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# Tutorial {#tutorial}
1. The system you want to deploy secrets to should already exist and
have `sshd` running on it so that it has generated SSH host keys in
`/etc/ssh/`.
2. Make a directory to store secrets and `secrets.nix` file for listing secrets and their public keys (This file is **not** imported into your NixOS configuration. It is only used for the `agenix` CLI.):
```ShellSession
$ mkdir secrets
$ cd secrets
$ touch secrets.nix
```
3. Add public keys to `secrets.nix` file (hint: use `ssh-keyscan` or GitHub (for example, https://github.com/ryantm.keys)):
```nix
let
user1 = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIL0idNvgGiucWgup/mP78zyC23uFjYq0evcWdjGQUaBH";
user2 = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILI6jSq53F/3hEmSs+oq9L4TwOo1PrDMAgcA1uo1CCV/";
users = [ user1 user2 ];
system1 = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPJDyIr/FSz1cJdcoW69R+NrWzwGK/+3gJpqD1t8L2zE";
system2 = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKzxQgondgEYcLpcPdJLrTdNgZ2gznOHCAxMdaceTUT1";
systems = [ system1 system2 ];
in
{
"secret1.age".publicKeys = [ user1 system1 ];
"secret2.age".publicKeys = users ++ systems;
}
```
4. Edit secret files (these instructions assume your SSH private key is in ~/.ssh/):
```ShellSession
$ agenix -e secret1.age
```
5. Add secret to a NixOS module config:
```nix
{
age.secrets.secret1.file = ../secrets/secret1.age;
}
```
6. Use the secret in your config:
```nix
{
users.users.user1 = {
isNormalUser = true;
passwordFile = config.age.secrets.secret1.path;
};
}
```
7. NixOS rebuild or use your deployment tool like usual.
The secret will be decrypted to the value of `config.age.secrets.secret1.path` (`/run/agenix/secret1` by default).