fix pnpm build error on zfs

Reviewed-on: https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/pulls/4119

.gitea/workflows/checks.yaml

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-name: checks
-on:
-  pull_request:
-jobs:
-  checks-impure:
-    runs-on: nix
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: nix run .#impure-checks

.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'clan-lol'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2

CODEOWNERS

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+clanServices/.* @pinpox @kenji
+
+lib/test/container-test-driver/.* @DavHau @mic92
+lib/modules/inventory/.* @hsjobeki
+lib/modules/inventoryClass/.* @hsjobeki
+
+pkgs/clan-app/ui/.* @hsjobeki @brianmcgee
+pkgs/clan-app/clan_app/.* @qubasa @hsjobeki
+
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/.* @lassulus @mic92 @kenji
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/(secrets|vars)/.* @DavHau @lassulus
+
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/log_machines/.* @Qubasa
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/ssh/.* @Qubasa @Mic92 @lassulus
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/tags/.* @hsjobeki
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/persist/.* @hsjobeki
+pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/flake/.* @lassulus
+
+pkgs/clan-cli/api.py @hsjobeki
+pkgs/clan-cli/openapi.py @hsjobeki

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Our mission is simple: to democratize computing by providing tools that empower
 
 ## Features of Clan
 
-- **Full-Stack System Deployment:** Utilize Clan’s toolkit alongside Nix's reliability to build and manage systems effortlessly.
+- **Full-Stack System Deployment:** Utilize Clan's toolkit alongside Nix's reliability to build and manage systems effortlessly.
 - **Overlay Networks:** Secure, private communication channels between devices.
 - **Virtual Machine Integration:** Seamless operation of VM applications within the main operating system.
 - **Robust Backup Management:** Long-term, self-hosted data preservation.

checks/clan-core-for-checks.nix

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchgit }:
-fetchgit {
-  url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core.git";
-  rev = "5d884cecc2585a29b6a3596681839d081b4de192";
-  sha256 = "09is1afmncamavb2q88qac37vmsijxzsy1iz1vr6gsyjq2rixaxc";
-}

checks/flake-module.nix

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ in
     ++ filter pathExists [
       ./devshell/flake-module.nix
       ./flash/flake-module.nix
-      ./impure/flake-module.nix
       ./installation/flake-module.nix
       ./update/flake-module.nix
       ./morph/flake-module.nix

checks/flash/flake-module.nix

@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@
         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
+        (import ../installation/facter-report.nix pkgs.hostPlatform.system)
       ]
       ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
       closureInfo = pkgs.closureInfo { rootPaths = dependencies; };
     in
     {
-      checks = pkgs.lib.mkIf pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
+      # Skip flash test on aarch64-linux for now as it's too slow
+      checks = lib.optionalAttrs (pkgs.stdenv.isLinux && pkgs.hostPlatform.system != "aarch64-linux") {
         nixos-test-flash = self.clanLib.test.baseTest {
           name = "flash";
           nodes.target = {

checks/impure/flake-module.nix

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  perSystem =
-    {
-      pkgs,
-      lib,
-      self',
-      ...
-    }:
-    {
-      # a script that executes all other checks
-      packages.impure-checks = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "impure-checks" ''
-        #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
-        set -euo pipefail
-
-        unset CLAN_DIR
-
-        export PATH="${
-          lib.makeBinPath (
-            [
-              pkgs.gitMinimal
-              pkgs.nix
-              pkgs.coreutils
-              pkgs.rsync # needed to have rsync installed on the dummy ssh server
-            ]
-            ++ self'.packages.clan-cli-full.runtimeDependencies
-          )
-        }"
-        ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-        cd "$ROOT/pkgs/clan-cli"
-
-        # Set up custom git configuration for tests
-        export GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=$(mktemp)
-        git config --file "$GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL" user.name "Test User"
-        git config --file "$GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL" user.email "test@example.com"
-        export GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM=/dev/null
-
-        # this disables dynamic dependency loading in clan-cli
-        export CLAN_NO_DYNAMIC_DEPS=1
-
-        jobs=$(nproc)
-        # Spawning worker in pytest is relatively slow, so we limit the number of jobs to 13
-        # (current number of impure tests)
-        jobs="$((jobs > 6 ? 6 : jobs))"
-
-        nix develop "$ROOT#clan-cli" -c bash -c "TMPDIR=/tmp python -m pytest -n $jobs -m impure ./clan_cli $@"
-
-        # Clean up temporary git config
-        rm -f "$GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL"
-      '';
-    };
-}

checks/installation/facter-report.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+system:
+builtins.fetchurl {
+  url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/test-fixtures/raw/commit/4a2bc56d886578124b05060d3fb7eddc38c019f8/nixos-vm-facter-json/${system}.json";
+  sha256 =
+    {
+      aarch64-linux = "sha256:1rlfymk03rmfkm2qgrc8l5kj5i20srx79n1y1h4nzlpwaz0j7hh2";
+      x86_64-linux = "sha256:16myh0ll2gdwsiwkjw5ba4dl23ppwbsanxx214863j7nvzx42pws";
+    }
+    .${system};
+}

checks/installation/flake-module.nix

@@ -18,27 +18,23 @@
     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-without-system
+    ];
   };
+
   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};
-      };
+      facter.reportPath = import ./facter-report.nix 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 =
       { lib, modulesPath, ... }:
@@ -159,6 +155,7 @@
               pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
               pkgs.bash.drvPath
               pkgs.buildPackages.xorg.lndir
+              (import ./facter-report.nix pkgs.hostPlatform.system)
             ]
             ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
           };
@@ -232,6 +229,7 @@
                       "-i", ssh_conn.ssh_key,
                       "--option", "store", os.environ['CLAN_TEST_STORE'],
                       "--update-hardware-config", "nixos-facter",
+                      "--no-persist-state",
                   ]
 
                   subprocess.run(clan_cmd, check=True)
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@
                       "${self.checks.x86_64-linux.clan-core-for-checks}",
                       "${closureInfo}"
                   )
-                  
+
                   # Set up SSH connection
                   ssh_conn = setup_ssh_connection(
                       target,
@@ -301,7 +299,8 @@
                       "test-install-machine-without-system",
                       "-i", ssh_conn.ssh_key,
                       "--option", "store", os.environ['CLAN_TEST_STORE'],
-                      f"nonrootuser@localhost:{ssh_conn.host_port}"
+                      "--target-host", f"nonrootuser@localhost:{ssh_conn.host_port}",
+                      "--yes"
                   ]
 
                   result = subprocess.run(clan_cmd, capture_output=True, cwd=flake_dir)
@@ -325,7 +324,9 @@
                       "test-install-machine-without-system",
                       "-i", ssh_conn.ssh_key,
                       "--option", "store", os.environ['CLAN_TEST_STORE'],
-                      f"nonrootuser@localhost:{ssh_conn.host_port}"
+                      "--target-host",
+                      f"nonrootuser@localhost:{ssh_conn.host_port}",
+                      "--yes"
                   ]
 
                   result = subprocess.run(clan_cmd, capture_output=True, cwd=flake_dir)

checks/morph/flake-module.nix

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
                   pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
                   pkgs.stdenvNoCC
                   self.nixosConfigurations.test-morph-machine.config.system.build.toplevel
+                  (import ../installation/facter-report.nix pkgs.hostPlatform.system)
                 ]
                 ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
                 closureInfo = pkgs.closureInfo { rootPaths = dependencies; };

checks/update/flake-module.nix

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
                     pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
                     pkgs.bash.drvPath
                     pkgs.buildPackages.xorg.lndir
+                    (import ../installation/facter-report.nix pkgs.hostPlatform.system)
                   ]
                   ++ builtins.map (i: i.outPath) (builtins.attrValues self.inputs);
                 };

clanServices/borgbackup/README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inventory.instances = {
   borgbackup = {
     module = {
       name = "borgbackup";
-      input = "clan";
+      input = "clan-core";
     };
     roles.client.machines."jon".settings = {
       destinations."storagebox" = {

clanServices/certificates/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+This service sets up a certificate authority (CA) that can issue certificates to
+other machines in your clan. For this the `ca` role is used.
+It additionally provides a `default` role, that can be applied to all machines
+in your clan and will make sure they trust your CA.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+The following configuration would add a CA for the top level domain `.foo`. If
+the machine `server` now hosts a webservice at `https://something.foo`, it will
+get a certificate from `ca` which is valid inside your clan. The machine
+`client` will trust this certificate if it makes a request to
+`https://something.foo`.
+
+This clan service can be combined with the `coredns` service for easy to deploy,
+SSL secured clan-internal service hosting.
+
+```nix
+inventory = {
+  machines.ca = { };
+  machines.client = { };
+  machines.server = { };
+
+  instances."certificates" = {
+    module.name = "certificates";
+    module.input = "self";
+
+    roles.ca.machines.ca.settings.tlds = [ "foo" ];
+    roles.default.machines.client = { };
+    roles.default.machines.server = { };
+  };
+};
+```

clanServices/certificates/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  _class = "clan.service";
+  manifest.name = "certificates";
+  manifest.description = "Sets up a certificates internal to your Clan";
+  manifest.categories = [ "Network" ];
+  manifest.readme = builtins.readFile ./README.md;
+
+  roles.ca = {
+
+    interface =
+      { lib, ... }:
+      {
+
+        options.acmeEmail = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          default = "none@none.tld";
+          description = ''
+            Email address for account creation and correspondence from the CA.
+            It is recommended to use the same email for all certs to avoid account
+            creation limits.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        options.tlds = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+          description = "Top level domain for this CA. Certificates will be issued and trusted for *.<tld>";
+        };
+
+        options.expire = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+          description = "When the certificate should expire.";
+          default = "8760h";
+          example = "8760h";
+        };
+      };
+
+    perInstance =
+      { settings, ... }:
+      {
+        nixosModule =
+          {
+            config,
+            pkgs,
+            lib,
+            ...
+          }:
+          let
+            domains = map (tld: "ca.${tld}") settings.tlds;
+          in
+          {
+            security.acme.defaults.email = settings.acmeEmail;
+            security.acme = {
+              certs = builtins.listToAttrs (
+                map (domain: {
+                  name = domain;
+                  value = {
+                    server = "https://${domain}:1443/acme/acme/directory";
+                  };
+                }) domains
+              );
+            };
+
+            networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
+              80
+              443
+            ];
+
+            services.nginx = {
+              enable = true;
+              recommendedProxySettings = true;
+              virtualHosts = builtins.listToAttrs (
+                map (domain: {
+                  name = domain;
+                  value = {
+                    addSSL = true;
+                    enableACME = true;
+                    locations."/".proxyPass = "https://localhost:1443";
+                    locations."= /ca.crt".alias =
+                      config.clan.core.vars.generators.step-intermediate-cert.files."intermediate.crt".path;
+                  };
+                }) domains
+              );
+            };
+
+            clan.core.vars.generators = {
+
+              # Intermediate key generator
+              "step-intermediate-key" = {
+                files."intermediate.key" = {
+                  secret = true;
+                  deploy = true;
+                  owner = "step-ca";
+                  group = "step-ca";
+                };
+                runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.step-cli ];
+                script = ''
+                  step crypto keypair --kty EC --curve P-256 --no-password --insecure $out/intermediate.pub $out/intermediate.key
+                '';
+              };
+
+              # Intermediate certificate generator
+              "step-intermediate-cert" = {
+                files."intermediate.crt".secret = false;
+                dependencies = [
+                  "step-ca"
+                  "step-intermediate-key"
+                ];
+                runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.step-cli ];
+                script = ''
+                  # Create intermediate certificate
+                  step certificate create \
+                    --ca $in/step-ca/ca.crt \
+                    --ca-key $in/step-ca/ca.key \
+                    --ca-password-file /dev/null \
+                    --key $in/step-intermediate-key/intermediate.key \
+                    --template ${pkgs.writeText "intermediate.tmpl" ''
+                      {
+                        "subject": {{ toJson .Subject }},
+                        "keyUsage": ["certSign", "crlSign"],
+                        "basicConstraints": {
+                          "isCA": true,
+                          "maxPathLen": 0
+                        },
+                        "nameConstraints": {
+                          "critical": true,
+                          "permittedDNSDomains": [${
+                            (lib.strings.concatStringsSep "," (map (tld: ''"${tld}"'') settings.tlds))
+                          }]
+                        }
+                      }
+                    ''} ${lib.optionalString (settings.expire != null) "--not-after ${settings.expire}"} \
+                    --not-before=-12h \
+                    --no-password --insecure \
+                    "Clan Intermediate CA" \
+                    $out/intermediate.crt
+                '';
+              };
+            };
+
+            services.step-ca = {
+              enable = true;
+              intermediatePasswordFile = "/dev/null";
+              address = "0.0.0.0";
+              port = 1443;
+              settings = {
+                root = config.clan.core.vars.generators.step-ca.files."ca.crt".path;
+                crt = config.clan.core.vars.generators.step-intermediate-cert.files."intermediate.crt".path;
+                key = config.clan.core.vars.generators.step-intermediate-key.files."intermediate.key".path;
+                dnsNames = domains;
+                logger.format = "text";
+                db = {
+                  type = "badger";
+                  dataSource = "/var/lib/step-ca/db";
+                };
+                authority = {
+                  provisioners = [
+                    {
+                      type = "ACME";
+                      name = "acme";
+                      forceCN = true;
+                    }
+                  ];
+                  claims = {
+                    maxTLSCertDuration = "2160h";
+                    defaultTLSCertDuration = "2160h";
+                  };
+                  backdate = "1m0s";
+                };
+                tls = {
+                  cipherSuites = [
+                    "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256"
+                    "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256"
+                  ];
+                  minVersion = 1.2;
+                  maxVersion = 1.3;
+                  renegotiation = false;
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+      };
+  };
+
+  # Empty role, so we can add non-ca machins to the instance to trust the CA
+  roles.default = {
+    interface =
+      { lib, ... }:
+      {
+        options.acmeEmail = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          default = "none@none.tld";
+          description = ''
+            Email address for account creation and correspondence from the CA.
+            It is recommended to use the same email for all certs to avoid account
+            creation limits.
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+
+    perInstance =
+      { settings, ... }:
+      {
+        nixosModule.security.acme.defaults.email = settings.acmeEmail;
+      };
+  };
+
+  # All machines (independent of role) will trust the CA
+  perMachine.nixosModule =
+    { pkgs, config, ... }:
+    {
+      # Root CA generator
+      clan.core.vars.generators = {
+        "step-ca" = {
+          share = true;
+          files."ca.key" = {
+            secret = true;
+            deploy = false;
+          };
+          files."ca.crt".secret = false;
+          runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.step-cli ];
+          script = ''
+            step certificate create --template ${pkgs.writeText "root.tmpl" ''
+              {
+                "subject": {{ toJson .Subject }},
+                "issuer": {{ toJson .Subject }},
+                "keyUsage": ["certSign", "crlSign"],
+                "basicConstraints": {
+                  "isCA": true,
+                  "maxPathLen": 1
+                }
+              }
+            ''} "Clan Root CA" $out/ca.crt $out/ca.key \
+              --kty EC --curve P-256 \
+              --not-after=8760h \
+              --not-before=-12h \
+              --no-password --insecure
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+      security.pki.certificateFiles = [ config.clan.core.vars.generators."step-ca".files."ca.crt".path ];
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.openssl ];
+      security.acme.acceptTerms = true;
+    };
+}

clanServices/certificates/flake-module.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  self,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  module = lib.modules.importApply ./default.nix {
+    inherit (self) packages;
+  };
+in
+{
+  clan.modules.certificates = module;
+  perSystem =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      clan.nixosTests.certificates = {
+        imports = [ ./tests/vm/default.nix ];
+        clan.modules.certificates = module;
+      };
+    };
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{
+  name = "certificates";
+
+  clan = {
+    directory = ./.;
+    inventory = {
+
+      machines.ca = { }; # 192.168.1.1
+      machines.client = { }; # 192.168.1.2
+      machines.server = { }; # 192.168.1.3
+
+      instances."certificates" = {
+        module.name = "certificates";
+        module.input = "self";
+
+        roles.ca.machines.ca.settings.tlds = [ "foo" ];
+        roles.default.machines.client = { };
+        roles.default.machines.server = { };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  nodes =
+    let
+      hostConfig = ''
+        192.168.1.1 ca.foo
+        192.168.1.3 test.foo
+      '';
+    in
+    {
+
+      client.networking.extraHosts = hostConfig;
+      ca.networking.extraHosts = hostConfig;
+
+      server = {
+
+        networking.extraHosts = hostConfig;
+
+        # TODO: Could this be set automatically?
+        # I would like to get this information from the coredns module, but we
+        # cannot model dependencies yet
+        security.acme.certs."test.foo".server = "https://ca.foo/acme/acme/directory";
+
+        # Host a simple service on 'server', with SSL provided via our CA. 'client'
+        # should be able to curl it via https and accept the certificates
+        # presented
+        networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
+          80
+          443
+        ];
+
+        services.nginx = {
+          enable = true;
+          virtualHosts."test.foo" = {
+            enableACME = true;
+            forceSSL = true;
+            locations."/" = {
+              return = "200 'test server response'";
+              extraConfig = "add_header Content-Type text/plain;";
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+
+    import time
+
+    time.sleep(3)
+    ca.succeed("systemctl restart acme-order-renew-ca.foo.service ")
+
+    time.sleep(3)
+    server.succeed("systemctl restart acme-test.foo.service")
+
+    # It takes a while for the correct certs to appear (before that self-signed
+    # are presented by nginx) so we wait for a bit.
+    client.wait_until_succeeds("curl -v https://test.foo")
+
+    # Show certificate information for debugging
+    client.succeed("openssl s_client -connect test.foo:443 -servername test.foo </dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -text -noout 1>&2")
+  '';
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/machines/ca/key.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  {
+    "publickey": "age1yd2cden7jav8x4nzx2fwze2fsa5j0qm2m3t7zum765z3u4gj433q7dqj43",
+    "type": "age"
+  }
+]

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/machines/client/key.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  {
+    "publickey": "age1js225d8jc507sgcg0fdfv2x3xv3asm4ds5c6s4hp37nq8spxu95sc5x3ce",
+    "type": "age"
+  }
+]

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/machines/server/key.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  {
+    "publickey": "age1nwuh8lc604mnz5r8ku8zswyswnwv02excw237c0cmtlejp7xfp8sdrcwfa",
+    "type": "age"
+  }
+]

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/secrets/ca-age.key/secret

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:6+XilULKRuWtAZ6B8Lj9UqCfi1T6dmqrDqBNXqS4SvBwM1bIWiL6juaT1Q7ByOexzID7tY740gmQBqTey54uLydh8mW0m4ZtUqw=,iv:9kscsrMPBGkutTnxrc5nrc7tQXpzLxw+929pUDKqTu0=,tag:753uIjm8ZRs0xsjiejEY8g==,type:str]",
+	"sops": {
+		"age": [
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSA1d3kycldZRXhmR0FqTXJp\nWWU0MDBYNmxxbFE5M2xKYm5KWnQ0MXBHNEM4CjN4RFFVcFlkd3pjTFVDQ3Vackdj\nVTVhMWoxdFpsWHp5S1p4L05kYk5LUkkKLS0tIENtZFZZTjY2amFVQmZLZFplQzBC\nZm1vWFI4MXR1ZHIxTTQ5VXdSYUhvOTQKte0bKjXQ0xA8FrpuChjDUvjVqp97D8kT\n3tVh6scdjxW48VSBZP1GRmqcMqCdj75GvJTbWeNEV4PDBW7GI0UW+Q==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			}
+		],
+		"lastmodified": "2025-09-02T08:42:39Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:AftMorrH7qX5ctVu5evYHn5h9pC4Mmm2VYaAV8Hy0PKTc777jNsL6DrxFVV3NVqtecpwrzZFWKgzukcdcRJe4veVeBrusmoZYtifH0AWZTEVpVlr2UXYYxCDmNZt1WHfVUo40bT//X6QM0ye6a/2Y1jYPbMbryQNcGmnpk9PDvU=,iv:5nk+d8hzA05LQp7ZHRbIgiENg2Ha6J6YzyducM6zcNU=,tag:dy1hqWVzMu/+fSK57h9ZCA==,type:str]",
+		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
+		"version": "3.10.2"
+	}
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/secrets/ca-age.key/users/admin

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../users/admin

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/secrets/client-age.key/secret

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:jdTuGQUYvT1yXei1RHKsOCsABmMlkcLuziHDVhA7NequZeNu0fSbrJTXQDCHsDGhlYRcjU5EsEDT750xdleXuD3Gs9zWvPVobI4=,iv:YVow3K1j6fzRF9bRfIEpuOkO/nRpku/UQxWNGC+UJQQ=,tag:cNLM5R7uu6QpwPB9K6MYzg==,type:str]",
+	"sops": {
+		"age": [
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBvOVF2WXRSL0NpQzFZR01I\nNU85TGcyQmVDazN1dmpuRFVTZEg5NDRKTGhrCk1IVjFSU1V6WHBVRnFWcHkyVERr\nTjFKbW1mQ2FWOWhjN2VPamMxVEQ5VkkKLS0tIENVUGlhanhuWGtDKzBzRmk2dE4v\nMXZBRXNMa3IrOTZTNHRUWVE3UXEwSWMK2cBLoL/H/Vxd/klVrqVLdX9Mww5j7gw/\nEWc5/hN+km6XoW+DiJxVG4qaJ7qqld6u5ZnKgJT+2h9CfjA04I2akg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			}
+		],
+		"lastmodified": "2025-09-02T08:42:51Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:zOBQVM2Ydu4v0+Fw3p3cEU+5+7eKaadV0tKro1JVOxclG1Vs6Myq57nw2eWf5JxIl0ulL+FavPKY26qOQ3aqcGOT3PMRlCda9z+0oSn9Im9bE/DzAGmoH/bp76kFkgTTOCZTMUoqJ+UJqv0qy1BH/92sSSKmYshEX6d1vr5ISrw=,iv:i9ZW4sLxOCan4UokHlySVr1CW39nCTusG4DmEPj/gIw=,tag:iZBDPHDkE3Vt5mFcFu1TPQ==,type:str]",
+		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
+		"version": "3.10.2"
+	}
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/secrets/client-age.key/users/admin

