{lib, ...}: { boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = lib.mkAfter '' mkdir /btrfs_tmp mount /dev/mapper/crypted /btrfs_tmp if [[ -e /btrfs_tmp/root ]]; then mkdir -p /btrfs_tmp/old_roots timestamp=$(date --date="@$(stat -c %Y /btrfs_tmp/root)" "+%Y-%m-%-d_%H:%M:%S") mv /btrfs_tmp/root "/btrfs_tmp/old_roots/$timestamp" fi delete_subvolume_recursively() { IFS=$'\n' for i in $(btrfs subvolume list -o "$1" | cut -f 9- -d ' '); do delete_subvolume_recursively "/btrfs_tmp/$i" done btrfs subvolume delete "$1" } for i in $(find /btrfs_tmp/old_roots/ -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30); do delete_subvolume_recursively "$i" done btrfs subvolume create /btrfs_tmp/root umount /btrfs_tmp ''; fileSystems."/persist".neededForBoot = true; environment.persistence."/persist" = { hideMounts = true; directories = [ { directory = "/etc/nixos"; user = "demo"; mode = "u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx"; } "/var/log" "/var/lib/bluetooth" "/var/lib/nixos" "/var/lib/systemd/coredump" "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections" ]; files = [ "/etc/machine-id" { file = "/var/keys/secret_file"; parentDirectory = {mode = "u=rwx,g=,o=";}; } ]; users."demo" = { directories = [ "this-will-persist" ]; }; }; }