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ArjenandJohnathan Corgan a6567f9cf3 Add NixOS flake module (nixosModules.default) + overlay
Expose the fips daemon as a managed NixOS service so flake consumers
can enable it with a single line instead of hand-rolling a systemd unit.

Flake outputs (system-independent, outside eachDefaultSystem):
- overlays.default  — adds pkgs.fips
- nixosModules.default — packaging/nixos/ module providing services.fips.*

Module options (services.fips):
- enable        (bool, default false) — main mesh daemon
- package       (package, default pkgs.fips via overlay)
- configFile    (path, default /share/fips/fips.yaml) — seed source
- openFirewall  (bool, default true)  — UDP 2121 + TCP 8443
- dns.enable    (bool, default true)  — route .fips to [::1]:5354 via
                                         systemd-resolved (declarative,
                                         no setup/teardown scripts)
- gateway.enable(bool, default false) — outbound LAN gateway service

Hybrid config pattern: fips.yaml + identity keys live in /var/lib/fips/
(writable, seeded on first run only); hosts/ACL files stay at /etc/fips/
because fips hardcodes those paths on Linux. Launched with --config so
fips never loads /etc/fips/fips.yaml by accident.

flake.nix: ship fips.yaml, hosts, and fips.nft via postInstall so the
module can reference them from /share/fips/ without the source tree.
Also fix deprecated stdenv.isLinux -> stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux and
platforms.linux ++ darwin -> platforms.unix.

packaging/README.md: document the overlay + module and show a full
flake.nix consumer example.
2026-08-23 17:39:22 +01:00