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../users/admin

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/secrets/server-age.key/secret

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:5CJuHcxJMXZJ8GqAeG3BrbWtT1kade4kxgJsn1cRpmr1UgN0ZVYnluPEiBscClNSOzcc6vcrBpfTI3dj1tASKTLP58M+GDBFQDo=,iv:gsK7XqBGkYCoqAvyFlIXuJ27PKSbTmy7f6cgTmT2gow=,tag:qG5KejkBvy9ytfhGXa/Mnw==,type:str]",
+	"sops": {
+		"age": [
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBxbzVqYkplTzJKN1pwS3VM\naFFIK2VsR3lYUVExYW9ieERBL0tlcFZtVzJRCkpiLzdmWmFlOUZ5QUJ4WkhXZ2tQ\nZm92YXBCV0RpYnIydUdEVTRiamI4bjAKLS0tIG93a2htS1hFcjBOeVFnNCtQTHVr\na2FPYjVGbWtORjJVWXE5bndPU1RWcXMKikMEB7X+kb7OtiyqXn3HRpLYkCdoayDh\n7cjGnplk17q25/lRNHM4JVS5isFfuftCl01enESqkvgq+cwuFwa9DQ==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			}
+		],
+		"lastmodified": "2025-09-02T08:42:59Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:xybV2D0xukZnH2OwRpIugPnS7LN9AbgGKwFioPJc1FQWx9TxMUVDwgMN6V5WrhWkXgF2zP4krtDYpEz4Vq+LbOjcnTUteuCc+7pMHubuRuip7j+M32MH1kuf4bVZuXbCfvm7brGxe83FzjoioLqzA8g/X6Q1q7/ErkNeFjluC3Q=,iv:QEW3EUKSRZY3fbXlP7z+SffWkQeXwMAa5K8RQW7NvPE=,tag:DhFxY7xr7H1Wbd527swD0Q==,type:str]",
+		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
+		"version": "3.10.2"
+	}
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/sops/secrets/server-age.key/users/admin

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../users/admin

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/per-machine/ca/step-intermediate-cert/intermediate.crt/value

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/per-machine/ca/step-intermediate-key/intermediate.key/machines/ca

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../sops/machines/ca

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/per-machine/ca/step-intermediate-key/intermediate.key/secret

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:Auonh9fa7jSkld1Zyxw74x5ydj6Xc+0SOgiqumVETNCfner9K96Rmv1PkREuHNGWPsnzyEM3pRT8ijvu3QoKvy9QPCCewyT07Wqe4G74+bk1iMeAHsV3To6kHs6M8OISvE+CmG0+hlLmdfRSabTzyWPLHbOjvFTEEuA5G7xiryacSYOE++eeEHdn+oUDh/IMTcfLjCGMjsXFikx1Hb+ofeRTlCg47+0w4MXVvQkOzQB5V2C694jZXvZ19jd/ioqr8YASz2xatGvqwW6cpZxqOWyZJ0UAj/6yFk6tZWifqVB3wgU=,iv:ITFCrDkeWl4GWCebVq15ei9QmkOLDwUIYojKZ2TU6JU=,tag:8k4iYbCIusUykY79H86WUQ==,type:str]",
+	"sops": {
+		"age": [
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBsT25UbjJTQ2tzbnQyUm9p\neWx1UlZIeVpocnBqUCt0YnFlN2FOU25Lb0hNCmdXUUsyalRTbHRRQ0NLSGc1YllV\nUXRwaENhaXU1WmdnVDE0UWprUUUyeDAKLS0tIHV3dHU3aG5JclM0V3FadzN0SU14\ndFptbEJUNXQ4QVlqbkJ1TjAvdDQwSGsKcKPWUjhK7wzIpdIdksMShF2fpLdDTUBS\nZiU7P1T+3psxad9qhapvU0JrAY+9veFaYVEHha2aN/XKs8HqUcTp3A==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			},
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1yd2cden7jav8x4nzx2fwze2fsa5j0qm2m3t7zum765z3u4gj433q7dqj43",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBjZFVteVZwVGVmRE9NT3hG\nNGMyS3FSaXluM1FpeUp6SDVMUEpwYzg5SmdvCkRPU0QyU1JicGNkdlMyQWVkT0k3\nL2YrbDhWeGk4WFhxcUFmTmhZQ0pEQncKLS0tIG85Ui9rKzBJQ2VkMFBUQTMvSTlu\nbm8rZ09Wa24rQkNvTTNtYTZBN3MrZlkK7cjNhlUKZdOrRq/nKUsbUQgNTzX8jO+0\nzADpz6WCMvsJ15xazc10BGh03OtdMWl5tcoWMaZ71HWtI9Gip5DH0w==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			}
+		],
+		"lastmodified": "2025-09-02T08:42:42Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:9xlO5Yis8DG/y8GjvP63NltD4xEL7zqdHL2cQE8gAoh/ZamAmK5ZL0ld80mB3eIYEPKZYvmUYI4Lkrge2ZdqyDoubrW+eJ3dxn9+StxA9FzXYwUE0t+bbsNJfOOp/kDojf060qLGsu0kAGKd2ca4WiDccR0Cieky335C7Zzhi/Q=,iv:bWQ4wr0CJHSN+6ipUbkYTDWZJyFQjDKszfpVX9EEUsY=,tag:kADIFgJBEGCvr5fPbbdEDA==,type:str]",
+		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
+		"version": "3.10.2"
+	}
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/per-machine/ca/step-intermediate-key/intermediate.key/users/admin

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../sops/users/admin

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/per-machine/client/state-version/version/value

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+25.11

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/per-machine/server/state-version/version/value

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+25.11

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/shared/step-ca/ca.crt/value

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIBcTCCARigAwIBAgIRAIix99+AE7Y+uyiLGaRHEhUwCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIwFzEV
+MBMGA1UEAxMMQ2xhbiBSb290IENBMB4XDTI1MDkwMTIwNDI1N1oXDTI2MDkwMjA4
+NDI1N1owFzEVMBMGA1UEAxMMQ2xhbiBSb290IENBMFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZI
+zj0DAQcDQgAEk7nn9kzxI+xkRmNMlxD+7T78UqV3aqus0foJh6uu1CHC+XaebMcw
+JN95nAe3oYA3yZG6Mnq9nCxsYha4EhzGYqNFMEMwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgEGMBIG
+A1UdEwEB/wQIMAYBAf8CAQEwHQYDVR0OBBYEFJ+yfPimEwnH2y7+SB4X8VtlAIGD
+MAoGCCqGSM49BAMCA0cAMEQCIBId/CcbT5MPFL90xa+XQz+gVTdRwsu6Bg7ehMso
+Bj0oAiBjSlttd5yeuZGXBm+O0Gl+WdKV60QlrWutNewXFS4UpQ==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/shared/step-ca/ca.key/secret

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:PnEXteU3I7U0OKgE+oR3xjHdLWYTpJjM/jlzxtGU0uP2pUBuQv3LxtEz+cP0ZsafHLNq2iNJ7xpUEE0g4d3M296S56oSocK3fREWBiJFiaC7SAEUiil1l3UCwHn7LzmdEmn8Kq7T+FK89wwqtVWIASLo2gZC/yHE5eEanEATTchGLSNiHJRzZ8n0Ekm8EFUA6czOqA5nPQHaSmeLzu1g80lSSi1ICly6dJksa6DVucwOyVFYFEeq8Dfyc1eyP8L1ee0D7QFYBMduYOXTKPtNnyDmdaQMj7cMMvE7fn04idIiAqw=,iv:nvLmAfFk2GXnnUy+Afr648R60Ou13eu9UKykkiA8Y+4=,tag:lTTAxfG0EDCU6u7xlW6xSQ==,type:str]",
+	"sops": {
+		"age": [
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBEMjNWUm5NbktQeTRWRjJE\nWWFZc2Rsa3I5aitPSno1WnhORENNcng5OHprCjNUQVhBVHFBcWFjaW5UdmxKTnZw\nQlI4MDk5Wkp0RElCeWgzZ2dFQkF2dkkKLS0tIDVreTkydnJ0RDdHSHlQeVV6bGlP\nTmpJOVBSb2dkVS9TZG5SRmFjdnQ1b3cKQ5XvwH1jD4XPVs5RzOotBDq8kiE6S5k2\nDBv6ugjsM5qV7/oGP9H69aSB4jKPZjEn3yiNw++Oorc8uXd5kSGh7w==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			}
+		],
+		"lastmodified": "2025-09-02T08:43:00Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:3jFf66UyZUWEtPdPu809LCS3K/Hc6zbnluystl3eXS+KGI+dCoYmN9hQruRNBRxf6jli2RIlArmmEPBDQVt67gG/qugTdT12krWnYAZ78iocmOnkf44fWxn/pqVnn4JYpjEYRgy8ueGDnUkwvpGWVZpcXw5659YeDQuYOJ2mq0U=,iv:3k7fBPrABdLItQ2Z+Mx8Nx0eIEKo93zG/23K+Q5Hl3I=,tag:aehAObdx//DEjbKlOeM7iQ==,type:str]",
+		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
+		"version": "3.10.2"
+	}
+}

clanServices/certificates/tests/vm/vars/shared/step-ca/ca.key/users/admin

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../sops/users/admin

clanServices/coredns/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+This module enables hosting clan-internal services easily, which can be resolved
+inside your VPN. This allows defining a custom top-level domain (e.g. `.clan`)
+and exposing endpoints from a machine to others, which will be
+accessible under `http://<service>.clan` in your browser.
+
+The service consists of two roles:
+
+- A `server` role: This is the DNS-server that will be queried when trying to
+  resolve clan-internal services. It defines the top-level domain.
+- A `default` role: This does two things. First, it sets up the nameservers so
+  thatclan-internal queries are resolved via the `server` machine, while
+  external queries are resolved as normal via DHCP. Second, it allows exposing
+  services (see example below).
+
+## Example Usage
+
+Here the machine `dnsserver` is designated as internal DNS-server for the TLD
+`.foo`. `server01` will host an application that shall be reachable at
+`http://one.foo` and `server02` is going to be reachable at `http://two.foo`.
+`client` is any other machine that is part of the clan but does not host any
+services.
+
+When `client` tries to resolve `http://one.foo`, the DNS query will be
+routed to `dnsserver`, which will answer with `192.168.1.3`. If it tries to
+resolve some external domain (e.g. `https://clan.lol`), the query will not be
+routed to `dnsserver` but resolved as before, via the nameservers advertised by
+DHCP.
+
+```nix
+inventory = {
+
+  machines = {
+    dnsserver = { }; # 192.168.1.2
+    server01 = { };  # 192.168.1.3
+    server02 = { };  # 192.168.1.4
+    client = { };    # 192.168.1.5
+  };
+
+  instances = {
+    coredns = {
+
+      module.name = "@clan/coredns";
+      module.input = "self";
+
+      # Add the default role to all machines, including `client`
+      roles.default.tags.all = { };
+
+      # DNS server
+      roles.server.machines."dnsserver".settings = {
+        ip = "192.168.1.2";
+        tld = "foo";
+      };
+
+      # First service
+      roles.default.machines."server01".settings = {
+        ip = "192.168.1.3";
+        services = [ "one" ];
+      };
+
+      # Second service
+      roles.default.machines."server02".settings = {
+        ip = "192.168.1.4";
+        services = [ "two" ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+};
+```

clanServices/coredns/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  _class = "clan.service";
+  manifest.name = "coredns";
+  manifest.description = "Clan-internal DNS and service exposure";
+  manifest.categories = [ "Network" ];
+  manifest.readme = builtins.readFile ./README.md;
+
+  roles.server = {
+
+    interface =
+      { lib, ... }:
+      {
+        options.tld = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          default = "clan";
+          description = ''
+            Top-level domain for this instance. All services below this will be
+            resolved internally.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        options.ip = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          # TODO: Set a default
+          description = "IP for the DNS to listen on";
+        };
+
+        options.dnsPort = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.int;
+          default = 1053;
+          description = "Port of the clan-internal DNS server";
+        };
+      };
+
+    perInstance =
+      {
+        roles,
+        settings,
+        ...
+      }:
+      {
+        nixosModule =
+          {
+            lib,
+            pkgs,
+            ...
+          }:
+          {
+
+            networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ settings.dnsPort ];
+            networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ settings.dnsPort ];
+
+            services.coredns =
+              let
+
+                # Get all service entries for one host
+                hostServiceEntries =
+                  host:
+                  lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+                    map (
+                      service: "${service} IN A ${roles.default.machines.${host}.settings.ip}   ; ${host}"
+                    ) roles.default.machines.${host}.settings.services
+                  );
+
+                zonefile = pkgs.writeTextFile {
+                  name = "db.${settings.tld}";
+                  text = ''
+                    $TTL 3600
+                    @   IN SOA  ns.${settings.tld}. admin.${settings.tld}. 1 7200 3600 1209600 3600
+                        IN NS   ns.${settings.tld}.
+                    ns  IN A    ${settings.ip}   ; DNS server
+
+                  ''
+                  + (lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+                    map (host: hostServiceEntries host) (lib.attrNames roles.default.machines)
+                  ));
+                };
+
+              in
+              {
+                enable = true;
+                config =
+
+                  let
+                    dnsPort = builtins.toString settings.dnsPort;
+                  in
+
+                  ''
+                    .:${dnsPort} {
+                        forward . 1.1.1.1
+                        cache 30
+                    }
+
+                    ${settings.tld}:${dnsPort} {
+                        file ${zonefile}
+                    }
+                  '';
+              };
+          };
+      };
+  };
+
+  roles.default = {
+    interface =
+      { lib, ... }:
+      {
+        options.services = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+          default = [ ];
+          description = ''
+            Service endpoints this host exposes (without TLD). Each entry will
+            be resolved to <entry>.<tld> using the configured top-level domain.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        options.ip = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          # TODO: Set a default
+          description = "IP on which the services will listen";
+        };
+
+        options.dnsPort = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.int;
+          default = 1053;
+          description = "Port of the clan-internal DNS server";
+        };
+      };
+
+    perInstance =
+      { roles, settings, ... }:
+      {
+        nixosModule =
+          { lib, ... }:
+          {
+
+            networking.nameservers = map (m: "127.0.0.1:5353#${roles.server.machines.${m}.settings.tld}") (
+              lib.attrNames roles.server.machines
+            );
+
+            services.resolved.domains = map (m: "~${roles.server.machines.${m}.settings.tld}") (
+              lib.attrNames roles.server.machines
+            );
+
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings = {
+                server = {
+                  port = 5353;
+                  verbosity = 2;
+                  interface = [ "127.0.0.1" ];
+                  access-control = [ "127.0.0.0/8 allow" ];
+                  do-not-query-localhost = "no";
+                  domain-insecure = map (m: "${roles.server.machines.${m}.settings.tld}.") (
+                    lib.attrNames roles.server.machines
+                  );
+                };
+
+                # Default: forward everything else to DHCP-provided resolvers
+                forward-zone = [
+                  {
+                    name = ".";
+                    forward-addr = "127.0.0.53@53"; # Forward to systemd-resolved
+                  }
+                ];
+                stub-zone = map (m: {
+                  name = "${roles.server.machines.${m}.settings.tld}.";
+                  stub-addr = "${roles.server.machines.${m}.settings.ip}@${builtins.toString settings.dnsPort}";
+                }) (lib.attrNames roles.server.machines);
+              };
+            };
+          };
+      };
+  };
+}

clanServices/coredns/flake-module.nix

@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ let
   module = lib.modules.importApply ./default.nix { };
 in
 {
-  clan.modules.state-version = module;
+  clan.modules = {
+    coredns = module;
+  };
   perSystem =
     { ... }:
     {
-      clan.nixosTests.state-version = {
+      clan.nixosTests.coredns = {
         imports = [ ./tests/vm/default.nix ];
 
-        clan.modules."@clan/state-version" = module;
+        clan.modules."@clan/coredns" = module;
       };
     };
 }

clanServices/coredns/tests/vm/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+{
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  name = "coredns";
+
+  clan = {
+    directory = ./.;
+    test.useContainers = true;
+    inventory = {
+
+      machines = {
+        dns = { }; # 192.168.1.2
+        server01 = { }; # 192.168.1.3
+        server02 = { }; # 192.168.1.4
+        client = { }; # 192.168.1.1
+      };
+
+      instances = {
+        coredns = {
+
+          module.name = "@clan/coredns";
+          module.input = "self";
+
+          roles.default.tags.all = { };
+
+          # First service
+          roles.default.machines."server01".settings = {
+            ip = "192.168.1.3";
+            services = [ "one" ];
+          };
+
+          # Second service
+          roles.default.machines."server02".settings = {
+            ip = "192.168.1.4";
+            services = [ "two" ];
+          };
+
+          # DNS server
+          roles.server.machines."dns".settings = {
+            ip = "192.168.1.2";
+            tld = "foo";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  nodes = {
+    dns =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.net-tools ];
+      };
+
+    client =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.net-tools ];
+      };
+
+    server01 = {
+      services.nginx = {
+        enable = true;
+        virtualHosts."one.foo" = {
+          locations."/" = {
+            return = "200 'test server response one'";
+            extraConfig = "add_header Content-Type text/plain;";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    server02 = {
+      services.nginx = {
+        enable = true;
+        virtualHosts."two.foo" = {
+          locations."/" = {
+            return = "200 'test server response two'";
+            extraConfig = "add_header Content-Type text/plain;";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+    start_all()
+
+    machines = [server01, server02, dns, client]
+
+    for m in machines:
+        m.systemctl("start network-online.target")
+
+    for m in machines:
+        m.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
+
+    # This should work, but is borken in tests i think? Instead we dig directly
+
+    # client.succeed("curl -k -v http://one.foo")
+    # client.succeed("curl -k -v http://two.foo")
+
+    answer = client.succeed("dig @192.168.1.2 -p 1053 one.foo")
+    assert "192.168.1.3" in answer, "IP not found"
+
+    answer = client.succeed("dig @192.168.1.2 -p 1053 two.foo")
+    assert "192.168.1.4" in answer, "IP not found"
+
+  '';
+}

clanServices/coredns/tests/vm/sops/users/admin/key.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "publickey": "age1qm0p4vf9jvcnn43s6l4prk8zn6cx0ep9gzvevxecv729xz540v8qa742eg",
+  "type": "age"
+}

clanServices/monitoring/telegraf.nix

@@ -10,22 +10,34 @@
           lib,
           ...
         }:
+        let
+          jsonpath = "/tmp/telegraf.json";
+          auth_user = "prometheus";
+        in
         {
 
           networking.firewall.interfaces = lib.mkIf (settings.allowAllInterfaces == false) (
             builtins.listToAttrs (
               map (name: {
                 inherit name;
-                value.allowedTCPPorts = [ 9273 ];
+                value.allowedTCPPorts = [
+                  9273
+                  9990
+                ];
               }) settings.interfaces
             )
           );
 
-          networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkIf (settings.allowAllInterfaces == true) [ 9273 ];
+          networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkIf (settings.allowAllInterfaces == true) [
+            9273
+            9990
+          ];
 
-          clan.core.vars.generators."telegraf-password" = {
-            files.telegraf-password.neededFor = "users";
-            files.telegraf-password.restartUnits = [ "telegraf.service" ];
+          clan.core.vars.generators."telegraf" = {
+
+            files.password.restartUnits = [ "telegraf.service" ];
+            files.password-env.restartUnits = [ "telegraf.service" ];
+            files.miniserve-auth.restartUnits = [ "telegraf.service" ];
 
             runtimeInputs = [
               pkgs.coreutils
@@ -35,16 +47,27 @@
 
             script = ''
               PASSWORD=$(xkcdpass --numwords 4 --delimiter - --count 1 | tr -d "\n")
-              echo "BASIC_AUTH_PWD=$PASSWORD" > "$out"/telegraf-password
+              echo "BASIC_AUTH_PWD=$PASSWORD" > "$out"/password-env
+              echo "${auth_user}:$PASSWORD" > "$out"/miniserve-auth
+              echo "$PASSWORD" | tr -d "\n" > "$out"/password
             '';
           };
 
