{pkgs, config, ...}: with pkgs.lib; let luksRoot = config.boot.initrd.luksRoot; in { options = { boot.initrd.luksRoot = mkOption { default = ""; example = "/dev/sda3"; description = ''; The device that should be decrypted using LUKS before trying to mount the root partition. This works for both LVM-over-LUKS and LUKS-over-LVM setups. Make sure that initrd has the crypto modules needed for decryption. The decrypted device name is /dev/mapper/luksroot. ''; }; }; config = mkIf (luksRoot != "") { boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = '' cp -r ${pkgs.cryptsetup}/lib/* $out/lib/ cp -r ${pkgs.popt}/lib/* $out/lib cp ${pkgs.cryptsetup}/sbin/* $out/bin ''; boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = '' cryptsetup luksOpen ${luksRoot} luksroot lvm vgscan lvm vgchange -ay ''; }; }