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-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/config/mysql.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/config/nix-channel.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix17
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix22
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/installer/virtualbox-demo.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/misc/version.nix42
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/module-list.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/profiles/image-based-appliance.nix26
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix9
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix15
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix57
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/audio/wyoming/openwakeword.nix22
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/backup/borgmatic.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/blockchain/ethereum/erigon.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/logging/syslog-ng.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix17
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.md74
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.nix143
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.md44
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.nix86
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix8
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/gvpe.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/iscsi/initiator.nix36
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/multipath.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/spiped.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix86
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/sslh.nix189
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/strongswan-swanctl/module.nix30
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/unifi.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/system/nix-daemon.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-servers/stargazer.nix8
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/activation/activatable-system.nix65
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix28
-rwxr-xr-xnixos/modules/system/activation/switch-to-configuration.pl4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/activation/switchable-system.nix55
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix51
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix25
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix45
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/encrypted-devices.nix69
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix54
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix12
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix62
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-systemd.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix18
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/tasks/swraid.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix4
51 files changed, 1085 insertions, 427 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/mysql.nix b/nixos/modules/config/mysql.nix
index 2f13c56f2ae5..95c9ba76663e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/mysql.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/mysql.nix
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    # Activation script to append the password from the password file
+    # preStart script to append the password from the password file
     # to the configuration files. It also fixes the owner of the
     # libnss-mysql-root.cfg because it is changed to root after the
     # password is appended.
-    system.activationScripts.mysql-auth-passwords = ''
+    systemd.services.mysql.preStart = ''
       if [[ -r ${cfg.passwordFile} ]]; then
         org_umask=$(umask)
         umask 0077
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/nix-channel.nix b/nixos/modules/config/nix-channel.nix
index 3f8e088ede92..4abc846b0858 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/nix-channel.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/nix-channel.nix
@@ -97,12 +97,9 @@ in
 
     nix.settings.nix-path = mkIf (! cfg.channel.enable) (mkDefault "");
 
-    system.activationScripts.nix-channel = mkIf cfg.channel.enable
-      (stringAfter [ "etc" "users" ] ''
-        # Subscribe the root user to the NixOS channel by default.
-        if [ ! -e "/root/.nix-channels" ]; then
-            echo "${config.system.defaultChannel} nixos" > "/root/.nix-channels"
-        fi
-      '');
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = lib.mkIf cfg.channel.enable [
+      "f /root/.nix-channels -"
+      ''w "/root/.nix-channels" - - - - "${config.system.defaultChannel} nixos\n"''
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix b/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix
index 97268a8d83ef..b4251214876e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix
@@ -606,6 +606,14 @@ in {
           defaultText = literalExpression "config.users.users.\${name}.group";
           default = cfg.users.${name}.group;
         };
+        options.shell = mkOption {
+          type = types.passwdEntry types.path;
+          description = ''
+            The path to the user's shell in initrd.
+          '';
+          default = "${pkgs.shadow}/bin/nologin";
+          defaultText = literalExpression "\${pkgs.shadow}/bin/nologin";
+        };
       }));
     };
 
@@ -750,17 +758,20 @@ in {
     boot.initrd.systemd = lib.mkIf config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable {
       contents = {
         "/etc/passwd".text = ''
-          ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (n: { uid, group }: let
+          ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (n: { uid, group, shell }: let
             g = config.boot.initrd.systemd.groups.${group};
-          in "${n}:x:${toString uid}:${toString g.gid}::/var/empty:") config.boot.initrd.systemd.users)}
+          in "${n}:x:${toString uid}:${toString g.gid}::/var/empty:${shell}") config.boot.initrd.systemd.users)}
         '';
         "/etc/group".text = ''
           ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (n: { gid }: "${n}:x:${toString gid}:") config.boot.initrd.systemd.groups)}
         '';
+        "/etc/shells".text = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.unique (lib.mapAttrsToList (_: u: u.shell) config.boot.initrd.systemd.users)) + "\n";
       };
 
+      storePaths = [ "${pkgs.shadow}/bin/nologin" ];
+
       users = {
-        root = {};
+        root = { shell = lib.mkDefault "/bin/bash"; };
         nobody = {};
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
index d385e4a6b1c8..15e10128ac9a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
@@ -224,12 +224,22 @@ in
         # accidentally delete configuration.nix.
         # system.copySystemConfiguration = true;
 
-        # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
-        # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
-        # on your system were taken. It's perfectly fine and recommended to leave
-        # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
-        # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
-        # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
+        # This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
+        # and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
+        #
+        # Most users should NEVER change this value after the initial install, for any reason,
+        # even if you've upgraded your system to a new NixOS release.
+        #
+        # This value does NOT affect the Nixpkgs version your packages and OS are pulled from,
+        # so changing it will NOT upgrade your system.
+        #
+        # This value being lower than the current NixOS release does NOT mean your system is
+        # out of date, out of support, or vulnerable.
+        #
+        # Do NOT change this value unless you have manually inspected all the changes it would make to your configuration,
+        # and migrated your data accordingly.
+        #
+        # For more information, see `man configuration.nix` or https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options#opt-system.stateVersion .
         system.stateVersion = "${config.system.nixos.release}"; # Did you read the comment?
 
       }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/virtualbox-demo.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/virtualbox-demo.nix
index 27a7651382b2..01931b2acfca 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/virtualbox-demo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/virtualbox-demo.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ with lib;
   services.xserver.videoDrivers = mkOverride 40 [ "virtualbox" "vmware" "cirrus" "vesa" "modesetting" ];
 
   powerManagement.enable = false;
-  system.stateVersion = mkDefault "18.03";
+  system.stateVersion = lib.mkDefault lib.trivial.release;
 
   installer.cloneConfigExtra = ''
   # Let demo build as a trusted user.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
index 0a66eafe933e..45dbf45b3ae7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
@@ -121,22 +121,32 @@ in
       default = cfg.release;
       defaultText = literalExpression "config.${opt.release}";
       description = lib.mdDoc ''
-        Every once in a while, a new NixOS release may change
-        configuration defaults in a way incompatible with stateful
-        data. For instance, if the default version of PostgreSQL
-        changes, the new version will probably be unable to read your
-        existing databases. To prevent such breakage, you should set the
-        value of this option to the NixOS release with which you want
-        to be compatible. The effect is that NixOS will use
-        defaults corresponding to the specified release (such as using
-        an older version of PostgreSQL).
-        It’s perfectly fine and recommended to leave this value at the
-        release version of the first install of this system.
-        Changing this option will not upgrade your system. In fact it
-        is meant to stay constant exactly when you upgrade your system.
-        You should only bump this option, if you are sure that you can
-        or have migrated all state on your system which is affected
-        by this option.
+        This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
+        and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
+
+        For example, if NixOS version XX.YY ships with AwesomeDB version N by default, and is then
+        upgraded to version XX.YY+1, which ships AwesomeDB version N+1, the existing databases
+        may no longer be compatible, causing applications to fail, or even leading to data loss.
+
+        The `stateVersion` mechanism avoids this situation by making the default version of such packages
+        conditional on the first version of NixOS you've installed (encoded in `stateVersion`), instead of
+        simply always using the latest one.
+
+        Note that this generally only affects applications that can't upgrade their data automatically -
+        applications and services supporting automatic migrations will remain on latest versions when
+        you upgrade.
+
+        Most users should **never** change this value after the initial install, for any reason,
+        even if you've upgraded your system to a new NixOS release.
+
+        This value does **not** affect the Nixpkgs version your packages and OS are pulled from,
+        so changing it will **not** upgrade your system.
+
+        This value being lower than the current NixOS release does **not** mean your system is
+        out of date, out of support, or vulnerable.
+
+        Do **not** change this value unless you have manually inspected all the changes it would
+        make to your configuration, and migrated your data accordingly.
       '';
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 4d8fa8159a89..bfac651f5a81 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -767,12 +767,14 @@
   ./services/monitoring/below.nix
   ./services/monitoring/bosun.nix
   ./services/monitoring/cadvisor.nix
+  ./services/monitoring/certspotter.nix
   ./services/monitoring/cockpit.nix
   ./services/monitoring/collectd.nix
   ./services/monitoring/das_watchdog.nix
   ./services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
   ./services/monitoring/do-agent.nix
   ./services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix
+  ./services/monitoring/goss.nix
   ./services/monitoring/grafana-agent.nix
   ./services/monitoring/grafana-image-renderer.nix
   ./services/monitoring/grafana-reporter.nix
@@ -1406,6 +1408,7 @@
   ./system/activation/activatable-system.nix
   ./system/activation/activation-script.nix
   ./system/activation/specialisation.nix
+  ./system/activation/switchable-system.nix
   ./system/activation/bootspec.nix
   ./system/activation/top-level.nix
   ./system/boot/binfmt.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/image-based-appliance.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/image-based-appliance.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e8b6f696d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/image-based-appliance.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This profile sets up a sytem for image based appliance usage. An appliance is
+# installed as an image, cannot be re-built, has no Nix available, and is
+# generally not meant for interactive use. Updates to such an appliance are
+# handled by updating whole partition images via a tool like systemd-sysupdate.
+
+{ lib, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+
+  # Appliances are always "minimal".
+  imports = [
+    "${modulesPath}/profiles/minimal.nix"
+  ];
+
+  # The system cannot be rebuilt.
+  nix.enable = false;
+  system.switch.enable = false;
+
+  # The system is static.
+  users.mutableUsers = false;
+
+  # The system avoids interpreters as much as possible to reduce its attack
+  # surface.
+  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+  networking.useNetworkd = lib.mkDefault true;
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
index bd1b2b452189..75f355b4a002 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ with lib;
 
   documentation.nixos.enable = mkDefault false;
 
+  # Perl is a default package.
+  environment.defaultPackages = mkDefault [ ];
+
+  # The lessopen package pulls in Perl.
+  programs.less.lessopen = mkDefault null;
+
+  # This pulls in nixos-containers which depends on Perl.
+  boot.enableContainers = mkDefault false;
+
   programs.command-not-found.enable = mkDefault false;
 
   services.logrotate.enable = mkDefault false;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix b/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
index 02b11766b3c0..2a855a77e3a3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
@@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ in
         source = "${pkgs.duo-unix.out}/bin/login_duo";
       };
 
-    system.activationScripts = {
-      login_duo = mkIf cfg.ssh.enable ''
+    systemd.services.login-duo = lib.mkIf cfg.ssh.enable {
+      wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      before = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
+      script = ''
         if test -f "${cfg.secretKeyFile}"; then
           mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/duo
 
