{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.boot.loader.grub; efi = config.boot.loader.efi; grubPkgs = # Package set of targeted architecture if cfg.forcei686 then pkgs.pkgsi686Linux else pkgs; realGrub = if cfg.version == 1 then grubPkgs.grub else if cfg.zfsSupport then grubPkgs.grub2.override { zfsSupport = true; } else if cfg.trustedBoot.enable then if cfg.trustedBoot.isHPLaptop then grubPkgs.trustedGrub-for-HP else grubPkgs.trustedGrub else grubPkgs.grub2; grub = # Don't include GRUB if we're only generating a GRUB menu (e.g., # in EC2 instances). if cfg.devices == ["nodev"] then null else realGrub; grubEfi = # EFI version of Grub v2 if cfg.efiSupport && (cfg.version == 2) then realGrub.override { efiSupport = cfg.efiSupport; } else null; f = x: if x == null then "" else "" + x; grubConfig = args: let efiSysMountPoint = if args.efiSysMountPoint == null then args.path else args.efiSysMountPoint; efiSysMountPoint' = replaceChars [ "/" ] [ "-" ] efiSysMountPoint; in pkgs.writeText "grub-config.xml" (builtins.toXML { splashImage = f cfg.splashImage; splashMode = f cfg.splashMode; backgroundColor = f cfg.backgroundColor; grub = f grub; grubTarget = f (grub.grubTarget or ""); shell = "${pkgs.runtimeShell}"; fullName = lib.getName realGrub; fullVersion = lib.getVersion realGrub; grubEfi = f grubEfi; grubTargetEfi = if cfg.efiSupport && (cfg.version == 2) then f (grubEfi.grubTarget or "") else ""; bootPath = args.path; storePath = config.boot.loader.grub.storePath; bootloaderId = if args.efiBootloaderId == null then "NixOS${efiSysMountPoint'}" else args.efiBootloaderId; timeout = if config.boot.loader.timeout == null then -1 else config.boot.loader.timeout; users = if cfg.users == {} || cfg.version != 1 then cfg.users else throw "GRUB version 1 does not support user accounts."; theme = f cfg.theme; inherit efiSysMountPoint; inherit (args) devices; inherit (efi) canTouchEfiVariables; inherit (cfg) version extraConfig extraPerEntryConfig extraEntries forceInstall useOSProber extraGrubInstallArgs extraEntriesBeforeNixOS extraPrepareConfig configurationLimit copyKernels default fsIdentifier efiSupport efiInstallAsRemovable gfxmodeEfi gfxmodeBios gfxpayloadEfi gfxpayloadBios; path = with pkgs; makeBinPath ( [ coreutils gnused gnugrep findutils diffutils btrfs-progs util-linux mdadm ] ++ optional (cfg.efiSupport && (cfg.version == 2)) efibootmgr ++ optionals cfg.useOSProber [ busybox os-prober ]); font = if cfg.font == null then "" else (if lib.last (lib.splitString "." cfg.font) == "pf2" then cfg.font else "${convertedFont}"); }); bootDeviceCounters = foldr (device: attr: attr // { ${device} = (attr.${device} or 0) + 1; }) {} (concatMap (args: args.devices) cfg.mirroredBoots); convertedFont = (pkgs.runCommand "grub-font-converted.pf2" {} (builtins.concatStringsSep " " ([ "${realGrub}/bin/grub-mkfont" cfg.font "--output" "$out" ] ++ (optional (cfg.fontSize!=null) "--size ${toString cfg.fontSize}"))) ); defaultSplash = pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.simple-dark-gray-bootloader.gnomeFilePath; in { ###### interface options = { boot.loader.grub = { enable = mkOption { default = !config.boot.isContainer; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether to enable the GNU GRUB boot loader. ''; }; version = mkOption { default = 2; example = 1; type = types.int; description = '' The version of GRUB to use: 1 for GRUB Legacy (versions 0.9x), or 2 (the default) for GRUB 2. ''; }; device = mkOption { default = ""; example = "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500001234567890a"; type = types.str; description = '' The device on which the GRUB boot loader will be installed. The special value nodev means that a GRUB boot menu will be generated, but GRUB itself will not actually be installed. To install GRUB on multiple devices, use boot.loader.grub.devices. ''; }; devices = mkOption { default = []; example = [ "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500001234567890a" ]; type = types.listOf types.str; description = '' The devices on which the boot loader, GRUB, will be installed. Can be used instead of device to install GRUB onto multiple devices. ''; }; users = mkOption { default = {}; example = { root = { hashedPasswordFile = "/path/to/file"; }; }; description = '' User accounts for GRUB. When specified, the GRUB command line and all boot options except the default are password-protected. All passwords and hashes provided will be stored in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, and will be visible to any local user who can read this file. Additionally, any passwords and hashes provided directly in a Nix configuration (as opposed to external files) will be copied into the Nix store, and will be visible to all local users. ''; type = with types; attrsOf (submodule { options = { hashedPasswordFile = mkOption { example = "/path/to/file"; default = null; type = with types; uniq (nullOr str); description = '' Specifies the path to a file containing the password hash for the account, generated with grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2. This hash will be stored in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, and will be visible to any local user who can read this file. ''; }; hashedPassword = mkOption { example = "grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.674DFFDEF76E13EA...2CC972B102CF4355"; default = null; type = with types; uniq (nullOr str); description = '' Specifies the password hash for the account, generated with grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2. This hash will be copied to the Nix store, and will be visible to all local users. ''; }; passwordFile = mkOption { example = "/path/to/file"; default = null; type = with types; uniq (nullOr str); description = '' Specifies the path to a file containing the clear text password for the account. This password will be stored in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, and will be visible to any local user who can read this file. ''; }; password = mkOption { example = "Pa$$w0rd!"; default = null; type = with types; uniq (nullOr str); description = '' Specifies the clear text password for the account. This password will be copied to the Nix store, and will be visible to all local users. ''; }; }; }); }; mirroredBoots = mkOption { default = [ ]; example = [ { path = "/boot1"; devices = [ "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500001234567890a" ]; } { path = "/boot2"; devices = [ "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500009876543210a" ]; } ]; description = '' Mirror the boot configuration to multiple partitions and install grub to the respective devices corresponding to those partitions. ''; type = with types; listOf (submodule { options = { path = mkOption { example = "/boot1"; type = types.str; description = '' The path to the boot directory where GRUB will be written. Generally this boot path should double as an EFI path. ''; }; efiSysMountPoint = mkOption { default = null; example = "/boot1/efi"; type = types.nullOr types.str; description = '' The path to the efi system mount point. Usually this is the same partition as the above path and can be left as null. ''; }; efiBootloaderId = mkOption { default = null; example = "NixOS-fsid"; type = types.nullOr types.str; description = '' The id of the bootloader to store in efi nvram. The default is to name it NixOS and append the path or efiSysMountPoint. This is only used if boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables is true. ''; }; devices = mkOption { default = [ ]; example = [ "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500001234567890a" "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500009876543210a" ]; type = types.listOf types.str; description = '' The path to the devices which will have the GRUB MBR written. Note these are typically device paths and not paths to partitions. ''; }; }; }); }; configurationName = mkOption { default = ""; example = "Stable 2.6.21"; type = types.str; description = '' GRUB entry name instead of default. ''; }; storePath = mkOption { default = "/nix/store"; type = types.str; description = '' Path to the Nix store when looking for kernels at boot. Only makes sense when copyKernels is false. ''; }; extraPrepareConfig = mkOption { default = ""; type = types.lines; description = '' Additional bash commands to be run at the script that prepares the GRUB menu entries. ''; }; extraConfig = mkOption { default = ""; example = '' serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal_input --append serial terminal_output --append serial ''; type = types.lines; description = '' Additional GRUB commands inserted in the configuration file just before the menu entries. ''; }; extraGrubInstallArgs = mkOption { default = [ ]; example = [ "--modules=nativedisk ahci pata part_gpt part_msdos diskfilter mdraid1x lvm ext2" ]; type = types.listOf types.str; description = '' Additional arguments passed to grub-install. A use case for this is to build specific GRUB2 modules directly into the GRUB2 kernel image, so that they are available and activated even in the grub rescue shell. They are also necessary when the BIOS/UEFI is bugged and cannot correctly read large disks (e.g. above 2 TB), so GRUB2's own nativedisk and related modules can be used to use its own disk drivers. The example shows one such case. This is also useful for booting from USB. See the GRUB source code for which disk modules are available. The list elements are passed directly as argv arguments to the