Nobodyinperson: Add AusweisApp config examples for using a smartphone or a ReinerSCT USB card reader

2026-03-03T10:10:27Z

Add AusweisApp config examples for using a smartphone or a ReinerSCT USB card reader

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To authenticate online with the German [https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/ausweise-und-paesse/personalausweis/personalausweis-node.html Personalausweis], the [https://www.ausweisapp.bund.de/ausweisapp-nutzen AusweisApp] desktop app can be used. To interface with the Personalausweis (scanning&entering PIN), one can either use the [https://f-droid.org/de/packages/com.governikus.ausweisapp2/ mobile AusweisApp], which communicates via same WiFi network with the desktop app, or a [https://www.ausweisapp.bund.de/usb-kartenleser dedicated USB device].

=== Using a Smartphone ===

<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
# add AusweisApp desktop app
programs.ausweisapp.enable = true;
# open firewall for communication with smartphone app
programs.ausweisapp.openFirewall = true;
}
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Using a USB Card Reader ===

The following config can be used to work with a [https://www.reiner-sct.com/produkt/cyberjack-rfid-standard/ ReinerSCT cyberJack RFID standard ]. If you have another one, search if there is a [https://search.nixos.org/packages?&query=pcsc- driver in nixpkgs] and add it to <code>services.pcscd.plugins</code> instead.

<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
# add AusweisApp desktop app
programs.ausweisapp.enable = true;
# enable smart card daemon with needed plugin
services.pcscd.enable = true;
services.pcscd.plugins = with pkgs; [ pcsc-cyberjack ];
}
</syntaxhighlight>

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