+          systemd.services.telegraf-json = {
+            enable = true;
+            wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+            after = [ "telegraf.service" ];
+            wants = [ "telegraf.service" ];
+            serviceConfig = {
+              Restart = "on-failure";
+            };
+            script = "${pkgs.miniserve}/bin/miniserve -p 9990 ${jsonpath} --auth-file ${config.clan.core.vars.generators.telegraf.files.miniserve-auth.path}";
+          };
+
           services.telegraf = {
             enable = true;
             environmentFiles = [
-              (builtins.toString
-                config.clan.core.vars.generators."telegraf-password".files.telegraf-password.path
-              )
+              (builtins.toString config.clan.core.vars.generators.telegraf.files.password-env.path)
             ];
             extraConfig = {
               agent.interval = "60s";
@@ -59,25 +82,35 @@
 
                 exec =
                   let
-                    currentSystemScript = pkgs.writeShellScript "current-system" ''
-                      printf "current_system,path=%s present=0\n" $(readlink /run/current-system)
+                    nixosSystems = pkgs.writeShellScript "current-system" ''
+                      printf "nixos_systems,current_system=%s,booted_system=%s,current_kernel=%s,booted_kernel=%s present=0\n" \
+                        "$(readlink /run/current-system)" "$(readlink /run/booted-system)" \
+                        "$(basename $(echo /run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/*))" \
+                        "$(basename $(echo /run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/*))"
                     '';
                   in
                   [
                     {
                       # Expose the path to current-system as metric. We use
                       # this to check if the machine is up-to-date.
-                      commands = [ currentSystemScript ];
+                      commands = [ nixosSystems ];
                       data_format = "influx";
                     }
                   ];
               };
+              # sadly there doesn'T seem to exist a telegraf http_client output plugin
               outputs.prometheus_client = {
                 listen = ":9273";
                 metric_version = 2;
-                basic_username = "prometheus";
+                basic_username = "${auth_user}";
                 basic_password = "$${BASIC_AUTH_PWD}";
               };
+
+              outputs.file = {
+                files = [ jsonpath ];
+                data_format = "json";
+                json_timestamp_units = "1s";
+              };
             };
           };
         };

clanServices/state-version/README.md

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-This service generates the `system.stateVersion` of the nixos installation
-automatically.
-
-Possible values:
-[system.stateVersion](https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&show=system.stateVersion&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=stateVersion)
-
-## Usage
-
-The following configuration will set `stateVersion` for all machines:
-
-```
-inventory.instances = {
-  state-version = {
-    module = {
-      name = "state-version";
-      input = "clan";
-    };
-    roles.default.tags.all = { };
-  };
-```
-
-## Migration
-
-If you are already setting `system.stateVersion`, either let the automatic
-generation happen, or trigger the generation manually for the machine. The
-service will take the specified version, if one is already supplied through the
-config.
-
-To manually generate the version for a specified machine run:
-
-```
-clan vars generate [MACHINE]
-```
-
-If the setting was already set, you can then remove `system.stateVersion` from
-your machine configuration. For new machines, just import the service as shown
-above.

clanServices/state-version/default.nix

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  _class = "clan.service";
-  manifest.name = "clan-core/state-version";
-  manifest.description = "Automatically generate the state version of the nixos installation.";
-  manifest.categories = [ "System" ];
-  manifest.readme = builtins.readFile ./README.md;
-
-  roles.default = {
-
-    perInstance =
-      { ... }:
-      {
-        nixosModule =
-          {
-            config,
-            lib,
-            ...
-          }:
-          let
-            var = config.clan.core.vars.generators.state-version.files.version or { };
-          in
-          {
-
-            warnings = [
-              ''
-                The clan.state-version service is deprecated and will be
-                removed on 2025-07-15 in favor of a nix option.
-
-                Please migrate your configuration to use `clan.core.settings.state-version.enable = true` instead.
-              ''
-            ];
-
-            system.stateVersion = lib.mkDefault (lib.removeSuffix "\n" var.value);
-
-            clan.core.vars.generators.state-version = {
-              files.version = {
-                secret = false;
-                value = lib.mkDefault config.system.nixos.release;
-              };
-              runtimeInputs = [ ];
-              script = ''
-                echo -n ${config.system.stateVersion} > "$out"/version
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-      };
-  };
-
-}

clanServices/state-version/tests/vm/default.nix

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
-{
-  name = "service-state-version";
-
-  clan = {
-    directory = ./.;
-    inventory = {
-      machines.server = { };
-      instances.default = {
-        module.name = "@clan/state-version";
-        module.input = "self";
-        roles.default.machines."server" = { };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  nodes.server = { };
-
-  testScript = lib.mkDefault ''
-    start_all()
-  '';
-}

clanServices/trusted-nix-caches/README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inventory.instances = {
   clan-cache = {
     module = {
       name = "trusted-nix-caches";
-      input = "clan";
+      input = "clan-core";
     };
     roles.default.machines.draper = { };
   };

clanServices/users/README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     user-alice = {
       module = {
         name = "users";
-        input = "clan";
+        input = "clan-core";
       };
       roles.default.tags.all = { };
       roles.default.settings = {
@@ -17,11 +17,25 @@
       };
     };
 
