1{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
2
3with lib;
4
5let
6
7 cfg = config.services.syslogd;
8
9 syslogConf = pkgs.writeText "syslog.conf" ''
10 ${optionalString (cfg.tty != "") "kern.warning;*.err;authpriv.none /dev/${cfg.tty}"}
11 ${cfg.defaultConfig}
12 ${cfg.extraConfig}
13 '';
14
15 defaultConf = ''
16 # Send emergency messages to all users.
17 *.emerg *
18
19 # "local1" is used for dhcpd messages.
20 local1.* -/var/log/dhcpd
21
22 mail.* -/var/log/mail
23
24 *.=warning;*.=err -/var/log/warn
25 *.crit /var/log/warn
26
27 *.*;mail.none;local1.none -/var/log/messages
28 '';
29
30in
31
32{
33 ###### interface
34
35 options = {
36
37 services.syslogd = {
38
39 enable = mkOption {
40 type = types.bool;
41 default = false;
42 description = lib.mdDoc ''
43 Whether to enable syslogd. Note that systemd also logs
44 syslog messages, so you normally don't need to run syslogd.
45 '';
46 };
47
48 tty = mkOption {
49 type = types.str;
50 default = "tty10";
51 description = lib.mdDoc ''
52 The tty device on which syslogd will print important log
53 messages. Leave this option blank to disable tty logging.
54 '';
55 };
56
57 defaultConfig = mkOption {
58 type = types.lines;
59 default = defaultConf;
60 description = lib.mdDoc ''
61 The default {file}`syslog.conf` file configures a
62 fairly standard setup of log files, which can be extended by
63 means of {var}`extraConfig`.
64 '';
65 };
66
67 enableNetworkInput = mkOption {
68 type = types.bool;
69 default = false;
70 description = lib.mdDoc ''
71 Accept logging through UDP. Option -r of syslogd(8).
72 '';
73 };
74
75 extraConfig = mkOption {
76 type = types.lines;
77 default = "";
78 example = "news.* -/var/log/news";
79 description = lib.mdDoc ''
80 Additional text appended to {file}`syslog.conf`,
81 i.e. the contents of {var}`defaultConfig`.
82 '';
83 };
84
85 extraParams = mkOption {
86 type = types.listOf types.str;
87 default = [ ];
88 example = [ "-m 0" ];
89 description = lib.mdDoc ''
90 Additional parameters passed to {command}`syslogd`.
91 '';
92 };
93
94 };
95
96 };
97
98
99 ###### implementation
100
101 config = mkIf cfg.enable {
102
103 assertions =
104 [ { assertion = !config.services.rsyslogd.enable;
105 message = "rsyslogd conflicts with syslogd";
106 }
107 ];
108
109 environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.sysklogd ];
110
111 services.syslogd.extraParams = optional cfg.enableNetworkInput "-r";
112
113 # FIXME: restarting syslog seems to break journal logging.
114 systemd.services.syslog =
115 { description = "Syslog Daemon";
116
117 requires = [ "syslog.socket" ];
118
119 wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
120
121 serviceConfig =
122 { ExecStart = "${pkgs.sysklogd}/sbin/syslogd ${toString cfg.extraParams} -f ${syslogConf} -n";
123 # Prevent syslogd output looping back through journald.
124 StandardOutput = "null";
125 };
126 };
127
128 };
129
130}