@@ -209,7 +212,13 @@ in
           mv -fT "$conf" /etc/duo/login_duo.conf
         fi
       '';
-      pam_duo = mkIf cfg.pam.enable ''
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.pam-duo = lib.mkIf cfg.ssh.enable {
+      wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      before = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
+      script = ''
         if test -f "${cfg.secretKeyFile}"; then
           mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/duo
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
index a8bb0650b11a..250f9775be14 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
@@ -275,33 +275,38 @@ in
       mrpx ${wrap.source},
     '') wrappers;
 
-    ###### wrappers activation script
-    system.activationScripts.wrappers =
-      lib.stringAfter [ "specialfs" "users" ]
-        ''
-          chmod 755 "${parentWrapperDir}"
-
-          # We want to place the tmpdirs for the wrappers to the parent dir.
-          wrapperDir=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir="${parentWrapperDir}" wrappers.XXXXXXXXXX)
-          chmod a+rx "$wrapperDir"
-
-          ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" mkWrappedPrograms}
-
-          if [ -L ${wrapperDir} ]; then
-            # Atomically replace the symlink
-            # See https://axialcorps.com/2013/07/03/atomically-replacing-files-and-directories/
-            old=$(readlink -f ${wrapperDir})
-            if [ -e "${wrapperDir}-tmp" ]; then
-              rm --force --recursive "${wrapperDir}-tmp"
-            fi
-            ln --symbolic --force --no-dereference "$wrapperDir" "${wrapperDir}-tmp"
-            mv --no-target-directory "${wrapperDir}-tmp" "${wrapperDir}"
-            rm --force --recursive "$old"
-          else
-            # For initial setup
-            ln --symbolic "$wrapperDir" "${wrapperDir}"
+    systemd.services.suid-sgid-wrappers = {
+      description = "Create SUID/SGID Wrappers";
+      wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      before = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
+      unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = [ "/nix/store" "/run/wrappers" ];
+      serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+      script = ''
+        chmod 755 "${parentWrapperDir}"
+
+        # We want to place the tmpdirs for the wrappers to the parent dir.
+        wrapperDir=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir="${parentWrapperDir}" wrappers.XXXXXXXXXX)
+        chmod a+rx "$wrapperDir"
+
+        ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" mkWrappedPrograms}
+
+        if [ -L ${wrapperDir} ]; then
+          # Atomically replace the symlink
+          # See https://axialcorps.com/2013/07/03/atomically-replacing-files-and-directories/
+          old=$(readlink -f ${wrapperDir})
+          if [ -e "${wrapperDir}-tmp" ]; then
+            rm --force --recursive "${wrapperDir}-tmp"
           fi
-        '';
+          ln --symbolic --force --no-dereference "$wrapperDir" "${wrapperDir}-tmp"
+          mv --no-target-directory "${wrapperDir}-tmp" "${wrapperDir}"
+          rm --force --recursive "$old"
+        else
+          # For initial setup
+          ln --symbolic "$wrapperDir" "${wrapperDir}"
+        fi
+      '';
+    };
 
     ###### wrappers consistency checks
     system.checks = lib.singleton (pkgs.runCommandLocal
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/wyoming/openwakeword.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/wyoming/openwakeword.nix
index 06b7dd585fda..713945c1df62 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/wyoming/openwakeword.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/wyoming/openwakeword.nix
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ let
     toString
     ;
 
-  models = [
-    # wyoming_openwakeword/models/*.tflite
-    "alexa"
-    "hey_jarvis"
-    "hey_mycroft"
-    "hey_rhasspy"
-    "ok_nabu"
-  ];
-
 in
 
 {
@@ -51,15 +42,22 @@ in
     };
 
     models = mkOption {
-      type = listOf (enum models);
-      default = models;
+      type = listOf str;
+      default = [
+        # wyoming_openwakeword/models/*.tflite
+        "alexa"
+        "hey_jarvis"
+        "hey_mycroft"
+        "hey_rhasspy"
+        "ok_nabu"
+      ];
       description = mdDoc ''
         List of wake word models that should be made available.
       '';
     };
 
     preloadModels = mkOption {
-      type = listOf (enum models);
+      type = listOf str;
       default = [
         "ok_nabu"
       ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/borgmatic.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/borgmatic.nix
index d3ba7628e85d..b27dd2817120 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/borgmatic.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/borgmatic.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
     warnings = []
-      ++ optional (cfg.settings != null && cfg.settings.location != null)
+      ++ optional (cfg.settings != null && cfg.settings ? location)
         "`services.borgmatic.settings.location` is deprecated, please move your options out of sections to the global scope"
       ++ optional (catAttrs "location" (attrValues cfg.configurations) != [])
         "`services.borgmatic.configurations.<name>.location` is deprecated, please move your options out of sections to the global scope"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/blockchain/ethereum/erigon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/blockchain/ethereum/erigon.nix
index 8ebe0fcaff54..945a373d1274 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/blockchain/ethereum/erigon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/blockchain/ethereum/erigon.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ in {
     services.erigon = {
       enable = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "Ethereum implementation on the efficiency frontier");
 
+      package = mkPackageOptionMD pkgs "erigon" { };
+
       extraArgs = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         description = lib.mdDoc "Additional arguments passed to Erigon";
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ in {
 
       serviceConfig = {
         LoadCredential = "ERIGON_JWT:${cfg.secretJwtPath}";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.erigon}/bin/erigon --config ${configFile} --authrpc.jwtsecret=%d/ERIGON_JWT ${lib.escapeShellArgs cfg.extraArgs}";
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/erigon --config ${configFile} --authrpc.jwtsecret=%d/ERIGON_JWT ${lib.escapeShellArgs cfg.extraArgs}";
         DynamicUser = true;
         Restart = "on-failure";
         StateDirectory = "erigon";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
index 56120094871c..24987374ab0d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ in
 
     boot.kernelParams = mkIf (!config.networking.usePredictableInterfaceNames) [ "net.ifnames=0" ];
 
-    boot.initrd.extraUdevRulesCommands = optionalString (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable && config.boot.initrd.services.udev.rules != "")
+    boot.initrd.extraUdevRulesCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable && config.boot.initrd.services.udev.rules != "")
       ''
         cat <<'EOF' > $out/99-local.rules
         ${config.boot.initrd.services.udev.rules}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/syslog-ng.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/syslog-ng.nix
index d22acbeaa70c..48d556b9459e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/syslog-ng.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/syslog-ng.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ in {
       configHeader = mkOption {
         type = types.lines;
         default = ''
-          @version: 3.6
+          @version: 4.4
           @include "scl.conf"
         '';
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix
index 642f8b20fe35..3f07fabcf177 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix
@@ -143,13 +143,11 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.mlmmj ];
 
-    system.activationScripts.mlmmj = ''
-          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p ${stateDir} ${spoolDir}/${cfg.listDomain}
-          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${spoolDir}
-          ${concatMapLines (createList cfg.listDomain) cfg.mailLists}
-          ${pkgs.postfix}/bin/postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
-          ${pkgs.postfix}/bin/postmap /etc/postfix/transport
-      '';
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      ''d "${stateDir}" -''
+      ''d "${spoolDir}/${cfg.listDomain}" -''
+      ''Z "${spoolDir}" - "${cfg.user}" "${cfg.group}" -''
+    ];
 
     systemd.services.mlmmj-maintd = {
       description = "mlmmj maintenance daemon";
@@ -158,6 +156,11 @@ in
         Group = cfg.group;
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.mlmmj}/bin/mlmmj-maintd -F -d ${spoolDir}/${cfg.listDomain}";
       };
+      preStart = ''
+        ${concatMapLines (createList cfg.listDomain) cfg.mailLists}
+        ${pkgs.postfix}/bin/postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
+        ${pkgs.postfix}/bin/postmap /etc/postfix/transport
+      '';
     };
 
