diff --git a/.sops.yaml b/.sops.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6526283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sops.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+keys:
+  - &admin_ppetru age1kgkmean5tc0uwl4y8hpknfa2d7g5hka30gzrdnje9n6z2r733upqds0s4l
+  - &server_zippy age1gtyw202hd07hddac9886as2cs8pm07e4exlnrgfm72lync75ng9qc5fjac
+  - &server_chilly age16yqffw4yl5jqvsr7tyd883vn98zw0attuv9g5snc329juff6dy3qw2w5wp
+  - &server_alo_cloud_1 age1w5w4wfvtul3sge9mt205zvrkjaeh3qs9gsxhmq7df2g4dztnvv6qylup8z
+  - &server_c1 age1e7ejamlagumpgjw56h82e9rsz2aplgzmll4np073a9lyvxw2gauqswpqwl
+  - &server_c2 age1gekmz8kc8r2lc2x6d4u63s2lnpmres4hu9wulxh29ch74ud7wfksq56xam
+  - &server_c3 age1zjgqu3zks5kvlw6hvy6ytyygq7n25lu0uj2435zlf30smpxuy4hshpmfer
+creation_rules:
+  - path_regex: secrets/[^/]+\.(yaml|json|env|ini)$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+        - *admin_ppetru
+        - *server_zippy
+        - *server_chilly
+        - *server_alo_cloud_1
+        - *server_c1
+        - *server_c2
+        - *server_c3
+
diff --git a/common/global/default.nix b/common/global/default.nix
index cf8030d..e94b351 100644
--- a/common/global/default.nix
+++ b/common/global/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     ./nix.nix
     ./packages.nix
     ./show-changelog.nix
+    ./sops.nix
     ./sudo.nix
     ./tailscale.nix
   ];
diff --git a/common/global/packages.nix b/common/global/packages.nix
index 962b2b5..5949bff 100644
--- a/common/global/packages.nix
+++ b/common/global/packages.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    age
     file
     lm_sensors # TODO: this shouldn't be installed on cloud nodes
     nodejs_20 # TODO: this is for one job on nomad, it should just be a dependency there
     neovim
+    sops
+    ssh-to-age
   ];
 }
diff --git a/common/global/sops.nix b/common/global/sops.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8560b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/global/sops.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  sops = {
+    defaultSopsFile = ./../../secrets/secrets.yaml;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/common/user-ppetru.nix b/common/user-ppetru.nix
index 141ee3b..b81e60f 100644
--- a/common/user-ppetru.nix
+++ b/common/user-ppetru.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, config, ... }:
 {
   programs.fish.enable = true;
+  sops.secrets.ppetru-password.neededForUsers = true;
   users.users.ppetru = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     extraGroups = [
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
 
     shell = pkgs.fish;
 
-    hashedPassword = "$y$j9T$RStwCKefSqHTIiRo6u6Q50$Pp2dNUeJeUMH0HJdDoM/vXMQa2jqyTTPvvIzACHZhVB";
+    hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets.ppetru-password.path;
     openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
       "ssh-rsa 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 petru@paler.net"
       "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIH+QbeQG/gTPJ2sIMPgZ3ZPEirVo5qX/carbZMKt50YN petru@happy"
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 90e61ef..20b84ee 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -354,7 +354,31 @@
         "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
-        "nixvim": "nixvim"
+        "nixvim": "nixvim",
+        "sops-nix": "sops-nix"
+      }
+    },
+    "sops-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1726524647,
+        "narHash": "sha256-qis6BtOOBBEAfUl7FMHqqTwRLB61OL5OFzIsOmRz2J4=",
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "rev": "e2d404a7ea599a013189aa42947f66cede0645c8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "systems": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 841a33f..6b9eb26 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unstable";
       inputs.home-manager.follows = "home-manager";
     };
+    sops-nix = {
+      url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs-stable.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
   outputs =
@@ -31,6 +36,8 @@
       nixpkgs-unstable,
       deploy-rs,
       disko,
+      home-manager,
+      sops-nix,
       ...
