5s";
-          };
-        };
-
-      nodes = {
-        admin.clan.data-mesher.network.tld = "foo";
-      };
-
-      # TODO Add better test script.
-      testScript = ''
-
-        def resolve(node, success = {}, fail = [], timeout = 60):
-          for hostname, ips in success.items():
-              for ip in ips:
-                  node.wait_until_succeeds(f"getent ahosts {hostname} | grep {ip}", timeout)
-
-          for hostname in fail:
-              node.wait_until_fails(f"getent ahosts {hostname}")
-
-        start_all()
-
-        admin.wait_for_unit("data-mesher")
-        signer.wait_for_unit("data-mesher")
-        peer.wait_for_unit("data-mesher")
-
-        # check dns resolution
-        for node in [admin, signer, peer]:
-          resolve(node, {
-              "admin.foo": ["2001:db8:1::1", "192.168.1.1"],
-              "peer.foo": ["2001:db8:1::2", "192.168.1.2"],
-              "signer.foo": ["2001:db8:1::3", "192.168.1.3"]
-          })
-      '';
-    }
-  );
-}
--- a/checks/data-mesher/sops/machines/admin/key.json
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/sops/machines/admin/key.json
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "publickey": "age10zxkj45fah3qa8uyg3a36jsd06d839xfq64nrez9etrsf4km0gtsp45gsz",
-  "type": "age"
-}
--- a/checks/data-mesher/sops/machines/peer/key.json
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/sops/machines/peer/key.json
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "publickey": "age1faqrml2ukc6unfm75d3v2vnaf62v92rdxaagg3ty3cfna7vt99gqlzs43l",
-  "type": "age"
-}
--- a/checks/data-mesher/sops/machines/signer/key.json
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/sops/machines/signer/key.json
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "publickey": "age153mke8v2qksyqjc7vta7wglzdqr5epazt83nch0ur5v7kl87cfdsr07qld",
-  "type": "age"
-}
--- a/checks/data-mesher/sops/secrets/admin-age.key/secret
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/sops/secrets/admin-age.key/secret
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:7xyb6WoaN7uRWEO8QRkBw7iytP5hFrA94VRi+sy/UhzqT9AyDPmxB/F8ASFsBbzJUwi0Oqd2E1CeIYRoDhG7JHnDyL2bYonz2RQ=,iv:slh3x774m6oTHAXFwcen1qF+jEchOKCyNsJMbNhqXHE=,tag:wtK8H8PZCESPA1vZCd7Ptw==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"kms": null,
-		"gcp_kms": null,
-		"azure_kv": null,
-		"hc_vault": null,
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBPTzZ4RTVNb2I1MTBRMEcy\neU1Eek9GakkydEJBVm9kR3AyY1pEYkorNUYwCkh2WHhNQmc1eWI2cCtEUFFWdzJq\nS0FvQWtoOFkzRVBxVzhuczc0aVprbkkKLS0tIFRLdmpnbzY1Uk9LdklEWnQzZHM2\nVEx3dzhMSnMwaWE0V0J6VTZ5ZVFYMjgKdaICa/hprHxhH89XD7ri0vyTT4rM+Si0\niHcQU4x64dgoJa4gKxgr4k9XncjoNEjJhxL7i/ZNZ5deaaLRn5rKMg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-04-08T13:24:55Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:TJWDHGSRBfOCW8Q+t3YxG3vlpf9a5u7B27AamnOk95huqIv0htqWV3RuV7NoOZ5v2ijqSe/pLfpwrmtdhO2sUBEvhdhJm8UzLShP7AbH9lxV+icJOsY7VSrp+R5W526V46ONP6p47b7fOQBbp03BMz01G191N68WYOf6k2arGxU=,iv:nEyTBwJ2EA+OAl8Ulo5cvFX6Ow2FwzTWooF/rdkPiXg=,tag:oYcG16zR+Fb5XzVsHhq2Qw==,type:str]",
-		"pgp": null,
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.9.4"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/data-mesher/sops/secrets/admin-age.key/users/admin
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/sops/secrets/admin-age.key/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../users/admin
--- a/checks/data-mesher/sops/secrets/peer-age.key/secret
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/sops/secrets/peer-age.key/secret
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:JOOhvl0clDD/b5YO45CXR3wVopBSNe9dYBG+p5iD+nniN2OgOwBgYPNSCVtc+NemqutD12hFUSfCzXidkv0ijhD1JZeLar9Ygxc=,iv:XctQwSYSvKhDRk/XMacC9uMydZ8e9hnhpoWTgyXiFI0=,tag:foAhBlg4DwpQU2G9DzTo5g==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
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-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBiTEdlL29sVWFpSDNNaXRJ\ndTJDRkU4VzFPQ0M4MkFha2IxV2FXN2o3ZEFRCjF3UnZ5U1hTc3VvSTIzcWxOZjl0\ncHlLVEFqRk1UbGdxaUxEeDFqbFVYaU0KLS0tIFFyMnJkZnRHdWg4Z1IyRHFkY0I5\nQjdIMGtGLzRGMFM0ektDZ3hzZDdHSmMKvxOQuKgePom0QfPSvn+4vsGHhJ4BoOvW\nc27Vn4/i4hbjfJr4JpULAwyIwt3F0RaTA2M6EkFkY8otEi3vkcpWvA==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age10zxkj45fah3qa8uyg3a36jsd06d839xfq64nrez9etrsf4km0gtsp45gsz",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSA5ZzdsaVRnSmsrMGR1Ylg3\nZkpscTdwNUl5NUVXN3kvMU1icE0yZU1WSEJBClB6SlJYZUhDSElRREx5b0VueFUw\nNVFRU3BSU24yWEtpRnJoUC83SDVaUWsKLS0tIGVxNEo3TjlwakpDZlNsSkVCOXlz\nNDgwaE1xNjZkSnJBVlU5YXVHeGxVNFEKsXKyTzq9VsERpXzbFJGv/pbAghFAcXkf\nMmCgQHsfIMBJQUstcO8sAkxv3ced0dAEz8O6NUd0FS2zlhBzt29Rnw==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1faqrml2ukc6unfm75d3v2vnaf62v92rdxaagg3ty3cfna7vt99gqlzs43l",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBkK1hDMGxCc1IvYXlJMnBF\nWncxaXBQa1RpTWdwUHc3Yk16My8rVHNJc2dFCkNlK2h0dy9oU3Z5ZGhwRWVLYVUz\ncVBKT2x5VnlhbXNmdHkwbmZzVG5sd0EKLS0tIHJaMzhDanF4Rkl3akN4MEIxOHFC\nYWRUZ08xb1UwOFNRaktkMjIzNXZmNkUK1rlbJ96oUNQZLmCmPNDOKxfDMMa+Bl2E\nJPxcNc7XY3WBHa3xFUbcqiPxWxDyaZjhq/LYQGpepiGonGMEzR5JOQ==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-04-08T13:25:20Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:za9ku+9lu1TTRjbPcd5LYDM4tJsAYF/yuWFCGkAhqcYguEducsIfoKBwL42ahAzqLjCZp91YJuINtw16mM+Hmlhi/BVwhnXNHqcfnKoAS/zg9KJvWcvXwKMmjEjaBovqaCWXWoKS7dn/wZ7nfGrlsiUilCDkW4BzTIzkqNkyREU=,iv:2X9apXMatwCPRBIRbPxz6PJQwGrlr7O+z+MrsnFq+sQ=,tag:IYvitoV4MhyJyRO1ySxbLQ==,type:str]",
-		"pgp": null,
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.9.4"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/data-mesher/vars/shared/data-mesher-network-key/private_key/users/admin
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/vars/shared/data-mesher-network-key/private_key/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/data-mesher/vars/shared/data-mesher-network-key/public_key/value
+++ b/checks/data-mesher/vars/shared/data-mesher-network-key/public_key/value
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
-MCowBQYDK2VwAyEA/5j+Js7oxwWvZdfjfEO/3UuRqMxLKXsaNc3/5N2WSaw=
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
--- a/checks/deltachat/default.nix
+++ b/checks/deltachat/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (import ../lib/container-test.nix) (
  { pkgs, ... }:
  {
-    name = "deltachat";
+    name = "secrets";

