Hey, I started using agenix to manage my secrets. Is there a way to manage wifi paswords with NetworkManager ?
After some research, I took a look at networking.wireless.environmentFile, but that option only works for wpa_supplicant, which I’d rather not use.
Thanks !
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You can then use variables from that with $VARNAME.
I’d definitely recommend using networkmanager over raw wpa_supplicant for normal desktop devices; it’s much better at mixing declarative and nondeclarative networks. It’s also more versatile when you want to switch between networks, can easily turn on/off VPN configs, …
The main downside is that you need to write networkmanager profiles, and the file format for that is a bit underdocumented. But it’s ok as long as you don’t want to do anything too complex.
That works for me, thank you!
For people that might need to solve the same issue, I’ve written a post on my blog: NixOS: Declarative WiFi connections with agenix and NetworkManager - tasia's website detailing my process.