grub-install program, in order. ''; }; extraInstallCommands = mkOption { default = ""; example = literalExample '' # the example below generates detached signatures that GRUB can verify # https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#Using-digital-signatures ''${pkgs.findutils}/bin/find /boot -not -path "/boot/efi/*" -type f -name '*.sig' -delete old_gpg_home=$GNUPGHOME export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" ''${pkgs.gnupg}/bin/gpg --import ''${priv_key} > /dev/null 2>&1 ''${pkgs.findutils}/bin/find /boot -not -path "/boot/efi/*" -type f -exec ''${pkgs.gnupg}/bin/gpg --detach-sign "{}" \; > /dev/null 2>&1 rm -rf $GNUPGHOME export GNUPGHOME=$old_gpg_home ''; type = types.lines; description = '' Additional shell commands inserted in the bootloader installer script after generating menu entries. ''; }; extraPerEntryConfig = mkOption { default = ""; example = "root (hd0)"; type = types.lines; description = '' Additional GRUB commands inserted in the configuration file at the start of each NixOS menu entry. ''; }; extraEntries = mkOption { default = ""; type = types.lines; example = '' # GRUB 1 example (not GRUB 2 compatible) title Windows chainloader (hd0,1)+1 # GRUB 2 example menuentry "Windows 7" { chainloader (hd0,4)+1 } # GRUB 2 with UEFI example, chainloading another distro menuentry "Fedora" { set root=(hd1,1) chainloader /efi/fedora/grubx64.efi } ''; description = '' Any additional entries you want added to the GRUB boot menu. ''; }; extraEntriesBeforeNixOS = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether extraEntries are included before the default option. ''; }; extraFiles = mkOption { type = types.attrsOf types.path; default = {}; example = literalExample '' { "memtest.bin" = "''${pkgs.memtest86plus}/memtest.bin"; } ''; description = '' A set of files to be copied to /boot. Each attribute name denotes the destination file name in /boot, while the corresponding attribute value specifies the source file. ''; }; useOSProber = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' If set to true, append entries for other OSs detected by os-prober. ''; }; splashImage = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.path; example = literalExample "./my-background.png"; description = '' Background image used for GRUB. Set to null to run GRUB in text mode. For grub 1: It must be a 640x480, 14-colour image in XPM format, optionally compressed with gzip or bzip2. For grub 2: File must be one of .png, .tga, .jpg, or .jpeg. JPEG images must not be progressive. The image will be scaled if necessary to fit the screen. ''; }; backgroundColor = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.str; example = "#7EBAE4"; default = null; description = '' Background color to be used for GRUB to fill the areas the image isn't filling. This options has no effect for GRUB 1. ''; }; theme = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.path; example = literalExample "pkgs.nixos-grub2-theme"; default = null; description = '' Grub theme to be used. This options has no effect for GRUB 1. ''; }; splashMode = mkOption { type = types.enum [ "normal" "stretch" ]; default = "stretch"; description = '' Whether to stretch the image or show the image in the top-left corner unstretched. This options has no effect for GRUB 1. ''; }; font = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.path; default = "${realGrub}/share/grub/unicode.pf2"; defaultText = ''"''${pkgs.grub2}/share/grub/unicode.pf2"''; description = '' Path to a TrueType, OpenType, or pf2 font to be used by Grub. ''; }; fontSize = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.int; example = literalExample 16; default = null; description = '' Font size for the grub menu. Ignored unless font is set to a ttf or otf font. ''; }; gfxmodeEfi = mkOption { default = "auto"; example = "1024x768"; type = types.str; description = '' The gfxmode to pass to GRUB when loading a graphical boot interface under EFI. ''; }; gfxmodeBios = mkOption { default = "1024x768"; example = "auto"; type = types.str; description = '' The gfxmode to pass to GRUB when loading a graphical boot interface under BIOS. ''; }; gfxpayloadEfi = mkOption { default = "keep"; example = "text"; type = types.str; description = '' The gfxpayload to pass to GRUB when loading a graphical boot interface under EFI. ''; }; gfxpayloadBios = mkOption { default = "text"; example = "keep"; type = types.str; description = '' The gfxpayload to pass to GRUB when loading a graphical boot interface under BIOS. ''; }; configurationLimit = mkOption { default = 100; example = 120; type = types.int; description = '' Maximum of configurations in boot menu. GRUB has problems when there are too many entries. ''; }; copyKernels = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether the GRUB menu builder should copy kernels and initial ramdisks to /boot. This is done automatically if /boot is on a different partition than /. ''; }; default = mkOption { default = "0"; type = types.either types.int types.str; apply = toString; description = '' Index of the default menu item to be booted. ''; }; fsIdentifier = mkOption { default = "uuid"; type = types.enum [ "uuid" "label" "provided" ]; description = '' Determines how GRUB will identify devices when generating the configuration file. A value of uuid / label signifies that grub will always resolve the uuid or label of the device before using it in the configuration. A value of provided means that GRUB will use the device name as show in df or mount. Note, zfs zpools / datasets are ignored and will always be mounted using their labels. ''; }; zfsSupport = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether GRUB should be built against libzfs. ZFS support is only available for GRUB v2. This option is ignored for GRUB v1. ''; }; efiSupport = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether GRUB should be built with EFI support. EFI support is only available for GRUB v2. This option is ignored for GRUB v1. ''; }; efiInstallAsRemovable = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether to invoke grub-install with --removable. Unless you turn this on, GRUB will install itself somewhere in boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint (exactly where depends on other config variables). If you've set boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables *AND* you are currently booted in UEFI mode, then GRUB will use efibootmgr to modify the boot order in the EFI variables of your firmware to include this location. If you are *not* booted in UEFI mode at the time GRUB is being installed, the NVRAM will not be modified, and your system will not find GRUB at boot time. However, GRUB will still return success so you may miss the warning that gets printed ("efibootmgr: EFI variables are not supported on this system."). If you turn this feature on, GRUB will install itself in a special location within efiSysMountPoint (namely EFI/boot/boot$arch.efi) which the firmwares are hardcoded to try first, regardless of NVRAM EFI variables. To summarize, turn this on if: You are installing NixOS and want it to boot in UEFI mode, but you are currently booted in legacy mode You want to make a drive that will boot regardless of the NVRAM state of the computer (like a USB "removable" drive) You simply dislike the idea of depending on NVRAM state to make your drive bootable ''; }; enableCryptodisk = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Enable support for encrypted partitions. GRUB should automatically unlock the correct encrypted partition and look for filesystems. ''; }; forceInstall = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether to try and forcibly install GRUB even if problems are detected. It is not recommended to enable this unless you know what you are doing. ''; }; forcei686 = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Whether to force the use of a ia32 boot loader on x64 systems. Required to install and run NixOS on 64bit x86 systems with 32bit (U)EFI. ''; }; trustedBoot = { enable = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Enable trusted boot. GRUB will measure all critical components during the boot process to offer TCG (TPM) support. ''; }; systemHasTPM = mkOption { default = ""; example = "YES_TPM_is_activated"; type = types.str; description = '' Assertion that the target system has an activated TPM. It is a safety check before allowing the activation of 'trustedBoot.enable'. TrustedBoot WILL FAIL TO BOOT YOUR SYSTEM if no TPM is available. ''; }; isHPLaptop = mkOption { default = false; type = types.bool; description = '' Use a special version of TrustedGRUB that is needed by some HP laptops and works only for the HP laptops. ''; }; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkMerge [ { boot.loader.grub.splashImage = mkDefault ( if cfg.version == 1 then pkgs.fetchurl { url = "http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/36909-soft-tux.xpm.gz"; sha256 = "14kqdx2lfqvh40h6fjjzqgff1mwk74dmbjvmqphi6azzra7z8d59"; } # GRUB 1.97 doesn't support gzipped XPMs. else defaultSplash); } (mkIf (cfg.splashImage == defaultSplash) { boot.loader.grub.backgroundColor = mkDefault "#2F302F"; boot.loader.grub.splashMode = mkDefault "normal"; }) (mkIf cfg.enable { boot.loader.grub.devices = optional (cfg.device != "") cfg.device; boot.loader.grub.mirroredBoots = optionals (cfg.devices != [ ]) [ { path = "/boot"; inherit (cfg) devices; inherit (efi) efiSysMountPoint; } ]; boot.loader.supportsInitrdSecrets = true; system.build.installBootLoader = let install-grub-pl = pkgs.substituteAll { src = ./install-grub.pl; utillinux = pkgs.util-linux; btrfsprogs = pkgs.btrfs-progs; }; perl = pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: with p; [ FileSlurp FileCopyRecursive XMLLibXML XMLSAX XMLSAXBase ListCompare JSON ]); in pkgs.writeScript "install-grub.sh" ('' #!