+    # Deploy user Carol on all machines. Prompt only once and use the
+    # same password on all machines. (`share = true`)
+    user-carol = {
+      module = {
+        name = "users";
+        input = "clan";
+      };
+      roles.default.tags.all = { };
+      roles.default.settings = {
+        user = "carol";
+        share = true;
+      };
+    };
+
     # Deploy user bob only on his laptop. Prompt for a password.
     user-bob = {
       module = {
         name = "users";
-        input = "clan";
+        input = "clan-core";
       };
       roles.default.machines.bobs-laptop = { };
       roles.default.settings.user = "bob";
@@ -29,3 +43,44 @@
   };
 }
 ```
+
+## Migration from `root-password` module
+
+The deprecated `clan.root-password` module has been replaced by the `users` module. Here's how to migrate:
+
+### 1. Update your flake configuration
+
+Replace the `root-password` module import with a `users` service instance:
+
+```nix
+# OLD - Remove this from your nixosModules:
+imports = [
+  self.inputs.clan-core.clanModules.root-password
+];
+
+# NEW - Add to inventory.instances or machines/flake-module.nix:
+instances = {
+  users-root = {
+    module.name = "users";
+    module.input = "clan-core";
+    roles.default.tags.nixos = { };
+    roles.default.settings = {
+      user = "root";
+      prompt = false;  # Set to true if you want to be prompted
+      groups = [ ];
+    };
+  };
+};
+```
+
+### 2. Migrate vars
+
+The vars structure has changed from `root-password` to `user-password-root`:
+
+```bash
+# For each machine, rename the vars directories:
+cd vars/per-machine/<machine-name>/
+mv root-password user-password-root
+mv user-password-root/password-hash user-password-root/user-password-hash
+mv user-password-root/password user-password-root/user-password
+```

clanServices/users/default.nix

@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@
               - "input" - Allows the user to access input devices.
             '';
           };
+          share = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.bool;
+            default = false;
+            example = true;
+            description = ''
+              Weather the user should have the same password on all machines.
+
+              By default, you will be prompted for a new password for every host.
+              Unless `generate` is set to `true`.
+            '';
+          };
         };
       };
 
@@ -82,7 +93,6 @@
             };
 
             clan.core.vars.generators."user-password-${settings.user}" = {
-
               files.user-password-hash.neededFor = "users";
               files.user-password-hash.restartUnits = lib.optional (config.services.userborn.enable) "userborn.service";
               files.user-password.deploy = false;
@@ -107,6 +117,8 @@
                 pkgs.mkpasswd
               ];
 
+              share = settings.share;
+
               script =
                 (
                   if settings.prompt then

clanServices/wireguard/ipv6_allocator.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-IPv6 address allocator for WireGuard networks.
+"""IPv6 address allocator for WireGuard networks.
 
 Network layout:
 - Base network: /40 ULA prefix (fd00::/8 + 32 bits from hash)
@@ -13,6 +12,11 @@ import ipaddress
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+# Constants for argument count validation
+MIN_ARGS_BASE = 4
+MIN_ARGS_CONTROLLER = 5
+MIN_ARGS_PEER = 5
+
 
 def hash_string(s: str) -> str:
     """Generate SHA256 hash of string."""
@@ -20,8 +24,7 @@ def hash_string(s: str) -> str:
 
 
 def generate_ula_prefix(instance_name: str) -> ipaddress.IPv6Network:
-    """
-    Generate a /40 ULA prefix from instance name.
+    """Generate a /40 ULA prefix from instance name.
 
     Format: fd{32-bit hash}/40
     This gives us fd00:0000:0000::/40 through fdff:ffff:ff00::/40
@@ -41,15 +44,14 @@ def generate_ula_prefix(instance_name: str) -> ipaddress.IPv6Network:
     prefix = f"fd{prefix_bits:08x}"
     prefix_formatted = f"{prefix[:4]}:{prefix[4:8]}::/40"
 
-    network = ipaddress.IPv6Network(prefix_formatted)
-    return network
+    return ipaddress.IPv6Network(prefix_formatted)
 
 
 def generate_controller_subnet(
-    base_network: ipaddress.IPv6Network, controller_name: str
+    base_network: ipaddress.IPv6Network,
+    controller_name: str,
 ) -> ipaddress.IPv6Network:
-    """
-    Generate a /56 subnet for a controller from the base /40 network.
+    """Generate a /56 subnet for a controller from the base /40 network.
 
     We have 16 bits (40 to 56) to allocate controller subnets.
     This allows for 65,536 possible controller subnets.
@@ -62,14 +64,11 @@ def generate_controller_subnet(
     # The controller subnet is at base_prefix:controller_id::/56
     base_int = int(base_network.network_address)
     controller_subnet_int = base_int | (controller_id << (128 - 56))
-    controller_subnet = ipaddress.IPv6Network((controller_subnet_int, 56))
-
-    return controller_subnet
+    return ipaddress.IPv6Network((controller_subnet_int, 56))
 
 
 def generate_peer_suffix(peer_name: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Generate a unique 64-bit host suffix for a peer.
+    """Generate a unique 64-bit host suffix for a peer.
 
     This suffix will be used in all controller subnets to create unique addresses.
     Format: :xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx (64 bits)
@@ -79,14 +78,13 @@ def generate_peer_suffix(peer_name: str) -> str:
     suffix_bits = h[:16]
 
     # Format as IPv6 suffix without leading colon
-    suffix = f"{suffix_bits[0:4]}:{suffix_bits[4:8]}:{suffix_bits[8:12]}:{suffix_bits[12:16]}"
-    return suffix
+    return f"{suffix_bits[0:4]}:{suffix_bits[4:8]}:{suffix_bits[8:12]}:{suffix_bits[12:16]}"
 
 
 def main() -> None:
-    if len(sys.argv) < 4:
+    if len(sys.argv) < MIN_ARGS_BASE:
         print(
-            "Usage: ipv6_allocator.py <output_dir> <instance_name> <controller|peer> <machine_name>"
+            "Usage: ipv6_allocator.py <output_dir> <instance_name> <controller|peer> <machine_name>",
         )
         sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     base_network = generate_ula_prefix(instance_name)
 
     if node_type == "controller":
-        if len(sys.argv) < 5:
+        if len(sys.argv) < MIN_ARGS_CONTROLLER:
             print("Controller name required")
             sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         (output_dir / "prefix").write_text(prefix_str)
 
     elif node_type == "peer":
-        if len(sys.argv) < 5:
+        if len(sys.argv) < MIN_ARGS_PEER:
             print("Peer name required")
             sys.exit(1)
 

clanServices/zerotier/README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inventory.instances = {
   zerotier = {
     module = {
       name = "zerotier";
-      input = "clan";
+      input = "clan-core";
     };
     roles.peer.tags.all = { };
     roles.controller.machines.jon = { };
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ All machines will be peers and connected to the zerotier network.
 Jon is the controller machine, which will will accept other machines into the network.
 Sara is a moon and sets the `stableEndpoint` setting with a publicly reachable IP, the moon is optional.
 
-
 ## Overview
 
 This guide explains how to set up and manage a [ZeroTier VPN](https://zerotier.com) for a clan network. Each VPN requires a single controller and can support multiple peers and optional moons for better connectivity.

devFlake/flake.lock

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
     "clan-core-for-checks": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1755093452,
-        "narHash": "sha256-NKBss7QtNnOqYVyJmYCgaCvYZK0mpQTQc9fLgE1mGyk=",
+        "lastModified": 1756166884,
+        "narHash": "sha256-skg4rwpbCjhpLlrv/Pndd43FoEgrJz98WARtGLhCSzo=",
         "ref": "main",
-        "rev": "7e97734797f0c6bd3c2d3a51cf54a2a6b371c222",
+        "rev": "f7414d7e6e58709af27b6fe16eb530278e81eaaf",
         "shallow": true,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core"
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-dev": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1755375481,
-        "narHash": "sha256-43PgCQFgFD1nM/7dncytV0c5heNHe/gXrEud18ZWcZU=",
+        "lastModified": 1757449886,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XNhjHidr4i581CVyufJtrleYYgn/55cQONYG3uvIYEY=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "35f1742e4f1470817ff8203185e2ce0359947f12",
+        "rev": "1779f9e0d8b45d88d7525665dd4d2a5b65041248",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1754869408,
-        "narHash": "sha256-G1zNuxiCDfqNQVoL9j5v+ZYfUER7AI158ev98/JC8LI=",
-        "owner": "NuschtOS",
+        "lastModified": 1757505024,
+        "narHash": "sha256-AI4TKqIcUobFVqWD0N+6CWlJC5VMK7+HFtKKKyojG74=",
+        "owner": "Qubasa",
         "repo": "search",
-        "rev": "2f5478267557a0f7a70d953b6c0867a5b4282739",
+        "rev": "ad978b39eba41d1cb5cf525fa146f91e6db2a895",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
-        "owner": "NuschtOS",
+        "owner": "Qubasa",
         "repo": "search",
         "type": "github"
       }
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": []
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1754847726,
-        "narHash": "sha256-2vX8QjO5lRsDbNYvN9hVHXLU6oMl+V/PsmIiJREG4rE=",
+        "lastModified": 1756662192,
+        "narHash": "sha256-F1oFfV51AE259I85av+MAia221XwMHCOtZCMcZLK2Jk=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "treefmt-nix",
-        "rev": "7d81f6fb2e19bf84f1c65135d1060d829fae2408",
+        "rev": "1aabc6c05ccbcbf4a635fb7a90400e44282f61c4",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

devFlake/flake.nix

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
   inputs.flake-utils.inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
 
-  inputs.nuschtos.url = "github:NuschtOS/search";
+  # Using my fork till this is merged: https://github.com/NuschtOS/search/pull/255
+  inputs.nuschtos.url = "github:Qubasa/search";
   inputs.nuschtos.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-dev";
 
   inputs.treefmt-nix.url = "github:numtide/treefmt-nix";

devShell.nix

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
           self'.packages.tea-create-pr
           self'.packages.merge-after-ci
           self'.packages.pending-reviews
-          self'.packages.agit
           # treefmt with config defined in ./flake-parts/formatting.nix
           config.treefmt.build.wrapper
         ];
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@
           ln -sfT ${inputs.nix-select} "$PRJ_ROOT/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/select"
 
           # Generate classes.py from schemas
-          ${self'.packages.classgen}/bin/classgen ${self'.legacyPackages.schemas.clan-schema-abstract}/schema.json $PRJ_ROOT/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/nix_models/clan.py
+          ${self'.packages.classgen}/bin/classgen ${self'.legacyPackages.schemas.clanSchemaJson}/schema.json $PRJ_ROOT/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/nix_models/clan.py
         '';
       };
     };

docs/.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /site/reference
 /site/static
-/site/options-page
+/site/options
 /site/openapi.json
 !/site/static/extra.css

docs/code-examples/disko-raid.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 {
   lib,
-  config,
   ...
 }:
 let
-  suffix = config.clan.core.vars.generators.disk-id.files.diskId.value;
   mirrorBoot = idx: {
     # suffix is to prevent disk name collisions
-    name = idx + suffix;
+    name = idx;
     type = "disk";
     device = "/dev/disk/by-id/${idx}";
     content = {

docs/code-examples/disko-single-disk.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 {
   lib,
-  config,
   ...
 }:
 let
-  suffix = config.clan.core.vars.generators.disk-id.files.diskId.value;
   mirrorBoot = idx: {
     # suffix is to prevent disk name collisions
-    name = idx + suffix;
+    name = idx;
     type = "disk";
     device = "/dev/disk/by-id/${idx}";
     content = {

docs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ site_name: Clan Documentation
 site_url: https://docs.clan.lol
 repo_url: https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/
 repo_name: "_>"
-edit_uri: _edit/main/docs/docs/
+edit_uri: _edit/main/docs/site/
 
 validation:
   omitted_files: warn
-  absolute_links: warn
+  absolute_links: ignore
   unrecognized_links: warn
 
 markdown_extensions:
@@ -59,14 +59,21 @@ nav:
           - Configure Disk Config: guides/getting-started/choose-disk.md
           - Update Machine: guides/getting-started/update.md
           - Continuous Integration: guides/getting-started/flake-check.md
-      - Using Services: guides/clanServices.md
+          - Convert Existing NixOS Config: guides/getting-started/convert-flake.md
+      - ClanServices: guides/clanServices.md
       - Backup & Restore: guides/backups.md
       - Disk Encryption: guides/disk-encryption.md
+      - Vars:
+          - Overview: guides/vars-overview.md
+          - Getting Started: guides/vars-backend.md
+          - Concepts: guides/vars-concepts.md
+          - Advanced Examples: guides/vars-advanced-examples.md
+          - Troubleshooting: guides/vars-troubleshooting.md
       - Age Plugins: guides/age-plugins.md
       - Secrets management: guides/secrets.md
-      - Target Host: guides/target-host.md
+      - Networking: guides/networking.md
       - Zerotier VPN: guides/mesh-vpn.md
-      - Secure Boot: guides/secure-boot.md
+      - How to disable Secure Boot: guides/secure-boot.md
       - Flake-parts: guides/flake-parts.md
       - macOS: guides/macos.md
       - Contributing:
@@ -77,8 +84,7 @@ nav:
       - Writing a Service Module: guides/services/community.md
       - Writing a Disko Template: guides/disko-templates/community.md
       - Migrations:
-          - Migrate existing Flakes: guides/migrations/migration-guide.md
-          - Migrate inventory Services: guides/migrations/migrate-inventory-services.md
+          - Migrate from clan modules to services: guides/migrations/migrate-inventory-services.md
           - Facts Vars Migration: guides/migrations/migration-facts-vars.md
           - Disk id: guides/migrations/disk-id.md
   - Concepts:
@@ -88,12 +94,14 @@ nav:
       - Templates: concepts/templates.md
   - Reference:
       - Overview: reference/index.md
-      - Clan Options: options.md
+      - Browse Options: "/options"
       - Services:
           - Overview:
               - reference/clanServices/index.md
               - reference/clanServices/admin.md
               - reference/clanServices/borgbackup.md
+              - reference/clanServices/certificates.md
+              - reference/clanServices/coredns.md
               - reference/clanServices/data-mesher.md
               - reference/clanServices/dyndns.md
               - reference/clanServices/emergency-access.md
@@ -106,7 +114,6 @@ nav:
               - reference/clanServices/monitoring.md
               - reference/clanServices/packages.md
               - reference/clanServices/sshd.md
-              - reference/clanServices/state-version.md
               - reference/clanServices/syncthing.md
               - reference/clanServices/trusted-nix-caches.md
               - reference/clanServices/users.md
@@ -155,6 +162,7 @@ nav:
           - 05-deployment-parameters: decisions/05-deployment-parameters.md
           - Template: decisions/_template.md
       - Glossary: reference/glossary.md
+  - Browse Options: "/options"
 
 docs_dir: site
 site_dir: out
@@ -172,6 +180,7 @@ theme:
     - content.code.annotate
     - content.code.copy
     - content.tabs.link
+    - content.action.edit
   icon:
     repo: fontawesome/brands/git
   custom_dir: overrides

docs/nix/default.nix

@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     chmod -R +w ./site/reference
     echo "Generated API documentation in './site/reference/' "
 
-    rm -r ./site/options-page || true
-    cp -r ${docs-options} ./site/options-page
-    chmod -R +w ./site/options-page
+    rm -rf ./site/options
+    cp -r ${docs-options} ./site/options
+    chmod -R +w ./site/options
 
     mkdir -p ./site/static/asciinema-player
     ln -snf ${asciinema-player-js} ./site/static/asciinema-player/asciinema-player.min.js

docs/nix/options/flake-module.nix

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
       serviceModules = self.clan.modules;
 
-      baseHref = "/options-page/";
+      baseHref = "/options/";
 
       getRoles =
         module:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                           nestedSettingsOption = mkOption {
                             type = types.raw;
                             description = ''
-                              See [instances.${name}.roles.${roleName}.settings](${baseHref}?option_scope=0&option=instances.${name}.roles.${roleName}.settings)
+                              See [instances.${name}.roles.${roleName}.settings](${baseHref}?option_scope=0&option=inventory.instances.${name}.roles.${roleName}.settings)
                             '';
                           };
                           settingsOption = mkOption {
@@ -161,6 +161,42 @@
         }
       ];
 
+      baseModule =
+        # Module
+        { config, ... }:
+        {
+          imports = (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/module-list.nix"));
+          nixpkgs.pkgs = pkgs;
+          clan.core.name = "dummy";
+          system.stateVersion = config.system.nixos.release;
+          # Set this to work around a bug where `clan.core.settings.machine.name`
+          # is forced due to `networking.interfaces` being forced
+          # somewhere in the nixpkgs options
+          facter.detected.dhcp.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+        };
+
+      evalClanModules =
+        let
+          evaled = lib.evalModules {
+            class = "nixos";
+            modules = [
+              baseModule
+              {
+                clan.core.settings.directory = self;
+              }
+              self.nixosModules.clanCore
+            ];
+          };
+        in
+        evaled;
+
+      coreOptions =
+        (pkgs.nixosOptionsDoc {
+          options = (evalClanModules.options).clan.core or { };
+          warningsAreErrors = true;
+          transformOptions = self.clanLib.docs.stripStorePathsFromDeclarations;
+        }).optionsJSON;
+
     in
     {
       # Uncomment for debugging
@@ -175,10 +211,17 @@
           # scopes = mapAttrsToList mkScope serviceModules;
           scopes = [
             {
-              name = "Clan";
+              inherit baseHref;
+              name = "Flake Options (clan.nix file)";
               modules = docModules;
               urlPrefix = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/src/branch/main/";
             }
+            {
+              name = "Machine Options (clan.core NixOS options)";
+              optionsJSON = "${coreOptions}/share/doc/nixos/options.json";
+              urlPrefix = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/src/branch/main/";
+
+            }
           ];
         };
       };

docs/nix/render_options/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""Module for rendering NixOS options documentation from JSON format."""
+
 # Options are available in the following format:
 # https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
 #
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ from typing import Any
 from clan_lib.errors import ClanError
 from clan_lib.services.modules import (
     CategoryInfo,
-    Frontmatter,
+    ModuleManifest,
 )
 
 # Get environment variables
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ CLAN_SERVICE_INTERFACE = os.environ.get("CLAN_SERVICE_INTERFACE")
 
 CLAN_MODULES_VIA_SERVICE = os.environ.get("CLAN_MODULES_VIA_SERVICE")
 
-OUT = os.environ.get("out")
+OUT = os.environ.get("out")  # noqa: SIM112
 
 
 def sanitize(text: str) -> str:
@@ -66,8 +68,7 @@ def render_option_header(name: str) -> str:
 
 
 def join_lines_with_indentation(lines: list[str], indent: int = 4) -> str:
-    """
-    Joins multiple lines with a specified number of whitespace characters as indentation.
+    """Joins multiple lines with a specified number of whitespace characters as indentation.
 
     Args:
     lines (list of str): The lines of text to join.
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ def join_lines_with_indentation(lines: list[str], indent: int = 4) -> str:
 
     Returns:
     str: The indented and concatenated string.
+
     """
     # Create the indentation string (e.g., four spaces)
     indent_str = " " * indent
@@ -161,7 +163,10 @@ def render_option(
 
 
 def print_options(
-    options_file: str, head: str, no_options: str, replace_prefix: str | None = None
+    options_file: str,
+    head: str,
+    no_options: str,
+    replace_prefix: str | None = None,
 ) -> str:
     res = ""
     with (Path(options_file) / "share/doc/nixos/options.json").open() as f:
@@ -170,15 +175,16 @@ def print_options(
         res += head if len(options.items()) else no_options
         for option_name, info in options.items():
             if replace_prefix:
-                option_name = option_name.replace(replace_prefix + ".", "")
+                display_name = option_name.replace(replace_prefix + ".", "")
+            else:
+                display_name = option_name
 
-            res += render_option(option_name, info, 4)
+            res += render_option(display_name, info, 4)
     return res
 
 
-def module_header(module_name: str, has_inventory_feature: bool = False) -> str:
-    indicator = " 🔹" if has_inventory_feature else ""
-    return f"# {module_name}{indicator}\n\n"
+def module_header(module_name: str) -> str:
+    return f"# {module_name}\n\n"
 
 
 clan_core_descr = """
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@ def produce_clan_core_docs() -> None:
         for submodule_name, split_options in split.items():
             outfile = f"{module_name}/{submodule_name}.md"
             print(
-                f"[clan_core.{submodule_name}] Rendering option of: {submodule_name}... {outfile}"
+                f"[clan_core.{submodule_name}] Rendering option of: {submodule_name}... {outfile}",
             )
             init_level = 1
             root = options_to_tree(split_options, debug=True)
@@ -271,56 +277,9 @@ def produce_clan_core_docs() -> None:
                 of.write(output)
 
 
-def render_roles(roles: list[str] | None, module_name: str) -> str:
-    if roles:
-        roles_list = "\n".join([f"- `{r}`" for r in roles])
-        return (
-            f"""
-### Roles
-
-This module can be used via predefined roles
-
-{roles_list}
-"""
-            """
-Every role has its own configuration options, which are each listed below.
-
-For more information, see the [inventory guide](../../concepts/inventory.md).
-
-??? Example
-    For example the `admin` module adds the following options globally to all machines where it is used.
-
-    `clan.admin.allowedkeys`
-
-    ```nix
-    clan-core.lib.clan {
-        inventory.services = {
-            admin.me = {
-                roles.default.machines = [ "jon" ];
-                config.allowedkeys = [ "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABgQD..." ];
-            };
-        };
-    };
-    ```
-"""
-        )
-    return ""
-
-
-clan_modules_descr = """
-Clan modules are [NixOS modules](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_modules)
-which have been enhanced with additional features provided by Clan, with
-certain option types restricted to enable configuration through a graphical
-interface.
-
-!!! note "🔹"
-    Modules with this indicator support the [inventory](../../concepts/inventory.md) feature.
-
-"""
-
-
 def render_categories(
-    categories: list[str], categories_info: dict[str, CategoryInfo]
+    categories: list[str],
+    categories_info: dict[str, CategoryInfo],
 ) -> str:
     res = """<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 10px;">"""
     for cat in categories:
@@ -385,10 +344,10 @@ Learn how to use `clanServices` in practice in the [Using clanServices guide](..
         # output += f"`clan.modules.{module_name}`\n"
         output += f"*{module_info['manifest']['description']}*\n"
 
-        fm = Frontmatter("")
         # output += "## Categories\n\n"
         output += render_categories(
-            module_info["manifest"]["categories"], fm.categories_info
+            module_info["manifest"]["categories"],
+            ModuleManifest.categories_info(),
         )
 
         output += f"{module_info['manifest']['readme']}\n"
@@ -397,7 +356,7 @@ Learn how to use `clanServices` in practice in the [Using clanServices guide](..
 
         output += f"The {module_name} module has the following roles:\n\n"
 
-        for role_name, _ in module_info["roles"].items():
+        for role_name in module_info["roles"]:
             output += f"- {role_name}\n"
 
         for role_name, role_filename in module_info["roles"].items():
@@ -417,35 +376,8 @@ Learn how to use `clanServices` in practice in the [Using clanServices guide](..
             of.write(output)
 
 
-def build_option_card(module_name: str, frontmatter: Frontmatter) -> str:
-    """
-    Build the overview index card for each reference target option.
-    """
-
-    def indent_all(text: str, indent_size: int = 4) -> str:
-        """
-        Indent all lines in a string.
-        """
-        indent = " " * indent_size
-        lines = text.split("\n")
-        indented_text = indent + ("\n" + indent).join(lines)
-        return indented_text
-
-    def to_md_li(module_name: str, frontmatter: Frontmatter) -> str:
-        md_li = (
-            f"""-   **[{module_name}](./{"-".join(module_name.split(" "))}.md)**\n\n"""
-        )
-        md_li += f"""{indent_all("---", 4)}\n\n"""
-        fmd = f"\n{frontmatter.description.strip()}" if frontmatter.description else ""
-        md_li += f"""{indent_all(fmd, 4)}"""
-        return md_li
-
-    return f"{to_md_li(module_name, frontmatter)}\n\n"
-
-
 def split_options_by_root(options: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
-    """
-    Split the flat dictionary of options into a dict of which each entry will construct complete option trees.
+    """Split the flat dictionary of options into a dict of which each entry will construct complete option trees.
     {
         "a": { Data }
         "a.b": { Data }
@@ -529,9 +461,7 @@ def option_short_name(option_name: str) -> str:
 
 
 def options_to_tree(options: dict[str, Any], debug: bool = False) -> Option:
-    """
-    Convert the options dictionary to a tree structure.
-    """
+    """Convert the options dictionary to a tree structure."""
 
     # Helper function to create nested structure
     def add_to_tree(path_parts: list[str], info: Any, current_node: Option) -> None:
@@ -583,22 +513,24 @@ def options_to_tree(options: dict[str, Any], debug: bool = False) -> Option:
 
 
 def options_docs_from_tree(
-    root: Option, init_level: int = 1, prefix: list[str] | None = None
+    root: Option,
+    init_level: int = 1,
+    prefix: list[str] | None = None,
 ) -> str:
-    """
-    eender the options from the tree structure.
+    """Eender the options from the tree structure.
 
     Args:
     root (Option): The root option node.
     init_level (int): The initial level of indentation.
     prefix (list str): Will be printed as common prefix of all attribute names.
+
     """
 
     def render_tree(option: Option, level: int = init_level) -> str:
         output = ""
 
         should_render = not option.name.startswith("<") and not option.name.startswith(
-            "_"
+            "_",
         )
         if should_render:
             # short_name = option_short_name(option.name)
@@ -619,11 +551,10 @@ def options_docs_from_tree(
 
         return output
 
-    md = render_tree(root)
-    return md
+    return render_tree(root)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":  #
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     produce_clan_core_docs()
 
     produce_clan_service_author_docs()

docs/site/concepts/autoincludes.md

@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
+# Auto-included Files
 
-Clan automatically imports the following files from a directory and registers them.
+Clan automatically imports specific files from each machine directory and registers them, reducing the need for manual configuration.
 
-## Machine registration
+## Machine Registration
 
-Every folder `machines/{machineName}` will be registered automatically as a Clan machine.
+Every folder under `machines/{machineName}` is automatically registered as a Clan machine.
 
-!!! info "Automatically loaded files"
+!!! info "Files loaded automatically for each machine"
 
-    The following files are loaded automatically for each Clan machine:
+The following files are detected and imported for every Clan machine:
 
-    - [x] `machines/{machineName}/configuration.nix`
-    - [x] `machines/{machineName}/hardware-configuration.nix`
-    - [x] `machines/{machineName}/facter.json` Automatically configured, for further information see [nixos-facter](https://clan.lol/blog/nixos-facter/)
-    - [x] `machines/{machineName}/disko.nix` Automatically loaded, for further information see the [disko docs](https://github.com/nix-community/disko/blob/master/docs/quickstart.md).
+- [x] `machines/{machineName}/configuration.nix`
+  Main configuration file for the machine.
+
+- [x] `machines/{machineName}/hardware-configuration.nix`
+  Hardware-specific configuration generated by NixOS.
+
+- [x] `machines/{machineName}/facter.json`
+  Contains system facts. Automatically generated — see [nixos-facter](https://clan.lol/blog/nixos-facter/) for details.
+
+- [x] `machines/{machineName}/disko.nix`
+  Disk layout configuration. See the [disko quickstart](https://github.com/nix-community/disko/blob/master/docs/quickstart.md) for more info.
+
+## Other Auto-included Files
+
+* **`inventory.json`**
+  Managed by Clan's API.
+  Merges with `clan.inventory` to extend the inventory.
+
+* **`.clan-flake`**
+  Sentinel file to be used to locate the root of a Clan repository.
+  Falls back to `.git`, `.hg`, `.svn`, or `flake.nix` if not found.

docs/site/concepts/generators.md

@@ -1,148 +1,45 @@
 # Generators
 
-Defining a linux user's password via the nixos configuration previously required running `mkpasswd ...` and then copying the hash back into the nix configuration.
+Generators are the core mechanism of the clan vars system for automating the creation and management of generated files, especially secrets, in your NixOS configurations.
 
-In this example, we will guide you through automating that interaction using clan `vars`.
+## What are Generators?
 
-For a more general explanation of what clan vars are and how it works, see the intro of the [Reference Documentation for vars](../reference/clan.core/vars.md)
+Generators solve a common problem: instead of manually running commands like `mkpasswd` to create password hashes and copying them into your configuration, generators automate this process declaratively.
 
-This guide assumes
-- Clan is set up already (see [Getting Started](../guides/getting-started/index.md))
-- a machine has been added to the clan (see [Adding Machines](../guides/getting-started/add-machines.md))
+A generator defines:
 
-This section will walk you through the following steps:
+- **Input prompts**: Values to request from users (passwords, names, etc.)
+- **Generation script**: Logic to transform inputs into outputs
+- **Output files**: Generated files that can be secrets or public data
+- **Dependencies**: Other generators this one depends on
+- **Runtime inputs**: Tools and packages needed by the script
 
-1. declare a `generator` in the machine's nixos configuration
-2. inspect the status via the Clan CLI
-3. generate the vars
-4. observe the changes
-5. update the machine
-6. share the root password between machines
-7. change the password
+## Key Benefits
 
-## Declare a generator
+- **Reproducible**: Same inputs produce same outputs across machines
+- **Declarative**: Defined in your NixOS configuration alongside usage
+- **Secure**: Automatic handling of secrets storage and deployment
+- **Collaborative**: Shared generators work across team environments
+- **Automated**: No manual copy-paste of generated values
 
-In this example, a `vars` `generator` is used to:
+## Common Use Cases
 
-- prompt the user for the password
-- run the required `mkpasswd` command to generate the hash
-- store the hash in a file
-- expose the file path to the nixos configuration
+- **Password hashing**: Generate secure password hashes for user accounts
+- **SSH keys**: Create and manage SSH host and user keys
+- **Certificates**: Generate TLS certificates and certificate authorities
+- **API tokens**: Create secure random tokens for services
+- **Configuration files**: Generate config files that depend on secrets
 
-Create a new nix file `root-password.nix` with the following content and import it into your `configuration.nix`
-```nix
-{config, pkgs, ...}: {
+## Learning Path
 
-  clan.core.vars.generators.root-password = {
-    # prompt the user for a password
-    # (`password-input` being an arbitrary name)
-    prompts.password-input.description = "the root user's password";
-    prompts.password-input.type = "hidden";
-    # don't store the prompted password itself
-    prompts.password-input.persist = false;
-    # define an output file for storing the hash
-    files.password-hash.secret = false;
-    # define the logic for generating the hash
-    script = ''
-      cat $prompts/password-input | mkpasswd -m sha-512 > $out/password-hash
-    '';
-    # the tools required by the script
-    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.mkpasswd ];
-  };
+1. **Start here**: [Vars Getting Started Guide](../guides/vars-backend.md) - Hands-on tutorial with practical examples
+2. **Understand the architecture**: [Vars Concepts Guide](../guides/vars-concepts.md) - Deep dive into design principles and patterns
+3. **Explore complex scenarios**: [Advanced Examples](../guides/vars-advanced-examples.md) - Real-world patterns and best practices
+4. **Troubleshoot issues**: [Troubleshooting Guide](../guides/vars-troubleshooting.md) - Common problems and solutions
 
-  # ensure users are immutable (otherwise the following config might be ignored)
-  users.mutableUsers = false;
-  # set the root password to the file containing the hash
-  users.users.root.hashedPasswordFile =
-    # clan will make sure, this path exists
-    config.clan.core.vars.generators.root-password.files.password-hash.path;
-}
-```
+## API Reference
 
-## Inspect the status
+For complete configuration options and technical details, see:
 
-Executing `clan vars list`, you should see the following:
-```shellSession
-$ clan vars list my_machine
-root-password/password-hash: <not set>
-```
-
-...indicating that the value `password-hash` for the generator `root-password` is not set yet.
-
-## Generate the values
-
-This step is not strictly necessary, as deploying the machine via `clan machines update` would trigger the generator as well.
-
-To run the generator, execute `clan vars generate` for your machine
-```shellSession
-$ clan vars generate my_machine
-Enter the value for root-password/password-input (hidden):
-```
-
-After entering the value, the updated status is reported:
-```shellSession
-Updated var root-password/password-hash
-  old: <not set>
-  new: $6$RMats/YMeypFtcYX$DUi...
-```
-
-## Observe the changes
-
-With the last step, a new file was created in your repository:
-`vars/per-machine/my-machine/root-password/password-hash/value`
-
-If the repository is a git repository, a commit was created automatically:
-```shellSession
-$ git log -n1
-commit ... (HEAD -> master)
-Author: ...
-Date:   ...
-
-    Update vars via generator root-password for machine grmpf-nix
-```
-
-## Update the machine
-
-```shell
-clan machines update my_machine
-```
-
-## Share root password between machines
-
-If we just imported the `root-password.nix` from above into more machines, clan would ask for a new password for each additional machine.
-
-If the root password instead should only be entered once and shared across all machines, the generator defined above needs to be declared as `shared`, by adding `share = true` to it:
-```nix
-{config, pkgs, ...}: {
-  clan.vars.generators.root-password = {
-    share = true;
-    # ...
-  }
-}
-```
-
-Importing that shared generator into each machine, will ensure that the password is only asked once the first machine gets updated and then re-used for all subsequent machines.
-
-## Change the root password
-
-Changing the password can be done via this command.
-Replace `my-machine` with your machine.
-If the password is shared, just pick any machine that has the generator declared.
-
-```shellSession
-$ clan vars generate my-machine --generator root-password --regenerate
-...
-Enter the value for root-password/password-input (hidden):
-Input received. Processing...
-...
-Updated var root-password/password-hash
-  old: $6$tb27m6EOdff.X9TM$19N...
-
-  new: $6$OyoQtDVzeemgh8EQ$zRK...
-```
-
-
-## Further Reading
-
-- [Reference Documentation for `clan.core.vars` NixOS options](../reference/clan.core/vars.md)
-- [Reference Documentation for the `clan vars` CLI command](../reference/cli/vars.md)
+- [Vars NixOS Module Reference](../reference/clan.core/vars.md) - All configuration options
+- [Vars CLI Reference](../reference/cli/vars.md) - Command-line interface

docs/site/concepts/inventory.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The following tutorial will walk through setting up a Backup service where the t
 
 ## Services
 
-The inventory defines `services`. Membership of `machines` is defined via `roles` exclusively.
+The inventory defines `instances` of clan services. Membership of `machines` is defined via `roles` exclusively.
 
 See each [modules documentation](../reference/clanServices/index.md) for its available roles.
 
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ A service can be added to one or multiple machines via `Roles`. Clan's `Role` in
 
 Each service can still be customized and configured according to the modules options.
 
-- Per instance configuration via `services.<serviceName>.<instanceName>.config`
-- Per role configuration via `services.<serviceName>.<instanceName>.roles.<roleName>.config`
-- Per machine configuration via `services.<serviceName>.<instanceName>.machines.<machineName>.config`
+- Per role configuration via `inventory.instances.<instanceName>.roles.<roleName>.settings`
+- Per machine configuration via `inventory.instances.<instanceName>.roles.<roleName>.machines.<machineName>.settings`
 
 ### Setting up the Backup Service
 
@@ -44,16 +43,17 @@ Each service can still be customized and configured according to the modules opt
 
     See also: [Multiple Service Instances](#multiple-service-instances)
 
-    ```{.nix hl_lines="6-7"}
-    clan-core.lib.clan {
-        inventory = {
-            services = {
-                borgbackup.instance_1 = {
-                    # Machines can be added here.
-                    roles.client.machines = [ "jon" ];
-                    roles.server.machines = [ "backup_server" ];
-                };
+    ```{.nix hl_lines="9-10"}
+    {
+        inventory.instances.instance_1 = {
+            module =  {
+                name = "borgbackup";
+                input = "clan-core";
             };
+
+            # Machines can be added here.
+            roles.client.machines."jon" {};
+            roles.server.machines."backup_server" = {};
         };
     }
     ```
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ It is possible to add services to multiple machines via tags as shown
 
 !!! Example "Tags Example"
 
-    ```{.nix hl_lines="5 8 14"}
-    clan-core.lib.clan {
+    ```{.nix hl_lines="5 8 18"}
+    {
         inventory = {
             machines = {
                 "jon" = {
@@ -76,13 +76,16 @@ It is possible to add services to multiple machines via tags as shown
                 "sara" = {
                     tags = [ "backup" ];
                 };
-                # ...
             };
-            services = {
-                borgbackup.instance_1 = {
-                    roles.client.tags = [ "backup" ];
-                    roles.server.machines = [ "backup_server" ];
+
+            instances.instance_1 = {
+                module =  {
+                    name = "borgbackup";
+                    input = "clan-core";
                 };
+
+                roles.client.tags =  [ "backup" ];
+                roles.server.machines."backup_server" = {};
             };
         };
     }
@@ -98,22 +101,34 @@ It is possible to add services to multiple machines via tags as shown
 
     In this example `backup_server` has role `client` and `server` in different instances.
 
