1# `_utils.genSecrets` 2`namespace<str> -> files<list[str]> -> value<attrset> -> attrset` 3 4```admonish danger 5This function is now an internal function. The signature is not likely to be changed, but there are better utilities to 6do the job even better. Consider using [`setupSecrets`](./setupSecrets.md) instead. 7``` 8 9generate an attrset to be passed into sops.secrets. 10 11## Example 12```nix 13{ _utils, ... }: 14let 15 secrets = [ 16 "secure_secret" 17 # this is a directory structure, so secrets will be stored as a file in /run/secrets/service/test/secret. 18 "service/test/secret" 19 ]; 20in { 21 sops.secrets = _utils.genSecrets "" secrets {}; # it's recommended to use a namespace, but having none is still fine. 22 # -> sops.secrets."secure_secret" = {}; 23 # sops.secrets."service/test/secret" = {}; 24 sops.secrets = _utils.genSecrets "balls" ["balls_secret"] {owner = "balls";}; 25 # -> sops.secrets."balls/balls_secret" = {owner = "balls";}; 26} 27``` 28 29See <https://github.com/soopyc/nix-on-koumakan/blob/b7983776143c15c91df69ef34ba4264a22047ec6/systems/koumakan/services/fedivese/akkoma.nix#L8-L34> for a more extensive example