     systemd.timers.mlmmj-maintd = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.md b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bf6e1d946a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.md
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Cert Spotter {#module-services-certspotter}
+
+Cert Spotter is a tool for monitoring [Certificate Transparency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_Transparency)
+logs.
+
+## Service Configuration {#modules-services-certspotter-service-configuration}
+
+A basic config that notifies you of all certificate changes for your
+domain would look as follows:
+
+```nix
+services.certspotter = {
+  enable = true;
+  # replace example.org with your domain name
+  watchlist = [ ".example.org" ];
+  emailRecipients = [ "webmaster@example.org" ];
+};
+
+# Configure an SMTP client
+programs.msmtp.enable = true;
+# Or you can use any other module that provides sendmail, like
+# services.nullmailer, services.opensmtpd, services.postfix
+```
+
+In this case, the leading dot in `".example.org"` means that Cert
+Spotter should monitor not only `example.org`, but also all of its
+subdomains.
+
+## Operation {#modules-services-certspotter-operation}
+
+**By default, NixOS configures Cert Spotter to skip all certificates
+issued before its first launch**, because checking the entire
+Certificate Transparency logs requires downloading tens of terabytes of
+data. If you want to check the *entire* logs for previously issued
+certificates, you have to set `services.certspotter.startAtEnd` to
+`false` and remove all previously saved log state in
+`/var/lib/certspotter/logs`. The downloaded logs aren't saved, so if you
+add a new domain to the watchlist and want Cert Spotter to go through
+the logs again, you will have to remove `/var/lib/certspotter/logs`
+again.
+
+After catching up with the logs, Cert Spotter will start monitoring live
+logs. As of October 2023, it uses around **20 Mbps** of traffic on
+average.
+
+## Hooks {#modules-services-certspotter-hooks}
+
+Cert Spotter supports running custom hooks instead of (or in addition
+to) sending emails. Hooks are shell scripts that will be passed certain
+environment variables.
+
+To see hook documentation, see Cert Spotter's man pages:
+
+```ShellSession
+nix-shell -p certspotter --run 'man 8 certspotter-script'
+```
+
+For example, you can remove `emailRecipients` and send email
+notifications manually using the following hook:
+
+```nix
+services.certspotter.hooks = [
+  (pkgs.writeShellScript "certspotter-hook" ''
+    function print_email() {
+      echo "Subject: [certspotter] $SUMMARY"
+      echo "Mime-Version: 1.0"
+      echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII"
+      echo
+      cat "$TEXT_FILENAME"
+    }
+    print_email | ${config.services.certspotter.sendmailPath} -i webmaster@example.org
+  '')
+];
+```
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aafa29daa872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/certspotter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+{ config
+, lib
+, pkgs
+, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.certspotter;
+
+  configDir = pkgs.linkFarm "certspotter-config" (
+    lib.toList {
+      name = "watchlist";
+      path = pkgs.writeText "certspotter-watchlist" (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" cfg.watchlist);
+    }
+    ++ lib.optional (cfg.emailRecipients != [ ]) {
+      name = "email_recipients";
+      path = pkgs.writeText "certspotter-email_recipients" (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" cfg.emailRecipients);
+    }
+    # always generate hooks dir when no emails are provided to allow running cert spotter with no hooks/emails
+    ++ lib.optional (cfg.emailRecipients == [ ] || cfg.hooks != [ ]) {
+      name = "hooks.d";
+      path = pkgs.linkFarm "certspotter-hooks" (lib.imap1 (i: path: {
+        inherit path;
+        name = "hook${toString i}";
+      }) cfg.hooks);
+    });
+in
+{
+  options.services.certspotter = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Cert Spotter, a Certificate Transparency log monitor";
+
+    package = lib.mkPackageOptionMD pkgs "certspotter" { };
+
+    startAtEnd = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to skip certificates issued before the first launch of Cert Spotter.
+        Setting this to `false` will cause Cert Spotter to download tens of terabytes of data.
+      '';
+      default = true;
+    };
+
+    sendmailPath = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; nullOr path;
+      description = ''
+        Path to the `sendmail` binary. By default, the local sendmail wrapper is used
+        (see {option}`services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper`}).
+      '';
+      example = lib.literalExpression ''"''${pkgs.system-sendmail}/bin/sendmail"'';
+    };
+
+    watchlist = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; listOf str;
+      description = "Domain names to watch. To monitor a domain with all subdomains, prefix its name with `.` (e.g. `.example.org`).";
+      default = [ ];
+      example = [ ".example.org" "another.example.com" ];
+    };
+
+    emailRecipients = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; listOf str;
+      description = "A list of email addresses to send certificate updates to.";
+      default = [ ];
+    };
+
+    hooks = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; listOf path;
+      description = ''
+        Scripts to run upon the detection of a new certificate. See `man 8 certspotter-script` or
+        [the GitHub page](https://github.com/SSLMate/certspotter/blob/${pkgs.certspotter.src.rev or "master"}/man/certspotter-script.md)
+        for more info.
+      '';
+      default = [ ];
+      example = lib.literalExpression ''
+        [
+          (pkgs.writeShellScript "certspotter-hook" '''
+            echo "Event summary: $SUMMARY."
+          ''')
+        ]
+      '';
+    };
+
+    extraFlags = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; listOf str;
+      description = "Extra command-line arguments to pass to Cert Spotter";
+      example = [ "-no_save" ];
+      default = [ ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = (cfg.emailRecipients != [ ]) -> (cfg.sendmailPath != null);
+        message = ''
+          You must configure the sendmail setuid wrapper (services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper)
+          or services.certspotter.sendmailPath
+        '';
+      }
+    ];
+
+    services.certspotter.sendmailPath = let
+      inherit (config.security) wrapperDir;
+      inherit (config.services.mail) sendmailSetuidWrapper;
+    in lib.mkMerge [
+      (lib.mkIf (sendmailSetuidWrapper != null) (lib.mkOptionDefault "${wrapperDir}/${sendmailSetuidWrapper.program}"))
+      (lib.mkIf (sendmailSetuidWrapper == null) (lib.mkOptionDefault null))
+    ];
+
+    users.users.certspotter = {
+      description = "Cert Spotter user";
+      group = "certspotter";
+      home = "/var/lib/certspotter";
+      isSystemUser = true;
+    };
+    users.groups.certspotter = { };
+
+    systemd.services.certspotter = {
+      description = "Cert Spotter - Certificate Transparency Monitor";
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      environment.CERTSPOTTER_CONFIG_DIR = configDir;
+      environment.SENDMAIL_PATH = if cfg.sendmailPath != null then cfg.sendmailPath else "/run/current-system/sw/bin/false";
+      script = ''
+        export CERTSPOTTER_STATE_DIR="$STATE_DIRECTORY"
+        cd "$CERTSPOTTER_STATE_DIR"
+        ${lib.optionalString cfg.startAtEnd ''
+          if [[ ! -d logs ]]; then
+            # Don't download certificates issued before the first launch
+            exec ${cfg.package}/bin/certspotter -start_at_end ${lib.escapeShellArgs cfg.extraFlags}
+          fi
+        ''}
+        exec ${cfg.package}/bin/certspotter ${lib.escapeShellArgs cfg.extraFlags}
+      '';
+      serviceConfig = {
+        User = "certspotter";
+        Group = "certspotter";
+        StateDirectory = "certspotter";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chayleaf ];
+  meta.doc = ./certspotter.md;
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.md b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e636aa3bdf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Goss {#module-services-goss}
+
+[goss](https://goss.rocks/) is a YAML based serverspec alternative tool
+for validating a server's configuration.
+
+## Basic Usage {#module-services-goss-basic-usage}
+
+A minimal configuration looks like this:
+
+```
+{
+  services.goss = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    environment = {
+      GOSS_FMT = "json";
+      GOSS_LOGLEVEL = "TRACE";
+    };
+
+    settings = {
+      addr."tcp://localhost:8080" = {
+        reachable = true;
+        local-address = "127.0.0.1";
+      };
+      command."check-goss-version" = {
+        exec = "${lib.getExe pkgs.goss} --version";
+        exit-status = 0;
+      };
+      dns.localhost.resolvable = true;
+      file."/nix" = {
+        filetype = "directory";
+        exists = true;
+      };
+      group.root.exists = true;
+      kernel-param."kernel.ostype".value = "Linux";
+      service.goss = {
+        enabled = true;
+        running = true;
+      };
+      user.root.exists = true;
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64a8dad0703e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/goss.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.goss;
+
+  settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.yaml { };
+  configFile = settingsFormat.generate "goss.yaml" cfg.settings;
+
+in {
+  meta = {
+    doc = ./goss.md;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.anthonyroussel ];
+  };
+
+  options = {
+    services.goss = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "Goss daemon");
+
+      package = lib.mkPackageOptionMD pkgs "goss" { };
+
+      environment = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.str;
+        default = { };
+        example = {
+          GOSS_FMT = "json";
+          GOSS_LOGLEVEL = "FATAL";
+          GOSS_LISTEN = ":8080";
+        };
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Environment variables to set for the goss service.
+
+          See <https://github.com/goss-org/goss/blob/master/docs/manual.md>
+        '';
+      };
+
+      settings = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.submodule { freeformType = settingsFormat.type; };
+        default = { };
+        example = {
+          addr."tcp://localhost:8080" = {
+            reachable = true;
+            local-address = "127.0.0.1";
+          };
+          service.goss = {
+            enabled = true;
+            running = true;
+          };
+        };
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          The global options in `config` file in yaml format.
+
+          Refer to <https://github.com/goss-org/goss/blob/master/docs/goss-json-schema.yaml> for schema.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    systemd.services.goss = {
+      description = "Goss - Quick and Easy server validation";
+      unitConfig.Documentation = "https://github.com/goss-org/goss/blob/master/docs/manual.md";
+
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+
+      environment = {
+        GOSS_FILE = configFile;
+      } // cfg.environment;
+
+      reloadTriggers = [ configFile ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        DynamicUser = true;
+        ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/goss serve";
+        Group = "goss";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+        RestartSec = 5;
+        User = "goss";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
index bb11b6a1c1d0..efef2d777acd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
@@ -239,11 +239,9 @@ in
 
     power.ups.schedulerRules = mkDefault "${pkgs.nut}/etc/upssched.conf.sample";
 
-    system.activationScripts.upsSetup = stringAfter [ "users" "groups" ]
-      ''
-        # Used to store pid files of drivers.
-        mkdir -p /var/state/ups
-      '';
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d /var/state/ups -"
+    ];
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gvpe.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gvpe.nix
index 2279ceee2f58..558f499022c8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gvpe.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gvpe.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let
 
       export PATH=$PATH:${pkgs.iproute2}/sbin
 
-      ip link set $IFNAME up
+      ip link set dev $IFNAME up
       ip address add ${cfg.ipAddress} dev $IFNAME
       ip route add ${cfg.subnet} dev $IFNAME
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/iscsi/initiator.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/iscsi/initiator.nix
index 9c71a988f29c..6c30f89b7968 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/iscsi/initiator.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/iscsi/initiator.nix
@@ -52,25 +52,27 @@ in
     '';
     environment.etc."iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi".text = "InitiatorName=${cfg.name}";
 
-    system.activationScripts.iscsid = let
-      extraCfgDumper = optionalString (cfg.extraConfigFile != null) ''
-        if [ -f "${cfg.extraConfigFile}" ]; then
-          printf "\n# The following is from ${cfg.extraConfigFile}:\n"
-          cat "${cfg.extraConfigFile}"
-        else
-          echo "Warning: services.openiscsi.extraConfigFile ${cfg.extraConfigFile} does not exist!" >&2
-        fi
-      '';
-    in ''
-      (
-        cat ${config.environment.etc."iscsi/iscsid.conf.fragment".source}
-        ${extraCfgDumper}
-      ) > /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
-    '';
-
     systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    systemd.services."iscsid".wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    systemd.services."iscsid" = {
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      preStart =
+        let
+          extraCfgDumper = optionalString (cfg.extraConfigFile != null) ''
+            if [ -f "${cfg.extraConfigFile}" ]; then
+              printf "\n# The following is from ${cfg.extraConfigFile}:\n"
+              cat "${cfg.extraConfigFile}"
+            else
+              echo "Warning: services.openiscsi.extraConfigFile ${cfg.extraConfigFile} does not exist!" >&2
+            fi
+          '';
+        in ''
+          (
+            cat ${config.environment.etc."iscsi/iscsid.conf.fragment".source}
+            ${extraCfgDumper}
+          ) > /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
+        '';
+    };
     systemd.sockets."iscsid".wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
 
     systemd.services."iscsi" = mkIf cfg.enableAutoLoginOut {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/multipath.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/multipath.nix
index bd403e109c2a..9099cbe0cd32 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/multipath.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/multipath.nix
@@ -546,8 +546,9 @@ in {
     # We do not have systemd in stage-1 boot so must invoke `multipathd`
     # with the `-1` argument which disables systemd calls. Invoke `multipath`
     # to display the multipath mappings in the output of `journalctl -b`.
+    # TODO: Implement for systemd stage 1
     boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "dm-multipath" "dm-service-time" ];
-    boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = ''
+    boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
       modprobe -a dm-multipath dm-service-time
       multipathd -s
       (set -x && sleep 1 && multipath -ll)
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/spiped.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/spiped.nix
index 3e01ace54ad1..547317dbcbe2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/spiped.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/spiped.nix
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ in
       script = "exec ${pkgs.spiped}/bin/spiped -F `cat /etc/spiped/$1.spec`";
     };
 