    nodes.machine =
      { self, ... }:
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
          self.clanModules.deltachat
          self.nixosModules.clanCore
          {
-            clan.core.settings.directory = ./.;
+            clan.core.machineName = "machine";
+            clan.core.clanDir = ./.;
          }
        ];
      };
--- a/checks/dont-depend-on-repo-root.nix
+++ b/checks/dont-depend-on-repo-root.nix
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-{
-  ...
-}:
-{
-  perSystem =
-    {
-      system,
-      pkgs,
-      self',
-      lib,
-      ...
-    }:
-    let
-      clanCore = self'.packages.clan-core-flake;
-      clanCoreHash = lib.substring 0 12 (builtins.hashString "sha256" "${clanCore}");
-      /*
-        construct a flake for the test which contains a single check which depends
-        on all checks of clan-core.
-      */
-      testFlakeFile = pkgs.writeText "flake.nix" ''
-        {
-          inputs.clan-core.url = path:///to/nowhere;
-          outputs = {clan-core, ...}:
-            let
-              checks =
-                builtins.removeAttrs
-                  clan-core.checks.${system}
-                  [
-                    "dont-depend-on-repo-root"
-                    "package-dont-depend-on-repo-root"
-                    "package-clan-core-flake"
-                  ];
-              checksOutPaths = map (x: "''${x}") (builtins.attrValues checks);
-            in
-            {
-              checks.${system}.check = builtins.derivation {
-                name = "all-clan-core-checks";
-                system = "${system}";
-                builder = "/bin/sh";
-                args = ["-c" '''
-                  of outPath in ''${toString checksOutPaths}; do
-                    echo "$outPath" >> $out
-                  done
-                '''];
-              };
-            };
-        }
-      '';
-    in
-    lib.optionalAttrs (system == "x86_64-linux") {
-      packages.dont-depend-on-repo-root =
-        pkgs.runCommand
-          # append repo hash to this tests name to ensure it gets invalidated on each chain
-          # This is needed because this test is an FOD (due to networking) and would get cached indefinitely.
-          "check-dont-depend-on-repo-root-${clanCoreHash}"
-          {
-            buildInputs = [
-              pkgs.nix
-              pkgs.cacert
-              pkgs.nix-diff
-            ];
-            outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-            outputHash = "sha256-47DEQpj8HBSa+/TImW+5JCeuQeRkm5NMpJWZG3hSuFU=";
-          }
-          ''
-            mkdir clanCore testFlake store
-            clanCore=$(realpath clanCore)
-            testFlake=$(realpath testFlake)
-
-            # copy clan core flake and make writable
-            cp -r ${clanCore}/* clanCore/
-            chmod +w -R clanCore\
-
-            # copy test flake and make writable
-            cp ${testFlakeFile} testFlake/flake.nix
-            chmod +w -R testFlake
-
-            # enable flakes
-            export NIX_CONFIG="experimental-features = nix-command flakes"
-
-            # give nix a $HOME
-            export HOME=$(realpath ./store)
-
-            # override clan-core flake input to point to $clanCore\
-            echo "locking clan-core to $clanCore"
-            nix flake lock --override-input clan-core "path://$clanCore" "$testFlake" --store "$HOME"
-
-            # evaluate all tests
-            echo "evaluating all tests for clan core"
-            nix eval "$testFlake"#checks.${system}.check.drvPath --store "$HOME" --raw > drvPath1 &
-
-            # slightly modify clan core
-            cp -r $clanCore clanCore2
-            cp -r $testFlake testFlake2
-            export clanCore2=$(realpath clanCore2)
-            export testFlake2=$(realpath testFlake2)
-            touch clanCore2/fly-fpv
-
-            # re-evaluate all tests
-            echo "locking clan-core to $clanCore2"
-            nix flake lock --override-input clan-core "path://$clanCore2" "$testFlake2" --store "$HOME"
-            echo "evaluating all tests for clan core with added file"
-            nix eval "$testFlake2"#checks.${system}.check.drvPath --store "$HOME" --raw > drvPath2
-
-            # wait for first nix eval to return as well
-            while ! grep -q drv drvPath1; do sleep 1; done
-
-            # raise error if outputs are different
-            if [ "$(cat drvPath1)" != "$(cat drvPath2)" ]; then
-              echo -e "\n\nERROR: Something in clan-core depends on the whole repo" > /dev/stderr
-              echo -e "See details in the nix-diff below which shows the difference between two evaluations:"
-              echo -e "  1. Evaluation of clan-core checks without any changes"
-              echo -e "  1. Evaluation of clan-core checks after adding a file to the top-level of the repo"
-              echo "nix-diff:"
-              export NIX_REMOTE="$HOME"
-              nix-diff $(cat drvPath1) $(cat drvPath2)
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            touch $out
-          '';
-    };
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/default.nix
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/default.nix
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  self,
-  clanLib,
-  ...
-}:
-clanLib.test.makeTestClan {
-  inherit pkgs self;
-  nixosTest = (
-    { ... }:
-    {
-      # This tests the compatibility of the inventory
-      # With the test framework
-      # - legacy-modules
-      # - clan.service modules
-      name = "dummy-inventory-test";
-
-      clan = {
-        directory = ./.;
-        inventory = {
-          machines.peer1 = { };
-          machines.admin1 = { };
-          services = {
-            legacy-module.default = {
-              roles.peer.machines = [ "peer1" ];
-              roles.admin.machines = [ "admin1" ];
-            };
-          };
-
-          instances."test" = {
-            module.name = "new-service";
-            roles.peer.machines.peer1 = { };
-          };
-
-          modules = {
-            legacy-module = ./legacy-module;
-          };
-        };
-        modules.new-service = {
-          _class = "clan.service";
-          manifest.name = "new-service";
-          roles.peer = { };
-          perMachine = {
-            nixosModule = {
-              # This should be generated by:
-              # nix run .#generate-test-vars -- checks/dummy-inventory-test dummy-inventory-test
-              clan.core.vars.generators.new-service = {
-                files.not-a-secret = {
-                  secret = false;
-                  deploy = true;
-                };
-                files.a-secret = {
-                  secret = true;
-                  deploy = true;
-                  owner = "nobody";
-                  group = "users";
-                  mode = "0644";
-                };
-                script = ''
-                  # This is a dummy script that does nothing
-                  echo -n "not-a-secret" > $out/not-a-secret
-                  echo -n "a-secret" > $out/a-secret
-                '';
-              };
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      };
-
-      testScript =
-        { nodes, ... }:
-        ''
-          start_all()
-          admin1.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
-          peer1.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
-          # Provided by the legacy module
-          print(admin1.succeed("systemctl status dummy-service"))
-          print(peer1.succeed("systemctl status dummy-service"))
-
-          # peer1 should have the 'hello' file
-          peer1.succeed("cat ${nodes.peer1.clan.core.vars.generators.new-service.files.not-a-secret.path}")
-
-          ls_out = peer1.succeed("ls -la ${nodes.peer1.clan.core.vars.generators.new-service.files.a-secret.path}")
-          # Check that the file is owned by 'nobody'
-          assert "nobody" in ls_out, f"File is not owned by 'nobody': {ls_out}"
-          # Check that the file is in the 'users' group
-          assert "users" in ls_out, f"File is not in the 'users' group: {ls_out}"
-          # Check that the file is in the '0644' mode
-          assert "-rw-r--r--" in ls_out, f"File is not in the '0644' mode: {ls_out}"
-        '';
-    }
-  );
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/README.md
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/README.md
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
-description = "Set up dummy-module"
-categories = ["System"]
-features = [ "inventory" ]
-
-[constraints]
-roles.admin.min = 1
-roles.admin.max = 1
---
-
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/roles/admin.nix
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/roles/admin.nix
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  imports = [
-    ../shared.nix
-  ];
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/roles/peer.nix
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/roles/peer.nix
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  imports = [
-    ../shared.nix
-  ];
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/shared.nix
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/legacy-module/shared.nix
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ config, ... }:
-{
-  systemd.services.dummy-service = {
-    enable = true;
-    description = "Dummy service";
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    serviceConfig = {
-      Type = "oneshot";
-      RemainAfterExit = true;
-    };
-    script = ''
-      generated_password_path="${config.clan.core.vars.generators.dummy-generator.files.generated-password.path}"
-      if [ ! -f "$generated_password_path" ]; then
-        echo "Generated password file not found: $generated_password_path"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-      host_id_path="${config.clan.core.vars.generators.dummy-generator.files.host-id.path}"
-      if [ ! -e "$host_id_path" ]; then
-        echo "Host ID file not found: $host_id_path"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    '';
-  };
-
-  # TODO: add and prompt and make it work in the test framework
-  clan.core.vars.generators.dummy-generator = {
-    files.host-id.secret = false;
-    files.generated-password.secret = true;
-    script = ''
-      echo $RANDOM > "$out"/host-id
-      echo $RANDOM > "$out"/generated-password
-    '';
-  };
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/machines/admin1/key.json
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/machines/admin1/key.json
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "publickey": "age12yt078p9ewxy2sh0a36nxdpgglv8wqqftmj4dkj9rgy5fuyn4p0q5nje9m",
-    "type": "age"
-  }
-]
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/machines/peer1/key.json
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/machines/peer1/key.json
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "publickey": "age12w2ld4vxfyf3hdq2d8la4cu0tye4pq97egvv3me4wary7xkdnq2snh0zx2",
-    "type": "age"
-  }
-]
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/admin1-age.key/secret
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/admin1-age.key/secret
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:GPpsUhSzWPtTP8EUNKsobFXjYqDldhkkIH6hBk11RsDLAGWdhVrwcISGbhsWpYhvAdPKA84DB6Zqyh9lL2bLM9//ybC1kzY20BQ=,iv:NrxMLdedT2FCkUAD00SwsAHchIsxWvqe7BQekWuJcxw=,tag:pMDXcMyHnLF2t3Qhb1KolA==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBzb2tWb1ExKzdmUTRzaGVj\nK3cyYTBHZTJwVjM1SzUvbHFiMnVhY05iKzFZCnJTSE1VSVdpcUFLSEJuaE1CZzJD\nWjZxYzN2cUltdThNMVRKU3FIb20vUXMKLS0tIFlHQXRIdnMybDZFUVEzWlQrc1dw\nbUxhZURXblhHd0pka0JIK1FTZEVqdUEKI/rfxQRBc+xGRelhswkJQ9GcZs6lzfgy\nuCxS5JI9npdPLQ/131F3b21+sP5YWqks41uZG+vslM1zQ+BlENNhDw==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-04T12:44:13Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:fWxLHXBWolHVxv6Q7utcy6OVLV13ziswrIYyNKiwy1vsU8i7xvvuGO1HlnE+q43D2WuHR53liKq1UHuf1JMrWzTwZ0PYe+CVugtoEtbR2qu3rK/jAkOyMyhmmHzmf6Rp4ZMCzKgZeC/X2bDKY/z0firHAvjWydEyogutHpvtznM=,iv:OQI3FfkLneqbdztAXVQB3UkHwDPK+0hWu5hZ9m8Oczg=,tag:em6GfS2QHsXs391QKPxfmA==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/admin1-age.key/users/admin
