Merge pull request #36864 from peterhoeg/f/ddclient

nixos ddclient: support multiple domains and run via systemd timer [WIP]

nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       #dialout = 27; # unused
       polkituser = 28;
       #utmp = 29; # unused
-      ddclient = 30;
+      # ddclient = 30; # converted to DynamicUser = true
       davfs2 = 31;
       #disnix = 33; # unused
       osgi = 34;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
       dialout = 27;
       #polkituser = 28; # currently unused, polkitd doesn't need a group
       utmp = 29;
-      ddclient = 30;
+      # ddclient = 30; # converted to DynamicUser = true
       davfs2 = 31;
       disnix = 33;
       osgi = 34;

nixos/modules/rename.nix

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ with lib;
       (config:
         let enabled = getAttrFromPath [ "services" "printing" "gutenprint" ] config;
         in if enabled then [ pkgs.gutenprint ] else [ ]))
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" "domain" ] [ "services" "ddclient" "domains" ])
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" "homeDir" ] "")
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "elasticsearch" "host" ] [ "services" "elasticsearch" "listenAddress" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "graphite" "api" "host" ] [ "services" "graphite" "api" "listenAddress" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "graphite" "web" "host" ] [ "services" "graphite" "web" "listenAddress" ])

nixos/modules/services/networking/ddclient.nix

@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@
 let
   cfg = config.services.ddclient;
   boolToStr = bool: if bool then "yes" else "no";
+  dataDir = "/var/lib/ddclient";
 
   configText = ''
     # This file can be used as a template for configFile or is automatically generated by Nix options.
-    daemon=${toString cfg.interval}
+    cache=${dataDir}/ddclient.cache
-    cache=${cfg.homeDir}/ddclient.cache
+    foreground=YES
-    pid=/run/ddclient/ddclient.pid
-    foreground=NO
     use=${cfg.use}
     login=${cfg.username}
     password=${cfg.password}
     protocol=${cfg.protocol}
-    ${let server = cfg.server; in
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.script != "") "script=${cfg.script}"}
-      lib.optionalString (server != "") "server=${server}"}
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.server != "") "server=${cfg.server}"}
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.zone != "")   "zone=${cfg.zone}"}
     ssl=${boolToStr cfg.ssl}
     wildcard=YES
     quiet=${boolToStr cfg.quiet}
     verbose=${boolToStr cfg.verbose}
-    ${cfg.domain}
+    ${lib.concatStringsSep "," cfg.domains}
     ${cfg.extraConfig}
   '';
 
@@ -44,17 +44,11 @@ with lib;
         '';
       };
 
-      homeDir = mkOption {
+      domains = mkOption {
-        default = "/var/lib/ddclient";
+        default = [ "" ];
-        type = str;
+        type = listOf str;
-        description = "Home directory for the daemon user.";
-      };
-
-      domain = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        type = str;
         description = ''
-          Domain name to synchronize.
+          Domain name(s) to synchronize.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ with lib;
         default = "";
         type = str;
         description = ''
-          Username.
+          User name.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -75,9 +69,12 @@ with lib;
       };
 
       interval = mkOption {
-        default = 600;
+        default = "10min";
-        type = int;
+        type = str;
-        description = "The interval at which to run the check and update.";
+        description = ''
+          The interval at which to run the check and update.
+          See <command>man 7 systemd.time</command> for the format.
+        '';
       };
 
       configFile = mkOption {
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ with lib;
         default = "dyndns2";
         type = str;
         description = ''
-          Protocol to use with dynamic DNS provider (see http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient/wiki/Protocols).
+          Protocol to use with dynamic DNS provider (see https://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/wiki/protocols).
         '';
       };
 
@@ -115,11 +112,20 @@ with lib;
         '';
       };
 
-      extraConfig = mkOption {
+
-        default = "";
+      quiet = mkOption {
-        type = lines;
+        default = false;
+        type = bool;
         description = ''
-          Extra configuration. Contents will be added verbatim to the configuration file.
+          Print no messages for unnecessary updates.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      script = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = str;
+        description = ''
+          script as required by some providers.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -139,11 +145,19 @@ with lib;
         '';
       };
 
-      quiet = mkOption {
+      zone = mkOption {
-        default = false;
+        default = "";
-        type = bool;
+        type = str;
         description = ''
-          Print no messages for unnecessary updates.
+          zone as required by some providers.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = lines;
+        description = ''
+          Extra configuration. Contents will be added verbatim to the configuration file.
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -153,23 +167,8 @@ with lib;
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf config.services.ddclient.enable {
-
-    users = {
-      extraGroups.ddclient.gid = config.ids.gids.ddclient;
-
-      extraUsers.ddclient = {
-        uid = config.ids.uids.ddclient;
-        description = "ddclient daemon user";
-        group = "ddclient";
-        home = cfg.homeDir;
-        createHome = true;
-      };
-    };
-
     environment.etc."ddclient.conf" = {
       enable = cfg.configFile == "/etc/ddclient.conf";
-      uid = config.ids.uids.ddclient;
-      gid = config.ids.gids.ddclient;
       mode = "0600";
       text = configText;
     };
@@ -180,15 +179,22 @@ with lib;
       after = [ "network.target" ];
       restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."ddclient.conf".source ];
 
-      serviceConfig = {
+      serviceConfig = rec {
-        RuntimeDirectory = "ddclient";
+        DynamicUser = true;
-        # we cannot run in forking mode as it swallows all the program output
+        RuntimeDirectory = StateDirectory;
-        Type = "simple";
+        StateDirectory = builtins.baseNameOf dataDir;
-        User = "ddclient";
+        Type = "oneshot";
-        Group = "ddclient";
+        ExecStartPre = "!${lib.getBin pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -m666 ${cfg.configFile} /run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.conf";
-        ExecStart = "${lib.getBin pkgs.ddclient}/bin/ddclient -foreground -file ${cfg.configFile}";
+        ExecStart = "${lib.getBin pkgs.ddclient}/bin/ddclient -file /run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.conf";
-        ProtectSystem = "full";
+      };
-        PrivateTmp = true;
+    };
+
+    systemd.timers.ddclient = {
+      description = "Run ddclient";
+      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      timerConfig = {
+        OnBootSec = cfg.interval;
+        OnUnitInactiveSec = cfg.interval;
       };
     };
   };

pkgs/tools/networking/ddclient/default.nix

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1j8zdn7fy7i0bjk3jf0hxnbnshc2yf054vxq64imxdpfd7n5zgfy";
   };
 
+  # perl packages by default get devdoc which isn't present
   outputs = [ "out" ];
 
   buildInputs = with perlPackages; [ IOSocketSSL DigestSHA1 ];
@@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     install -Dm755 ddclient $out/bin/ddclient
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/share/doc/ddclient COP* ChangeLog README.* RELEASENOTE
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   # there are no tests distributed with ddclient