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 **Note:** If you are using Impermanence, you must set `sops.age.keyFile` to a keyfile inside your persist directory or it will not exist at boot time. 
 For example: `/nix/persist/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt`
+Similarly if ssh host keys are used instead, they also need to be placed inside the persisted storage.
 
 ## Different file formats