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/admin1-age.key/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../users/admin
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/peer1-age.key/secret
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/peer1-age.key/secret
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:W3cOkUYL5/YulW2pEISyTlMaA/t7/WBE7BoCdFlqrqgaCL7tG4IV2HgjiPWzIVMs0zvDSaghdEvAIoB4wOf470d1nSWs0/E8SDk=,iv:wXXaZIw3sPY8L/wxsu7+C5v+d3RQRuwxZRP4YLkS8K4=,tag:HeK4okj7O7XDA9JDz2KULw==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSAxRC83b3dtSVpXcGovNnVs\nTzFka2J2MEFhYkF1ajVrdjMrNUtPWGRObjM4Cm5zSUR5OGw0T0FaL3BaWmR6L29W\nU2syMFIyMUhFRUZpWFpCT28vWko2ZU0KLS0tIFpHK3BjU1V1L0FrMGtwTGFuU3Mz\nRkV5VjI2Vndod202bUR3RWQwNXpmVzQKNk8/y7M62wTIIKqY4r3ZRk5aUCRUfine\n1LUSHMKa2bRe+hR7nS7AF4BGXp03h2UPY0FP5+U5q8XuIj1jfMX8kg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-04T12:44:16Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:yTkQeFvKrN1+5FP+yInsaRWSAG+ZGG0uWF3+gVRvzJTFxab8kT2XkAMc+4D7SKgcjsmwBBb77GNoAKaKByhZ92UaCfZ2X66i7ZmYUwLM1NVVmm+xiwwjsh7PJXlZO/70anTzd1evtlZse0jEmRnV5Y0F0M6YqXmuwU+qGUJU2F8=,iv:sy6ozhXonWVruaQfa7pdEoV5GkNZR/UbbINKAPbgWeg=,tag:VMruQ1KExmlMR7TsGNgMlg==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/peer1-age.key/users/admin
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/secrets/peer1-age.key/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../users/admin
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/users/admin/key.json
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/sops/users/admin/key.json
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "publickey": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-  "type": "age"
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/generated-password/machines/admin1
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/generated-password/machines/admin1
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/machines/admin1
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/generated-password/secret
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/generated-password/secret
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:T8edCvw=,iv:7/G5xt5fv38I9uFzk7WMIr9xQdz/6lFxqOC+18HBg8Q=,tag:F39Cxbgmzml+lZLsZ59Kmg==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age12yt078p9ewxy2sh0a36nxdpgglv8wqqftmj4dkj9rgy5fuyn4p0q5nje9m",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBPNUhiYkZWK3dPMHNiRTVM\nRHNvaHFsOFp1c0UxQitwVG0zY01MNDZRV1E4CjEybENoTVIzN29vQ3FtUTRSYmFU\nNXIzQllVSllXRGN2M1B6WXJLdHZSajgKLS0tIDllZ0ZmZUcxMHhDQUpUOEdWbmkv\neUQweHArYTdFSmNteVpuQ3BKdnh0Y0UKs8Hm3D+rXRRfpUVSZM3zYjs6b9z8g10D\nGTkvreUMim4CS22pjdQ3eNA9TGeDXfWXE7XzwXLCb+wVcf7KwbDmvg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBKSDhpT3cvck9PenZYVEZH\ndFQreVRBdG93L1dBUGlvYjFWcDlHWUJsZUVBCm9DMTJ4UytiYzlEVHNWdUcwS1ds\nT0dhbzAzNDdmbDBCU0dvL2xNeHpXcGsKLS0tIFArbmpsbzU3WnpJdUt1MGN0L1d0\nV1JkTDJYWUxsbmhTQVNOeVRaSUhTODQKk9Vph2eldS5nwuvVX0SCsxEm4B+sO76Z\ndIjJ3OQxzoZmXMaOOuKHC5U0Y75Qn7eXC43w5KHsl2CMIUYsBGJOZw==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-04T12:44:14Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:6fKrS1eLLUWlHkQpxLFXBRk6f2wa5ADLMViVvYXXGU24ayl9UuNSKrCRHp9cbzhqhti3HdwyNt6TM+2X6qhiiAQanKEB2PF7JRYX74NfNKil9BEDjt5AqqtpSgVv5l7Ku/uSHaPkd2sDmzHsy5Q4bSGxJQokStk1kidrwle+mbc=,iv:I/Aad82L/TCxStM8d8IZICUrwdjRbGx2fuGWqexr21o=,tag:BfgRbGUxhPZzK2fLik1kxA==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/generated-password/users/admin
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/generated-password/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/host-id/value
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/admin1/dummy-generator/host-id/value
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-18650
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/generated-password/machines/peer1
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/generated-password/machines/peer1
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/machines/peer1
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/generated-password/secret
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/generated-password/secret
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:vp0yW0Gt,iv:FO2cy+UpEl5aRay/LUGu//c82QiVxuKuGSaVh0rGJvc=,tag:vf2RAOPpcRW0HwxHoGy17A==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age12w2ld4vxfyf3hdq2d8la4cu0tye4pq97egvv3me4wary7xkdnq2snh0zx2",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBjaFVNMEd2YUxpSm5XVVRi\nY2ZUc3NTOStJUFNMWWVPQTgxZ2tCK1QrMW1ZCjYwMlA4dkIzSlc0TGtvZjcyK3Bi\nM3pob2JOOFUyeVJ6M2JpaTRCZlc1R0kKLS0tIDJMb1dFcVRWckhwYWNCQng0RlFO\nTkw3OGt4dkFIZVY5aVEzZE5mMzJSM0EKUv8bUqg48L2FfYVUVlpXvyZvPye699of\nG6PcjLh1ZMbNCfnsCzr+P8Vdk/F4J/ifxL66lRGfu2xOLxwciwQ+5Q==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBnZ2dDbVhoQngxM3lTSmZF\nUTAwS1lCTGhEMU1GVXpFUzlIUFdqZy9LajF3Ck9mdVpBRjlyVUNhZXZIUFZjUzF1\nNlhFN28vNmwzcUVkNmlzUnpkWjJuZE0KLS0tIHpXVHVlNk9vU1ZPTGRrYStWbmRO\nbDM4U2o1SlEwYWtqOXBqd3BFUTAvMHcKkI8UVd0v+x+ELZ5CoGq9DzlA6DnVNU2r\nrV9wLfbFd7RHxS0/TYZh5tmU42nO3iMYA9FqERQXCtZgXS9KvfqHwQ==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-04T12:44:18Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:1ZZ+ZI1JsHmxTov1bRijfol3kTkyheg2o3ivLsMHRhCmScsUry97hQJchF78+y2Izt7avaQEHYn6pVbYt/0rLrSYD7Ru7ITVxXoYHOiN5Qb98masUzpibZjrdyg5nO+LW5/Hmmwsc3yn/+o3IH1AUYpsxlJRdnHHCmoSOFaiFFM=,iv:OQlgmpOTw4ljujNzqwQ5/0Mz8pQpCSUtqRvj3FJAxDs=,tag:foZvdeW7gK9ZVKkWqnlxGA==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/generated-password/users/admin
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/generated-password/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/host-id/value
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/dummy-generator/host-id/value
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6745
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/a-secret/machines/peer1
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/a-secret/machines/peer1
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/machines/peer1
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/a-secret/secret
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/a-secret/secret
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:prFl0EJy8bM=,iv:zITWxf+6Ebk0iB5vhhd7SBQa1HFrIJXm8xpSM+D9I0M=,tag:NZCRMCs1SzNKLBu/KUDKMQ==,type:str]",
-	"sops": {
-		"age": [
-			{
-				"recipient": "age12w2ld4vxfyf3hdq2d8la4cu0tye4pq97egvv3me4wary7xkdnq2snh0zx2",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSB0S0RZRWxaZVZvTUhjdWVL\naU9WZmtEcm1qa2JsRmdvdmZmNENMaWFEVUFRCmdoVnRXSGlpRlFjNmVVbDJ5VnFT\nMnVJUlVnM3lxNmZCRTdoRVJ4NW1oYWcKLS0tIFFNbXBFUk1RWnlUTW1SeG1vYzlM\nVVpEclFVOE9PWWQxVkZ0eEgwWndoRWcKDAOHe+FIxqGsc6LhxMy164qjwG6t2Ei2\nP0FSs+bcKMDpudxeuxCjnDm/VoLxOWeuqkB+9K2vSm2W/c/fHTSbrA==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			},
-			{
-				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
-				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSB2VU5jOEpwYUtDVEVFcVpU\nQkExTVZ3ejZHcGo5TG8zdUQwNktoV09WdUZvCmQ0dE1TOWRFbTlxdVd4WWRxd3VF\nQUNTTkNNT3NKYjQ5dEJDY0xVZ3pZVUUKLS0tIDFjajRZNFJZUTdNeS8yN05FMFZU\ncEtjRjhRbGE0MnRLdk10NkFLMkxqencKGzJ66dHluIghH04RV/FccfEQP07yqnfb\n25Hi0XIVJfXBwje4UEyszrWTxPPwVXdQDQmoNKf76Qy2jYqJ56uksw==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
-			}
-		],
-		"lastmodified": "2025-05-04T12:44:20Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:FIkilsni5kOdNlVwDuLsQ/zExypHRWdqIBQDNWMLTwe8OrsNPkX+KYutUvt9GaSoGv4iDULaMRoizO/OZUNfc2d8XYSdj0cxOG1Joov4GPUcC/UGyNuQneAejZBKolvlnidKZArofnuK9g+lOTANEUtEXUTnx8L+VahqPZayQas=,iv:NAo6sT3L8OOB3wv1pjr3RY2FwXgVmZ4N0F4BEX4YPUY=,tag:zHwmXygyvkdpASZCodQT9Q==,type:str]",
-		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
-		"version": "3.10.2"
-	}
-}
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/a-secret/users/admin
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/a-secret/users/admin
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../sops/users/admin
--- a/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/not-a-secret/value
+++ b/checks/dummy-inventory-test/vars/per-machine/peer1/new-service/not-a-secret/value
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-not-a-secret
--- a/checks/flake-module.nix
+++ b/checks/flake-module.nix
@@ -1,119 +1,66 @@
-{ self, lib, ... }:
-let
-  inherit (lib)
-    filter
-    pathExists
-    ;
-in
+{ self, ... }:
 {
-  imports = filter pathExists [
+  imports = [
    ./backups/flake-module.nix
    ./devshell/flake-module.nix
    ./flash/flake-module.nix
    ./impure/flake-module.nix
    ./installation/flake-module.nix
-    ./morph/flake-module.nix
-    ./nixos-documentation/flake-module.nix
-    ./dont-depend-on-repo-root.nix
  ];
  perSystem =
    {
      pkgs,
      lib,
      self',
-      system,
      ...
    }:
    {
      checks =
        let
+          # ensure all options can be rendered after importing clan into nixos
+          renderClanOptions =
+            let
+              docs = pkgs.nixosOptionsDoc {
+                options =
+                  (pkgs.nixos {
+                    imports = [ self.nixosModules.clanCore ];
+                    clan.core.clanDir = ./.;
+                  }).options;
+                warningsAreErrors = false;
+              };
+            in
+            docs.optionsJSON;
          nixosTestArgs = {
            # reference to nixpkgs for the current system
-            inherit pkgs lib;
+            inherit pkgs;
            # this gives us a reference to our flake but also all flake inputs
            inherit self;
-            inherit (self) clanLib;
          };
-          nixosTests =
-            lib.optionalAttrs (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux) {
-              # Deltachat is currently marked as broken
-              # deltachat = import ./deltachat nixosTestArgs;
-
-              # Base Tests
-              secrets = self.clanLib.test.baseTest ./secrets nixosTestArgs;
-              borgbackup = self.clanLib.test.baseTest ./borgbackup nixosTestArgs;
-              wayland-proxy-virtwl = self.clanLib.test.baseTest ./wayland-proxy-virtwl nixosTestArgs;
-
-              # Container Tests
-              container = self.clanLib.test.containerTest ./container nixosTestArgs;
-              zt-tcp-relay = self.clanLib.test.containerTest ./zt-tcp-relay nixosTestArgs;
-              matrix-synapse = self.clanLib.test.containerTest ./matrix-synapse nixosTestArgs;
-              postgresql = self.clanLib.test.containerTest ./postgresql nixosTestArgs;
-
-              # Clan Tests
-              dummy-inventory-test = import ./dummy-inventory-test nixosTestArgs;
-              admin = import ./admin nixosTestArgs;
-              data-mesher = import ./data-mesher nixosTestArgs;
-              syncthing = import ./syncthing nixosTestArgs;
-            }
-            // lib.optionalAttrs (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-linux") {
-              # for some reason this hangs in an odd place in CI, but it works on my machine ...
-              # on aarch64-linux it works though
-              mumble = import ./mumble nixosTestArgs;
-            };
-
-          packagesToBuild = lib.removeAttrs self'.packages [
-            # exclude the check that checks that nothing depends on the repo root
-            # We might want to include this later once everything is fixed
-            "dont-depend-on-repo-root"
-          ];
+          nixosTests = lib.optionalAttrs (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux) {
+            # import our test
+            secrets = import ./secrets nixosTestArgs;
+            container = import ./container nixosTestArgs;
+            deltachat = import ./deltachat nixosTestArgs;
+            borgbackup = import ./borgbackup nixosTestArgs;
+            matrix-synapse = import ./matrix-synapse nixosTestArgs;
+            mumble = import ./mumble nixosTestArgs;
+            syncthing = import ./syncthing nixosTestArgs;
+            zt-tcp-relay = import ./zt-tcp-relay nixosTestArgs;
+            postgresql = import ./postgresql nixosTestArgs;
+            wayland-proxy-virtwl = import ./wayland-proxy-virtwl nixosTestArgs;
+          };