-    system.activationScripts.spiped = optionalString (cfg.config != {})
-      "mkdir -p /var/lib/spiped";
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = lib.mkIf (cfg.config != { }) [
+      "d /var/lib/spiped -"
+    ];
 
     # Setup spiped config files
     environment.etc = mapAttrs' (name: cfg: nameValuePair "spiped/${name}.spec"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
index daa30fe09b89..f54ce5917438 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
@@ -12,22 +12,44 @@ let
     then cfgc.package
     else pkgs.buildPackages.openssh;
 
-  # reports boolean as yes / no
-  mkValueStringSshd = with lib; v:
-        if isInt           v then toString v
-        else if isString   v then v
-        else if true  ==   v then "yes"
-        else if false ==   v then "no"
-        else if isList     v then concatStringsSep "," v
-        else throw "unsupported type ${builtins.typeOf v}: ${(lib.generators.toPretty {}) v}";
-
   # dont use the "=" operator
-  settingsFormat = (pkgs.formats.keyValue {
-      mkKeyValue = lib.generators.mkKeyValueDefault {
-      mkValueString = mkValueStringSshd;
-    } " ";});
+  settingsFormat =
+    let
+      # reports boolean as yes / no
+      mkValueString = with lib; v:
+            if isInt           v then toString v
+            else if isString   v then v
+            else if true  ==   v then "yes"
+            else if false ==   v then "no"
+            else throw "unsupported type ${builtins.typeOf v}: ${(lib.generators.toPretty {}) v}";
+
+      base = pkgs.formats.keyValue {
+        mkKeyValue = lib.generators.mkKeyValueDefault { inherit mkValueString; } " ";
+      };
+      # OpenSSH is very inconsistent with options that can take multiple values.
+      # For some of them, they can simply appear multiple times and are appended, for others the
+      # values must be separated by whitespace or even commas.
+      # Consult either sshd_config(5) or, as last resort, the OpehSSH source for parsing
+      # the options at servconf.c:process_server_config_line_depth() to determine the right "mode"
+      # for each. But fortunaly this fact is documented for most of them in the manpage.
+      commaSeparated = [ "Ciphers" "KexAlgorithms" "Macs" ];
+      spaceSeparated = [ "AuthorizedKeysFile" "AllowGroups" "AllowUsers" "DenyGroups" "DenyUsers" ];
+    in {
+      inherit (base) type;
+      generate = name: value:
+        let transformedValue = mapAttrs (key: val:
+          if isList val then
+            if elem key commaSeparated then concatStringsSep "," val
+            else if elem key spaceSeparated then concatStringsSep " " val
+            else throw "list value for unknown key ${key}: ${(lib.generators.toPretty {}) val}"
+          else
+            val
+          ) value;
+        in
+          base.generate name transformedValue;
+    };
 
-  configFile = settingsFormat.generate "sshd.conf-settings" cfg.settings;
+  configFile = settingsFormat.generate "sshd.conf-settings" (filterAttrs (n: v: v != null) cfg.settings);
   sshconf = pkgs.runCommand "sshd.conf-final" { } ''
     cat ${configFile} - >$out <<EOL
     ${cfg.extraConfig}
@@ -431,6 +453,42 @@ in
                 <https://infosec.mozilla.org/guidelines/openssh#modern-openssh-67>
               '';
             };
+            AllowUsers = mkOption {
+              type = with types; nullOr (listOf str);
+              default = null;
+              description = lib.mdDoc ''
+                If specified, login is allowed only for the listed users.
+                See {manpage}`sshd_config(5)` for details.
+              '';
+            };
+            DenyUsers = mkOption {
+              type = with types; nullOr (listOf str);
+              default = null;
+              description = lib.mdDoc ''
+                If specified, login is denied for all listed users. Takes
+                precedence over [](#opt-services.openssh.settings.AllowUsers).
+                See {manpage}`sshd_config(5)` for details.
+              '';
+            };
+            AllowGroups = mkOption {
+              type = with types; nullOr (listOf str);
+              default = null;
+              description = lib.mdDoc ''
+                If specified, login is allowed only for users part of the
+                listed groups.
+                See {manpage}`sshd_config(5)` for details.
+              '';
+            };
+            DenyGroups = mkOption {
+              type = with types; nullOr (listOf str);
+              default = null;
+              description = lib.mdDoc ''
+                If specified, login is denied for all users part of the listed
+                groups. Takes precedence over
+                [](#opt-services.openssh.settings.AllowGroups). See
+                {manpage}`sshd_config(5)` for details.
+              '';
+            };
           };
         });
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/sslh.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/sslh.nix
index daf2f2f3668e..dd29db510020 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/sslh.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/sslh.nix
@@ -5,81 +5,131 @@ with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.services.sslh;
   user = "sslh";
-  configFile = pkgs.writeText "sslh.conf" ''
-    verbose: ${boolToString cfg.verbose};
-    foreground: true;
-    inetd: false;
-    numeric: false;
-    transparent: ${boolToString cfg.transparent};
-    timeout: "${toString cfg.timeout}";
-
-    listen:
-    (
-      ${
-        concatMapStringsSep ",\n"
-        (addr: ''{ host: "${addr}"; port: "${toString cfg.port}"; }'')
-        cfg.listenAddresses
-      }
-    );
-
-    ${cfg.appendConfig}
-  '';
-  defaultAppendConfig = ''
-    protocols:
-    (
-      { name: "ssh"; service: "ssh"; host: "localhost"; port: "22"; probe: "builtin"; },
-      { name: "openvpn"; host: "localhost"; port: "1194"; probe: "builtin"; },
-      { name: "xmpp"; host: "localhost"; port: "5222"; probe: "builtin"; },
-      { name: "http"; host: "localhost"; port: "80"; probe: "builtin"; },
-      { name: "tls"; host: "localhost"; port: "443"; probe: "builtin"; },
-      { name: "anyprot"; host: "localhost"; port: "443"; probe: "builtin"; }
-    );
-  '';
+
+  configFormat = pkgs.formats.libconfig {};
+  configFile = configFormat.generate "sslh.conf" cfg.settings;
 in
+
 {
   imports = [
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "sslh" "listenAddress" ] [ "services" "sslh" "listenAddresses" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "sslh" "timeout" ] [ "services" "sslh" "settings" "timeout" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "sslh" "transparent" ] [ "services" "sslh" "settings" "transparent" ])
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "sslh" "appendConfig" ] "Use services.sslh.settings instead")
+    (mkChangedOptionModule [ "services" "sslh" "verbose" ] [ "services" "sslh" "settings" "verbose-connections" ]
+      (config: if config.services.sslh.verbose then 1 else 0))
   ];
 
-  options = {
-    services.sslh = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "sslh");
+  meta.buildDocsInSandbox = false;
 
-      verbose = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Verbose logs.";
-      };
+  options.services.sslh = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "sslh, protocol demultiplexer");
 
-      timeout = mkOption {
-        type = types.int;
-        default = 2;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Timeout in seconds.";
-      };
+    method = mkOption {
+      type = types.enum [ "fork" "select" "ev" ];
+      default = "fork";
+      description = lib.mdDoc ''
+        The method to use for handling connections:
 
-      transparent = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Will the services behind sslh (Apache, sshd and so on) see the external IP and ports as if the external world connected directly to them";
-      };
+          - `fork` forks a new process for each incoming connection. It is
+          well-tested and very reliable, but incurs the overhead of many
+          processes.
 
-      listenAddresses = mkOption {
-        type = types.coercedTo types.str singleton (types.listOf types.str);
-        default = [ "0.0.0.0" "[::]" ];
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Listening addresses or hostnames.";
-      };
+          - `select` uses only one thread, which monitors all connections at once.
+          It has lower overhead per connection, but if it stops, you'll lose all
+          connections.
 
-      port = mkOption {
-        type = types.port;
-        default = 443;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Listening port.";
-      };
+          - `ev` is implemented using libev, it's similar to `select` but
+            scales better to a large number of connections.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    listenAddresses = mkOption {
+      type = with types; coercedTo str singleton (listOf str);
+      default = [ "0.0.0.0" "[::]" ];
+      description = lib.mdDoc "Listening addresses or hostnames.";
+    };
+
+    port = mkOption {
+      type = types.port;
+      default = 443;
+      description = lib.mdDoc "Listening port.";
+    };
+
+    settings = mkOption {
+      type = types.submodule {
+        freeformType = configFormat.type;
+
+        options.timeout = mkOption {
+          type = types.ints.unsigned;
+          default = 2;
+          description = lib.mdDoc "Timeout in seconds.";
+        };
+
+        options.transparent = mkOption {
+          type = types.bool;
+          default = false;
+          description = lib.mdDoc ''
+            Whether the services behind sslh (Apache, sshd and so on) will see the
+            external IP and ports as if the external world connected directly to
+            them.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        options.verbose-connections = mkOption {
+          type = types.ints.between 0 4;
+          default = 0;
+          description = lib.mdDoc ''
+            Where to log connections information. Possible values are:
+
+             0. don't log anything
+             1. write log to stdout
+             2. write log to syslog
+             3. write log to both stdout and syslog
+             4. write to a log file ({option}`sslh.settings.logfile`)
+          '';
+        };
+
+        options.numeric = mkOption {
+          type = types.bool;
+          default = true;
+          description = lib.mdDoc ''
+            Whether to disable reverse DNS lookups, thus keeping IP
+            address literals in the log.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        options.protocols = mkOption {
+          type = types.listOf configFormat.type;
+          default = [
+            { name = "ssh";     host = "localhost"; port =  "22"; service= "ssh"; }
+            { name = "openvpn"; host = "localhost"; port = "1194"; }
+            { name = "xmpp";    host = "localhost"; port = "5222"; }
+            { name = "http";    host = "localhost"; port =   "80"; }
+            { name = "tls";     host = "localhost"; port =  "443"; }
+            { name = "anyprot"; host = "localhost"; port =  "443"; }
+          ];
+          description = lib.mdDoc ''
+            List of protocols sslh will probe for and redirect.
+            Each protocol entry consists of:
+
+              - `name`: name of the probe.
+
+              - `service`: libwrap service name (see {manpage}`hosts_access(5)`),
 