-    ```{.nix hl_lines="11 14"}
-    clan-core.lib.clan {
+    ```{.nix hl_lines="17 26"}
+    {
         inventory = {
             machines = {
                 "jon" = {};
                 "backup_server" = {};
-                "backup_backup_server" = {}
+                "backup_backup_server" = {};
             };
-            services = {
-                borgbackup.instance_1 = {
-                    roles.client.machines = [ "jon" ];
-                    roles.server.machines = [ "backup_server" ];
+
+            instances = {
+                instance_1 = {
+                    module =  {
+                        name = "borgbackup";
+                        input = "clan-core";
+                    };
+
+                    roles.client.machines."jon" = {};
+                    roles.server.machines."backup_server" = {};
                 };
-                borgbackup.instance_2 = {
-                    roles.client.machines = [ "backup_server" ];
-                    roles.server.machines = [ "backup_backup_server" ];
+
+                instance_2 = {
+                    module =  {
+                        name = "borgbackup";
+                        input = "clan-core";
+                    };
+
+                    roles.client.machines."backup_server" = {};
+                    roles.server.machines."backup_backup_server" = {};
                 };
             };
         };

docs/site/guides/backups.md

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 This guide explains how to set up and manage
 [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/) for secure, efficient backups
 in a clan network. BorgBackup provides:
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ inventory.instances = {
   borgbackup = {
     module = {
       name = "borgbackup";
-      input = "clan";
+      input = "clan-core";
     };
     roles.client.machines."jon".settings = {
       destinations."storagebox" = {
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ storagebox::username@username.your-storagebox.de:/./borgbackup::jon-storagebox-2
 
 ### Restoring backups
 
-For restoring a backup you have two options. 
+For restoring a backup you have two options.
 
 #### Full restoration
 
@@ -194,6 +193,3 @@ To restore only a specific service (e.g., `linkding`):
 ```bash
 clan backups restore --service linkding jon borgbackup storagebox::u444061@u444061.your-storagebox.de:/./borgbackup::jon-storagebox-2025-07-24T06:02:35
 ```
-
-
-

docs/site/guides/clanServices.md

@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-# Using `clanServices`
+# Using the Inventory
 
-Clan’s `clanServices` system is a composable way to define and deploy services across machines.
+Clan's inventory system is a composable way to define and deploy services across
+machines.
 
-This guide shows how to **instantiate** a `clanService`, explains how service definitions are structured in your inventory, and how to pick or create services from modules exposed by flakes.
+This guide shows how to **instantiate** a `clanService`, explains how service
+definitions are structured in your inventory, and how to pick or create services
+from modules exposed by flakes.
 
-The term **Multi-host-modules** was introduced previously in the [nixus repository](https://github.com/infinisil/nixus) and represents a similar concept.
+The term **Multi-host-modules** was introduced previously in the [nixus
+repository](https://github.com/infinisil/nixus) and represents a similar
+concept.
 
----
+______________________________________________________________________
 
 ## Overview
 
-Services are used in `inventory.instances`, and then they attach to *roles* and *machines* — meaning you decide which machines run which part of the service.
+Services are used in `inventory.instances`, and assigned to *roles* and
+*machines* -- meaning you decide which machines run which part of the service.
 
 For example:
 
@@ -18,119 +24,138 @@ For example:
 inventory.instances = {
   borgbackup = {
     roles.client.machines."laptop" = {};
-    roles.client.machines."server1" = {};
+    roles.client.machines."workstation" = {};
 
     roles.server.machines."backup-box" = {};
   };
 }
 ```
 
-This says: “Run borgbackup as a *client* on my *laptop* and *server1*, and as a *server* on *backup-box*.”
+This says: "Run borgbackup as a *client* on my *laptop* and *workstation*, and
+as a *server* on *backup-box*". `client` and `server` are roles defined by the
+`borgbackup` service.
 
 ## Module source specification
 
-Each instance includes a reference to a **module specification** — this is how Clan knows which service module to use and where it came from.
-Usually one would just use `imports` but we needd to make the `module source` configurable via Python API.
-By default it is not required to specify the `module`, in which case it defaults to the preprovided services of clan-core.
+Each instance includes a reference to a **module specification** -- this is how
+Clan knows which service module to use and where it came from.
 
----
-
-## Override Example
+It is not required to specify the `module.input` parameter, in which case it
+defaults to the pre-provided services of clan-core. In a similar fashion, the
+`module.name` parameter can also be omitted, it will default to the name of the
+instance.
 
 Example of instantiating a `borgbackup` service using `clan-core`:
 
 ```nix
 inventory.instances = {
-    # Instance Name: Different name for this 'borgbackup' instance
-    borgbackup = {
-        # Since this is instances."borgbackup" the whole `module = { ... }` below is equivalent and optional.
-        module =  {
-            name = "borgbackup";  # <-- Name of the module (optional)
-            input = "clan-core"; # <-- The flake input where the service is defined (optional)
-        };
+
+    borgbackup = { # <- Instance name
+
+        # This can be partially/fully specified,
+        # - If the instance name is not the name of the module
+        # - If the input is not clan-core
+        # module =  {
+        #     name = "borgbackup";  # Name of the module (optional)
+        #     input = "clan-core"; # The flake input where the service is defined (optional)
+        # };
+
         # Participation of the machines is defined via roles
-        # Right side needs to be an attribute set. Its purpose will become clear later
         roles.client.machines."machine-a" = {};
         roles.server.machines."backup-host" = {};
     };
 }
 ```
 
-If you used `clan-core` as an input attribute for your flake:
+## Module Settings
+
+Each role might expose configurable options. See clan's [clanServices
+reference](../reference/clanServices/index.md) for all available options.
+
+Settings can be set in per-machine or per-role. The latter is applied to all
+machines that are assigned to that role.
+
 
 ```nix
-      # ↓ module.input = "clan-core"
-inputs.clan-core.url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/main.tar.gz";
-```
-
-## Simplified Example
-
-If only one instance is needed for a service and the service is a clan core service, the `module` definition can be omitted.
-
-```nix
-# Simplified way of specifying a single instance
 inventory.instances = {
-    # instance name is `borgbackup` -> clan core module `borgbackup` will be loaded.
     borgbackup = {
-        # Participation of the machines is defined via roles
-        # Right side needs to be an attribute set. Its purpose will become clear later
-        roles.client.machines."machine-a" = {};
-        roles.server.machines."backup-host" = {};
-    };
-}
-```
-
-## Configuration Example
-
-Each role might expose configurable options
-
-See clan's [clanServices reference](../reference/clanServices/index.md) for available options
-
-```nix
-inventory.instances = {
-    borgbackup-example = {
-        module =  {
-            name = "borgbackup";
-            input = "clan-core";
-        };
+        # Settings for 'machine-a'
         roles.client.machines."machine-a" = {
-            # 'client' -Settings of 'machine-a'
             settings = {
                 backupFolders = [
                     /home
                     /var
                 ];
             };
-            # ---------------------------
         };
-        roles.server.machines."backup-host" = {};
+
+        # Settings for all machines of the role "server"
+        roles.server.settings = {
+            directory = "/var/lib/borgbackup";
+        };
     };
 }
 ```
 
 ## Tags
 
-Multiple members can be defined using tags as follows
+Tags can be used to assign multiple machines to a role at once. It can be thought of as a grouping mechanism.
+
+For example using the `all` tag for services that you want to be configured on all
+your machines is a common pattern.
+
+The following example could be used to backup all your machines to a common
+backup server
 
 ```nix
 inventory.instances = {
-    borgbackup-example = {
-        module =  {
-            name = "borgbackup";
-            input = "clan-core";
-        };
-        #
-        # The 'all' -tag targets all machines
-        roles.client.tags."all" = {};
-        # ---------------------------
+    borgbackup = {
+        # "All" machines are assigned to the borgbackup 'client' role
+        roles.client.tags =  [ "all" ];
+
+        # But only one specific machine (backup-host) is assigned to the 'server' role
         roles.server.machines."backup-host" = {};
     };
 }
 ```
 
+## Sharing additional Nix configuration
+
+Sometimes you need to add custom NixOS configuration alongside your clan
+services. The `extraModules` option allows you to include additional NixOS
+configuration that is applied for every machine assigned to that role.
+
+There are multiple valid syntaxes for specifying modules:
+
+```nix
+inventory.instances = {
+    borgbackup = {
+        roles.client = {
+            # Direct module reference
+            extraModules = [ ../nixosModules/borgbackup.nix ];
+
+            # Or using self (needs to be json serializable)
+            # See next example, for a workaround.
+            extraModules = [ self.nixosModules.borgbackup ];
+
+            # Or inline module definition, (needs to be json compatible)
+            extraModules = [
+              {
+                # Your module configuration here
+                # ...
+                #
+                # If the module needs to contain non-serializable expressions:
+                imports = [ ./path/to/non-serializable.nix ];
+              }
+            ];
+        };
+    };
+}
+```
+
 ## Picking a clanService
 
-You can use services exposed by Clan’s core module library, `clan-core`.
+You can use services exposed by Clan's core module library, `clan-core`.
 
 🔗 See: [List of Available Services in clan-core](../reference/clanServices/index.md)
 
@@ -142,18 +167,19 @@ You can also author your own `clanService` modules.
 
 You might expose your service module from your flake — this makes it easy for other people to also use your module in their clan.
 
----
+______________________________________________________________________
 
 ## 💡 Tips for Working with clanServices
 
-* You can add multiple inputs to your flake (`clan-core`, `your-org-modules`, etc.) to mix and match services.
-* Each service instance is isolated by its key in `inventory.instances`, allowing you to deploy multiple versions or roles of the same service type.
-* Roles can target different machines or be scoped dynamically.
+- You can add multiple inputs to your flake (`clan-core`, `your-org-modules`, etc.) to mix and match services.
+- Each service instance is isolated by its key in `inventory.instances`, allowing to deploy multiple versions or roles of the same service type.
+- Roles can target different machines or be scoped dynamically.
 
----
+______________________________________________________________________
 
-## What’s Next?
+## What's Next?
+
+- [Author your own clanService →](../guides/services/community.md)
+- [Migrate from clanModules →](../guides/migrations/migrate-inventory-services.md)
 
-* [Author your own clanService →](../guides/services/community.md)
-* [Migrate from clanModules →](../guides/migrations/migrate-inventory-services.md)
 <!-- TODO: * [Understand the architecture →](../explanation/clan-architecture.md) -->

docs/site/guides/contributing/debugging.md

@@ -90,13 +90,10 @@ export CLAN_DEBUG_COMMANDS=1
 These options help you pinpoint the source and context of print messages and debug logs during development.
 
 
-
 ## Analyzing Performance
 
 To understand what's causing slow performance, set the environment variable `export CLAN_CLI_PERF=1`. When you complete a clan command, you'll see a summary of various performance metrics, helping you identify what's taking up time.
 
-
-
 ## See all possible packages and tests
 
 To quickly show all possible packages and tests execute:
@@ -155,28 +152,16 @@ To test the CLI locally in a development environment and set breakpoints for deb
 
 ## Test Locally in a Nix Sandbox
 
-To run tests in a Nix sandbox, you have two options depending on whether your test functions have been marked as impure or not:
-
-### Running Tests Marked as Impure
-
-If your test functions need to execute `nix build` and have been marked as impure because you can't execute `nix build` inside a Nix sandbox, use the following command:
+To run tests in a Nix sandbox:
 
 ```bash
-nix run .#impure-checks -L
+nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.clan-pytest-with-core
 ```
 
-This command will run the impure test functions.
-
-### Running Pure Tests
-
-For test functions that have not been marked as impure and don't require executing `nix build`, you can use the following command:
-
 ```bash
-nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.clan-pytest --rebuild
+nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.clan-pytest-without-core
 ```
 
-This command will run all pure test functions.
-
 ### Inspecting the Nix Sandbox
 
 If you need to inspect the Nix sandbox while running tests, follow these steps:

docs/site/guides/disk-encryption.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This guide provides an example setup for a single-disk ZFS system with native en
 !!! Warning
     This configuration only applies to `systemd-boot` enabled systems and **requires** UEFI booting.
 
+!!! Info "Secure Boot"
+    This guide is compatible with systems that have [secure boot disabled](../guides/secure-boot.md). If you encounter boot issues, check if secure boot needs to be disabled in your UEFI settings.
 
 Replace the highlighted lines with your own disk-id.
 You can find our your disk-id by executing:

docs/site/guides/flake-parts.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ inputs = {
 
 ## Import the Clan flake-parts Module
 
-After updating your flake inputs, the next step is to import the Clan flake-parts module. This will make the [Clan options](../options.md) available within `mkFlake`.
+After updating your flake inputs, the next step is to import the Clan flake-parts module. This will make the [Clan options](/options) available within `mkFlake`.
 
 ```nix
 {

docs/site/guides/getting-started/add-machines.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 Machines can be added using the following methods
 
-- Editing nix expressions in flake.nix (i.e. via `clan-core.lib.clan`)
-- Editing machines/`machine_name`/configuration.nix (automatically included if it exists)
-- `clan machines create` (imperative)
+- Create a file `machines/{machine_name}/configuration.nix` (See: [File Autoincludes](../../concepts/autoincludes.md))
+- Imperative via cli command: `clan machines create`
+- Editing nix expressions in flake.nix See [`clan-core.lib.clan`](/options/?scope=Flake Options (clan.nix file))
 
 See the complete [list](../../concepts/autoincludes.md) of auto-loaded files.
 
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ See the complete [list](../../concepts/autoincludes.md) of auto-loaded files.
     The imperative command might create a machine folder in `machines/jon`
     And might persist information in `inventory.json`
 
-
 ### Configuring a machine
 
 !!! Note

docs/site/guides/getting-started/convert-flake.md

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-# Migrate existing NixOS configurations
+# Convert existing NixOS configurations
 
-This guide will help you migrate your existing NixOS configurations into Clan.
+This guide will help you convert your existing NixOS configurations into a Clan.
 
 !!! Warning
     Migrating instead of starting new can be trickier and might lead to bugs or
-    unexpected issues. We recommend following the [Getting Started](../getting-started/index.md) guide first. Once you have a working setup, you can easily transfer your NixOS configurations over.
+    unexpected issues. We recommend reading the [Getting Started](./index.md) guide first.
+
+    Once you have a working setup and understand the concepts transfering your NixOS configurations over is easy.
+
+## Back up your existing configuration
 
-## Back up your existing configuration!
 Before you start, it is strongly recommended to back up your existing
 configuration in any form you see fit. If you use version control to manage
 your configuration changes, it is also a good idea to follow the migration
 guide in a separte branch until everything works as expected.
 
-
 ## Starting Point
 
 We assume you are already using NixOS flakes to manage your configuration. If
@@ -43,10 +45,9 @@ have have two hosts: **berlin** and **cologne**.
 }
 ```
 
-## Add clan-core Input
+## 1. Add `clan-core` to `inputs`
 
-Add `clan-core` to your flake as input. It will provide everything we need to
-manage your configurations with clan.
+Add `clan-core` to your flake as input.
 
 ```nix
 inputs.clan-core = {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ inputs.clan-core = {
 }
 ```
 
-## Update Outputs
+## 2. Update Outputs
 
 To be able to access our newly added dependency, it has to be added to the
 output parameters.
@@ -103,26 +104,23 @@ For the provide flake example, your flake should now look like this:
     };
   in
   {
-      nixosConfigurations = clan.nixosConfigurations;
-
-      inherit (clan) clanInternals;
-
-      clan = {
-        inherit (clan) templates;
-      };
+      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations nixosModules clanInternals;
+      clan = clan.config;
   };
 }
 ```
 
-Et voilà! Your existing hosts are now part of a clan. Existing Nix tooling
+✅ Et voilà! Your existing hosts are now part of a clan.
+
+Existing Nix tooling
 should still work as normal. To check that you didn't make any errors, run `nix
 flake show` and verify both hosts are still recognized as if nothing had
-changed. You should also see the new `clanInternals` output.
+changed. You should also see the new `clan` output.
 
 ```
 ❯ nix flake show
 git+file:///my-nixos-config
-├───clanInternals: unknown
+├───clan: unknown
 └───nixosConfigurations
     ├───berlin: NixOS configuration
     └───cologne: NixOS configuration
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ git+file:///my-nixos-config
 Of course you can also rebuild your configuration using `nixos-rebuild` and
 veryify everything still works.
 
-## Add Clan CLI devShell
+## 3. Add `clan-cli` to your `devShells`
 
 At this point Clan is set up, but you can't use the CLI yet. To do so, it is
 recommended to expose it via a `devShell` in your flake. It is also possible to
@@ -163,8 +161,8 @@ cologne
 
 ## Specify Targets
 
-Clan needs to know where it can reach your hosts. For each of your hosts, set
-`clan.core.networking.targetHost` to its adress or hostname.
+Clan needs to know where it can reach your hosts. For testing purpose set
+`clan.core.networking.targetHost` to the machines adress or hostname.
 
 ```nix
 # machines/berlin/configuration.nix
@@ -173,6 +171,8 @@ Clan needs to know where it can reach your hosts. For each of your hosts, set
 }
 ```
 
+See our guide on for properly [configuring machines networking](../networking.md)
+
 ## Next Steps
 
 You are now fully set up. Use the CLI to manage your hosts or proceed to

docs/site/guides/getting-started/update.md

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 
-# Update Your Machines
+# Update Machines
 
-Clan CLI enables you to remotely update your machines over SSH. This requires setting up a target address for each target machine.
+The Clan command line interface enables you to update machines remotely over SSH.
+In this guide we will teach you how to set a `targetHost` in Nix, 
+and how to define a remote builder for your machine closures.
 
-### Setting `targetHost`
 
-In your Nix files, set the `targetHost` to the reachable IP address of your new machine. This eliminates the need to specify `--target-host` with every command.
+## Setting `targetHost`
 
+Set the machine’s `targetHost` to the reachable IP address of the new machine.
+This eliminates the need to specify `--target-host` in CLI commands.
 
 ```{.nix title="clan.nix" hl_lines="9"}
 {
@@ -23,15 +26,42 @@ inventory.machines = {
 # [...]
 }
 ```
+
 The use of `root@` in the target address implies SSH access as the `root` user.
 Ensure that the root login is secured and only used when necessary.
 
+## Multiple Target Hosts
 
-### Setting a Build Host
+You can now experiment with a new interface that allows you to define multiple `targetHost` addresses for different VPNs. Learn more and try it out in our [networking guide](../networking.md).
 
-If the machine does not have enough resources to run the NixOS evaluation or build itself,
-it is also possible to specify a build host instead.
-During an update, the cli will ssh into the build host and run `nixos-rebuild` from there.
+## Updating Machine Configurations
+
+Execute the following command to update the specified machine:
+
+```bash
+clan machines update jon
+```
+
+All machines can be updated simultaneously by omitting the machine name:
+
+```bash
+clan machines update
+```
+
+---
+
+## Advanced Usage
+
+The following options are only needed for special cases, such as limited resources, mixed environments, or private flakes.
+
+### Setting `buildHost`
+
+If the machine does not have enough resources to run the NixOS **evaluation** or **build** itself,
+it is also possible to specify a `buildHost` instead.
+During an update, clan will ssh into the `buildHost` and run `nixos-rebuild` from there.
+
+!!! Note
+    The `buildHost` option should be set directly within your machine’s Nix configuration, **not** under `inventory.machines`.
 
 
 ```{.nix hl_lines="5" .no-copy}
@@ -45,7 +75,11 @@ buildClan {
 };
 ```
 
-You can also override the build host via the command line:
+### Overriding configuration with CLI flags
+
+`buildHost` / `targetHost`, and other network settings can be temporarily overridden for a single command:
+
+For the full list of flags refer to the [Clan CLI](../../reference/cli/index.md)
 
 ```bash
 # Build on a remote host
@@ -56,23 +90,9 @@ clan machines update jon --build-host local
 ```
 
 !!! Note
-    Make sure that the CPU architecture is the same for the buildHost as for the targetHost.
-    Example:
-        If you want to deploy to a macOS machine, your architecture is an ARM64-Darwin, that means you need a second macOS machine to build it.
+    Make sure the CPU architecture of the `buildHost` matches that of the `targetHost`
 
-### Updating Machine Configurations
-
-Execute the following command to update the specified machine:
-
-```bash
-clan machines update jon
-```
-
-You can also update all configured machines simultaneously by omitting the machine name:
-
-```bash
-clan machines update
-```
+    For example, if deploying to a macOS machine with an ARM64-Darwin architecture, you need a second macOS machine with the same architecture to build it.
 