          flakeOutputs =
            lib.mapAttrs' (
              name: config: lib.nameValuePair "nixos-${name}" config.config.system.build.toplevel
-            ) (lib.filterAttrs (n: _: !lib.hasPrefix "test-" n) self.nixosConfigurations)
-            // lib.mapAttrs' (n: lib.nameValuePair "package-${n}") packagesToBuild
+            ) self.nixosConfigurations
+            // lib.mapAttrs' (n: lib.nameValuePair "package-${n}") self'.packages
            // lib.mapAttrs' (n: lib.nameValuePair "devShell-${n}") self'.devShells
            // lib.mapAttrs' (name: config: lib.nameValuePair "home-manager-${name}" config.activation-script) (
              self'.legacyPackages.homeConfigurations or { }
            );
        in
-        nixosTests
-        // flakeOutputs
-        // {
-          # TODO: Automatically provide this check to downstream users to check their modules
-          clan-modules-json-compatible =
-            let
-              allSchemas = lib.mapAttrs (
-                _n: m:
-                let
-                  schema =
-                    (self.clanLib.inventory.evalClanService {
-                      modules = [ m ];
-                      prefix = [
-                        "checks"
-                        system
-                      ];
-                    }).config.result.api.schema;
-                in
-                schema
-              ) self.clan.modules;
-            in
-            pkgs.runCommand "combined-result"
-              {
-                schemaFile = builtins.toFile "schemas.json" (builtins.toJSON allSchemas);
-              }
-              ''
-                mkdir -p $out
-                cat $schemaFile > $out/allSchemas.json
-              '';
-
-          clan-core-for-checks = pkgs.runCommand "clan-core-for-checks" { } ''
-            cp -r ${pkgs.callPackage ./clan-core-for-checks.nix { }} $out
-            chmod +w $out/flake.lock
-            cp ${../flake.lock} $out/flake.lock
-          '';
-        };
+        { inherit renderClanOptions; } // nixosTests // flakeOutputs;
      legacyPackages = {
        nixosTests =
          let
@@ -128,8 +75,6 @@ in
            # import our test
            secrets = import ./secrets nixosTestArgs;
            container = import ./container nixosTestArgs;
-            # Clan app tests
-            app-ocr = self.clanLib.test.baseTest ./app-ocr nixosTestArgs;
          };
      };
    };
--- a/checks/flash/flake-module.nix
+++ b/checks/flash/flake-module.nix
@@ -1,41 +1,8 @@
+{ self, ... }:
 {
-  config,
-  self,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
-{
-  clan.machines = lib.listToAttrs (
-    lib.map (
-      system:
-      lib.nameValuePair "test-flash-machine-${system}" {
-        clan.core.networking.targetHost = "test-flash-machine";
-        fileSystems."/".device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
-        boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
-
-        # We need to use `mkForce` because we inherit from `test-install-machine`
-        # which currently hardcodes `nixpkgs.hostPlatform`
-        nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkForce system;
-
-        imports = [ self.nixosModules.test-flash-machine ];
-      }
-    ) (lib.filter (lib.hasSuffix "linux") config.systems)
-  );
-
-  flake.nixosModules = {
-    test-flash-machine =
-      { lib, ... }:
-      {
-        imports = [ self.nixosModules.test-install-machine-without-system ];
-
-        clan.core.vars.generators.test = lib.mkForce { };
-
-        disko.devices.disk.main.preCreateHook = lib.mkForce "";
-      };
-  };
-
  perSystem =
    {
+      nodes,
      pkgs,
      lib,
      ...
@@ -43,21 +10,17 @@
    let
      dependencies = [
        pkgs.disko
-        pkgs.buildPackages.xorg.lndir
-        self.nixosConfigurations."test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}".pkgs.perlPackages.ConfigIniFiles
-        self.nixosConfigurations."test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}".pkgs.perlPackages.FileSlurp
-
-        self.nixosConfigurations."test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}".config.system.build.toplevel
-        self.nixosConfigurations."test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}".config.system.build.diskoScript
-        self.nixosConfigurations."test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}".config.system.build.diskoScript.drvPath
-        self.nixosConfigurations."test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}".config.system.clan.deployment.file
-
+        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test_install_machine.config.system.build.toplevel
+        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test_install_machine.config.system.build.diskoScript
+        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test_install_machine.config.system.build.diskoScript.drvPath
+        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test_install_machine.config.system.clan.deployment.file
      ] ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
      closureInfo = pkgs.closureInfo { rootPaths = dependencies; };
    in
    {
-      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
-        flash = self.clanLib.test.baseTest {
+      # Currently disabled...
+      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux) {
+        flash = (import ../lib/test-base.nix) {
          name = "flash";
          nodes.target = {
            virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 4096 ];
@@ -79,9 +42,7 @@
          testScript = ''
            start_all()