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# FIPS Packaging
This directory contains packaging for all supported target platforms.
All build outputs go to `deploy/` at the project root.
## Quick Start
```sh
make deb # Debian/Ubuntu .deb
make tarball # systemd install tarball
make ipk # OpenWrt .ipk (opkg, OpenWrt 24.x and earlier)
make apk # OpenWrt .apk (apk-tools, mandatory on OpenWrt 25+)
make aur # Arch Linux AUR package (fips-git, local build + namcap)
make pkg # macOS .pkg installer
make freebsd # FreeBSD .pkg package (on FreeBSD; use gmake)
make zip # Windows .zip package
make all # deb + tarball (default)
```
## Build Prerequisites
These targets build FIPS from source, so the host needs a build
environment in addition to a Rust toolchain (the version pinned in
`rust-toolchain.toml` is auto-installed by rustup).
On Linux, `libclang` is **required**: the LAN gateway's nftables
bindings are generated by `bindgen` at build time, which needs
`libclang.so` on the build host. Without it the build fails inside the
`rustables` crate with an "Unable to find libclang" error.
```sh
sudo apt install libclang-dev # Debian / Ubuntu
```
This is a build-time prerequisite only — it is not a runtime
dependency, so hosts installing a pre-built `.deb` do not need it.
BLE support is optional and, when building with it, additionally needs
`bluez`, `libdbus-1-dev`, and `pkg-config`; the build picks up BLE if
those are present and skips it cleanly if not.
## Directory Structure
```text
packaging/
aur/ Arch Linux AUR packaging (PKGBUILD, supporting files)
common/ Shared assets (default config, hosts file)
debian/ Debian/Ubuntu .deb packaging via cargo-deb
freebsd/ FreeBSD .pkg packaging via pkg-create(8)
macos/ macOS .pkg installer via pkgbuild
nixos/ NixOS flake module (services.fips.*)
systemd/ Generic Linux systemd tarball packaging
openwrt-ipk/ OpenWrt .ipk packaging via cargo-zigbuild (opkg)
openwrt-apk/ OpenWrt .apk packaging via cargo-zigbuild + apk mkpkg
windows/ Windows .zip package with service scripts
```
## Formats
### Debian/Ubuntu (`.deb`)
Built with [cargo-deb](https://github.com/kornelski/cargo-deb). Installs
`fips`, `fipsctl`, and `fipstop` to `/usr/bin/`, and enables the systemd
service.
The default configuration ships as an example at
`/usr/share/fips/fips.yaml.example` and is **not** a dpkg conf-file.
(It is deliberately **not** under `/usr/share/doc`, which minimal and
container installs path-exclude, since the postinst reads it at install
time.)
On install, `postinst` seeds `/etc/fips/fips.yaml` (mode 600) from the
example **only if it does not already exist**, so a configuration that
was rendered by configuration management or edited by an operator is
never prompted for or clobbered on upgrade. To reset to defaults, remove
`/etc/fips/fips.yaml` and reinstall, or copy the example back manually.
```sh
# Build
make deb
# Install
sudo dpkg -i deploy/fips_<version>_<arch>.deb
# Remove (preserves config and keys)
sudo dpkg -r fips
# Purge (removes config and identity keys)
sudo dpkg -P fips
```
### systemd Tarball
A self-contained tarball with binaries and an `install.sh` script for
any systemd-based Linux distribution.
```sh
# Build
make tarball
# Install (on target host)
tar -xzf deploy/fips-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz
sudo ./fips-<version>-linux-<arch>/install.sh
```
See [systemd/README.install.md](systemd/README.install.md) for full
installation and configuration instructions.
### OpenWrt (`.ipk`, opkg — OpenWrt 24.x and earlier)
Cross-compiled with cargo-zigbuild and assembled as a standard `.ipk`
archive. Supports aarch64, mipsel, mips, arm, and x86\_64 targets.
```sh
# Build (default: aarch64)
make ipk
# Build for a specific architecture
bash packaging/openwrt-ipk/build-ipk.sh --arch mipsel
```
See [openwrt-ipk/README.md](openwrt-ipk/README.md) for router-specific
installation instructions.
### OpenWrt (`.apk`, apk-tools — mandatory on OpenWrt 25+)
OpenWrt 25 makes apk-tools the mandatory package manager (it is opt-in on
24.10). Same SDK-free approach
(cargo-zigbuild), but the `.apk` container is assembled by `apk mkpkg`
rather than hand-rolled, so the build additionally needs an apk-tools v3
`apk` binary built from source. The installed-filesystem payload is shared
with the `.ipk` package.
```sh
# Build (default: aarch64; also x86_64)
make apk
# Build for a specific architecture
bash packaging/openwrt-apk/build-apk.sh --arch x86_64
```
Packages are unsigned; install with `apk add --allow-untrusted`. See
[openwrt-apk/README.md](openwrt-apk/README.md) for building apk-tools and
router-specific installation.
### macOS (`.pkg`)
Built with `pkgbuild` (included with Xcode command-line tools). Installs
binaries to `/usr/local/bin/`, config to `/usr/local/etc/fips/`, sets up
the `/etc/resolver/fips` DNS resolver for `.fips` domains, and loads a
launchd daemon. The TUN device is named `utun<N>` (kernel-assigned)
rather than `fips0`.
```sh
# Build
make pkg
# Install
sudo installer -pkg deploy/fips-<version>-macos-<arch>.pkg -target /
# Remove
sudo packaging/macos/uninstall.sh
```
### FreeBSD (`.pkg`)
Built natively on a FreeBSD host with `pkg create`. Ships `fips`,
`fipsctl`, and `fipstop` (`fips-gateway` is excluded — its NAT backend
is nftables, Linux-only), rc.d services, and `.fips` DNS integration
for `local_unbound`, `unbound`, or `dnsmasq`. Config installs
sample-style under `/usr/local/etc/fips/` (edits survive upgrades).
```sh
# Build (on FreeBSD; this Makefile needs GNU make — pkg install gmake)
gmake freebsd
# or directly, no gmake needed:
./packaging/freebsd/build-pkg.sh
# Install
pkg add ./deploy/fips-<version>-freebsd-<arch>.pkg
sysrc fips_enable=YES fips_dns_enable=YES
service fips start
service fips_dns start
```
See [freebsd/README.md](freebsd/README.md) for host resolver setup and
field-tested caveats.
### Windows (`.zip`)
A ZIP archive containing binaries, default config, and PowerShell
service helper scripts. Requires the [wintun](https://www.wintun.net/)
driver for TUN support.
```powershell
# Build
make zip
# Or directly
powershell -File packaging/windows/build-zip.ps1
# Extract and install as service (requires Administrator)
Expand-Archive deploy\fips-<version>-windows-x86_64.zip -DestinationPath fips
cd fips
powershell -File install-service.ps1
# Uninstall (preserves config)
powershell -File uninstall-service.ps1
# Uninstall and remove config
powershell -File uninstall-service.ps1 -RemoveAll
```
### Arch Linux (AUR)
Two AUR packages are maintained: `fips` (release, builds from tagged
tarball) and `fips-git` (development, builds from latest git master).
```sh
# Build and validate locally (git variant)
make aur
# Install from AUR
yay -S fips-git # development build from master
yay -S fips # release build from latest tag
```
See [aur/README.md](aur/README.md) for AUR publication instructions
and maintainer guide.
### Nix / NixOS (flake)
A [flake](../flake.nix) at the project root builds all four binaries
(`fips`, `fipsctl`, `fips-gateway`, `fipstop`) from source. It pins the
exact toolchain from `rust-toolchain.toml` via
[fenix](https://github.com/nix-community/fenix) and wires up the
build-time native dependencies (`libclang` for `bindgen`, plus `dbus`
and `pkg-config` for BLE), so it needs no system setup beyond Nix with
flakes enabled.
```sh
nix build .#fips # build the package (all four binaries)
nix run .#fips -- --help # run a binary directly
nix run .#fipsctl -- status
nix develop # dev shell with the pinned toolchain + cargo-edit
nix flake check # build + validate the flake
```
The flake also exposes:
- `overlays.default` — adds `pkgs.fips` to nixpkgs
- `nixosModules.default` — a NixOS module (`packaging/nixos/`) that provides
`services.fips.enable` and runs the daemon as a systemd service
**As a package only** (no service management):
```nix
environment.systemPackages = [ fips.packages.${system}.default ];
```
**As a managed NixOS service** (recommended — starts on boot, journalctl logs):
```nix
# flake.nix
{
inputs.fips = {
url = "github:jmcorgan/fips";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
outputs = { self, nixpkgs, fips, ... }@inputs: {
nixosConfigurations.myhost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
modules = [
./configuration.nix
fips.nixosModules.default
{ services.fips.enable = true; }
];
};
};
}
```
See [`packaging/nixos/README.md`](nixos/README.md) for the full option
reference (`services.fips.enable`, `.package`, `.configFile`,
`.openFirewall`).
## Shared Assets
`common/` contains assets used across packaging formats:
- `fips.yaml` — default configuration (ephemeral identity, UDP/TCP/TUN/DNS)
- `hosts` — static hostname-to-npub mappings for `.fips` DNS resolution