 
 ### Excluding a machine from `clan machine update`
@@ -96,14 +116,15 @@ This is useful for machines that are not always online or are not part of the re
 ### Uploading Flake Inputs
 
 When updating remote machines, flake inputs are usually fetched by the build host.
-However, if your flake inputs require authentication (e.g., private repositories),
-you can use the `--upload-inputs` flag to upload all inputs from your local machine:
+However, if flake inputs require authentication (e.g., private repositories),
+
+Use the `--upload-inputs` flag to upload all inputs from your local machine:
 
 ```bash
 clan machines update jon --upload-inputs
 ```
 
 This is particularly useful when:
-- Your flake references private Git repositories
-- Authentication credentials are only available on your local machine
+- The flake references private Git repositories
+- Authentication credentials are only available on local machine
 - The build host doesn't have access to certain network resources

docs/site/guides/migrations/migrate-inventory-services.md

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ The following table shows the migration status of each deprecated clanModule:
 | `data-mesher`            | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/data-mesher.md)        |                                                                  |
 | `deltachat`              | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `disk-id`                | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
-| `dyndns`                 | [Being Migrated](https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/pulls/4390)  |                                                                  |
+| `dyndns`                 | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/dyndns.md)             |                                                                  |
 | `ergochat`               | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `garage`                 | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/garage.md)             |                                                                  |
 | `golem-provider`         | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
@@ -263,18 +263,18 @@ The following table shows the migration status of each deprecated clanModule:
 | `iwd`                    | ❌ Removed                                                        | Use [wifi service](../../reference/clanServices/wifi.md) instead |
 | `localbackup`            | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/localbackup.md)        |                                                                  |
 | `localsend`              | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
-| `machine-id`             | ❌ Removed                                                        | Now an [option](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)           |
+| `machine-id`             | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)              | Now an [option](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)           |
 | `matrix-synapse`         | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/matrix-synapse.md)     |                                                                  |
 | `moonlight`              | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `mumble`                 | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `mycelium`               | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/mycelium.md)           |                                                                  |
 | `nginx`                  | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `packages`               | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/packages.md)           |                                                                  |
-| `postgresql`             | ❌ Removed                                                        | Now an [option](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)           |
-| `root-password`          | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/users.md)              |                                                                  |
+| `postgresql`             | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)              | Now an [option](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)           |
+| `root-password`          | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/users.md)              | See [migration guide](../../reference/clanServices/users.md#migration-from-root-password-module) |
 | `single-disk`            | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `sshd`                   | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/sshd.md)               |                                                                  |
-| `state-version`          | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clanServices/state-version.md)      |                                                                  |
+| `state-version`          | ✅ [Migrated](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)              | Now an [option](../../reference/clan.core/settings.md)           |
 | `static-hosts`           | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `sunshine`               | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |
 | `syncthing-static-peers` | ❌ Removed                                                        |                                                                  |

docs/site/guides/networking.md

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+# Connecting to Your Machines
+
+Clan provides automatic networking with fallback mechanisms to reliably connect to your machines.
+
+## Option 1: Automatic Networking with Fallback (Recommended)
+
+Clan's networking module automatically manages connections through various network technologies with intelligent fallback. When you run `clan ssh` or `clan machines update`, Clan tries each configured network by priority until one succeeds.
+
+### Basic Setup with Internet Service
+
+For machines with public IPs or DNS names, use the `internet` service to configure direct SSH while keeping fallback options:
+
+```{.nix title="flake.nix" hl_lines="7-10 14-16"}
+{
+  outputs = { self, clan-core, ... }:
+    let
+      clan = clan-core.lib.clan {
+        inventory.instances = {
+          # Direct SSH with fallback support
+          internet = {
+            roles.default.machines.server1 = {
+              settings.host = "server1.example.com";
+            };
+            roles.default.machines.server2 = {
+              settings.host = "192.168.1.100";
+            };
+          };
+
+          # Fallback: Secure connections via Tor
+          tor = {
+            roles.server.tags.nixos = { };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations;
+    };
+}
+```
+
+### Advanced Setup with Multiple Networks
+
+```{.nix title="flake.nix" hl_lines="7-10 13-16 19-21"}
+{
+  outputs = { self, clan-core, ... }:
+    let
+      clan = clan-core.lib.clan {
+        inventory.instances = {
+          # Priority 1: Try direct connection first
+          internet = {
+            roles.default.machines.publicserver = {
+              settings.host = "public.example.com";
+            };
+          };
+
+          # Priority 2: VPN for internal machines
+          zerotier = {
+            roles.controller.machines."controller" = { };
+            roles.peer.tags.nixos = { };
+          };
+
+          # Priority 3: Tor as universal fallback
+          tor = {
+            roles.server.tags.nixos = { };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations;
+    };
+}
+```
+
+### How It Works
+
+Clan automatically tries networks in order of priority:
+1. Direct internet connections (if configured)
+2. VPN networks (ZeroTier, Tailscale, etc.)
+3. Tor hidden services
+4. Any other configured networks
+
+If one network fails, Clan automatically tries the next.
+
+### Useful Commands
+
+```bash
+# View all configured networks and their status
+clan network list
+
+# Test connectivity through all networks
+clan network ping machine1
+
+# Show complete network topology
+clan network overview
+```
+
+## Option 2: Manual targetHost (Bypasses Fallback!)
+
+!!! warning
+    Setting `targetHost` directly **disables all automatic networking and fallback**. Only use this if you need complete control and don't want Clan's intelligent connection management.
+
+### Using Inventory (For Static Addresses)
+
+Use inventory-level `targetHost` when the address is **static** and doesn't depend on NixOS configuration:
+
+```{.nix title="flake.nix" hl_lines="8"}
+{
+  outputs = { self, clan-core, ... }:
+    let
+      clan = clan-core.lib.clan {
+        inventory.machines.server = {
+          # WARNING: This bypasses all networking modules!
+          # Use for: Static IPs, DNS names, known hostnames
+          deploy.targetHost = "root@192.168.1.100";
+        };
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations;
+    };
+}
+```
+
+**When to use inventory-level:**
+- Static IP addresses: `"root@192.168.1.100"`
+- DNS names: `"user@server.example.com"`
+- Any address that doesn't change based on machine configuration
+
+### Using NixOS Configuration (For Dynamic Addresses)
+
+Use machine-level `targetHost` when you need to **interpolate values from the NixOS configuration**:
+
+```{.nix title="flake.nix" hl_lines="7"}
+{
+  outputs = { self, clan-core, ... }:
+    let
+      clan = clan-core.lib.clan {
+        machines.server = { config, ... }: {
+          # WARNING: This also bypasses all networking modules!
+          # REQUIRED for: Addresses that depend on NixOS config
+          clan.core.networking.targetHost = "root@${config.networking.hostName}.local";
+        };
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations;
+    };
+}
+```
+
+**When to use machine-level (NixOS config):**
+- Using hostName from config: `"root@${config.networking.hostName}.local"`
+- Building from multiple config values: `"${config.users.users.deploy.name}@${config.networking.hostName}"`
+- Any address that depends on evaluated NixOS configuration
+
+!!! info "Key Difference"
+    **Inventory-level** (`deploy.targetHost`) is evaluated immediately and works with static strings.
+    **Machine-level** (`clan.core.networking.targetHost`) is evaluated after NixOS configuration and can access `config.*` values.
+
+## Quick Decision Guide
+
+| Scenario | Recommended Approach | Why |
+|----------|---------------------|-----|
+| Public servers | `internet` service | Keeps fallback options |
+| Mixed infrastructure | Multiple networks | Automatic failover |
+| Machines behind NAT | ZeroTier/Tor | NAT traversal with fallback |
+| Testing/debugging | Manual targetHost | Full control, no magic |
+| Single static machine | Manual targetHost | Simple, no overhead |
+
+## Command-Line Override
+
+The `--target-host` flag bypasses ALL networking configuration:
+
+```bash
+# Emergency access - ignores all networking config
+clan machines update server --target-host root@backup-ip.com
+
+# Direct SSH - no fallback attempted
+clan ssh laptop --target-host user@10.0.0.5
+```
+
+Use this for debugging or emergency access when automatic networking isn't working.