-            # Some distros like to automount disks with spaces
-            machine.succeed('mkdir -p "/mnt/with spaces" && mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdb && mount /dev/vdb "/mnt/with spaces"')
-            machine.succeed("clan flash write --debug --flake ${self.checks.x86_64-linux.clan-core-for-checks} --yes --disk main /dev/vdb test-flash-machine-${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}")
+            machine.succeed("clan flash --debug --flake ${../..} --yes --disk main /dev/vdb test_install_machine")
          '';
        } { inherit pkgs self; };
      };
--- a/checks/impure/flake-module.nix
+++ b/checks/impure/flake-module.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
            [
              pkgs.gitMinimal
              pkgs.nix
-              pkgs.coreutils
              pkgs.rsync # needed to have rsync installed on the dummy ssh server
            ]
            ++ self'.packages.clan-cli-full.runtimeDependencies
@@ -31,12 +30,7 @@
        # this disables dynamic dependency loading in clan-cli
        export CLAN_NO_DYNAMIC_DEPS=1

-        jobs=$(nproc)
-        # Spawning worker in pytest is relatively slow, so we limit the number of jobs to 13
-        # (current number of impure tests)
-        jobs="$((jobs > 13 ? 13 : jobs))"
-
-        nix develop "$ROOT#clan-cli" -c bash -c "TMPDIR=/tmp python -m pytest -n $jobs -m impure ./clan_cli $@"
+        nix develop "$ROOT#clan-cli" -c bash -c "TMPDIR=/tmp python -m pytest -s -m impure ./tests $@"
      '';
    };
 }
--- a/checks/installation/flake-module.nix
+++ b/checks/installation/flake-module.nix
@@ -1,234 +1,112 @@
+{ self, lib, ... }:
 {
-  self,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  installer =
-    { modulesPath, pkgs, ... }:
-    let
-      dependencies = [
-        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test-install-machine-with-system.config.system.build.toplevel
-        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test-install-machine-with-system.config.system.build.diskoScript
-        self.clanInternals.machines.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.test-install-machine-with-system.config.system.clan.deployment.file
-        pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
-        pkgs.bash.drvPath
-        pkgs.nixos-anywhere
-        pkgs.bubblewrap
-        pkgs.buildPackages.xorg.lndir
-      ] ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
-      closureInfo = pkgs.closureInfo { rootPaths = dependencies; };
-    in
-    {
-      imports = [
-        (modulesPath + "/../tests/common/auto-format-root-device.nix")
-      ];
-      networking.useNetworkd = true;
-      services.openssh.enable = true;
-      services.openssh.settings.UseDns = false;
-      services.openssh.settings.PasswordAuthentication = false;
-      system.nixos.variant_id = "installer";
-      environment.systemPackages = [
-        self.packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-cli-full
-        pkgs.nixos-facter
-      ];
-      environment.etc."install-closure".source = "${closureInfo}/store-paths";
-      virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 512 ];
-      virtualisation.diskSize = 8 * 1024;
-      virtualisation.rootDevice = "/dev/vdb";
-      # both installer and target need to use the same diskImage
-      virtualisation.diskImage = "./target.qcow2";
-      virtualisation.memorySize = 3048;
-      nix.settings = {
-        substituters = lib.mkForce [ ];
-        hashed-mirrors = null;
-        connect-timeout = lib.mkForce 3;
-        flake-registry = pkgs.writeText "flake-registry" ''{"flakes":[],"version":2}'';
-        experimental-features = [
-          "nix-command"
-          "flakes"
-        ];
-      };
-      users.users.nonrootuser = {
-        isNormalUser = true;
-        openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ ../assets/ssh/pubkey ];
-        extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
-      };
-      security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = false;
-      system.extraDependencies = dependencies;
-    };
-in
-{
+  clan.machines.test_install_machine = {
+    clan.core.networking.targetHost = "test_install_machine";
+    fileSystems."/".device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vdb";
+    boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vdb";