     }@inputs:
     let
@@ -51,7 +58,8 @@
               }
             )
             disko.nixosModules.disko
-            inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+            sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
+            home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
             {
               home-manager = {
                 useGlobalPkgs = true;
diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index f564ecb..0de9831 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       directories = [
         ".cache/nix"
         ".cache/nix-index"
+        ".config/sops/"
         ".local/share/fish"
         ".ssh"
         "projects"
diff --git a/secrets/secrets.yaml b/secrets/secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8642d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secrets/secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+ppetru-password: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:3q1oSiMObDDC0pRErkoCbttofFlRiJ/Y2KqCk5widNZTecjouSnUCArKvxpn3KsZRCF1ZvomQhG10tg+/ZZYnOiOdxyRMWBNiw==,iv:UM9S3/UeseaGAXCptbT9GCKn5GAXzH0uQJhMJNIMffk=,tag:gS2UDo1JaEotEv2qiREnNA==,type:str]
+sops:
+    kms: []
+    gcp_kms: []
+    azure_kv: []
+    hc_vault: []
+    age:
+        - recipient: age1kgkmean5tc0uwl4y8hpknfa2d7g5hka30gzrdnje9n6z2r733upqds0s4l
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBWK2VIRUZmajF6TjBlbEVQ
+            TTBtN3N5d0lndXNnNzY3ang4alRYeE04K2dJCnhtVmF0WWdZUTdBYTY1MVpQWEg2
+            SWhyZ1VuVTBra1hzV2pxM0NONmFENnMKLS0tIGxVWDVQRHlPKzFtQU9STE83czdm
+            UEFBdjVpRVRrNGVpZnlVR29hclJRck0KPKRgZZ0eaRZftrh3aBjOWLD2g6wFxJ+4
+            Rw/oaza3MledGTujZmWyHW2JgwhuE2T2HD3KddVaftWSHESQN1Om2g==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age1gtyw202hd07hddac9886as2cs8pm07e4exlnrgfm72lync75ng9qc5fjac
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBXbGlNNUtBd0traXg3cGJW
+            ZVUzc1hNMnA5ZjJuM1h5aGdtbjBPNTdTQ21jCmxDUnU5WitkRnFMRFgwcDJCR0F6
+            ZERrVUdJYjVaZ2hvbVJRVEdMM0tLalUKLS0tIGV3Z0JzY01RcEdvR282Ly9sb1NJ
+            U3V1RE1tRCt4cFNtRkpaWGJMRFJBeVEKBcDcuJX/O+xJ3a4HHvjqZGl6TlpvKRjZ
+            Pr+cGGcCFHRzxpamU2VZV6L2bK+vJIo4vduKbOrntItHsJtLCZmRVQ==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age16yqffw4yl5jqvsr7tyd883vn98zw0attuv9g5snc329juff6dy3qw2w5wp
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBrckJaN1dJRTZJcGtjQThT
+            QUFSOUJUekpPZTd0SHJTL3RWdmZlc3FTU3lNCkU5T1hqVERHVytoenpQRFJBRUcv
+            NHZPTEc5Si9wSythSFhibUtINUo1eG8KLS0tIG9RQktsTERLaUFiaE1mMWdQK0xl
+            L2VWRngva0xkaW41Q0xtQjhIWGdmUGsKKWxCOM5puUD9iLnlDl4PECWsRrKzTzKW
+            3uVNZJHDE8Bb1yXxIVFGkNoPaOOS8u+qNUg6k3aH69PrirdfKUgChw==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age1w5w4wfvtul3sge9mt205zvrkjaeh3qs9gsxhmq7df2g4dztnvv6qylup8z
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBSVnU3Qjd4UGZCYys5RkpD
+            S1VRd3cydEV6VDdTRXY5dkNieFNiYWhjTmpnCnl0NGE5akVIMjNENDdES2h6bGhV
+            UFpCa3lCcDZnUmFyNlpObHJ6cUtCL00KLS0tIGp6U3M5ZkNzOGZZQ0x1dk56L0Js
+            ZVBON0w1YzhxMit6SUxYV0JBcXI1N2sKq3c4yigumNGvsgjxgB07kR0F6e2lKzdQ
+            Wro4jiBv/kB7hWhOQcpgpodmsVzoYsbFwCHySV3MjpDeyO1AS68fRw==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age1e7ejamlagumpgjw56h82e9rsz2aplgzmll4np073a9lyvxw2gauqswpqwl
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBaWlBCYjducUZOR05GTlJx
+            eGVsRnNoWjhEL0JaS1FuR3dPSmVGRk9ZN0FZCmY4bW4xd2dGbkdIamhmV1EyWE9z
+            NWtJc0xKbWZ6cEsrRE5jenB4bC93K3cKLS0tIDAxUUc5OFFzWUEyQmh2R3Vzb0RS
+            S2xjbnpKWFdIS3FybXRrZjFkNzJaNXMKAwQmEjNZoDthL2dk3nbW1yWbrl2weyrf
+            MTXyF9pfAT+rnmS20Z40Hn9srI+W8+W4Qf+AMhzQAdPHCyFflrT8oA==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age1gekmz8kc8r2lc2x6d4u63s2lnpmres4hu9wulxh29ch74ud7wfksq56xam
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBLUXNBVXhHNEN0bzdyVzRl
+            VS9ZSlNmMXRRRVBrd1BxQXVUalVET0hqZHpFClQvUktFVjBpakg0aS94UXZzRWhq
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+            GbZQzvpOd4ScF12YejRZ2usslGDYauhdL+eCNlqRIvABYKfA8KfZsQ==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age1zjgqu3zks5kvlw6hvy6ytyygq7n25lu0uj2435zlf30smpxuy4hshpmfer
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBUbWlUUkp6SGkzUzlnS0sy
+            V29ISDNlb3JkeHBKZ3VhUEJycFJTUG5MMERjCjJCTy9vYUdrdC9jM1RUa2ZLMS9z
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+            Y8KDphPCb7RINcPbVX4MhMqzkBkGOgMEBeo8YRo8mJYD0S92K4qUUQ==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+    lastmodified: "2024-09-21T09:16:15Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:VrpYMsWdGvzCvfNCDj+R9NKsq5FVHn4FYlZd10FbFiSd2sfPikiOZfE7ih1E7Smp2KRM3ARyjnq0OSgpw+V1NnRQVTk1uL6oE/VDRUsBJG97EPS8gbC3a7hbvNaa9dAoj8ZB08wziuVs9GExvkpYS+Y13xKDiaxc97XrpQzOcHY=,iv:vxaTs950++ig2rZsPn4mMVT0OMfmEbvHZqnQKYxvkTM=,tag:w2Zp4PGzQLhcCaASKr0/vg==,type:str]
+    pgp: []
+    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
+    version: 3.8.1