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mcp-servers/modules/ssh-mcp.nix
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{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
let
inherit (lib)
mkEnableOption
mkOption
mkIf
types
;
cfg = config.services.ssh-mcp;
hostConfig = config;
toml = pkgs.formats.toml { };
renderEnvValue =
value:
if builtins.isBool value then
(if value then "true" else "false")
else if builtins.isList value then
lib.concatStringsSep "," value
else
toString value;
authType = types.submodule {
options = {
method = mkOption {
type = types.enum [ "agent" "key" "password" ];
default = "agent";
description = "SSH authentication method.";
};
key = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Private key path for `method = \"key\"`.";
};
identityFingerprint = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Pin one agent identity by SHA-256 fingerprint.";
};
identitiesOnly = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.bool;
default = null;
description = "Offer only the pinned identity to the server.";
};
identityAgent = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "SSH agent socket to use instead of SSH_AUTH_SOCK.";
};
passphraseCmd = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Local command that prints the key passphrase.";
};
extraConfig = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.anything;
default = { };
description = "Escape hatch merged into this auth table.";
};
};
};
defaultsType = types.submodule {
options = {
user = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "root";
description = "Default SSH user.";
};
port = mkOption {
type = types.port;
default = 22;
description = "Default SSH port.";
};
platform = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "linux";
description = "Default target platform.";
};
persistentSession = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Allow persistent shell sessions by default.";
};
pathAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Default path roots. Empty means no paths are allowed.";
};
restrictedPaths = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Default paths carved out of the allowlist.";
};
commandAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Default exec command allowlist.";
};
auth = mkOption {
type = authType;
default = { };
description = "Default SSH authentication policy.";
};
extraConfig = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.anything;
default = { };
description = "Escape hatch merged into the `[defaults]` table.";
};
};
};
hostType = types.submodule {
options = {
hostname = mkOption {
type = types.str;
description = "Canonical hostname or address used on the wire.";
};
user = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Per-host SSH user override.";
};
port = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.port;
default = null;
description = "Per-host SSH port override.";
};
platform = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Per-host platform override.";
};
persistentSession = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.bool;
default = null;
description = "Per-host persistent-session override.";
};
pathAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
default = null;
description = "Per-host path roots.";
};
restrictedPaths = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
default = null;
description = "Per-host paths carved out of the allowlist.";
};
commandAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
default = null;
description = "Per-host exec command allowlist.";
};
auth = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr authType;
default = null;
description = "Per-host authentication policy override.";
};
extraConfig = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.anything;
default = { };
description = "Escape hatch merged into this host's table.";
};
};
};
settingsType = types.submodule {
options = {
enabledGroups = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Tool groups to expose. Empty exposes all groups.";
};
hostsAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Additional hostnames allowed by the server.";
};
hostsBlocklist = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Hostnames denied by the server. Deny wins.";
};
pathAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Server-wide path allowlist.";
};
restrictedPaths = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Server-wide restricted paths.";
};
commandAllowlist = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Server-wide exec command allowlist.";
};
allowLowAccessTools = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Enable SFTP-mediated file mutation tools.";
};
allowDangerousTools = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Enable arbitrary command execution tools.";
};
allowSudo = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Enable sudo-tier tools. Also requires dangerous tools.";
};
allowAnyCommand = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Permit arbitrary commands when no command allowlist is set.";
};
allowPasswordAuth = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Permit password authentication.";
};
pingIncludesNotes = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Include operator notes in host ping results.";
};
pingIncludesAgentNotes = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Include agent notes in host ping results.";
};
otelEnabled = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Enable OpenTelemetry export.";
};
localTransferRoots = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Local paths the server may read for uploads and transfers.";
};
dockerCmd = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Docker-compatible CLI to use, e.g. `podman`.";
};
configFile = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;
description = "Optional OpenSSH config file to fill in unset host fields.";
};
extraEnv = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.str;
default = { };
description = "Extra environment variables for the ssh-mcp process.";
};
};
};
renderAuth =
auth:
{ inherit (auth) method; }
// lib.optionalAttrs (auth.key != null) { inherit (auth) key; }
// lib.optionalAttrs (auth.identityFingerprint != null) {
identity_fingerprint = auth.identityFingerprint;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (auth.identitiesOnly != null) {
identities_only = auth.identitiesOnly;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (auth.identityAgent != null) {