-  # The purpose of this test is to ensure `clan machines install` works
-  # for machines that don't have a hardware config yet.
-
-  # If this test starts failing it could be due to the `facter.json` being out of date
-  # you can get a new one by adding
-  # client.fail("cat test-flake/machines/test-install-machine/facter.json >&2")
-  # to the installation test.
-  clan.machines.test-install-machine-without-system = {
-    fileSystems."/".device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
-    boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
-
-    imports = [ self.nixosModules.test-install-machine-without-system ];
+    imports = [ self.nixosModules.test_install_machine ];
  };
-  clan.machines.test-install-machine-with-system =
-    { pkgs, ... }:
-    {
-      # https://git.clan.lol/clan/test-fixtures
-      facter.reportPath = builtins.fetchurl {
-        url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/test-fixtures/raw/commit/4a2bc56d886578124b05060d3fb7eddc38c019f8/nixos-vm-facter-json/${pkgs.hostPlatform.system}.json";
-        sha256 =
-          {
-            aarch64-linux = "sha256:1rlfymk03rmfkm2qgrc8l5kj5i20srx79n1y1h4nzlpwaz0j7hh2";
-            x86_64-linux = "sha256:16myh0ll2gdwsiwkjw5ba4dl23ppwbsanxx214863j7nvzx42pws";
-          }
-          .${pkgs.hostPlatform.system};
-      };
-
-      fileSystems."/".device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
-      boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
-
-      imports = [ self.nixosModules.test-install-machine-without-system ];
-    };
  flake.nixosModules = {
-    test-install-machine-without-system =
+    test_install_machine =
      { lib, modulesPath, ... }:
      {
        imports = [
+          "${self}/nixosModules/disk-layouts"
          (modulesPath + "/testing/test-instrumentation.nix") # we need these 2 modules always to be able to run the tests
          (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix")
-          self.clanLib.test.minifyModule
        ];
-
-        networking.hostName = "test-install-machine";
+        clan.disk-layouts.singleDiskExt4.device = "/dev/vdb";

        environment.etc."install-successful".text = "ok";

        boot.consoleLogLevel = lib.mkForce 100;
        boot.kernelParams = [ "boot.shell_on_fail" ];
-
-        # disko config
-        boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = lib.mkDefault true;
-        boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = lib.mkDefault true;
-        clan.core.vars.settings.secretStore = "vm";
-        clan.core.vars.generators.test = {
-          files.test.neededFor = "partitioning";
-          script = ''
-            echo "notok" > "$out"/test
-          '';
-        };
-        disko.devices = {
-          disk = {
-            main = {
-              type = "disk";
-              device = "/dev/vda";
-
-              preCreateHook = ''
-                test -e /run/partitioning-secrets/test/test
-              '';
-
-              content = {
-                type = "gpt";
-                partitions = {
-                  boot = {
-                    size = "1M";
-                    type = "EF02"; # for grub MBR
-                    priority = 1;
-                  };
-                  ESP = {
-                    size = "512M";
-                    type = "EF00";
-                    content = {
-                      type = "filesystem";
-                      format = "vfat";
-                      mountpoint = "/boot";
-                      mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
-                    };
-                  };
-                  root = {
-                    size = "100%";
-                    content = {
-                      type = "filesystem";
-                      format = "ext4";
-                      mountpoint = "/";
-                    };
-                  };
-                };
-              };
-            };
-          };
-        };
      };
  };
-
  perSystem =
    {
+      nodes,
      pkgs,
+      lib,
      ...
    }:
+    let
+      dependencies = [
+        self
+        self.nixosConfigurations.test_install_machine.config.system.build.toplevel
+        self.nixosConfigurations.test_install_machine.config.system.build.diskoScript
+        self.nixosConfigurations.test_install_machine.config.system.clan.deployment.file
+        pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
+        pkgs.nixos-anywhere
+      ] ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
+      closureInfo = pkgs.closureInfo { rootPaths = dependencies; };
+    in
    {
-      # On aarch64-linux, hangs on reboot with after installation:
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> installer # [  288.002871] reboot: Restarting system
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> server # [test-install-machine] ### Done! ###
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> server # [test-install-machine] + step 'Done!'
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> server # [test-install-machine] + echo '### Done! ###'
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> server # [test-install-machine] + rm -rf /tmp/tmp.qb16EAq7hJ
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> (finished: must succeed: clan machines install --debug --flake test-flake --yes test-install-machine --target-host root@installer --update-hardware-config nixos-facter >&2, in 154.62 seconds)
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> target: starting vm
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> target: QEMU running (pid 144)
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> target: waiting for unit multi-user.target
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> target: waiting for the VM to finish booting
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> target: Guest root shell did not produce any data yet...
-      # vm-test-run-test-installation-> target:   To debug, enter the VM and run 'systemctl status backdoor.service'.
-      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux && !pkgs.stdenv.isAarch64) {
-        installation = self.clanLib.test.baseTest {
-          name = "installation";
+      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux) {
+        test-installation = (import ../lib/test-base.nix) {
+          name = "test-installation";
          nodes.target = {
            services.openssh.enable = true;
-            virtualisation.diskImage = "./target.qcow2";
-            virtualisation.useBootLoader = true;
+            users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ ../lib/ssh/pubkey ];
+            system.nixos.variant_id = "installer";
+            virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 4096 ];
+            nix.settings = {
+              substituters = lib.mkForce [ ];
+              hashed-mirrors = null;
+              connect-timeout = lib.mkForce 3;
+              flake-registry = pkgs.writeText "flake-registry" ''{"flakes":[],"version":2}'';
+              experimental-features = [
+                "nix-command"
+                "flakes"
+              ];
+            };
+          };
+          nodes.client = {
+            environment.systemPackages = [
+              self.packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-cli
+            ] ++ self.packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-cli.runtimeDependencies;
+            environment.etc."install-closure".source = "${closureInfo}/store-paths";
+            virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
+            nix.settings = {
+              substituters = lib.mkForce [ ];
+              hashed-mirrors = null;
+              connect-timeout = lib.mkForce 3;
+              flake-registry = pkgs.writeText "flake-registry" ''{"flakes":[],"version":2}'';
+              experimental-features = [
+                "nix-command"
+                "flakes"
+              ];
+            };
+            system.extraDependencies = dependencies;
          };
-          nodes.installer = installer;

          testScript = ''
-            installer.start()
+            def create_test_machine(oldmachine=None, args={}): # taken from <nixpkgs/nixos/tests/installer.nix>
+                startCommand = "${pkgs.qemu_test}/bin/qemu-kvm"
+                startCommand += " -cpu max -m 1024 -virtfs local,path=/nix/store,security_model=none,mount_tag=nix-store"
+                startCommand += f' -drive file={oldmachine.state_dir}/empty0.qcow2,id=drive1,if=none,index=1,werror=report'
+                startCommand += ' -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive1'
+                machine = create_machine({
+                  "startCommand": startCommand,
+                } | args)
+                driver.machines.append(machine)
+                return machine

-            installer.succeed("${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -Dm 600 ${../assets/ssh/privkey} /root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
+            start_all()

-            installer.wait_until_succeeds("timeout 2 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v nonrootuser@localhost hostname")
-            installer.succeed("cp -r ${self.checks.x86_64-linux.clan-core-for-checks} test-flake && chmod -R +w test-flake")
+            client.succeed("${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -Dm 600 ${../lib/ssh/privkey} /root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
+            client.wait_until_succeeds("ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@target hostname")

-            installer.succeed("clan machines install --no-reboot --debug --flake test-flake --yes test-install-machine-without-system --target-host nonrootuser@localhost --update-hardware-config nixos-facter >&2")
-            installer.shutdown()
+            client.succeed("clan machines install --debug --flake ${../..} --yes test_install_machine root@target >&2")
+            try:
+              target.shutdown()
+            except BrokenPipeError:
+              # qemu has already exited
+              pass