docs/site/guides/services/community.md

@@ -255,11 +255,50 @@ outputs = inputs: flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } ({self, lib, ...}:
 })
 ```
 
-The benefit of this approach is that downstream users can override the value of `myClan` by using `mkForce` or other priority modifiers.
+The benefit of this approach is that downstream users can override the value of
+`myClan` by using `mkForce` or other priority modifiers.
+
+## Example: A machine-type service
+
+Users often have different types of machines. These could be any classification
+you like, for example "servers" and "desktops". Having such distictions, allows
+reusing parts of your configuration that should be appplied to a class of
+machines. Since this is such a common pattern, here is how to write such a
+service.
+
+For this example the we have to roles: `server` and `desktop`. Additionally, we
+can use the `perMachine` section to add configuration to all machines regardless
+of their type.
+
+```nix title="machine-type.nix"
+{
+  _class = "clan.service";
+  manifest.name = "machine-type";
+
+  roles.server.perInstance.nixosModule = ./server.nix;
+  roles.desktop.perInstance.nixosModule = ./desktop.nix;
+
+  perMachine.nixosModule = {
+    # Configuration for all machines (any type)
+  };
+}
+
+```
+
+In the inventory we the assign machines to a type, e.g. by using tags
+
+```nix title="flake.nix"
+instnaces.machine-type = {
+  module.input = "self";
+  module.name = "@pinpox/machine-type";
+  roles.desktop.tags.desktop = { };
+  roles.server.tags.server = { };
+};
+```
 
 ---
 
-## Further
+## Further Reading
 
 - [Reference Documentation for Service Authors](../../reference/clanServices/clan-service-author-interface.md)
 - [Migration Guide from ClanModules to ClanServices](../../guides/migrations/migrate-inventory-services.md)

docs/site/guides/target-host.md

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# How to Set `targetHost` for a Machine
-
-The `targetHost` defines where the machine can be reached for operations like SSH or deployment. You can set it in two ways, depending on your use case.
-
----
-
-## ✅ Option 1: Use the Inventory (Recommended for Static Hosts)
-
-If the hostname is **static**, like `server.example.com`, set it in the **inventory**:
-
-```{.nix title="flake.nix" hl_lines="8"}
-{
-  # edlided
-  outputs =
-    { self, clan-core, ... }:
-    let
-      # Sometimes this attribute set is defined in clan.nix
-      clan = clan-core.lib.clan {
-        inventory.machines.jon = {
-            deploy.targetHost = "root@server.example.com";
-        };
-      };
-    in
-    {
-      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations nixosModules clanInternals;
-      # elided
-    };
-}
-```
-
-This is fast, simple and explicit, and doesn’t require evaluating the NixOS config. We can also displayed it in the clan-cli or clan-app.
-
----
-
-## ✅ Option 2: Use NixOS (Only for Dynamic Hosts)
-
-If your target host depends on a **dynamic expression** (like using the machine’s evaluated FQDN), set it inside the NixOS module:
-
-```{.nix title="flake.nix" hl_lines="8"}
-{
-  # edlided
-  outputs =
-    { self, clan-core, ... }:
-    let
-      # Sometimes this attribute set is defined in clan.nix
-      clan = clan-core.lib.clan {
-        machines.jon = {config, ...}: {
-            clan.core.networking.targetHost = "jon@${config.networking.fqdn}";
-        };
-      };
-    in
-    {
-      inherit (clan.config) nixosConfigurations nixosModules clanInternals;
-      # elided
-    };
-}
-```
-
-Use this **only if the value cannot be made static**, because it’s slower and won't be displayed in the clan-cli or clan-app yet.
-
----
-
-## 📝 TL;DR
-
-| Use Case                  | Use Inventory? | Example                          |
-| ------------------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------- |
-| Static hostname           | ✅ Yes          | `root@server.example.com`        |
-| Dynamic config expression | ❌ No           | `jon@${config.networking.fqdn}` |
-
----
-
-## 🚀 Coming Soon: Unified Networking Module
-
-We’re working on a new networking module that will automatically do all of this for you.
-
-- Easier to use
-- Sane defaults: You’ll always be able to reach the machine — no need to worry about hostnames.
-- ✨ Migration from **either method** will be supported and simple.
-
-## Summary
-
-- Ask: *Does this hostname dynamically change based on NixOS config?*
-- If **no**, use the inventory.
-- If **yes**, then use NixOS config.

docs/site/guides/vars-advanced-examples.md

@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+# Advanced Vars Examples
+
+This guide demonstrates complex, real-world patterns for the vars system. For basic usage, see the [Getting Started guide](vars-backend.md).
+
+## Certificate Authority with Intermediate Certificates
+
+This example shows how to create a complete certificate authority with root and intermediate certificates using dependencies.
+
+```nix
+{
+  # Generate root CA (not deployed to machines)
+  clan.core.vars.generators.root-ca = {
+    files."ca.key" = {
+      secret = true;
+      deploy = false;  # Keep root key offline
+    };
+    files."ca.crt".secret = false;
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.step-cli ];
+    script = ''
+      step certificate create "My Root CA" \
+        $out/ca.crt $out/ca.key \
+        --profile root-ca \
+        --no-password \
+        --not-after 87600h
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Generate intermediate key
+  clan.core.vars.generators.intermediate-key = {
+    files."intermediate.key" = {
+      secret = true;
+      deploy = true;
+    };
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.step-cli ];
+    script = ''
+      step crypto keypair \
+        $out/intermediate.pub \
+        $out/intermediate.key \
+        --no-password
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Generate intermediate certificate signed by root
+  clan.core.vars.generators.intermediate-cert = {
+    files."intermediate.crt".secret = false;
+    dependencies = [
+      "root-ca"
+      "intermediate-key"
+    ];
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.step-cli ];
+    script = ''
+      step certificate create "My Intermediate CA" \
+        $out/intermediate.crt \
+        $in/intermediate-key/intermediate.key \
+        --ca $in/root-ca/ca.crt \
+        --ca-key $in/root-ca/ca.key \
+        --profile intermediate-ca \
+        --not-after 8760h \
+        --no-password
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Use the certificates in services
+  services.nginx.virtualHosts."example.com" = {
+    sslCertificate = config.clan.core.vars.generators.intermediate-cert.files."intermediate.crt".value;
+    sslCertificateKey = config.clan.core.vars.generators.intermediate-key.files."intermediate.key".path;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Multi-Service Secret Sharing
+
+Generate secrets that multiple services can use:
+
+```nix
+{
+  # Generate database credentials
+  clan.core.vars.generators.database = {
+    share = true;  # Share across machines
+    files."password" = { };
+    files."connection-string" = { };
+    prompts.dbname = {
+      description = "Database name";
+      type = "line";
+    };
+    script = ''
+      # Generate password
+      tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' < /dev/urandom | head -c 32 > $out/password
+      
+      # Create connection string
+      echo "postgresql://app:$(cat $out/password)@localhost/$prompts/dbname" \
+        > $out/connection-string
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # PostgreSQL uses the password
+  services.postgresql = {
+    enable = true;
+    initialScript = pkgs.writeText "init.sql" ''
+      CREATE USER app WITH PASSWORD '${
+        builtins.readFile config.clan.core.vars.generators.database.files."password".path
+      }';
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Application uses the connection string
+  systemd.services.myapp = {
+    serviceConfig.EnvironmentFile = 
+      config.clan.core.vars.generators.database.files."connection-string".path;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## SSH Host Keys with Certificates
+
+Generate SSH host keys and sign them with a CA:
+
+```nix
+{
+  # SSH Certificate Authority (shared)
+  clan.core.vars.generators.ssh-ca = {
+    share = true;
+    files."ca" = { secret = true; deploy = false; };
+    files."ca.pub" = { secret = false; };
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.openssh ];
+    script = ''
+      ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -f $out/ca
+      mv $out/ca.pub $out/ca.pub
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Host-specific SSH keys
+  clan.core.vars.generators.ssh-host = {
+    files."ssh_host_ed25519_key" = {
+      secret = true;
+      owner = "root";
+      group = "root";
+      mode = "0600";
+    };
+    files."ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub" = { secret = false; };
+    files."ssh_host_ed25519_key-cert.pub" = { secret = false; };
+    dependencies = [ "ssh-ca" ];
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.openssh ];
+    script = ''
+      # Generate host key
+      ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -f $out/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+      
+      # Sign with CA
+      ssh-keygen -s $in/ssh-ca/ca \
+        -I "host:${config.networking.hostName}" \
+        -h \
+        -V -5m:+365d \
+        $out/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Configure SSH to use the generated keys
+  services.openssh = {
+    hostKeys = [{
+      path = config.clan.core.vars.generators.ssh-host.files."ssh_host_ed25519_key".path;
+      type = "ed25519";
+    }];
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## WireGuard Mesh Network
+
+Create a WireGuard configuration with pre-shared keys:
+
+```nix
+{
+  # Generate WireGuard keys for this host
+  clan.core.vars.generators.wireguard = {
+    files."privatekey" = {
+      secret = true;
+      owner = "systemd-network";
+      mode = "0400";
+    };
+    files."publickey" = { secret = false; };
+    files."preshared" = { secret = true; };
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.wireguard-tools ];
+    script = ''
+      # Generate key pair
+      wg genkey > $out/privatekey
+      wg pubkey < $out/privatekey > $out/publickey
+      
+      # Generate pre-shared key
+      wg genpsk > $out/preshared
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Configure WireGuard
+  networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
+    privateKeyFile = config.clan.core.vars.generators.wireguard.files."privatekey".path;
+    
+    peers = [{
+      publicKey = "peer-public-key-here";
+      presharedKeyFile = config.clan.core.vars.generators.wireguard.files."preshared".path;
+      allowedIPs = [ "10.0.0.2/32" ];
+    }];
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Conditional Generation Based on Machine Role
+
+Generate different secrets based on machine configuration:
+
+```nix
+{
+  clan.core.vars.generators = lib.mkMerge [
+    # All machines get basic auth
+    {
+      basic-auth = {
+        files."htpasswd" = { };
+        prompts.username = {
+          description = "Username for basic auth";
+          type = "line";
+        };
+        prompts.password = {
+          description = "Password for basic auth";
+          type = "hidden";
+        };
+        runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.apacheHttpd ];
+        script = ''
+          htpasswd -nbB "$prompts/username" "$prompts/password" > $out/htpasswd
+        '';
+      };
+    }
+
+    # Only servers get API tokens
+    (lib.mkIf config.services.myapi.enable {
+      api-tokens = {
+        files."admin-token" = { };
+        files."readonly-token" = { };
+        runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ];
+        script = ''
+          openssl rand -hex 32 > $out/admin-token
+          openssl rand -hex 16 > $out/readonly-token
+        '';
+      };
+    })
+  ];
+}
+```
+
+## Backup Encryption Keys
+
+Generate and manage backup encryption keys:
+
+```nix
+{
+  clan.core.vars.generators.backup = {
+    share = true;  # Same key for all backup sources
+    files."encryption.key" = {
+      secret = true;
+      deploy = true;
+    };
+    files."encryption.pub" = { secret = false; };
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.age ];
+    script = ''
+      # Generate age key pair
+      age-keygen -o $out/encryption.key 2>/dev/null
+      
+      # Extract public key
+      grep "public key:" $out/encryption.key | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' ' \
+        > $out/encryption.pub
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Use in backup service
+  services.borgbackup.jobs.system = {
+    encryption = {
+      mode = "repokey-blake2";
+      passCommand = "cat ${config.clan.core.vars.generators.backup.files."encryption.key".path}";
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Tips and Best Practices
+
+1. **Use dependencies** to build complex multi-stage generations
+2. **Share generators** when the same secret is needed across machines
+3. **Set appropriate permissions** for service-specific secrets
+4. **Use prompts** for user-specific values that shouldn't be generated
+5. **Combine secret and non-secret files** in the same generator when they're related
+6. **Use conditional generation** with `lib.mkIf` for role-specific secrets

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+
+!!! Note
+    This guide demonstrates the vars system for managing secrets and generated files
+
+
+Defining a linux user's password via the nixos configuration previously required running `mkpasswd ...` and then copying the hash back into the nix configuration.
+
+In this example, we will guide you through automating that interaction using clan `vars`.
+
+For architectural concepts and design principles, see the [Concepts guide](vars-concepts.md). For the complete API reference, see the [vars module documentation](../reference/clan.core/vars.md).
+
+This guide assumes
+- Clan is set up already (see [Getting Started](../guides/getting-started/index.md))
+- a machine has been added to the clan (see [Adding Machines](getting-started/add-machines.md))
+
+This section will walk you through the following steps:
+
+1. declare a `generator` in the machine's nixos configuration
+2. inspect the status via the Clan CLI
+3. generate the vars
+4. observe the changes
+5. update the machine
+6. share the root password between machines
+7. change the password
+
+## Declare the generator
+
+In this example, a `vars` `generator` is used to:
+
+- prompt the user for the password
+- run the required `mkpasswd` command to generate the hash
+- store the hash in a file
+- expose the file path to the nixos configuration
+
+Create a new nix file `root-password.nix` with the following content and import it into your `configuration.nix`
+```nix
+{config, pkgs, ...}: {
+
+  clan.core.vars.generators.root-password = {
+    # prompt the user for a password
+    # (`password-input` being an arbitrary name)
+    prompts.password-input.description = "the root user's password";
+    prompts.password-input.type = "hidden";
+    # don't store the prompted password itself
+    prompts.password-input.persist = false;
+    # define an output file for storing the hash
+    files.password-hash.secret = false;
+    # define the logic for generating the hash
+    script = ''
+      cat $prompts/password-input | mkpasswd -m sha-512 > $out/password-hash
+    '';
+    # the tools required by the script
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.mkpasswd ];
+  };
+
+  # ensure users are immutable (otherwise the following config might be ignored)
+  users.mutableUsers = false;
+  # set the root password to the file containing the hash
+  users.users.root.hashedPasswordFile =
+    # clan will make sure, this path exists
+    config.clan.core.vars.generators.root-password.files.password-hash.path;
+}
+```
+
+## Inspect the status
+
+Executing `clan vars list`, you should see the following:
+```shellSession
+$ clan vars list my_machine
+root-password/password-hash: <not set>
+```
+
+...indicating that the value `password-hash` for the generator `root-password` is not set yet.
+
+## Generate the values
+
+This step is not strictly necessary, as deploying the machine via `clan machines update` would trigger the generator as well.
+
+To run the generator, execute `clan vars generate` for your machine
+```shellSession
+$ clan vars generate my_machine
+Enter the value for root-password/password-input (hidden):
+```
+
+After entering the value, the updated status is reported:
+```shellSession
+Updated var root-password/password-hash
+  old: <not set>
+  new: $6$RMats/YMeypFtcYX$DUi...
+```
+
+## Observe the changes
+
+With the last step, a new file was created in your repository:
+`vars/per-machine/my-machine/root-password/password-hash/value`
+
+If the repository is a git repository, a commit was created automatically:
+```shellSession
+$ git log -n1
+commit ... (HEAD -> master)
+Author: ...
+Date:   ...
+
+    Update vars via generator root-password for machine grmpf-nix
+```
+
+## Update the machine
+
+```shell
+clan machines update my_machine
+```
+
+## Share root password between machines
+
+If we just imported the `root-password.nix` from above into more machines, clan would ask for a new password for each additional machine.
+
+If the root password instead should only be entered once and shared across all machines, the generator defined above needs to be declared as `shared`, by adding `share = true` to it:
+```nix
+{config, pkgs, ...}: {
+  clan.core.vars.generators.root-password = {
+    share = true;
+    # ...
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Importing that shared generator into each machine, will ensure that the password is only asked once the first machine gets updated and then re-used for all subsequent machines.
+
+## Change the root password
+
+Changing the password can be done via this command.
+Replace `my-machine` with your machine.
+If the password is shared, just pick any machine that has the generator declared.
+
+```shellSession
+$ clan vars generate my-machine --generator root-password --regenerate
+...
+Enter the value for root-password/password-input (hidden):
+Input received. Processing...
+...
+Updated var root-password/password-hash
+  old: $6$tb27m6EOdff.X9TM$19N...
+
+  new: $6$OyoQtDVzeemgh8EQ$zRK...
+```
+
+
+## Further Reading
+
+- [Understanding Vars Concepts](vars-concepts.md) - Learn about the architecture and core concepts
+- [Advanced Examples](vars-advanced-examples.md) - Complex real-world examples including certificates, SSH keys, and more
+- [Troubleshooting Guide](vars-troubleshooting.md) - Common issues and solutions
+- [Migration Guide](migrations/migration-facts-vars.md) - Migrate from legacy facts system
+- [Reference Documentation for `clan.core.vars` NixOS options](../reference/clan.core/vars.md)
+- [Reference Documentation for the `clan vars` CLI command](../reference/cli/vars.md)

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+# Understanding Clan Vars - Concepts & Architecture
+
+This guide explains the architecture and design principles behind the vars system. For a hands-on tutorial, see the [Getting Started guide](vars-backend.md).
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+The vars system provides a declarative, reproducible way to manage generated files (especially secrets) in NixOS configurations.
+
+## Data Flow
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+    A[Generator Script] --> B[Output Files]
+    C[User Prompts] --> A
+    D[Dependencies] --> A
+    B --> E[Secret Storage<br/>sops/password-store]
+    B --> F[Nix Store<br/>public files]
+    E --> G[Machine Deployment]
+    F --> G
+```
+
+## Key Design Principles
+
+### 1. Declarative Generation
+
+Unlike imperative secret management, vars are declared in your NixOS configuration and generated deterministically. This ensures reproducibility across deployments.
+
+### 2. Separation of Concerns
+
+- **Generation logic**: Defined in generator scripts
+- **Storage**: Handled by pluggable backends (sops, password-store, etc.)
+- **Deployment**: Managed by NixOS activation scripts
+- **Access control**: Enforced through file permissions and ownership
+
+### 3. Composability Through Dependencies
+
+Generators can depend on outputs from other generators, enabling complex workflows:
+
+```nix
+# Dependencies create a directed acyclic graph (DAG)
+A → B → C
+    ↓
+    D
+```
+
+This allows building sophisticated systems like certificate authorities where intermediate certificates depend on root certificates.
+
+### 4. Type Safety
+
+The vars system distinguishes between:
+- **Secret files**: Only accessible via `.path`, deployed to `/run/secrets/`
+- **Public files**: Accessible via `.value`, stored in nix store
+
+This prevents accidental exposure of secrets in the nix store.
+
+## Storage Backend Architecture
+
+The vars system uses pluggable storage backends:
+
+- **sops** (default): Integrates with clan's existing sops encryption
+- **password-store**: For users already using pass
+
+Each backend handles encryption/decryption transparently, allowing the same generator definitions to work across different security models.
+
+## Timing and Lifecycle
+
+### Generation Phases
+
+1. **Pre-deployment**: `clan vars generate` creates vars before deployment
+2. **During deployment**: Missing vars are generated automatically
+3. **Regeneration**: Explicit regeneration with `--regenerate` flag
+
+### The `neededFor` Option
+
+Control when vars are available during system activation:
+
+```nix
+files."early-secret" = {
+  secret = true;
+  neededFor = [ "users" "groups" ];  # Available early in activation
+};
+```
+
+## Advanced Patterns
+
+### Multi-Machine Coordination
+
+The `share` option enables cross-machine secret sharing:
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+    A[Shared Generator] --> B[Machine 1]
+    A --> C[Machine 2]
+    A --> D[Machine 3]
+```
+
+This is useful for:
+- Shared certificate authorities
+- Mesh VPN pre-shared keys
+- Cluster join tokens
+
+### Generator Composition
+
+Complex systems can be built by composing simple generators:
+
+```
+root-ca → intermediate-ca → service-cert
+         ↓
+     ocsp-responder
+```
+
+Each generator focuses on one task, making the system modular and testable.
+
+## Key Advantages
+
+Compared to manual secret management, vars provides:
+
+- **Declarative configuration**: Define once, generate consistently
+- **Dependency management**: Build complex systems with generator dependencies
+- **Type safety**: Separate handling of secret and public files
+- **User prompts**: Gather input when needed
+- **Easy regeneration**: Update secrets with a single command
+
+## Next Steps
+
+- [Practical Tutorial](vars-backend.md) - Step-by-step guide
+- [Advanced Examples](vars-advanced-examples.md) - Real-world patterns
+- [Troubleshooting](vars-troubleshooting.md) - Common issues
+- [Reference](../reference/clan.core/vars.md) - Complete API

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+# Vars System Overview
+
+The vars system is clan's declarative solution for managing generated files, secrets, and dynamic configuration in your NixOS deployments. It eliminates the manual steps of generating credentials, certificates, and other dynamic values by automating these processes within your infrastructure-as-code workflow.
+
+## What Problems Does Vars Solve?
+
+### Before Vars: Manual Secret Management
+
+Traditional NixOS deployments require manual steps for secrets and generated files:
+
+```bash
+# Generate password hash manually
+mkpasswd -m sha-512 > /tmp/root-password-hash
+# Copy hash into configuration
+users.users.root.hashedPasswordFile = "/tmp/root-password-hash";
+```
+
+This approach has several problems:
+- **Not reproducible**: Manual steps vary between team members
+- **Hard to maintain**: Updating secrets requires remembering manual commands  
+- **Deployment friction**: Secrets must be managed outside of your configuration
+- **Team collaboration issues**: Sharing credentials securely is complex
+
+### After Vars: Declarative Generation
+
+With vars, the same process becomes declarative and automated:
+
+```nix
+clan.core.vars.generators.root-password = {
+  prompts.password.description = "Root password";
+  prompts.password.type = "hidden";
+  files.hash.secret = false;
+  script = "mkpasswd -m sha-512 < $prompts/password > $out/hash";
+  runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.mkpasswd ];
+};
+
+users.users.root.hashedPasswordFile = 
+  config.clan.core.vars.generators.root-password.files.hash.path;
+```
+
+## Core Benefits
+
+- **🔄 Reproducible**: Same inputs always produce the same outputs
+- **📝 Declarative**: Defined alongside your NixOS configuration
+- **🔐 Secure**: Automatic secret storage and encrypted deployment
+- **👥 Collaborative**: Built-in sharing for team environments
+- **🚀 Automated**: No manual intervention required for deployments
+- **🔗 Integrated**: Works seamlessly with clan's deployment workflow
+
+## How It Works
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    A[Generator Declaration] --> B[clan vars generate]
+    B --> C{Prompts User}
+    C --> D[Execute Script]
+    D --> E[Output Files]
+    E --> F{Secret?}
+    F -->|Yes| G[Encrypted Storage]
+    F -->|No| H[Git Repository]
+    G --> I[Deploy to Machine]
+    H --> I
+    I --> J[Available in NixOS]
+```
+
+1. **Declare generators** in your NixOS configuration
+2. **Generate values** using `clan vars generate` (or automatically during deployment)
+3. **Store securely** in encrypted backends or version control
+4. **Deploy seamlessly** to your machines where they're accessible as file paths
+
+## Common Use Cases
+
+| Use Case | What Gets Generated | Benefits |
+|----------|-------------------|----------|
+| **User passwords** | Password hashes | No plaintext in config |
+| **SSH keys** | Host/user keypairs | Automated key rotation |
+| **TLS certificates** | Certificates + private keys | Automated PKI |
+| **Database credentials** | Passwords + connection strings | Secure service communication |
+| **API tokens** | Random tokens | Service authentication |
+| **Configuration files** | Complex configs with secrets | Dynamic config generation |
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+The vars system has three main components:
+
+### 1. **Generators**
+Define how to create files from inputs:
+- **Prompts**: Values requested from users
+- **Scripts**: Generation logic  
+- **Dependencies**: Other generators this depends on
+- **Outputs**: Files that get created
+
+### 2. **Storage Backends**
+Handle secret storage and deployment:
+- **sops**: Encrypted files in git (recommended)
+- **password-store**: GPG/age-based secret storage
+- **vm**: For development/testing
+
+### 3. **Integration**
+Seamless NixOS integration:
+- File paths available at build time
+- Automatic deployment to machines
+- Service restarts on changes
+
+## Learning Path
+
+Ready to get started? Follow this recommended path:
+
+### 1. **🚀 Hands-On Tutorial**
+[Vars Getting Started Guide](vars-backend.md)
+Start here for a practical walkthrough with password generation.
+
+### 2. **🏗️ Understand the Design**  
+[Vars Concepts & Architecture](vars-concepts.md)
+Deep dive into design principles and advanced patterns.
+
+### 3. **💡 Real-World Examples**
+[Advanced Examples](vars-advanced-examples.md)
+Complex scenarios including certificates, SSH keys, and databases.
+
+### 4. **🔧 Troubleshooting**
+[Troubleshooting Guide](vars-troubleshooting.md)
+Solutions for common issues and debugging techniques.
+
+### 5. **📚 Complete Reference**
+- [NixOS Module Options](../reference/clan.core/vars.md)
+- [CLI Commands](../reference/cli/vars.md)
+
+## Quick Start Example
+
+Here's a complete example showing password generation and usage:
+
+```nix
+# generator.nix
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+  clan.core.vars.generators.user-password = {
+    prompts.password = {
+      description = "User password";
+      type = "hidden";
+    };
+    files.hash = { secret = false; };
+    script = ''
+      mkpasswd -m sha-512 < $prompts/password > $out/hash
+    '';
+    runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.mkpasswd ];
+  };
+  
+  users.users.myuser = {
+    hashedPasswordFile = 
+      config.clan.core.vars.generators.user-password.files.hash.path;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+```bash
+# Generate the password
+clan vars generate my-machine
+
+# Deploy to machine
+clan machines update my-machine
+```
+
+## Migration from Facts
+
+If you're currently using the legacy facts system, see our [Migration Guide](migrations/migration-facts-vars.md) for step-by-step instructions on upgrading to vars.
+
+---
+
+**Ready to start?** Head to the [Getting Started Guide](vars-backend.md) for your first hands-on experience with the vars system.

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+# Troubleshooting Vars
+
+Quick reference for diagnosing and fixing vars issues. For basic usage, see the [Getting Started guide](vars-backend.md).
+
+## Common Issues
+
+### Generator Script Fails
+
+**Symptom**: Error during `clan vars generate` or deployment
+
+**Possible causes and solutions**:
+
+1. **Missing runtime inputs**
+   ```nix
+   # Wrong - missing required tool
+   runtimeInputs = [ ];
+   script = ''
+     openssl rand -hex 32 > $out/secret  # openssl not found!
+   '';
+   
+   # Correct
+   runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ];
+   ```
+
+2. **Wrong output path**
+   ```nix
+   # Wrong - must use $out
+   script = ''
+     echo "secret" > ./myfile
+   '';
+   
+   # Correct
+   script = ''
+     echo "secret" > $out/myfile
+   '';
+   ```
+
+3. **Missing declared files**
+   ```nix
+   files."config" = { };
+   files."key" = { };
+   script = ''
+     # Wrong - only generates one file
+     echo "data" > $out/config
+   '';
+   
+   # Correct - must generate all declared files
+   script = ''
+     echo "data" > $out/config
+     echo "key" > $out/key
+   '';
+   ```
+
+### Cannot Access Generated Files
+
+**Symptom**: "attribute 'value' missing" or file not found
+
+**Solutions**:
+
+1. **Secret files don't have `.value`**
+   ```nix
+   # Wrong - secret files can't use .value
+   files."secret" = { secret = true; };
+   # ...
+   environment.etc."app.conf".text = 
+     config.clan.core.vars.generators.app.files."secret".value;
+   
+   # Correct - use .path for secrets
+   environment.etc."app.conf".source = 
+     config.clan.core.vars.generators.app.files."secret".path;
+   ```
+
+2. **Public files should use `.value`**
+   ```nix
+   # Better for non-secrets
+   files."cert.pem" = { secret = false; };
+   # ...
+   sslCertificate = 
+     config.clan.core.vars.generators.ca.files."cert.pem".value;
+   ```
+
+### Dependencies Not Available
+
+**Symptom**: "No such file or directory" when accessing `$in/...`
+
+**Solution**: Declare dependencies correctly
+```nix
+clan.core.vars.generators.child = {
+  # Wrong - missing dependency
+  script = ''
+    cat $in/parent/file > $out/newfile
+  '';
+  
+  # Correct
+  dependencies = [ "parent" ];
+  script = ''
+    cat $in/parent/file > $out/newfile
+  '';
+};
+```
+
+### Permission Denied
+
+**Symptom**: Service cannot read generated secret file
+
+**Solution**: Set correct ownership and permissions
+```nix
+files."service.key" = {
+  secret = true;
+  owner = "myservice";  # Match service user
+  group = "myservice";
+  mode = "0400";       # Read-only for owner
+};
+```
+
+### Vars Not Regenerating
+
+**Symptom**: Changes to generator script don't trigger regeneration
+
+**Solution**: Use `--regenerate` flag
+```bash
+clan vars generate my-machine --generator my-generator --regenerate
+```
+
+### Prompts Not Working
+
+**Symptom**: Script fails with "No such file or directory" for prompts
+
+**Solution**: Access prompts correctly
+```nix
+# Wrong
+script = ''
+  echo $password > $out/file
+'';
+
+# Correct
+prompts.password.type = "hidden";
+script = ''
+  cat $prompts/password > $out/file
+'';
+```
+
+## Debugging Techniques
+
+### 1. Check Generator Status
+
+See what vars are set:
+```bash
+clan vars list my-machine
+```
+
+### 2. Inspect Generated Files
+
+For shared vars:
+```bash
+ls -la vars/shared/my-generator/
+```
+
+For per-machine vars:
+```bash
+ls -la vars/per-machine/my-machine/my-generator/
+```
+
+### 3. Test Generators Locally
+
+Create a test script to debug:
+```nix
+# test-generator.nix
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "test-generator";
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ];  # Your runtime inputs
+  buildCommand = ''
+    # Your generator script here
+    mkdir -p $out
+    openssl rand -hex 32 > $out/secret
+    ls -la $out/
+  '';
+}
+```
+
+Run with:
+```bash
+nix-build test-generator.nix
+```
+
+### 4. Enable Debug Logging
+
+Set debug mode:
+```bash
+clan --debug vars generate my-machine
+```
+
+### 5. Check File Permissions
+
+Verify generated secret permissions:
+```bash
+# On the target machine
+ls -la /run/secrets/
+```
+
+## Recovery Procedures
+
+### Regenerate All Vars
+
+If vars are corrupted or need refresh:
+```bash
+# Regenerate all for a machine
+clan vars generate my-machine --regenerate
+
+# Regenerate specific generator
+clan vars generate my-machine --generator my-generator --regenerate
+```
+
+### Manual Secret Injection
+
+For recovery or testing:
+```bash
+# Set a var manually (bypass generator)
+echo "temporary-secret" | clan vars set my-machine my-generator/my-file
+```
+
+### Restore from Backup
+
+Vars are stored in the repository:
+```bash
+# Restore previous version
+git checkout HEAD~1 -- vars/
+
+# Check and regenerate if needed
+clan vars list my-machine
+```
+
+## Storage Backend Issues
+
+### SOPS Decryption Fails
+
+**Symptom**: "Failed to decrypt" or permission errors
+
+**Solution**: Ensure your user/machine has the correct age keys configured. Clan manages encryption keys automatically based on the configured users and machines in your flake.
