{ config, pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let cfg = config.services.syslogd; syslogConf = pkgs.writeText "syslog.conf" '' ${if (cfg.tty != "") then "kern.warning;*.err;authpriv.none /dev/${cfg.tty}" else ""} ${cfg.defaultConfig} ${cfg.extraConfig} ''; defaultConf = '' # Send emergency messages to all users. *.emerg * # "local1" is used for dhcpd messages. local1.* -/var/log/dhcpd mail.* -/var/log/mail *.=warning;*.=err -/var/log/warn *.crit /var/log/warn *.*;mail.none;local1.none -/var/log/messages ''; in { ###### interface options = { services.syslogd = { tty = mkOption { type = types.string; default = "tty10"; description = '' The tty device on which syslogd will print important log messages. Leave this option blank to disable tty logging. ''; }; defaultConfig = mkOption { type = types.string; default = defaultConf; description = '' The default syslog.conf file configures a fairly standard setup of log files, which can be extended by means of extraConfig. ''; }; extraConfig = mkOption { type = types.string; default = ""; example = "news.* -/var/log/news"; description = '' Additional text appended to syslog.conf, i.e. the contents of defaultConfig. ''; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = { jobs.syslogd = { description = "Syslog daemon"; startOn = "started udev"; environment = { TZ = config.time.timeZone; }; daemonType = "fork"; exec = "${pkgs.sysklogd}/sbin/syslogd -f ${syslogConf}"; }; }; }