${pkgs.runtimeShell} set -e ${optionalString cfg.enableCryptodisk "export GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y"} '' + flip concatMapStrings cfg.mirroredBoots (args: '' ${perl}/bin/perl ${install-grub-pl} ${grubConfig args} $@ '') + cfg.extraInstallCommands); system.build.grub = grub; # Common attribute for boot loaders so only one of them can be # set at once. system.boot.loader.id = "grub"; environment.systemPackages = optional (grub != null) grub; boot.loader.grub.extraPrepareConfig = concatStrings (mapAttrsToList (n: v: '' ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp -pf "${v}" "@bootPath@/${n}" '') config.boot.loader.grub.extraFiles); assertions = [ { assertion = !cfg.zfsSupport || cfg.version == 2; message = "Only GRUB version 2 provides ZFS support"; } { assertion = cfg.mirroredBoots != [ ]; message = "You must set the option ‘boot.loader.grub.devices’ or " + "'boot.loader.grub.mirroredBoots' to make the system bootable."; } { assertion = cfg.efiSupport || all (c: c < 2) (mapAttrsToList (n: c: if n == "nodev" then 0 else c) bootDeviceCounters); message = "You cannot have duplicated devices in mirroredBoots"; } { assertion = !cfg.trustedBoot.enable || cfg.version == 2; message = "Trusted GRUB is only available for GRUB 2"; } { assertion = !cfg.efiSupport || !cfg.trustedBoot.enable; message = "Trusted GRUB does not have EFI support"; } { assertion = !cfg.zfsSupport || !cfg.trustedBoot.enable; message = "Trusted GRUB does not have ZFS support"; } { assertion = !cfg.trustedBoot.enable || cfg.trustedBoot.systemHasTPM == "YES_TPM_is_activated"; message = "Trusted GRUB can break the system! Confirm that the system has an activated TPM by setting 'systemHasTPM'."; } { assertion = cfg.efiInstallAsRemovable -> cfg.efiSupport; message = "If you wish to to use boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable, then turn on boot.loader.grub.efiSupport"; } { assertion = cfg.efiInstallAsRemovable -> !config.boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables; message = "If you wish to to use boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable, then turn off boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables"; } ] ++ flip concatMap cfg.mirroredBoots (args: [ { assertion = args.devices != [ ]; message = "A boot path cannot have an empty devices string in ${args.path}"; } { assertion = hasPrefix "/" args.path; message = "Boot paths must be absolute, not ${args.path}"; } { assertion = if args.efiSysMountPoint == null then true else hasPrefix "/" args.efiSysMountPoint; message = "EFI paths must be absolute, not ${args.efiSysMountPoint}"; } ] ++ forEach args.devices (device: { assertion = device == "nodev" || hasPrefix "/" device; message = "GRUB devices must be absolute paths, not ${device} in ${args.path}"; })); }) ]; imports = [ (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "bootDevice" ] "") (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "copyKernels" ] [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "copyKernels" ]) (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "extraGrubEntries" ] [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "extraEntries" ]) (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "extraGrubEntriesBeforeNixos" ] [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "extraEntriesBeforeNixOS" ]) (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "grubDevice" ] [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "device" ]) (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "bootMount" ] [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "bootDevice" ]) (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "grubSplashImage" ] [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "splashImage" ]) (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "extraInitrd" ] '' This option has been replaced with the bootloader agnostic boot.initrd.secrets option. To migrate to the initrd secrets system, extract the extraInitrd archive into your main filesystem: # zcat /boot/extra_initramfs.gz | cpio -idvmD /etc/secrets/initrd /path/to/secret1 /path/to/secret2 then replace boot.loader.grub.extraInitrd with boot.initrd.secrets: boot.initrd.secrets = { "/path/to/secret1" = "/etc/secrets/initrd/path/to/secret1"; "/path/to/secret2" = "/etc/secrets/initrd/path/to/secret2"; }; See the boot.initrd.secrets option documentation for more information. '') ]; }