{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.boot.initrd.network.openvpn; in { options = { boot.initrd.network.openvpn.enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = '' Starts an OpenVPN client during initrd boot. It can be used to e.g. remotely accessing the SSH service controlled by or other network services included. Service is killed when stage-1 boot is finished. ''; }; boot.initrd.network.openvpn.configuration = mkOption { type = types.path; # Same type as boot.initrd.secrets description = '' The configuration file for OpenVPN. Unless your bootloader supports initrd secrets, this configuration is stored insecurely in the global Nix store. ''; example = "./configuration.ovpn"; }; }; config = mkIf (config.boot.initrd.network.enable && cfg.enable) { assertions = [ { assertion = cfg.configuration != null; message = "You should specify a configuration for initrd OpenVPN"; } ]; # Add kernel modules needed for OpenVPN boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "tun" "tap" ]; # Add openvpn and ip binaries to the initrd # The shared libraries are required for DNS resolution boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = '' copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.openvpn}/bin/openvpn copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.iproute}/bin/ip cp -pv ${pkgs.glibc}/lib/libresolv.so.2 $out/lib cp -pv ${pkgs.glibc}/lib/libnss_dns.so.2 $out/lib ''; boot.initrd.secrets = { "/etc/initrd.ovpn" = cfg.configuration; }; # openvpn --version would exit with 1 instead of 0 boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommandsTest = '' $out/bin/openvpn --show-gateway ''; # Add `iproute /bin/ip` to the config, to ensure that openvpn # is able to set the routes boot.initrd.network.postCommands = '' (cat /etc/initrd.ovpn; echo -e '\niproute /bin/ip') | \ openvpn /dev/stdin & ''; }; }