-      appendConfig = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = defaultAppendConfig;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Verbatim configuration file.";
+              - `host`, `port`: where to connect when this probe succeeds,
+
+              - `log_level`: to log incoming connections,
+
+              - `transparent`: proxy this protocol transparently,
+
+              - etc.
+
+            See the documentation for all options, including probe-specific ones.
+          '';
+        };
       };
+      description = lib.mdDoc "sslh configuration. See {manpage}`sslh(8)` for available settings.";
     };
   };
 
@@ -96,20 +146,29 @@ in
           PermissionsStartOnly = true;
           Restart              = "always";
           RestartSec           = "1s";
-          ExecStart            = "${pkgs.sslh}/bin/sslh -F${configFile}";
+          ExecStart            = "${pkgs.sslh}/bin/sslh-${cfg.method} -F${configFile}";
           KillMode             = "process";
-          AmbientCapabilities  = "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID";
+          AmbientCapabilities  = ["CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" "CAP_NET_ADMIN" "CAP_SETGID" "CAP_SETUID"];
           PrivateTmp           = true;
           PrivateDevices       = true;
           ProtectSystem        = "full";
           ProtectHome          = true;
         };
       };
+
+      services.sslh.settings = {
+        # Settings defined here are not supposed to be changed: doing so will
+        # break the module, as such you need `lib.mkForce` to override them.
+        foreground = true;
+        inetd = false;
+        listen = map (addr: { host = addr; port = toString cfg.port; }) cfg.listenAddresses;
+      };
+
     })
 
     # code from https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh#transparent-proxy-support
     # the only difference is using iptables mark 0x2 instead of 0x1 to avoid conflicts with nixos/nat module
-    (mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.transparent) {
+    (mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.settings.transparent) {
       # Set route_localnet = 1 on all interfaces so that ssl can use "localhost" as destination
       boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.default.route_localnet" = 1;
       boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet"     = 1;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/strongswan-swanctl/module.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/strongswan-swanctl/module.nix
index c51e8ad9f5fc..bfea89969728 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/strongswan-swanctl/module.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/strongswan-swanctl/module.nix
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@ in  {
 
     # The swanctl command complains when the following directories don't exist:
     # See: https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Swanctldirectory
-    system.activationScripts.strongswan-swanctl-etc = stringAfter ["etc"] ''
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/x509'     # Trusted X.509 end entity certificates
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/x509ca'   # Trusted X.509 Certificate Authority certificates
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/x509ocsp'
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/x509aa'   # Trusted X.509 Attribute Authority certificates
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/x509ac'   # Attribute Certificates
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/x509crl'  # Certificate Revocation Lists
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/pubkey'   # Raw public keys
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/private'  # Private keys in any format
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/rsa'      # PKCS#1 encoded RSA private keys
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/ecdsa'    # Plain ECDSA private keys
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/bliss'
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/pkcs8'    # PKCS#8 encoded private keys of any type
-      mkdir -p '/etc/swanctl/pkcs12'   # PKCS#12 containers
-    '';
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d /etc/swanctl/x509 -"     # Trusted X.509 end entity certificates
+      "d /etc/swanctl/x509ca -"   # Trusted X.509 Certificate Authority certificates
+      "d /etc/swanctl/x509ocsp -"
+      "d /etc/swanctl/x509aa -"   # Trusted X.509 Attribute Authority certificates
+      "d /etc/swanctl/x509ac -"   # Attribute Certificates
+      "d /etc/swanctl/x509crl -"  # Certificate Revocation Lists
+      "d /etc/swanctl/pubkey -"   # Raw public keys
+      "d /etc/swanctl/private -"  # Private keys in any format
+      "d /etc/swanctl/rsa -"      # PKCS#1 encoded RSA private keys
+      "d /etc/swanctl/ecdsa -"    # Plain ECDSA private keys
+      "d /etc/swanctl/bliss -"
+      "d /etc/swanctl/pkcs8 -"    # PKCS#8 encoded private keys of any type
+      "d /etc/swanctl/pkcs12 -"   # PKCS#12 containers
+    ];
 
     systemd.services.strongswan-swanctl = {
       description = "strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using swanctl";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/unifi.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/unifi.nix
index 37a739f41d48..6b6837109806 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/unifi.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/unifi.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ let
   cmd = ''
     @${cfg.jrePackage}/bin/java java \
         ${optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast (lib.getVersion cfg.jrePackage) "16")
-        "--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED "
+        ("--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED "
         + "--add-opens java.base/sun.security.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED "
-        + "--add-opens java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED"} \
+        + "--add-opens java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED")} \
         ${optionalString (cfg.initialJavaHeapSize != null) "-Xms${(toString cfg.initialJavaHeapSize)}m"} \
         ${optionalString (cfg.maximumJavaHeapSize != null) "-Xmx${(toString cfg.maximumJavaHeapSize)}m"} \
         -jar ${stateDir}/lib/ace.jar
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/nix-daemon.nix
index c9df20196dbd..ce255cd8d0a4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -249,11 +249,6 @@ in
 
     services.xserver.displayManager.hiddenUsers = attrNames nixbldUsers;
 
-    system.activationScripts.nix = stringAfter [ "etc" "users" ]
-      ''
-        install -m 0755 -d /nix/var/nix/{gcroots,profiles}/per-user
-      '';
-
     # Legacy configuration conversion.
     nix.settings = mkMerge [
       (mkIf (isNixAtLeast "2.3pre") { sandbox-fallback = false; })
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix
index 66e5f1695a15..24f3b3331845 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ in
 
       # The systemd service will fail to execute the preStart hook
       # if the WorkingDirectory does not exist
-      system.activationScripts.mattermost = ''
-        mkdir -p "${cfg.statePath}"
-      '';
+      systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+        ''d "${cfg.statePath}" -''
+      ];
 
       systemd.services.mattermost = {
         description = "Mattermost chat service";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/stargazer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/stargazer.nix
index f0c3cf8787eb..18f57363137c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/stargazer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/stargazer.nix
@@ -204,11 +204,9 @@ in
     };
 
     # Create default cert store
-    system.activationScripts.makeStargazerCertDir =
-      lib.optionalAttrs (cfg.store == /var/lib/gemini/certs) ''
-        mkdir -p /var/lib/gemini/certs
-        chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} /var/lib/gemini/certs
-      '';
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = lib.mkIf (cfg.store == /var/lib/gemini/certs) [
+      ''d /var/lib/gemini/certs - "${cfg.user}" "${cfg.group}" -''
+    ];
 
     users.users = lib.optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "stargazer") {
       stargazer = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activatable-system.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activatable-system.nix
index 7f6154794bd8..3d941596747b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activatable-system.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activatable-system.nix
@@ -1,52 +1,16 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ options, config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
   inherit (lib)
     mkOption
-    optionalString
     types
     ;
 
-  perlWrapped = pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: with p; [ ConfigIniFiles FileSlurp ]);
-
   systemBuilderArgs = {
     activationScript = config.system.activationScripts.script;
     dryActivationScript = config.system.dryActivationScript;
   };
 
-  systemBuilderCommands = ''
-    echo "$activationScript" > $out/activate
-    echo "$dryActivationScript" > $out/dry-activate
-    substituteInPlace $out/activate --subst-var-by out ''${!toplevelVar}
-    substituteInPlace $out/dry-activate --subst-var-by out ''${!toplevelVar}
-    chmod u+x $out/activate $out/dry-activate
-    unset activationScript dryActivationScript
-
-    mkdir $out/bin
-    substitute ${./switch-to-configuration.pl} $out/bin/switch-to-configuration \
-      --subst-var out \
-      --subst-var-by toplevel ''${!toplevelVar} \
-      --subst-var-by coreutils "${pkgs.coreutils}" \
-      --subst-var-by distroId ${lib.escapeShellArg config.system.nixos.distroId} \
-      --subst-var-by installBootLoader ${lib.escapeShellArg config.system.build.installBootLoader} \
-      --subst-var-by localeArchive "${config.i18n.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive" \
-      --subst-var-by perl "${perlWrapped}" \
-      --subst-var-by shell "${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh" \
-      --subst-var-by su "${pkgs.shadow.su}/bin/su" \
-      --subst-var-by systemd "${config.systemd.package}" \
-      --subst-var-by utillinux "${pkgs.util-linux}" \
-      ;
-
-    chmod +x $out/bin/switch-to-configuration
-    ${optionalString (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform == pkgs.stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
-      if ! output=$(${perlWrapped}/bin/perl -c $out/bin/switch-to-configuration 2>&1); then
-        echo "switch-to-configuration syntax is not valid:"
-        echo "$output"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    ''}
-  '';
-
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -60,6 +24,18 @@ in
         do, but for image based systems, this may not be needed or not be desirable.
       '';
     };
+    system.activatableSystemBuilderCommands = options.system.systemBuilderCommands // {
+      description = lib.mdDoc ''
+        Like `system.systemBuilderCommands`, but only for the commands that are
+        needed *both* when the system is activatable and when it isn't.
+
+        Disclaimer: This option might go away in the future. It might be
+        superseded by separating switch-to-configuration into a separate script
+        which will make this option superfluous. See
+        https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/263462#discussion_r1373104845 for
+        a discussion.
+      '';
+    };
     system.build.separateActivationScript = mkOption {
       type = types.package;
       description = ''
@@ -71,7 +47,18 @@ in
     };
   };
   config = {
-    system.systemBuilderCommands = lib.mkIf config.system.activatable systemBuilderCommands;
+    system.activatableSystemBuilderCommands = ''
+      echo "$activationScript" > $out/activate
+      echo "$dryActivationScript" > $out/dry-activate
+      substituteInPlace $out/activate --subst-var-by out ''${!toplevelVar}
+      substituteInPlace $out/dry-activate --subst-var-by out ''${!toplevelVar}
+      chmod u+x $out/activate $out/dry-activate
+      unset activationScript dryActivationScript
+    '';
+
+    system.systemBuilderCommands = lib.mkIf
+      config.system.activatable
+      config.system.activatableSystemBuilderCommands;
     system.systemBuilderArgs = lib.mkIf config.system.activatable
       (systemBuilderArgs // {
         toplevelVar = "out";
@@ -86,7 +73,7 @@ in
         })
         ''
           mkdir $out
-          ${systemBuilderCommands}
+          ${config.system.activatableSystemBuilderCommands}
         '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
index c8407dd6779a..bc0b7266ce95 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ let
       # used as a garbage collection root.
       ln -sfn "$(readlink -f "$systemConfig")" /run/current-system
 
-      # Prevent the current configuration from being garbage-collected.
-      mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/gcroots
-      ln -sfn /run/current-system /nix/var/nix/gcroots/current-system
-
       exit $_status
     '';
 
