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rbw: add systemd service for rbw-agent and add sshAgent option to make rbw the ssh agent #9690

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rbw: add systemd server for rbw-agent
minionflo Jul 29, 2026
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rbw: add option to use rbw as the SSH Agent
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51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions modules/programs/rbw.nix
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Expand Up @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ let

configDir =
if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then "Library/Application Support" else config.xdg.configHome;
socketPath = "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rbw/ssh-agent-socket";
in
{
meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ambroisie ];
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -93,13 +94,63 @@ in
managed by Home Manager.
'';
};
sshAgent = lib.mkOption {
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type = lib.types.bool;
description = "rbw as an SSH Agent";
default = false;
};

systemd = {
enable = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
description = "run the rbw agent in systemd";
default = true;
};
targets = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
description = "targets for the rbw systemd service";
default = [ "default.target" ];
};
};
};

config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
assertions = [
(lib.hm.assertions.assertPlatform "programs.rbw.sshAgent" pkgs lib.platforms.linux)
];

home.packages = [ cfg.package ];

home.file."${configDir}/rbw/config.json" = lib.mkIf (cfg.settings != null) {
source = jsonFormat.generate "rbw-config.json" (lib.filterAttrs (_: v: v != null) cfg.settings);
};

systemd.user.services.rbw-agent = lib.mkIf cfg.systemd.enable {
Service = {
ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/rbw-agent --no-daemonize";
PIDFile = "rbw/pidfile";
};
Install = {
WantedBy = cfg.systemd.targets;
};
Unit = {
After = [ "network.target" ];
Description = "rbw Agent";
Documentation = "man:rbw-agent(1)";
};
};

sshAuthSock = lib.mkIf cfg.sshAgent {
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enable = true;
systemd = {
socketProviderUnit = lib.mkIf cfg.systemd.enable "rbw-agent.service";
};
initialization = {
bash = "export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=${socketPath}";
fish = "set -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK ${socketPath}";
zsh = "export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=${socketPath}";
nushell = "$env.SSH_AUTH_SOCK = ${socketPath}";
};
};
};
}
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