+
+Check that:
+1. Your machine is properly configured in the flake
+2. Your user has access to the machine's secrets
+3. The age key is available in the expected location
+
+### Password Store Issues
+
+**Symptom**: "pass: store not initialized"
+
+**Solution**: Initialize password store:
+```bash
+export PASSWORD_STORE_DIR=/path/to/clan/vars
+pass init your-gpg-key
+```
+
+## Getting Help
+
+If these solutions don't resolve your issue:
+
+1. Check the [clan-core issue tracker](https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/issues)
+2. Ask in the Clan community channels
+3. Provide:
+   - The generator configuration
+   - The exact error message
+   - Output of `clan --debug vars generate`

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-- [Clan Configuration Option](../options.md) - for defining a Clan
+- [Clan Configuration Option](/options) - for defining a Clan
 - Learn how to use the [Clan CLI](./cli/index.md)
 - Explore available [services](./clanServices/index.md)
 - [NixOS Configuration Options](./clan.core/index.md) - Additional options avilable on a NixOS machine.

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+        "rev": "b5f2157bcd26c73551374cd6e5b027b0119b2f3d",
         "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/data-mesher/archive/18dfd42bdb2cfff510b8c74206005f733e38d8b9.tar.gz"
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/data-mesher/archive/b5f2157bcd26c73551374cd6e5b027b0119b2f3d.tar.gz"
       },
       "original": {
         "type": "tarball",
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1754971456,
-        "narHash": "sha256-p04ZnIBGzerSyiY2dNGmookCldhldWAu03y0s3P8CB0=",
+        "lastModified": 1757255839,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XH33B1X888Xc/xEXhF1RPq/kzKElM0D5C9N6YdvOvIc=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "disko",
-        "rev": "8246829f2e675a46919718f9a64b71afe3bfb22d",
+        "rev": "c8a0e78d86b12ea67be6ed0f7cae7f9bfabae75a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1754487366,
-        "narHash": "sha256-pHYj8gUBapuUzKV/kN/tR3Zvqc7o6gdFB9XKXIp1SQ8=",
+        "lastModified": 1756770412,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+uWLQZccFHwqpGqr2Yt5VsW/PbeJVTn9Dk6SHWhNRPw=",
         "owner": "hercules-ci",
         "repo": "flake-parts",
-        "rev": "af66ad14b28a127c5c0f3bbb298218fc63528a18",
+        "rev": "4524271976b625a4a605beefd893f270620fd751",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1755275010,
-        "narHash": "sha256-lEApCoWUEWh0Ifc3k1JdVjpMtFFXeL2gG1qvBnoRc2I=",
+        "lastModified": 1757430124,
+        "narHash": "sha256-MhDltfXesGH8VkGv3hmJ1QEKl1ChTIj9wmGAFfWj/Wk=",
         "owner": "nix-darwin",
         "repo": "nix-darwin",
-        "rev": "7220b01d679e93ede8d7b25d6f392855b81dd475",
+        "rev": "830b3f0b50045cf0bcfd4dab65fad05bf882e196",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@
     },
     "nix-select": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1745005516,
-        "narHash": "sha256-IVaoOGDIvAa/8I0sdiiZuKptDldrkDWUNf/+ezIRhyc=",
-        "rev": "69d8bf596194c5c35a4e90dd02c52aa530caddf8",
+        "lastModified": 1755887746,
+        "narHash": "sha256-lzWbpHKX0WAn/jJDoCijIDss3rqYIPawe46GDaE6U3g=",
+        "rev": "92c2574c5e113281591be01e89bb9ddb31d19156",
         "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/nix-select/archive/69d8bf596194c5c35a4e90dd02c52aa530caddf8.tar.gz"
+        "url": "https://git.clan.lol/api/v1/repos/clan/nix-select/archive/92c2574c5e113281591be01e89bb9ddb31d19156.tar.gz"
       },
       "original": {
         "type": "tarball",
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
     },
     "nixos-facter-modules": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1750412875,
-        "narHash": "sha256-uP9Xxw5XcFwjX9lNoYRpybOnIIe1BHfZu5vJnnPg3Jc=",
+        "lastModified": 1756491981,
+        "narHash": "sha256-lXyDAWPw/UngVtQfgQ8/nrubs2r+waGEYIba5UX62+k=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "nixos-facter-modules",
-        "rev": "14df13c84552a7d1f33c1cd18336128fbc43f920",
+        "rev": "c1b29520945d3e148cd96618c8a0d1f850965d8c",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 315532800,
-        "narHash": "sha256-moy1MfcGj+Pd+lU3PHYQUJq9OP0Evv9me8MjtmHlnRM=",
-        "rev": "32f313e49e42f715491e1ea7b306a87c16fe0388",
+        "narHash": "sha256-h8Sx4S+/0FpodZji6W9lHzwY5BcuUG85Aj3GfhvGC2o=",
+        "rev": "a650b5d0de99158323597f048667c4d914243224",
         "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://releases.nixos.org/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-25.11pre844992.32f313e49e42/nixexprs.tar.xz"
+        "url": "https://releases.nixos.org/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-25.11pre845298.a650b5d0de99/nixexprs.tar.xz"
       },
       "original": {
         "type": "tarball",
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1754847726,
-        "narHash": "sha256-2vX8QjO5lRsDbNYvN9hVHXLU6oMl+V/PsmIiJREG4rE=",
+        "lastModified": 1756662192,
+        "narHash": "sha256-F1oFfV51AE259I85av+MAia221XwMHCOtZCMcZLK2Jk=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "treefmt-nix",
-        "rev": "7d81f6fb2e19bf84f1c65135d1060d829fae2408",
+        "rev": "1aabc6c05ccbcbf4a635fb7a90400e44282f61c4",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
             ./nixosModules/flake-module.nix
             ./pkgs/flake-module.nix
             ./templates/flake-module.nix
+            ./pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/flake-module.nix
           ]
         ++ [
           (if pathExists ./flakeModules/clan.nix then import ./flakeModules/clan.nix inputs.self else { })

lib/clanTest/flake-module.nix

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ in
       relativeDir = removePrefix "${self}/" (toString config.clan.directory);
 
       update-vars = hostPkgs.writeShellScriptBin "update-vars" ''
+        set -x
+        export PRJ_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
         ${update-vars-script} $PRJ_ROOT/${relativeDir} ${testName}
       '';
 

lib/jsonschema/default.nix

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ rec {
         # To get the type of a Deferred modules we need to know the interface of the place where it is evaluated.
         # i.e. in case of a clan.service this is the interface of the service which dynamically changes depending on the service
         # We assign "type" = []
-        # This means any value is valid — or like TypeScript’s unknown.
+        # This means any value is valid — or like TypeScript's unknown.
         # We can assign the type later, when we know the exact interface.
         # tsType = "unknown" is a type that we preload for json2ts, such that it gets the correct type in typescript
         (option.type.name == "deferredModule")

lib/modules/clan/module.nix

@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ in
               in
               { config, ... }:
               {
+                staticModules = clan-core.clan.modules;
+
                 distributedServices = clanLib.inventory.mapInstances {
                   inherit (clanConfig) inventory exportsModule;
                   inherit flakeInputs directory;

lib/modules/inventory/distributed-service/service-module.nix

@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ in
 
         Exports are used to share and expose information between instances.
 
-        Define exports in the [`perInstance`](#perInstance) or [`perMachine`](#perMachine) scope.
+        Define exports in the [`perInstance`](#roles.perInstance) or [`perMachine`](#perMachine) scope.
 
         Accessing the exports:
 

lib/modules/inventory/schemas/default.nix

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ let
     "secrets"
     "templates"
   ];
-  clanSchema = jsonLib.parseOptions (lib.filterAttrs (n: _v: lib.elem n include) clanOpts) { };
+  clanSchemaNix = jsonLib.parseOptions (lib.filterAttrs (n: _v: lib.elem n include) clanOpts) { };
 
-  clan-schema-abstract = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  clanSchemaJson = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "clan-schema-files";
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.cue ];
     src = ./.;
     buildPhase = ''
-      export SCHEMA=${builtins.toFile "clan-schema.json" (builtins.toJSON clanSchema)}
+      export SCHEMA=${builtins.toFile "clan-schema.json" (builtins.toJSON clanSchemaNix)}
       cp $SCHEMA schema.json
       # Also generate a CUE schema version that is derived from the JSON schema
       cue import -f -p compose -l '#Root:' schema.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in
 {
   inherit
     flakeOptions
-    clanSchema
-    clan-schema-abstract
+    clanSchemaNix
+    clanSchemaJson
     ;
 }

lib/modules/inventoryClass/interface.nix

@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ in
                     '';
                   };
 
+                  installedAt = lib.mkOption {
+                    type = types.nullOr types.int;
+                    default = null;
+                    description = ''
+                      Indicates when the machine was first installed.
+
+                      Timestamp is in unix time (seconds since epoch).
+                    '';
+                  };
+
                   tags = lib.mkOption {
                     description = ''
                       List of tags for the machine.

lib/modules/inventoryClass/roles-interface.nix

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ in
       default = { };
     };
     tags = lib.mkOption {
-      type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule { });
+      type = types.coercedTo (types.listOf types.str) (t: lib.genAttrs t (_: { })) (
+        types.attrsOf (types.submodule { })
+      );
       default = { };
     };
     settings =

lib/modules/inventoryClass/service-list-from-inputs.nix

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ let
     };
 in
 {
+  options.staticModules = lib.mkOption {
+    readOnly = true;
+    type = lib.types.raw;
+
+    apply = moduleSet: lib.mapAttrs (inspectModule "<clan-core>") moduleSet;
+  };
   options.modulesPerSource = lib.mkOption {
     # { sourceName :: { moduleName :: {} }}
     readOnly = true;

lib/test/container-test-driver/test_driver/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""Test driver for container-based NixOS testing."""
+
 import argparse
 import ctypes
 import os
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ import uuid
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from contextlib import _GeneratorContextManager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from functools import cached_property
+from functools import cache, cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Any
@@ -20,23 +22,21 @@ from colorama import Fore, Style
 
 from .logger import AbstractLogger, CompositeLogger, TerminalLogger
 
-# Global flag to track if test environment has been initialized
-_test_env_initialized = False
-
 
+@cache
 def init_test_environment() -> None:
     """Set up the test environment (network bridge, /etc/passwd) once."""
-    global _test_env_initialized
-    if _test_env_initialized:
-        return
-
     # Set up network bridge
     subprocess.run(
-        ["ip", "link", "add", "br0", "type", "bridge"], check=True, text=True
+        ["ip", "link", "add", "br0", "type", "bridge"],
+        check=True,
+        text=True,
     )
     subprocess.run(["ip", "link", "set", "br0", "up"], check=True, text=True)
     subprocess.run(
-        ["ip", "addr", "add", "192.168.1.254/24", "dev", "br0"], check=True, text=True
+        ["ip", "addr", "add", "192.168.1.254/24", "dev", "br0"],
+        check=True,
+        text=True,
     )
 
     # Set up minimal passwd file for unprivileged operations
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def init_test_environment() -> None:
     passwd_content = """root:x:0:0:Root:/root:/bin/sh
 nixbld:x:1000:100:Nix build user:/tmp:/bin/sh
 nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/bin/sh
-"""
+"""  # noqa: S105 - This is not a password, it's a Unix passwd file format for testing
 
     with NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", delete=False, prefix="test-passwd-") as f:
         f.write(passwd_content)
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ nogroup:x:65534:
         errno = ctypes.get_errno()
         raise OSError(errno, os.strerror(errno), "Failed to mount group")
 
-    _test_env_initialized = True
-
 
 # Load the C library
 libc = ctypes.CDLL("libc.so.6", use_errno=True)
@@ -111,8 +109,7 @@ def mount(
     mountflags: int = 0,
     data: str | None = None,
 ) -> None:
-    """
-    A Python wrapper for the mount system call.
+    """A Python wrapper for the mount system call.
 
     :param source: The source of the file system (e.g., device name, remote filesystem).
     :param target: The mount point (an existing directory).
@@ -129,7 +126,11 @@ def mount(
 
     # Call the mount system call
     result = libc.mount(
-        source_c, target_c, fstype_c, ctypes.c_ulong(mountflags), data_c
+        source_c,
+        target_c,
+        fstype_c,
+        ctypes.c_ulong(mountflags),
+        data_c,
     )
 
     if result != 0:
@@ -141,11 +142,11 @@ class Error(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-def prepare_machine_root(machinename: str, root: Path) -> None:
+def prepare_machine_root(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())
+        "\n".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in os.environ.items()),
     )
 
 
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@ 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
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class Machine:
         return self.get_systemd_process()
 
     def start(self) -> None:
-        prepare_machine_root(self.name, self.rootdir)
+        prepare_machine_root(self.rootdir)
         init_test_environment()
         cmd = [
             "systemd-nspawn",
@@ -212,8 +212,12 @@ class Machine:
         self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True, env=env)
 
     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"
+        if self.process is None:
+            msg = "Machine not started"
+            raise RuntimeError(msg)
+        if self.process.stdout is None:
+            msg = "Machine has no stdout"
+            raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
         for line in self.process.stdout:
             print(line, end="")
@@ -230,9 +234,9 @@ class Machine:
             .read_text()
             .split()
         )
-        assert len(childs) == 1, (
-            f"Expected exactly one child process for systemd-nspawn, got {childs}"
-        )
+        if len(childs) != 1:
+            msg = f"Expected exactly one child process for systemd-nspawn, got {childs}"
+            raise RuntimeError(msg)
         try:
             return int(childs[0])
         except ValueError as e:
@@ -252,7 +256,9 @@ class Machine:
 
         def tuple_from_line(line: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
             match = line_pattern.match(line)
-            assert match is not None
+            if match is None:
+                msg = f"Failed to parse line: {line}"
+                raise RuntimeError(msg)
             return match[1], match[2]
 
         return dict(
@@ -262,8 +268,14 @@ class Machine:
         )
 
     def nsenter_command(self, command: str) -> list[str]:
+        nsenter = shutil.which("nsenter")
+
+        if not nsenter:
+            msg = "nsenter command not found"
+            raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
         return [
-            "nsenter",
+            nsenter,
             "--target",
             str(self.container_pid),
             "--mount",
@@ -280,12 +292,11 @@ class Machine:
     def execute(
         self,
         command: str,
-        check_return: bool = True,
-        check_output: bool = True,
+        check_return: bool = True,  # noqa: ARG002
+        check_output: bool = True,  # noqa: ARG002
         timeout: int | None = 900,
     ) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
-        """
-        Execute a shell command, returning a list `(status, stdout)`.
+        """Execute a shell command, returning a list `(status, stdout)`.
 
         Commands are run with `set -euo pipefail` set:
 
@@ -316,21 +327,22 @@ class Machine:
         `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 -xu; {command}"
 
-        proc = subprocess.run(
+        return subprocess.run(
             self.nsenter_command(command),
+            env={},
             timeout=timeout,
             check=False,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             text=True,
         )
-        return proc
 
     def nested(
-        self, msg: str, attrs: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        msg: str,
+        attrs: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> _GeneratorContextManager:
         if attrs is None:
             attrs = {}
@@ -339,8 +351,7 @@ class Machine:
         return self.logger.nested(msg, my_attrs)
 
     def systemctl(self, q: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
-        """
-        Runs `systemctl` commands with optional support for
+        """Runs `systemctl` commands with optional support for
         `systemctl --user`
 
         ```py
@@ -355,8 +366,7 @@ class Machine:
         return self.execute(f"systemctl {q}")
 
     def wait_until_succeeds(self, command: str, timeout: int = 900) -> str:
-        """
-        Repeat a shell command with 1-second intervals until it succeeds.
+        """Repeat a shell command with 1-second intervals until it succeeds.
         Has a default timeout of 900 seconds which can be modified, e.g.
         `wait_until_succeeds(cmd, timeout=10)`. See `execute` for details on
         command execution.
@@ -374,18 +384,17 @@ class Machine:
             return output
 
     def wait_for_open_port(
-        self, port: int, addr: str = "localhost", timeout: int = 900
+        self,
+        port: int,
+        addr: str = "localhost",
+        timeout: int = 900,
     ) -> None:
-        """
-        Wait for a port to be open on the given address.
-        """
+        """Wait for a port to be open on the given address."""
         command = f"nc -z {shlex.quote(addr)} {port}"
         self.wait_until_succeeds(command, timeout=timeout)
 
     def wait_for_file(self, filename: str, timeout: int = 30) -> None:
-        """
-        Waits until the file exists in the machine's file system.
-        """
+        """Waits until the file exists in the machine's file system."""
 
         def check_file(_last_try: bool) -> bool:
             result = self.execute(f"test -e {filename}")
@@ -395,8 +404,7 @@ class Machine:
             retry(check_file, timeout)
 
     def wait_for_unit(self, unit: str, timeout: int = 900) -> None:
-        """
-        Wait for a systemd unit to get into "active" state.
+        """Wait for a systemd unit to get into "active" state.
         Throws exceptions on "failed" and "inactive" states as well as after
         timing out.
         """
@@ -441,9 +449,7 @@ class Machine:
         return res.stdout
 
     def shutdown(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Shut down the machine, waiting for the VM to exit.
-        """
+        """Shut down the machine, waiting for the VM to exit."""
         if self.process:
             self.process.terminate()
             self.process.wait()
@@ -557,7 +563,7 @@ class Driver:
                     rootdir=tempdir_path / container.name,
                     out_dir=self.out_dir,
                     logger=self.logger,
-                )
+                ),
             )
 
     def start_all(self) -> None:
@@ -575,13 +581,15 @@ class Driver:
             # We lauch a sleep here, so we can pgrep the process cmdline for
             # the uuid
             sleep = shutil.which("sleep")
-            assert sleep is not None, "sleep command not found"
+            if sleep is None:
+                msg = "sleep command not found"
+                raise RuntimeError(msg)
             machine.execute(
                 f"systemd-run /bin/sh -c '{sleep} 999999999 && echo {nspawn_uuid}'",
             )
 
             print(
-                f"To attach to container {machine.name} run on the same machine that runs the test:"
+                f"To attach to container {machine.name} run on the same machine that runs the test:",
             )
             print(
                 " ".join(
@@ -603,8 +611,8 @@ class Driver:
                         "-c",
                         "bash",
                         Style.RESET_ALL,
-                    ]
-                )
+                    ],
+                ),
             )
 
     def test_symbols(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -623,13 +631,13 @@ class Driver:
             "additionally exposed symbols:\n    "
             + ", ".join(m.name for m in self.machines)
             + ",\n    "
-            + ", ".join(list(general_symbols.keys()))
+            + ", ".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)
+        exec(self.testscript, self.test_symbols(), None)  # noqa: S102
 
     def run_tests(self) -> None:
         """Run the test script (for non-interactive test runs)"""

lib/test/container-test-driver/test_driver/logger.py

@@ -25,27 +25,31 @@ class AbstractLogger(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     @contextmanager
     def subtest(
-        self, name: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
     @contextmanager
     def nested(
-        self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ class AbstractLogger(ABC):
 
 class JunitXMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
     class TestCaseState:
+        """State tracking for individual test cases in JUnit XML reports."""
+
         def __init__(self) -> None:
             self.stdout = ""
             self.stderr = ""
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ class JunitXMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
 
     def __init__(self, outfile: Path) -> None:
         self.tests: dict[str, JunitXMLLogger.TestCaseState] = {
-            "main": self.TestCaseState()
+            "main": self.TestCaseState(),
         }
         self.currentSubtest = "main"
         self.outfile: Path = outfile
@@ -74,12 +80,16 @@ class JunitXMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
         atexit.register(self.close)
 
     def log(self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> None:
+        del attributes  # Unused but kept for API compatibility
         self.tests[self.currentSubtest].stdout += message + os.linesep
 
     @contextmanager
     def subtest(
-        self, name: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
+        del attributes  # Unused but kept for API compatibility
         old_test = self.currentSubtest
         self.tests.setdefault(name, self.TestCaseState())
         self.currentSubtest = name
@@ -90,18 +100,24 @@ class JunitXMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
 
     @contextmanager
     def nested(
-        self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
+        del attributes  # Unused but kept for API compatibility
         self.log(message)
         yield
 
     def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        del kwargs  # Unused but kept for API compatibility
         self.tests[self.currentSubtest].stdout += args[0] + os.linesep
 
     def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        del kwargs  # Unused but kept for API compatibility
         self.tests[self.currentSubtest].stdout += args[0] + os.linesep
 
     def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        del kwargs  # Unused but kept for API compatibility
         self.tests[self.currentSubtest].stderr += args[0] + os.linesep
         self.tests[self.currentSubtest].failure = True
 
@@ -144,7 +160,9 @@ class CompositeLogger(AbstractLogger):
 
     @contextmanager
     def subtest(
-        self, name: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         with ExitStack() as stack:
             for logger in self.logger_list:
@@ -153,22 +171,24 @@ class CompositeLogger(AbstractLogger):
 
     @contextmanager
     def nested(
-        self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         with ExitStack() as stack:
             for logger in self.logger_list:
                 stack.enter_context(logger.nested(message, attributes))
             yield
 
-    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         for logger in self.logger_list:
             logger.info(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         for logger in self.logger_list:
             logger.warning(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         for logger in self.logger_list:
             logger.error(*args, **kwargs)
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -200,19 +220,24 @@ class TerminalLogger(AbstractLogger):
 
     @contextmanager
     def subtest(
-        self, name: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         with self.nested("subtest: " + name, attributes):
             yield
 
     @contextmanager
     def nested(
-        self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         self._eprint(
             self.maybe_prefix(
-                Style.BRIGHT + Fore.GREEN + message + Style.RESET_ALL, attributes
-            )
+                Style.BRIGHT + Fore.GREEN + message + Style.RESET_ALL,
+                attributes,
+            ),
         )
 
         tic = time.time()
@@ -220,13 +245,13 @@ class TerminalLogger(AbstractLogger):
         toc = time.time()
         self.log(f"(finished: {message}, in {toc - tic:.2f} seconds)")
 
-    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.log(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.log(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.log(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def print_serial_logs(self, enable: bool) -> None:
@@ -259,7 +284,9 @@ class XMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
         return "".join(ch for ch in message if unicodedata.category(ch)[0] != "C")
 
     def maybe_prefix(
-        self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> str:
         if attributes and "machine" in attributes:
             return f"{attributes['machine']}: {message}"
@@ -270,13 +297,13 @@ class XMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
         self.xml.characters(message)
         self.xml.endElement("line")
 
-    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def info(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.log(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def warning(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.log(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
+    def error(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.log(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def log(self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> None:
@@ -309,14 +336,18 @@ class XMLLogger(AbstractLogger):
 
     @contextmanager
     def subtest(
-        self, name: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         with self.nested("subtest: " + name, attributes):
             yield
 
     @contextmanager
     def nested(
-        self, message: str, attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        attributes: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     ) -> Iterator[None]:
         if attributes is None:
             attributes = {}

nixosModules/clanCore/defaults.nix

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 {
   imports = lib.optional (_class == "nixos") (
     lib.mkIf config.clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults {
+
+      # Enable automatic state-version generation.
+      clan.core.settings.state-version.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+
       # Use systemd during boot as well except:
       # - systems with raids as this currently require manual configuration: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/210210
       # - for containers we currently rely on the `stage-2` init script that sets up our /etc
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf config.clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults {
+
     # This disables the HTML manual and `nixos-help` command but leaves
     # `man configuration.nix`
     documentation.doc.enable = lib.mkDefault false;

nixosModules/clanCore/machine-id/tests/flake-module.nix

@@ -1,40 +1,17 @@
-{ ... }:
 {
-  perSystem =
-    { ... }:
-    {
-      clan.nixosTests.machine-id = {
+  perSystem.clan.nixosTests.machine-id = {
 
-        name = "service-machine-id";
+    name = "service-machine-id";
 
-        clan = {
-          directory = ./.;
-
-          # Workaround until we can use nodes.server = { };
-          modules."@clan/importer" = ../../../../clanServices/importer;
-
-          inventory = {
-            machines.server = { };
-            instances.importer = {
-              module.name = "@clan/importer";
-              module.input = "self";
-              roles.default.tags.all = { };
-              roles.default.extraModules = [
-                {
-                  # Test machine ID generation
-                  clan.core.settings.machine-id.enable = true;
-                }
-              ];
-            };
-          };
-        };
-
-        # TODO: Broken. Use instead of importer after fixing.
-        # nodes.server = { };
-
-        # This is not an actual vm test, this is a workaround to
-        # generate the needed vars for the eval test.
-        testScript = "";
+    clan = {
+      directory = ./.;
+      machines.server = {
+        clan.core.settings.machine-id.enable = true;
       };
     };
+
+    # This is not an actual vm test, this is a workaround to
+    # generate the needed vars for the eval test.
+    testScript = "";
+  };
 }

nixosModules/clanCore/postgresql/tests/flake-module.nix

@@ -10,30 +10,14 @@
         clan = {
           directory = ./.;
 
-          # Workaround until we can use nodes.machine = { };
-          modules."@clan/importer" = ../../../../clanServices/importer;
-
-          inventory = {
-            machines.machine = { };
-            instances.importer = {
-              module.name = "@clan/importer";
-              module.input = "self";
-              roles.default.tags.all = { };
-              roles.default.extraModules = [
-                {
-                  clan.core.postgresql.enable = true;
-                  clan.core.postgresql.users.test = { };
-                  clan.core.postgresql.databases.test.create.options.OWNER = "test";
-                  clan.core.settings.directory = ./.;
-                }
-              ];
-            };
+          machines.machine = {
+            clan.core.postgresql.enable = true;
+            clan.core.postgresql.users.test = { };
+            clan.core.postgresql.databases.test.create.options.OWNER = "test";
+            clan.core.settings.directory = ./.;
           };
         };
 
-        # TODO: Broken. Use instead of importer after fixing.
-        # nodes.machine = { };
-
         testScript =
           let
             runpg = "runuser -u postgres -- /run/current-system/sw/bin/psql";

nixosModules/clanCore/state-version/tests/flake-module.nix

@@ -9,28 +9,11 @@
 
         clan = {
           directory = ./.;
-
-          # Workaround until we can use nodes.server = { };
-          modules."@clan/importer" = ../../../../clanServices/importer;
-
-          inventory = {
-            machines.server = { };
-            instances.importer = {
-              module.name = "@clan/importer";
-              module.input = "self";
-              roles.default.tags.all = { };
-              roles.default.extraModules = [
-                {
-                  clan.core.settings.state-version.enable = true;
-                }
-              ];
-            };
+          machines.server = {
+            clan.core.settings.state-version.enable = true;
           };
         };
 
-        # TODO: Broken. Use instead of importer after fixing.
-        # nodes.server = { };
-
         # This is not an actual vm test, this is a workaround to
         # generate the needed vars for the eval test.
         testScript = "";

nixosModules/clanCore/vars/interface.nix

@@ -290,9 +290,11 @@ in
                     };
                     owner = mkOption {
                       description = "The user name or id that will own the file.";
+                      type = str;
                       default = "root";
                     };
                     group = mkOption {
+                      type = str;
                       description = "The group name or id that will own the file.";
                       default = if _class == "darwin" then "wheel" else "root";
                       defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''if _class == "darwin" then "wheel" else "root"'';
@@ -302,6 +304,15 @@ in
                       description = "The unix file mode of the file. Must be a 4-digit octal number.";
                       default = "0400";
                     };
+                    exists = mkOption {
+                      description = ''
+                        Returns true if the file exists, This is used to guard against reading not set value in evaluation.
+                        This currently only works for non secret files.
+                      '';
+                      type = bool;
+                      default = if file.config.secret then throw "Cannot determine existance of secret file" else false;
+                      defaultText = "Throws error because the existance of a secret file cannot be determined";
+                    };
                     value =
                       mkOption {
                         description = ''