{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.services.rsyslogd; syslogConf = pkgs.writeText "syslog.conf" '' $ModLoad imuxsock $SystemLogSocketName /run/systemd/journal/syslog $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog ${cfg.defaultConfig} ${cfg.extraConfig} ''; defaultConf = '' # "local1" is used for dhcpd messages. local1.* -/var/log/dhcpd mail.* -/var/log/mail *.=warning;*.=err -/var/log/warn *.crit /var/log/warn *.*;mail.none;local1.none -/var/log/messages ''; in { ###### interface options = { services.rsyslogd = { enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = lib.mdDoc '' Whether to enable syslogd. Note that systemd also logs syslog messages, so you normally don't need to run syslogd. ''; }; defaultConfig = mkOption { type = types.lines; default = defaultConf; description = lib.mdDoc '' The default {file}`syslog.conf` file configures a fairly standard setup of log files, which can be extended by means of {var}`extraConfig`. ''; }; extraConfig = mkOption { type = types.lines; default = ""; example = "news.* -/var/log/news"; description = lib.mdDoc '' Additional text appended to {file}`syslog.conf`, i.e. the contents of {var}`defaultConfig`. ''; }; extraParams = mkOption { type = types.listOf types.str; default = [ ]; example = [ "-m 0" ]; description = lib.mdDoc '' Additional parameters passed to {command}`rsyslogd`. ''; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf cfg.enable { environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.rsyslog ]; systemd.services.syslog = { description = "Syslog Daemon"; requires = [ "syslog.socket" ]; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; serviceConfig = { ExecStart = "${pkgs.rsyslog}/sbin/rsyslogd ${toString cfg.extraParams} -f ${syslogConf} -n"; ExecStartPre = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p /var/spool/rsyslog"; # Prevent syslogd output looping back through journald. StandardOutput = "null"; }; }; }; }