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authorThiago Jung Bauermann <bauermann@kolabnow.com>2021-09-15 20:36:38 -0300
committerMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2021-09-20 14:18:21 +0000
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etc: Add systemd files for running ‘guix gc’ periodically
* etc/guix-gc.service.in: New file.
* etc/guix-gc.timer: Likewise.
* .gitignore: Ignore generated ‘guix-gc.service’.
* nix/local.mk (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add ‘guix-gc.service’ and
‘guix-gc.timer’.
(EXTRA_DIST): Add ‘guix-gc.service.in’ and ‘guix-gc.timer’.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention the new systemd files.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
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+# This is a "service unit file" for the systemd init system to perform a
+# one-shot 'guix gc' operation.  It is meant to be triggered by a timer.
+# Drop it in /etc/systemd/system or similar together with 'guix-gc.timer'
+# to set it up.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Discard unused Guix store items
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+# Customize the 'guix gc' arguments to fit your needs.
+ExecStart=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix gc -d 1m -F 10G
+PrivateDevices=yes
+PrivateNetwork=yes
+PrivateUsers=no
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
+SystemCallFilter=@default @file-system @basic-io @system-service