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| -rw-r--r-- | .gitignore | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/guix-gc.service.in | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/guix-gc.timer | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nix/local.mk | 6 |
5 files changed, 53 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 88fe24586d..59e1460fef 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ /etc/guix-daemon.service /etc/guix-publish.conf /etc/guix-publish.service +/etc/guix-gc.service /etc/init.d/guix-daemon /etc/openrc/guix-daemon /guix-* diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6436e83a7c..cd8e249ae8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -743,6 +743,18 @@ with these commands: # systemctl enable --now gnu-store.mount guix-daemon @end example +You may also want to arrange for @command{guix gc} to run periodically: + +@example +# cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/systemd/system/guix-gc.service \ + ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/systemd/system/guix-gc.timer \ + /etc/systemd/system/ +# systemctl enable --now guix-gc.timer +@end example + +You may want to edit @file{guix-gc.service} to adjust the command line +options to fit your needs (@pxref{Invoking guix gc}). + If your host distro uses the Upstart init system: @example diff --git a/etc/guix-gc.service.in b/etc/guix-gc.service.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2f1ca6584b --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/guix-gc.service.in @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# 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 diff --git a/etc/guix-gc.timer b/etc/guix-gc.timer new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..192132fbda --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/guix-gc.timer @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# This is a "timer unit file" for the systemd init system to trigger +# 'guix-gc.service' periodically. Drop it in /etc/systemd/system or similar +# together with 'guix-gc.service' to set it up. + +[Unit] +Description=Discard unused Guix store items + +[Timer] +OnCalendar=weekly +AccuracySec=1h +Persistent=true +RandomizedDelaySec=6000 + +[Install] +WantedBy=timers.target diff --git a/nix/local.mk b/nix/local.mk index 7c438ea78c..d6b4d7faeb 100644 --- a/nix/local.mk +++ b/nix/local.mk @@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ systemdservicedir = $(libdir)/systemd/system nodist_systemdservice_DATA = \ etc/gnu-store.mount \ etc/guix-daemon.service \ - etc/guix-publish.service + etc/guix-publish.service \ + etc/guix-gc.service \ + etc/guix-gc.timer etc/%.mount: etc/%.mount.in \ $(top_builddir)/config.status @@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \ etc/guix-daemon.conf.in \ etc/guix-publish.service.in \ etc/guix-publish.conf.in \ + etc/guix-gc.service.in \ + etc/guix-gc.timer \ etc/init.d/guix-daemon.in \ etc/openrc/guix-daemon.in |