-            # We are missing the test instrumentation somehow. Test this later.
-            target.state_dir = installer.state_dir
-            target.start()
-            target.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
-          '';
-        } { inherit pkgs self; };
-
-        update-hardware-configuration = self.clanLib.test.baseTest {
-          name = "update-hardware-configuration";
-          nodes.installer = installer;
-
-          testScript = ''
-            installer.start()
-            installer.succeed("${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -Dm 600 ${../assets/ssh/privkey} /root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
-            installer.wait_until_succeeds("timeout 2 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v nonrootuser@localhost hostname")
-            installer.succeed("cp -r ${self.checks.x86_64-linux.clan-core-for-checks} test-flake && chmod -R +w test-flake")
-            installer.fail("test -f test-flake/machines/test-install-machine/hardware-configuration.nix")
-            installer.fail("test -f test-flake/machines/test-install-machine/facter.json")
-
-            installer.succeed("clan machines update-hardware-config --debug --flake test-flake test-install-machine-without-system nonrootuser@localhost >&2")
-            installer.succeed("test -f test-flake/machines/test-install-machine-without-system/facter.json")
-            installer.succeed("rm test-flake/machines/test-install-machine-without-system/facter.json")
-
-            installer.succeed("clan machines update-hardware-config --debug --backend nixos-generate-config --flake test-flake test-install-machine-without-system nonrootuser@localhost >&2")
-            installer.succeed("test -f test-flake/machines/test-install-machine-without-system/hardware-configuration.nix")
-            installer.succeed("rm test-flake/machines/test-install-machine-without-system/hardware-configuration.nix")
+            new_machine = create_test_machine(oldmachine=target, args={ "name": "new_machine" })
+            assert(new_machine.succeed("cat /etc/install-successful").strip() == "ok")
          '';
        } { inherit pkgs self; };
      };
--- a/lib/test/container-test-driver/driver-module.nix
+++ b/lib/test/container-test-driver/driver-module.nix
@@ -7,19 +7,9 @@
 let
  testDriver = hostPkgs.python3.pkgs.callPackage ./package.nix {
    inherit (config) extraPythonPackages;
-    inherit (hostPkgs.pkgs) util-linux systemd nix;
+    inherit (hostPkgs.pkgs) util-linux systemd;
  };
-  containers =
-    testScript:
-    map (m: [
-      m.system.build.toplevel
-      (hostPkgs.closureInfo {
-        rootPaths = [
-          m.system.build.toplevel
-          (hostPkgs.writeText "testScript" testScript)
-        ];
-      })
-    ]) (lib.attrValues config.nodes);
+  containers = map (m: m.system.build.toplevel) (lib.attrValues config.nodes);
  pythonizeName =
    name:
    let
@@ -37,9 +27,6 @@ let
  pythonizedNames = map pythonizeName nodeHostNames;
 in
 {
-  defaults.imports = [
-    ./nixos-module.nix
-  ];
  driver = lib.mkForce (
    hostPkgs.runCommand "nixos-test-driver-${config.name}"
      {
@@ -57,6 +44,8 @@ in
      ''
        mkdir -p $out/bin

+        containers=(${toString containers})
+
        ${lib.optionalString (!config.skipTypeCheck) ''
          # prepend type hints so the test script can be type checked with mypy
          cat "${./test-script-prepend.py}" >> testScriptWithTypes
@@ -77,13 +66,7 @@ in
        ln -s ${testDriver}/bin/nixos-test-driver $out/bin/nixos-test-driver

        wrapProgram $out/bin/nixos-test-driver \
-          ${
-            lib.concatStringsSep " " (
-              map (container: "--add-flags '--container ${builtins.toString container}'") (
-                containers config.testScriptString
-              )
-            )
-          } \
+          ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (map (name: "--add-flags '--container ${name}'") containers)} \
          --add-flags "--test-script '$out/test-script'"
      ''
  );
@@ -92,7 +75,7 @@ in
    lib.lazyDerivation {
      # lazyDerivation improves performance when only passthru items and/or meta are used.
      derivation = hostPkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-        name = "container-test-run-${config.name}";
+        name = "vm-test-run-${config.name}";

        requiredSystemFeatures = [ "uid-range" ];

@@ -105,12 +88,6 @@ in
          ${config.driver}/bin/nixos-test-driver -o $out
        '';

-        nativeBuildInputs = [
-          hostPkgs.util-linux
-          hostPkgs.coreutils
-          hostPkgs.iproute2
-        ];
-
        passthru = config.passthru;

        meta = config.meta;
--- a/checks/lib/container-driver/package.nix
+++ b/checks/lib/container-driver/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  extraPythonPackages,
+  python3Packages,
+  buildPythonApplication,
+  setuptools,
+  util-linux,
+  systemd,
+}:
+buildPythonApplication {
+  pname = "test-driver";
+  version = "0.0.1";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    util-linux
+    systemd
+  ] ++ extraPythonPackages python3Packages;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  format = "pyproject";
+  src = ./.;
+}
--- a/lib/test/container-test-driver/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/test/container-test-driver/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,16 @@ find = {}

