--- title: Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS description: Learn how to enable Secure Boot and TPM-backed full disk encryption on NixOS. Understand the purpose and functionality of TPM and Secure Boot. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/secure-boot-tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-on-nixos-l8y0brdad twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to enable Secure Boot and TPM-backed full disk encryption on NixOS. Understand the purpose and functionality of TPM and Secure Boot. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/secure-boot-tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-on-nixos-l8y0brdad og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/L8Y0BrDad.png og:image:alt: Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 11 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to enable Secure Boot and TPM-backed full disk encryption on NixOS. Understand the purpose and functionality of TPM and Secure Boot. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#nixos](https://daily.dev/tags/nixos) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/secure-boot-tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-on-nixos-l8y0brdad) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/secure-boot-tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-on-nixos-l8y0brdad","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/secure-boot-tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-on-nixos-l8y0brdad"},"datePublished":"2024-04-22T17:04:50.056Z","dateModified":"2024-08-22T02:12:56.562Z","description":"Learn how to enable Secure Boot and TPM-backed full disk encryption on NixOS. Understand the purpose and functionality of TPM and Secure Boot.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/456bba682ebd1a9555d83d019a21b38c?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/456bba682ebd1a9555d83d019a21b38c?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/secure-boot-tpm-backed-full-disk-encryption-on-nixos-l8y0brdad","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,nixos","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Secure Boot & TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption on NixOS"}]} ```