identity_agent = auth.identityAgent;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (auth.passphraseCmd != null) {
passphrase_cmd = auth.passphraseCmd;
}
// auth.extraConfig;
renderDefaults =
defaults:
{
inherit (defaults) user port platform;
persistent_session = defaults.persistentSession;
path_allowlist = defaults.pathAllowlist;
restricted_paths = defaults.restrictedPaths;
command_allowlist = defaults.commandAllowlist;
auth = renderAuth defaults.auth;
}
// defaults.extraConfig;
renderHost =
host:
{ inherit (host) hostname; }
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.user != null) { inherit (host) user; }
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.port != null) { inherit (host) port; }
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.platform != null) { inherit (host) platform; }
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.persistentSession != null) {
persistent_session = host.persistentSession;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.pathAllowlist != null) {
path_allowlist = host.pathAllowlist;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.restrictedPaths != null) {
restricted_paths = host.restrictedPaths;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.commandAllowlist != null) {
command_allowlist = host.commandAllowlist;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (host.auth != null) {
auth = renderAuth host.auth;
}
// host.extraConfig;
renderInstanceSettings =
instance:
{
ALLOW_LOW_ACCESS_TOOLS = renderEnvValue instance.settings.allowLowAccessTools;
ALLOW_DANGEROUS_TOOLS = renderEnvValue instance.settings.allowDangerousTools;
ALLOW_SUDO = renderEnvValue instance.settings.allowSudo;
ALLOW_ANY_COMMAND = renderEnvValue instance.settings.allowAnyCommand;
ALLOW_PASSWORD_AUTH = renderEnvValue instance.settings.allowPasswordAuth;
SSH_PING_INCLUDES_NOTES = renderEnvValue instance.settings.pingIncludesNotes;
SSH_PING_INCLUDES_AGENT_NOTES = renderEnvValue instance.settings.pingIncludesAgentNotes;
OTEL_ENABLED = renderEnvValue instance.settings.otelEnabled;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.enabledGroups != [ ]) {
SSH_ENABLED_GROUPS = renderEnvValue instance.settings.enabledGroups;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.hostsAllowlist != [ ]) {
SSH_HOSTS_ALLOWLIST = renderEnvValue instance.settings.hostsAllowlist;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.hostsBlocklist != [ ]) {
SSH_HOSTS_BLOCKLIST = renderEnvValue instance.settings.hostsBlocklist;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.pathAllowlist != [ ]) {
SSH_PATH_ALLOWLIST = renderEnvValue instance.settings.pathAllowlist;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.restrictedPaths != [ ]) {
SSH_RESTRICTED_PATHS = renderEnvValue instance.settings.restrictedPaths;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.commandAllowlist != [ ]) {
SSH_COMMAND_ALLOWLIST = renderEnvValue instance.settings.commandAllowlist;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.localTransferRoots != [ ]) {
SSH_LOCAL_TRANSFER_ROOTS = renderEnvValue instance.settings.localTransferRoots;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.dockerCmd != null) {
SSH_DOCKER_CMD = instance.settings.dockerCmd;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs (instance.settings.configFile != null) {
SSH_CONFIG_FILE = instance.settings.configFile;
}
// instance.settings.extraEnv;
instanceType = types.submodule (
{ name, config, ... }:
{
options = {
enable = mkEnableOption "the ssh-mcp instance ${name}";
package = mkOption {
type = types.package;
default = pkgs.python-ssh-mcp;
description = "ssh-mcp package for this instance.";
};
description = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "ssh-mcp instance ${name}";
description = "Backend description used by `gatewayBackend`.";
};
hostsFileName = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "hosts.toml";
description = "Generated hosts policy filename under `~/.config/ssh-mcp/${name}`.";
};
knownHostsFileName = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "known_hosts";
description = "Generated known_hosts filename under `~/.config/ssh-mcp/${name}`.";
};
defaults = mkOption {
type = defaultsType;
default = { };
description = "Default host policy for this instance.";
};
hosts = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf hostType;
default = { };
description = "Hosts reachable through this instance, keyed by alias.";
};
knownHosts = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.str;
default = { };
description = ''
Pinned host keys keyed by canonical hostname. Each value is the
key type and public key, e.g. `ssh-ed25519 AAAA...`.
'';
};
settings = mkOption {
type = settingsType;
default = { };
description = "ssh-mcp server-wide environment settings.";
};
hostsFile = mkOption {
type = types.str;
readOnly = true;
default = "${hostConfig.xdg.configHome}/ssh-mcp/${name}/${config.hostsFileName}";
description = "Runtime path of the generated hosts policy.";
};
knownHostsFile = mkOption {
type = types.str;
readOnly = true;
default = "${hostConfig.xdg.configHome}/ssh-mcp/${name}/${config.knownHostsFileName}";
description = "Runtime path of the generated known_hosts file.";
};
gatewayBackend = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.anything;
readOnly = true;
default = {
command = "${config.package}/bin/ssh-mcp";
inherit (config) description;
env = {
SSH_HOSTS_FILE = config.hostsFile;
SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS = config.knownHostsFile;
}
// renderInstanceSettings config;
};
description = "Backend attrset ready for `services.mcp-gateway.backends`.";
};
};
}
);
in
{
options.services.ssh-mcp = {
instances = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf instanceType;
default = { };
description = "Independent ssh-mcp server instances.";
};
};
config = {
xdg.configFile = lib.mkMerge (
lib.mapAttrsToList (
name: instance:
mkIf instance.enable {
"ssh-mcp/${name}/${instance.hostsFileName}".source = toml.generate "ssh-mcp-${name}-hosts.toml" {
defaults = renderDefaults instance.defaults;
hosts = lib.mapAttrs (_host: host: renderHost host) instance.hosts;
};
"ssh-mcp/${name}/${instance.knownHostsFileName}".text =
lib.optionalString (instance.knownHosts != { }) (
lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
lib.mapAttrsToList (host: key: "${host} ${key}") instance.knownHosts
)
+ "\n"
);
}
) cfg.instances
);
};
}