@@ -233,23 +229,15 @@ in
   config = {
 
     system.activationScripts.stdio = ""; # obsolete
+    system.activationScripts.var = ""; # obsolete
 
-    system.activationScripts.var =
-      ''
-        # Various log/runtime directories.
-
-        mkdir -p /var/tmp
-        chmod 1777 /var/tmp
-
-        # Empty, immutable home directory of many system accounts.
-        mkdir -p /var/empty
-        # Make sure it's really empty
-        ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/bin/chattr -f -i /var/empty || true
-        find /var/empty -mindepth 1 -delete
-        chmod 0555 /var/empty
-        chown root:root /var/empty
-        ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/bin/chattr -f +i /var/empty || true
-      '';
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      # Prevent the current configuration from being garbage-collected.
+      "d /nix/var/nix/gcroots -"
+      "L+ /nix/var/nix/gcroots/current-system - - - - /run/current-system"
+      "D /var/empty 0555 root root -"
+      "h /var/empty - - - - +i"
+    ];
 
     system.activationScripts.usrbinenv = if config.environment.usrbinenv != null
       then ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/switch-to-configuration.pl b/nixos/modules/system/activation/switch-to-configuration.pl
index b3ff3ac0abf3..e2f66a287bc4 100755
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/switch-to-configuration.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/switch-to-configuration.pl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use JSON::PP;
 use IPC::Cmd;
 use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros);
 use Cwd qw(abs_path);
+use Fcntl ':flock';
 
 ## no critic(ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests)
 ## no critic(ErrorHandling::RequireCarping)
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ if (!-f "/etc/NIXOS" && (read_file("/etc/os-release", err_mode => "quiet") // ""
 }
 
 make_path("/run/nixos", { mode => oct(755) });
+open(my $stc_lock, '>>', '/run/nixos/switch-to-configuration.lock') or die "Could not open lock - $!";
+flock($stc_lock, LOCK_EX) or die "Could not acquire lock - $!";
 openlog("nixos", "", LOG_USER);
 
 # Install or update the bootloader.
@@ -985,4 +988,5 @@ if ($res == 0) {
     syslog(LOG_ERR, "switching to system configuration $toplevel failed (status $res)");
 }
 
+close($stc_lock) or die "Could not close lock - $!";
 exit($res);
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/switchable-system.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/switchable-system.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00bc18e48d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/switchable-system.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+
+  perlWrapped = pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: with p; [ ConfigIniFiles FileSlurp ]);
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  options = {
+    system.switch.enable = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = lib.mdDoc ''
+        Whether to include the capability to switch configurations.
+
+        Disabling this makes the system unable to be reconfigured via `nixos-rebuild`.
+
+        This is good for image based appliances where updates are handled
+        outside the image. Reducing features makes the image lighter and
+        slightly more secure.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.system.switch.enable {
+    system.activatableSystemBuilderCommands = ''
+      mkdir $out/bin
+      substitute ${./switch-to-configuration.pl} $out/bin/switch-to-configuration \
+        --subst-var out \
+        --subst-var-by toplevel ''${!toplevelVar} \
+        --subst-var-by coreutils "${pkgs.coreutils}" \
+        --subst-var-by distroId ${lib.escapeShellArg config.system.nixos.distroId} \
+        --subst-var-by installBootLoader ${lib.escapeShellArg config.system.build.installBootLoader} \
+        --subst-var-by localeArchive "${config.i18n.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive" \
+        --subst-var-by perl "${perlWrapped}" \
+        --subst-var-by shell "${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh" \
+        --subst-var-by su "${pkgs.shadow.su}/bin/su" \
+        --subst-var-by systemd "${config.systemd.package}" \
+        --subst-var-by utillinux "${pkgs.util-linux}" \
+        ;
+
+      chmod +x $out/bin/switch-to-configuration
+      ${lib.optionalString (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform == pkgs.stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
+        if ! output=$(${perlWrapped}/bin/perl -c $out/bin/switch-to-configuration 2>&1); then
+          echo "switch-to-configuration syntax is not valid:"
+          echo "$output"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      ''}
+    '';
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix
index 8c9483f01c10..d16152ab9dec 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix
@@ -20,17 +20,13 @@ let
                  optionalString fixBinary "F";
   in ":${name}:${type}:${offset'}:${magicOrExtension}:${mask'}:${interpreter}:${flags}";
 
-  activationSnippet = name: { interpreter, wrapInterpreterInShell, ... }: if wrapInterpreterInShell then ''
-    rm -f /run/binfmt/${name}
-    cat > /run/binfmt/${name} << 'EOF'
-    #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh
-    exec -- ${interpreter} "$@"
-    EOF
-    chmod +x /run/binfmt/${name}
-  '' else ''
-    rm -f /run/binfmt/${name}
-    ln -s ${interpreter} /run/binfmt/${name}
-  '';
+  mkInterpreter = name: { interpreter, wrapInterpreterInShell, ... }:
+    if wrapInterpreterInShell
+    then pkgs.writeShellScript "${name}-interpreter" ''
+           #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh
+           exec -- ${interpreter} "$@"
+         ''
+    else interpreter;
 
   getEmulator = system: (lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; }).emulator pkgs;
   getQemuArch = system: (lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; }).qemuArch;
@@ -318,18 +314,25 @@ in {
 
     environment.etc."binfmt.d/nixos.conf".source = builtins.toFile "binfmt_nixos.conf"
       (lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList makeBinfmtLine config.boot.binfmt.registrations));
-    system.activationScripts.binfmt = stringAfter [ "specialfs" ] ''
-      mkdir -p /run/binfmt
-      chmod 0755 /run/binfmt
-      ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList activationSnippet config.boot.binfmt.registrations)}
-    '';
-    systemd = lib.mkIf (config.boot.binfmt.registrations != {}) {
-      additionalUpstreamSystemUnits = [
-        "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount"
-        "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount"
-        "systemd-binfmt.service"
-      ];
-      services.systemd-binfmt.restartTriggers = [ (builtins.toJSON config.boot.binfmt.registrations) ];
-    };
+
+    systemd = lib.mkMerge [
+      ({ tmpfiles.rules = [
+          "d /run/binfmt 0755 -"
+        ] ++ lib.mapAttrsToList
+          (name: interpreter:
+            "L+ /run/binfmt/${name} - - - - ${interpreter}"
+          )
+          (lib.mapAttrs mkInterpreter config.boot.binfmt.registrations);
+      })
+
+      (lib.mkIf (config.boot.binfmt.registrations != {}) {
+        additionalUpstreamSystemUnits = [
+          "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount"
+          "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount"
+          "systemd-binfmt.service"
+        ];
+        services.systemd-binfmt.restartTriggers = [ (builtins.toJSON config.boot.binfmt.registrations) ];
+      })
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix
index 5bf38b6fa200..88ba43caf003 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ in
 
     boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "af_packet" ];
 
-    boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = ''
+    boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
       copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.klibc}/lib/klibc/bin.static/ipconfig
     '';
 
-    boot.initrd.preLVMCommands = mkBefore (
+    boot.initrd.preLVMCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) (mkBefore (
       # Search for interface definitions in command line.
       ''
         ifaces=""
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ in
         # Bring up all interfaces.
         for iface in ${dhcpIfShellExpr}; do
           echo "bringing up network interface $iface..."
-          ip link set "$iface" up && ifaces="$ifaces $iface"
+          ip link set dev "$iface" up && ifaces="$ifaces $iface"
         done
 
         # Acquire DHCP leases.
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ in
         done
       ''
 
-      + cfg.postCommands);
+      + cfg.postCommands));
 
-    boot.initrd.postMountCommands = mkIf cfg.flushBeforeStage2 ''
+    boot.initrd.postMountCommands = mkIf (cfg.flushBeforeStage2 && !config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
       for iface in $ifaces; do
-        ip address flush "$iface"
-        ip link set "$iface" down
+        ip address flush dev "$iface"
+        ip link set dev "$iface" down
       done
     '';
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix
index 60c5ff62ffff..3df14030ab68 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix
@@ -164,13 +164,12 @@ in
           for instructions.
         '';
       }
-
-      {
-        assertion = config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable -> cfg.shell == null;
-        message = "systemd stage 1 does not support boot.initrd.network.ssh.shell";
-      }
     ];
 
+    warnings = lib.optional (config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable -> cfg.shell != null) ''
+      Please set 'boot.initrd.systemd.users.root.shell' instead of 'boot.initrd.network.ssh.shell'
+    '';
+
     boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
       copy_bin_and_libs ${package}/bin/sshd
       cp -pv ${pkgs.glibc.out}/lib/libnss_files.so.* $out/lib
@@ -235,6 +234,8 @@ in
       users.sshd = { uid = 1; group = "sshd"; };
       groups.sshd = { gid = 1; };
 
+      users.root.shell = mkIf (config.boot.initrd.network.ssh.shell != null) config.boot.initrd.network.ssh.shell;
+
       contents."/etc/ssh/authorized_keys.d/root".text =
         concatStringsSep "\n" config.boot.initrd.network.ssh.authorizedKeys;
       contents."/etc/ssh/sshd_config".text = sshdConfig;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
index 9ea611919676..6b07686efcba 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ in
             "ata_piix"
             "pata_marvell"
 
+            # NVMe
+            "nvme"
+
             # Standard SCSI stuff.
             "sd_mod"
             "sr_mod"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
index 175e757cbbb6..be40b8e969a1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ in {
         stage 2 counterparts such as {option}`systemd.services`,
         except that `restartTriggers` and `reloadTriggers` are not
         supported.
-
-        Note: This is experimental. Some of the `boot.initrd` options
-        are not supported when this is enabled, and the options under
-        `boot.initrd.systemd` are subject to change.
       '';
     };
 