 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 test_driver = ["py.typed"]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py311"
+line-length = 88
+
+lint.select = [ "E", "F", "I", "U", "N", "RUF", "ANN", "A" ]
+lint.ignore = ["E501", "ANN101", "ANN401", "A003"]
+
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.12"
+python_version = "3.11"
 warn_redundant_casts = true
 disallow_untyped_calls = true
 disallow_untyped_defs = true
--- a/lib/test/container-test-driver/test-script-prepend.py
+++ b/lib/test/container-test-driver/test-script-prepend.py
--- a/checks/lib/container-driver/test_driver/init.py
+++ b/checks/lib/container-driver/test_driver/init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import time
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from typing import Any
+
+
+def prepare_machine_root(machinename: str, root: Path) -> None:
+    root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    root.joinpath("etc").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    root.joinpath(".env").write_text(
+        "\n".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in os.environ.items())
+    )
+
+
+def pythonize_name(name: str) -> str:
+    return re.sub(r"^[^A-z_]|[^A-z0-9_]", "_", name)
+
+
+def retry(fn: Callable, timeout: int = 900) -> None:
+    """Call the given function repeatedly, with 1 second intervals,
+    until it returns True or a timeout is reached.
+    """
+
+    for _ in range(timeout):
+        if fn(False):
+            return
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    if not fn(True):
+        raise Exception(f"action timed out after {timeout} seconds")
+
+
+class Machine:
+    def __init__(self, name: str, toplevel: Path, rootdir: Path, out_dir: str) -> None:
+        self.name = name
+        self.toplevel = toplevel
+        self.out_dir = out_dir
+        self.process: subprocess.Popen | None = None
+        self.rootdir: Path = rootdir
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        prepare_machine_root(self.name, self.rootdir)
+        cmd = [
+            "systemd-nspawn",
+            "--keep-unit",
+            "-M",
+            self.name,
+            "-D",
+            self.rootdir,
+            "--register=no",
+            "--resolv-conf=off",
+            "--bind-ro=/nix/store",
+            "--bind",
+            self.out_dir,
+            "--bind=/proc:/run/host/proc",
+            "--bind=/sys:/run/host/sys",
+            "--private-network",
+            self.toplevel.joinpath("init"),
+        ]
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_UNIFIED_HIERARCHY"] = "1"
+        self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True, env=env)
+        self.container_pid = self.get_systemd_process()
+
+    def get_systemd_process(self) -> int:
+        assert self.process is not None, "Machine not started"
+        assert self.process.stdout is not None, "Machine has no stdout"
+        for line in self.process.stdout:
+            print(line, end="")
+            if line.startswith("systemd[1]: Startup finished in"):
+                break
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to start container {self.name}")
+        childs = (
+            Path(f"/proc/{self.process.pid}/task/{self.process.pid}/children")
+            .read_text()
+            .split()
+        )
+        assert (
+            len(childs) == 1
+        ), f"Expected exactly one child process for systemd-nspawn, got {childs}"
+        try:
+            return int(childs[0])
+        except ValueError:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to parse child process id {childs[0]}")
+
+    def get_unit_info(self, unit: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+        proc = self.systemctl(f'--no-pager show "{unit}"')
+        if proc.returncode != 0:
+            raise Exception(
+                f'retrieving systemctl info for unit "{unit}"'
+                + f" failed with exit code {proc.returncode}"
+            )
+
+        line_pattern = re.compile(r"^([^=]+)=(.*)$")
+
+        def tuple_from_line(line: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+            match = line_pattern.match(line)
+            assert match is not None
+            return match[1], match[2]
+
+        return dict(
+            tuple_from_line(line)
+            for line in proc.stdout.split("\n")
+            if line_pattern.match(line)
+        )
+
+    def execute(
+        self,
+        command: str,
+        check_return: bool = True,
+        check_output: bool = True,
+        timeout: int | None = 900,
+    ) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+        """
+        Execute a shell command, returning a list `(status, stdout)`.
+
+        Commands are run with `set -euo pipefail` set:
+
+        -   If several commands are separated by `;` and one fails, the
+            command as a whole will fail.
+
+        -   For pipelines, the last non-zero exit status will be returned
+            (if there is one; otherwise zero will be returned).
+
+        -   Dereferencing unset variables fails the command.
+
+        -   It will wait for stdout to be closed.
+
+        If the command detaches, it must close stdout, as `execute` will wait
+        for this to consume all output reliably. This can be achieved by
+        redirecting stdout to stderr `>&2`, to `/dev/console`, `/dev/null` or
+        a file. Examples of detaching commands are `sleep 365d &`, where the
+        shell forks a new process that can write to stdout and `xclip -i`, where
+        the `xclip` command itself forks without closing stdout.
+
+        Takes an optional parameter `check_return` that defaults to `True`.
+        Setting this parameter to `False` will not check for the return code
+        and return -1 instead. This can be used for commands that shut down
+        the VM and would therefore break the pipe that would be used for
+        retrieving the return code.
+
+        A timeout for the command can be specified (in seconds) using the optional
+        `timeout` parameter, e.g., `execute(cmd, timeout=10)` or
+        `execute(cmd, timeout=None)`. The default is 900 seconds.
+        """
+
+        # Always run command with shell opts
+        command = f"set -eo pipefail; source /etc/profile; set -u; {command}"
+
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            [
+                "nsenter",
+                "--target",
+                str(self.container_pid),
+                "--mount",
+                "--uts",
+                "--ipc",
+                "--net",
+                "--pid",
+                "--cgroup",
+                "/bin/sh",
+                "-c",
+                command,
+            ],
+            timeout=timeout,
+            check=False,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        return proc
+
+    def systemctl(self, q: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+        """
+        Runs `systemctl` commands with optional support for
+        `systemctl --user`
+
+        ```py
+        # run `systemctl list-jobs --no-pager`
+        machine.systemctl("list-jobs --no-pager")
+
+        # spawn a shell for `any-user` and run
+        # `systemctl --user list-jobs --no-pager`
+        machine.systemctl("list-jobs --no-pager", "any-user")
+        ```
+        """
+        return self.execute(f"systemctl {q}")
+
+    def wait_for_unit(self, unit: str, timeout: int = 900) -> None:
+        """
+        Wait for a systemd unit to get into "active" state.
+        Throws exceptions on "failed" and "inactive" states as well as after
+        timing out.
+        """
+
+        def check_active(_: bool) -> bool:
+            info = self.get_unit_info(unit)
+            state = info["ActiveState"]
+            if state == "failed":
+                raise Exception(f'unit "{unit}" reached state "{state}"')
+
+            if state == "inactive":
+                proc = self.systemctl("list-jobs --full 2>&1")
+                if "No jobs" in proc.stdout:
+                    info = self.get_unit_info(unit)
+                    if info["ActiveState"] == state:
+                        raise Exception(
+                            f'unit "{unit}" is inactive and there are no pending jobs'
+                        )
+
+            return state == "active"
+
+        retry(check_active, timeout)
+
+    def succeed(self, command: str, timeout: int | None = None) -> str:
+        res = self.execute(command, timeout=timeout)
+        if res.returncode != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to run command {command}")
+        return res.stdout
+
+    def shutdown(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Shut down the machine, waiting for the VM to exit.
+        """
+        if self.process:
+            self.process.terminate()
+            self.process.wait()
+            self.process = None
+
+    def release(self) -> None:
+        self.shutdown()
+
+
+def setup_filesystems() -> None:
+    # We don't care about cleaning up the mount points, since we're running in a nix sandbox.
+    Path("/run").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    subprocess.run(["mount", "-t", "tmpfs", "none", "/run"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["mount", "-t", "cgroup2", "none", "/sys/fs/cgroup"], check=True)
+    Path("/etc").chmod(0o755)
+    Path("/etc/os-release").touch()
+    Path("/etc/machine-id").write_text("a5ea3f98dedc0278b6f3cc8c37eeaeac")
+
+
+class Driver:
+    def __init__(self, containers: list[Path], testscript: str, out_dir: str) -> None:
+        self.containers = containers
+        self.testscript = testscript
+        self.out_dir = out_dir
+        setup_filesystems()
+
+        self.tempdir = TemporaryDirectory()
+        tempdir_path = Path(self.tempdir.name)
+
+        self.machines = []
+        for container in containers:
+            name_match = re.match(r".*-nixos-system-(.+)-(.+)", container.name)
+            if not name_match:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unable to extract hostname from {container.name}")
+            name = name_match.group(1)
+            self.machines.append(
+                Machine(
+                    name=name,
+                    toplevel=container,
+                    rootdir=tempdir_path / name,
+                    out_dir=self.out_dir,
+                )
+            )
+
+    def start_all(self) -> None:
+        for machine in self.machines:
+            machine.start()
+
+    def test_symbols(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        general_symbols = dict(
+            start_all=self.start_all,
+            machines=self.machines,
+            driver=self,
+            Machine=Machine,  # for typing
+        )
+        machine_symbols = {pythonize_name(m.name): m for m in self.machines}
+        # If there's exactly one machine, make it available under the name
+        # "machine", even if it's not called that.
+        if len(self.machines) == 1:
+            (machine_symbols["machine"],) = self.machines
+        print(
+            "additionally exposed symbols:\n    "
+            + ", ".join(map(lambda m: m.name, self.machines))
+            + ",\n    "
+            + ", ".join(list(general_symbols.keys()))
+        )
+        return {**general_symbols, **machine_symbols}
+
+    def test_script(self) -> None:
+        """Run the test script"""
+        exec(self.testscript, self.test_symbols(), None)
+
+    def run_tests(self) -> None:
+        """Run the test script (for non-interactive test runs)"""
+        self.test_script()
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> "Driver":
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
+        for machine in self.machines:
+            machine.release()
+
+
+def writeable_dir(arg: str) -> Path:
+    """Raises an ArgumentTypeError if the given argument isn't a writeable directory
+    Note: We want to fail as early as possible if a directory isn't writeable,
+    since an executed nixos-test could fail (very late) because of the test-driver
+    writing in a directory without proper permissions.
+    """
+    path = Path(arg)
+    if not path.is_dir():
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"{path} is not a directory")
+    if not os.access(path, os.W_OK):
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"{path} is not a writeable directory")
+    return path
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="nixos-test-driver")
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--containers",
+        nargs="+",
+        type=Path,
+        help="container system toplevel paths",
+    )
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--test-script",
+        help="the test script to run",
+        type=Path,
+    )
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output-directory",
+        default=Path.cwd(),
+        help="the directory to bind to /run/test-results",
+        type=writeable_dir,
+    )
+    args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+    with Driver(
+        args.containers,
+        args.test_script.read_text(),
+        args.output_directory.resolve(),
+    ) as driver:
+        driver.run_tests()
--- a/checks/lib/container-driver/test_driver/py.typed
+++ b/checks/lib/container-driver/test_driver/py.typed
--- a/checks/lib/container-test.nix
+++ b/checks/lib/container-test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+test:
+{ pkgs, self, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
+  nixos-lib = import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/lib") { };
+in
+(nixos-lib.runTest (
+  { hostPkgs, ... }:
+  {
+    hostPkgs = pkgs;
+    # speed-up evaluation
+    defaults = {
+      nix.package = pkgs.nixVersions.latest;
+      documentation.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
+      boot.isContainer = true;
+
+      # undo qemu stuff
+      system.build.initialRamdisk = "";
+      virtualisation.sharedDirectories = lib.mkForce { };
+      networking.useDHCP = false;
+
+      # we have not private networking so far
+      networking.interfaces = lib.mkForce { };
+      #networking.primaryIPAddress = lib.mkForce null;
+      systemd.services.backdoor.enable = false;
+    };
+    # to accept external dependencies such as disko
+    node.specialArgs.self = self;
+    imports = [
+      test
+      ./container-driver/module.nix
+    ];
+  }
+)).config.result
--- a/checks/assets/ssh/privkey
+++ b/checks/assets/ssh/privkey
--- a/checks/assets/ssh/pubkey
+++ b/checks/assets/ssh/pubkey
--- a/checks/lib/test-base.nix
+++ b/checks/lib/test-base.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+test:
+{ pkgs, self, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
+  nixos-lib = import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/lib") { };
+in
+(nixos-lib.runTest {
+  hostPkgs = pkgs;
+  # speed-up evaluation
+  defaults = {
+    documentation.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
+    nix.settings.min-free = 0;
+    nix.package = pkgs.nixVersions.latest;
+  };
+
+  # to accept external dependencies such as disko
+  node.specialArgs.self = self;
+  imports = [ test ];
+}).config.result
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