preferences-secrets

Manage secrets in NixOS by integrating sops-nix to declaratively handle encrypted files within NixOS, nix-darwin, and home-manager configurations. This ensures sensitive data is encrypted at rest and only decrypted when needed by the system or services.

Storing encrypted configuration files in Git is best handled using sops to encrypt sensitive YAML and JSON files directly within your project repository. This prevents accidental exposure of API keys and passwords while maintaining version control history.

Choosing between Age and GPG keys for sops secrets management depends on your workflow. The framework provides guidance on using Age versus GPG, detailing strategies for development key sharing and CI/CD key management to secure your deployment environments.

Securely handling secrets in GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines is supported through detailed integration strategies. The framework demonstrates how to securely manage and decrypt platform-specific secrets during deployment workflows without exposing them.

Managing multi-environment secrets involves using sops for version-controlled encrypted files alongside platform-specific secrets for deployment environments. The framework provides detailed strategies for key management and CI/CD integration across different deployment targets.