@@ -348,6 +344,27 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf (config.boot.initrd.enable && cfg.enable) {
+    assertions = map (name: {
+      assertion = lib.attrByPath name (throw "impossible") config.boot.initrd == "";
+      message = ''
+        systemd stage 1 does not support 'boot.initrd.${lib.concatStringsSep "." name}'. Please
+          convert it to analogous systemd units in 'boot.initrd.systemd'.
+
+            Definitions:
+        ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" ({ file, ... }: "    - ${file}") (lib.attrByPath name (throw "impossible") options.boot.initrd).definitionsWithLocations}
+      '';
+    }) [
+      [ "preFailCommands" ]
+      [ "preDeviceCommands" ]
+      [ "preLVMCommands" ]
+      [ "postDeviceCommands" ]
+      [ "postMountCommands" ]
+      [ "extraUdevRulesCommands" ]
+      [ "extraUtilsCommands" ]
+      [ "extraUtilsCommandsTest" ]
+      [ "network" "postCommands" ]
+    ];
+
     system.build = { inherit initialRamdisk; };
 
     boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix
index a6604802c38c..7487cf97fe53 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,28 @@ with lib;
       wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
       aliases = [ "dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service" ];
       restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."systemd/timesyncd.conf".source ];
+
+      preStart = (
+        # Ensure that we have some stored time to prevent
+        # systemd-timesyncd to resort back to the fallback time.  If
+        # the file doesn't exist we assume that our current system
+        # clock is good enough to provide an initial value.
+        ''
+          if ! [ -f /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock ]; then
+            test -d /var/lib/systemd/timesync || mkdir -p /var/lib/systemd/timesync
+            touch /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock
+          fi
+        '' +
+        # workaround an issue of systemd-timesyncd not starting due to upstream systemd reverting their dynamic users changes
+        #  - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61321#issuecomment-492423742
+        #  - https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12131
+        (lib.optionalString (versionOlder config.system.stateVersion "19.09") ''
+          if [ -L /var/lib/systemd/timesync ]; then
+            rm /var/lib/systemd/timesync
+            mv /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync /var/lib/systemd/timesync
+          fi
+        '')
+      );
     };
 
     environment.etc."systemd/timesyncd.conf".text = ''
@@ -59,28 +81,5 @@ with lib;
       group = "systemd-timesync";
     };
     users.groups.systemd-timesync.gid = config.ids.gids.systemd-timesync;
-
-    system.activationScripts.systemd-timesyncd-migration =
-      # workaround an issue of systemd-timesyncd not starting due to upstream systemd reverting their dynamic users changes
-      #  - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61321#issuecomment-492423742
-      #  - https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12131
-      mkIf (versionOlder config.system.stateVersion "19.09") ''
-        if [ -L /var/lib/systemd/timesync ]; then
-          rm /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-          mv /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-        fi
-      '';
-    system.activationScripts.systemd-timesyncd-init-clock =
-      # Ensure that we have some stored time to prevent systemd-timesyncd to
-      # resort back to the fallback time.
-      # If the file doesn't exist we assume that our current system clock is
-      # good enough to provide an initial value.
-      ''
-      if ! [ -f /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock ]; then
-        test -d /var/lib/systemd/timesync || mkdir -p /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-        touch /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock
-      fi
-      '';
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/encrypted-devices.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/encrypted-devices.nix
index 7837a34b4984..da9c83ba339c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/encrypted-devices.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/encrypted-devices.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,22 @@ with lib;
 let
   fileSystems = config.system.build.fileSystems ++ config.swapDevices;
   encDevs = filter (dev: dev.encrypted.enable) fileSystems;
-  keyedEncDevs = filter (dev: dev.encrypted.keyFile != null) encDevs;
-  keylessEncDevs = filter (dev: dev.encrypted.keyFile == null) encDevs;
+
+  # With scripted initrd, devices with a keyFile have to be opened
+  # late, after file systems are mounted, because that could be where
+  # the keyFile is located. With systemd initrd, each individual
+  # systemd-cryptsetup@ unit has RequiresMountsFor= to delay until all
+  # the mount units for the key file are done; i.e. no special
+  # treatment is needed.
+  lateEncDevs =
+    if config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable
+    then { }
+    else filter (dev: dev.encrypted.keyFile != null) encDevs;
+  earlyEncDevs =
+    if config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable
+    then encDevs
+    else filter (dev: dev.encrypted.keyFile == null) encDevs;
+
   anyEncrypted =
     foldr (j: v: v || j.encrypted.enable) false encDevs;
 
@@ -39,11 +53,14 @@ let
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to a keyfile used to unlock the backing encrypted
-          device. At the time this keyfile is accessed, the
-          `neededForBoot` filesystems (see
-          `fileSystems.<name?>.neededForBoot`)
-          will have been mounted under `/mnt-root`,
-          so the keyfile path should usually start with "/mnt-root/".
+          device. When systemd stage 1 is not enabled, at the time
+          this keyfile is accessed, the `neededForBoot` filesystems
+          (see `utils.fsNeededForBoot`) will have been mounted under
+          `/mnt-root`, so the keyfile path should usually start with
+          "/mnt-root/". When systemd stage 1 is enabled,
+          `fsNeededForBoot` file systems will be mounted as needed
+          under `/sysroot`, and the keyfile will not be accessed until
+          its requisite mounts are done.
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -62,26 +79,42 @@ in
   };
 
   config = mkIf anyEncrypted {
-    assertions = map (dev: {
-      assertion = dev.encrypted.label != null;
-      message = ''
-        The filesystem for ${dev.mountPoint} has encrypted.enable set to true, but no encrypted.label set
-      '';
-    }) encDevs;
+    assertions = concatMap (dev: [
+      {
+        assertion = dev.encrypted.label != null;
+        message = ''
+          The filesystem for ${dev.mountPoint} has encrypted.enable set to true, but no encrypted.label set
+        '';
+      }
+      {
+        assertion =
+          config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable -> (
+            dev.encrypted.keyFile == null
+            || !lib.any (x: lib.hasPrefix x dev.encrypted.keyFile) ["/mnt-root" "$targetRoot"]
+          );
+        message = ''
+          Bad use of '/mnt-root' or '$targetRoot` in 'keyFile'.
+
+            When 'boot.initrd.systemd.enable' is enabled, file systems
+            are mounted at '/sysroot' instead of '/mnt-root'.
+        '';
+      }
+    ]) encDevs;
 
     boot.initrd = {
       luks = {
         devices =
           builtins.listToAttrs (map (dev: {
             name = dev.encrypted.label;
-            value = { device = dev.encrypted.blkDev; };
-          }) keylessEncDevs);
+            value = { device = dev.encrypted.blkDev; inherit (dev.encrypted) keyFile; };
+          }) earlyEncDevs);
         forceLuksSupportInInitrd = true;
       };
-      postMountCommands =
-        concatMapStrings (dev:
+      # TODO: systemd stage 1
+      postMountCommands = lib.mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable)
+        (concatMapStrings (dev:
           "cryptsetup luksOpen --key-file ${dev.encrypted.keyFile} ${dev.encrypted.blkDev} ${dev.encrypted.label};\n"
-        ) keyedEncDevs;
+        ) lateEncDevs);
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
index 19ef188ce783..4eadec239e67 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
@@ -34,17 +34,43 @@ let
     }
   '';
 
-  openCommand = name: fs:
-    let
-      # we need only unlock one device manually, and cannot pass multiple at once
-      # remove this adaptation when bcachefs implements mounting by filesystem uuid
-      # also, implement automatic waiting for the constituent devices when that happens
-      # bcachefs does not support mounting devices with colons in the path, ergo we don't (see #49671)
-      firstDevice = head (splitString ":" fs.device);
-    in
-      ''
-        tryUnlock ${name} ${firstDevice}
+  # we need only unlock one device manually, and cannot pass multiple at once
+  # remove this adaptation when bcachefs implements mounting by filesystem uuid
+  # also, implement automatic waiting for the constituent devices when that happens
+  # bcachefs does not support mounting devices with colons in the path, ergo we don't (see #49671)
+  firstDevice = fs: head (splitString ":" fs.device);
+
+  openCommand = name: fs: ''
+    tryUnlock ${name} ${firstDevice fs}
+  '';
+
+  mkUnits = prefix: name: fs: let
+    mountUnit = "${utils.escapeSystemdPath (prefix + (lib.removeSuffix "/" fs.mountPoint))}.mount";
+    device = firstDevice fs;
+    deviceUnit = "${utils.escapeSystemdPath device}.device";
+  in {
+    name = "unlock-bcachefs-${utils.escapeSystemdPath fs.mountPoint}";
+    value = {
+      description = "Unlock bcachefs for ${fs.mountPoint}";
+      requiredBy = [ mountUnit ];
+      before = [ mountUnit ];
+      bindsTo = [ deviceUnit ];
+      after = [ deviceUnit ];
+      unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecCondition = "${pkgs.bcachefs-tools}/bin/bcachefs unlock -c \"${device}\"";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+        RestartMode = "direct";
+        # Ideally, this service would lock the key on stop.
+        # As is, RemainAfterExit doesn't accomplish anything.
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+      };
+      script = ''
+        ${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package}/bin/systemd-ask-password --timeout=0 "enter passphrase for ${name}" | exec ${pkgs.bcachefs-tools}/bin/bcachefs unlock "${device}"
       '';
+    };
+  };
 
 in
 
@@ -59,6 +85,8 @@ in
 
       # use kernel package with bcachefs support until it's in mainline
       boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs;
+
+      systemd.services = lib.mapAttrs' (mkUnits "") (lib.filterAttrs (n: fs: (fs.fsType == "bcachefs") && (!utils.fsNeededForBoot fs)) config.fileSystems);
     }
 
     (mkIf ((elem "bcachefs" config.boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems) || (bootFs != {})) {
@@ -74,11 +102,13 @@ in
         copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.bcachefs-tools}/bin/bcachefs
         copy_bin_and_libs ${mountCommand}/bin/mount.bcachefs
       '';
-      boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommandsTest = ''
+      boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommandsTest = lib.mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
         $out/bin/bcachefs version
       '';
 
-      boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = commonFunctions + concatStrings (mapAttrsToList openCommand bootFs);
+      boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = lib.mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) (commonFunctions + concatStrings (mapAttrsToList openCommand bootFs));
+
+      boot.initrd.systemd.services = lib.mapAttrs' (mkUnits "/sysroot") bootFs;
     })
   ]);
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
index 082634ec9d01..4b6a5b6c12c1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
@@ -584,17 +584,17 @@ in
       boot.initrd = mkIf inInitrd {
         kernelModules = [ "zfs" ] ++ optional (!cfgZfs.enableUnstable) "spl";
         extraUtilsCommands =
-          ''
+          mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
             copy_bin_and_libs ${cfgZfs.package}/sbin/zfs
             copy_bin_and_libs ${cfgZfs.package}/sbin/zdb
             copy_bin_and_libs ${cfgZfs.package}/sbin/zpool
           '';
-        extraUtilsCommandsTest = mkIf inInitrd
-          ''
+        extraUtilsCommandsTest =
+          mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
             $out/bin/zfs --help >/dev/null 2>&1
             $out/bin/zpool --help >/dev/null 2>&1
           '';
-        postDeviceCommands = concatStringsSep "\n" ([''
+        postDeviceCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) (concatStringsSep "\n" ([''
             ZFS_FORCE="${optionalString cfgZfs.forceImportRoot "-f"}"
           ''] ++ [(importLib {
             # See comments at importLib definition.
@@ -623,10 +623,10 @@ in
               else concatMapStrings (fs: ''
                 zfs load-key -- ${escapeShellArg fs}
               '') (filter (x: datasetToPool x == pool) cfgZfs.requestEncryptionCredentials)}
-        '') rootPools));
+        '') rootPools)));
 
