Nix module: secure config file #2699
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Stop writing docspell config files to the world-readable nix store, since they contain sensitive info, e.g. database passwords. Additionally, provide a `configFile` option so users may point to a file they've secured using their prefered secret management strategy.
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Update the NixOS module to handle config files more securely.
This addresses some of the low-hanging fruit identified in #2451
1) Stop writing config files to the world-readable nix store
Instead, write to
/etc/docspell-restserver.confand/etc/docspell-joex.confreadable only by the docspell user.2) Provide a
configFileoptionAllow the user to specify the path to a config file. They can use this to point to a file they've secured with their preferred secret management scheme (to avoid leaking sensitive info in the nixos configuration itself).
Only generate a config file if this option is left unspecified.
Example usage:
https://codeberg.org/ivanbrennan/nixos-config/commit/0d34b183dfe3e04421cb6044e67d974b83260630