         # Systemd in stage 1
-        systemd = {
+        systemd = mkIf config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable {
           packages = [cfgZfs.package];
           services = listToAttrs (map (pool: createImportService {
             inherit pool;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
index da4aa916d655..e1ac7f24cb32 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ let
       SLAVES=$(ip link | grep 'master ${i}' | awk -F: '{print $2}')
       for I in $SLAVES; do
         UPDATED=0
-        ip link set "$I" nomaster
+        ip link set dev "$I" nomaster
       done
       [ "$UPDATED" -eq "1" ] && break
     done
-    ip link set "${i}" down 2>/dev/null || true
-    ip link del "${i}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    ip link set dev "${i}" down 2>/dev/null || true
+    ip link del dev "${i}" 2>/dev/null || true
   '';
 
   # warn that these attributes are deprecated (2017-2-2)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ let
                 state="/run/nixos/network/addresses/${i.name}"
                 mkdir -p $(dirname "$state")
 
-                ip link set "${i.name}" up
+                ip link set dev "${i.name}" up
 
                 ${flip concatMapStrings ips (ip:
                   let
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ let
               ip tuntap add dev "${i.name}" mode "${i.virtualType}" user "${i.virtualOwner}"
             '';
             postStop = ''
-              ip link del ${i.name} || true
+              ip link del dev ${i.name} || true
             '';
           };
 
@@ -291,15 +291,15 @@ let
             script = ''
               # Remove Dead Interfaces
               echo "Removing old bridge ${n}..."
-              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link del "${n}"
+              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link del dev "${n}"
 
               echo "Adding bridge ${n}..."
               ip link add name "${n}" type bridge
 
               # Enslave child interfaces
               ${flip concatMapStrings v.interfaces (i: ''
-                ip link set "${i}" master "${n}"
-                ip link set "${i}" up
+                ip link set dev "${i}" master "${n}"
+                ip link set dev "${i}" up
               '')}
               # Save list of enslaved interfaces
               echo "${flip concatMapStrings v.interfaces (i: ''
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ let
                     for uri in qemu:///system lxc:///; do
                       for dom in $(${pkgs.libvirt}/bin/virsh -c $uri list --name); do
                         ${pkgs.libvirt}/bin/virsh -c $uri dumpxml "$dom" | \
-                        ${pkgs.xmlstarlet}/bin/xmlstarlet sel -t -m "//domain/devices/interface[@type='bridge'][source/@bridge='${n}'][target/@dev]" -v "concat('ip link set ',target/@dev,' master ',source/@bridge,';')" | \
+                        ${pkgs.xmlstarlet}/bin/xmlstarlet sel -t -m "//domain/devices/interface[@type='bridge'][source/@bridge='${n}'][target/@dev]" -v "concat('ip link set dev ',target/@dev,' master ',source/@bridge,';')" | \
                         ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
                       done
                     done
@@ -328,23 +328,23 @@ let
                 echo 2 >/sys/class/net/${n}/bridge/stp_state
               ''}
 
-              ip link set "${n}" up
+              ip link set dev "${n}" up
             '';
             postStop = ''
-              ip link set "${n}" down || true
-              ip link del "${n}" || true
+              ip link set dev "${n}" down || true
+              ip link del dev "${n}" || true
               rm -f /run/${n}.interfaces
             '';
             reload = ''
               # Un-enslave child interfaces (old list of interfaces)
               for interface in `cat /run/${n}.interfaces`; do
-                ip link set "$interface" nomaster up
+                ip link set dev "$interface" nomaster up
               done
 
               # Enslave child interfaces (new list of interfaces)
               ${flip concatMapStrings v.interfaces (i: ''
-                ip link set "${i}" master "${n}"
-                ip link set "${i}" up
+                ip link set dev "${i}" master "${n}"
+                ip link set dev "${i}" up
               '')}
               # Save list of enslaved interfaces
               echo "${flip concatMapStrings v.interfaces (i: ''
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ let
             postStop = ''
               echo "Cleaning Open vSwitch ${n}"
               echo "Shutting down internal ${n} interface"
-              ip link set ${n} down || true
+              ip link set dev ${n} down || true
               echo "Deleting flows for ${n}"
               ovs-ofctl --protocols=${v.openFlowVersion} del-flows ${n} || true
               echo "Deleting Open vSwitch ${n}"
@@ -433,10 +433,10 @@ let
               while [ ! -d "/sys/class/net/${n}" ]; do sleep 0.1; done;
 
               # Bring up the bond and enslave the specified interfaces
-              ip link set "${n}" up
+              ip link set dev "${n}" up
               ${flip concatMapStrings v.interfaces (i: ''
-                ip link set "${i}" down
-                ip link set "${i}" master "${n}"
+                ip link set dev "${i}" down
+                ip link set dev "${i}" master "${n}"
               '')}
             '';
             postStop = destroyBond n;
@@ -457,13 +457,13 @@ let
             path = [ pkgs.iproute2 ];
             script = ''
               # Remove Dead Interfaces
-              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete "${n}"
+              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete dev "${n}"
               ip link add link "${v.interface}" name "${n}" type macvlan \
                 ${optionalString (v.mode != null) "mode ${v.mode}"}
-              ip link set "${n}" up
+              ip link set dev "${n}" up
             '';
             postStop = ''
-              ip link delete "${n}" || true
+              ip link delete dev "${n}" || true
             '';
           });
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ let
             path = [ pkgs.iproute2 ];
             script = ''
               # Remove Dead Interfaces
-              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete "${n}"
+              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete dev "${n}"
               ip link add name "${n}" type sit \
                 ${optionalString (v.remote != null) "remote \"${v.remote}\""} \
                 ${optionalString (v.local != null) "local \"${v.local}\""} \
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@ let
                     optionalString (v.encapsulation.sourcePort != null)
                       "encap-sport ${toString v.encapsulation.sourcePort}"
                   }"}
-              ip link set "${n}" up
+              ip link set dev "${n}" up
             '';
             postStop = ''
-              ip link delete "${n}" || true
+              ip link delete dev "${n}" || true
             '';
           });
 
@@ -549,16 +549,16 @@ let
             path = [ pkgs.iproute2 ];
             script = ''
               # Remove Dead Interfaces
-              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete "${n}"
+              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete dev "${n}"
               ip link add name "${n}" type ${v.type} \
                 ${optionalString (v.remote != null) "remote \"${v.remote}\""} \
                 ${optionalString (v.local != null) "local \"${v.local}\""} \
                 ${optionalString (v.ttl != null) "${ttlarg} ${toString v.ttl}"} \
                 ${optionalString (v.dev != null) "dev \"${v.dev}\""}
-              ip link set "${n}" up
+              ip link set dev "${n}" up
             '';
             postStop = ''
-              ip link delete "${n}" || true
+              ip link delete dev "${n}" || true
             '';
           });
 
@@ -577,17 +577,17 @@ let
             path = [ pkgs.iproute2 ];
             script = ''
               # Remove Dead Interfaces
-              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete "${n}"
+              ip link show dev "${n}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ip link delete dev "${n}"
               ip link add link "${v.interface}" name "${n}" type vlan id "${toString v.id}"
 
               # We try to bring up the logical VLAN interface. If the master
               # interface the logical interface is dependent upon is not up yet we will
               # fail to immediately bring up the logical interface. The resulting logical
               # interface will brought up later when the master interface is up.
-              ip link set "${n}" up || true
+              ip link set dev "${n}" up || true
             '';
             postStop = ''
-              ip link delete "${n}" || true
+              ip link delete dev "${n}" || true
             '';
           });
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-systemd.nix
index cee23eb24406..2009c9a7e6e2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-systemd.nix
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ in
             postStop = ''
               echo "Cleaning Open vSwitch ${n}"
               echo "Shutting down internal ${n} interface"
-              ip link set ${n} down || true
+              ip link set dev ${n} down || true
               echo "Deleting flows for ${n}"
               ovs-ofctl --protocols=${v.openFlowVersion} del-flows ${n} || true
               echo "Deleting Open vSwitch ${n}"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
index 853a2cb31432..d976f9951bb5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -1406,18 +1406,12 @@ in
           val = tempaddrValues.${opt}.sysctl;
          in nameValuePair "net.ipv6.conf.${replaceStrings ["."] ["/"] i.name}.use_tempaddr" val));
 
-    # Set the host and domain names in the activation script.  Don't
-    # clear it if it's not configured in the NixOS configuration,
-    # since it may have been set by dhcpcd in the meantime.
-    system.activationScripts.hostname = let
-        effectiveHostname = config.boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.hostname" or cfg.hostName;
-      in optionalString (effectiveHostname != "") ''
-        hostname "${effectiveHostname}"
-      '';
-    system.activationScripts.domain =
-      optionalString (cfg.domain != null) ''
-        domainname "${cfg.domain}"
-      '';
+    systemd.services.domainname = lib.mkIf (cfg.domain != null) {
+      wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      before = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = ''${pkgs.nettools}/bin/domainname "${cfg.domain}"'';
+    };
 
     environment.etc.hostid = mkIf (cfg.hostId != null) { source = hostidFile; };
     boot.initrd.systemd.contents."/etc/hostid" = mkIf (cfg.hostId != null) { source = hostidFile; };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/swraid.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/swraid.nix
index 61b3682e0f68..249755bc0548 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/swraid.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/swraid.nix
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ in {
         cp -v ${pkgs.mdadm}/lib/udev/rules.d/*.rules $out/
       '';
 
-      extraUtilsCommands = ''
+      extraUtilsCommands = lib.mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
         # Add RAID mdadm tool.
         copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.mdadm}/sbin/mdadm
         copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.mdadm}/sbin/mdmon
       '';
 
-      extraUtilsCommandsTest = ''
+      extraUtilsCommandsTest = lib.mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
         $out/bin/mdadm --version
       '';
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix
index aa85665af695..6fdb177b968b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ in
                   { services.postgresql.enable = true;
                     services.postgresql.package = pkgs.postgresql_14;
 
-                    system.stateVersion = "21.05";
+                    system.stateVersion = "${lib.trivial.release}";
                   };
               };
           }
@@ -906,4 +906,6 @@ in
       "tun"
     ];
   });
+
+  meta.buildDocsInSandbox = false;
 }