{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with 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} ${cfg.extraConfig} ''; defaultConf = '' # Send emergency messages to all users. *.emerg * # "local1" is used for dhcpd messages. local1.* -/var/log/dhcpd mail.* -/var/log/mail *.=warning;*.=err -/var/log/warn *.crit /var/log/warn *.*;mail.none;local1.none -/var/log/messages ''; in { ###### interface options = { services.syslogd = { enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = lib.mdDoc '' Whether to enable syslogd. Note that systemd also logs syslog messages, so you normally don't need to run syslogd. ''; }; tty = mkOption { type = types.str; default = "tty10"; description = lib.mdDoc '' The tty device on which syslogd will print important log messages. Leave this option blank to disable tty logging. ''; }; defaultConfig = mkOption { type = types.lines; default = defaultConf; description = '' The default syslog.conf file configures a fairly standard setup of log files, which can be extended by means of extraConfig. ''; }; enableNetworkInput = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = lib.mdDoc '' Accept logging through UDP. Option -r of syslogd(8). ''; }; extraConfig = mkOption { type = types.lines; default = ""; example = "news.* -/var/log/news"; description = '' Additional text appended to syslog.conf, i.e. the contents of defaultConfig. ''; }; extraParams = mkOption { type = types.listOf types.str; default = [ ]; example = [ "-m 0" ]; description = lib.mdDoc '' Additional parameters passed to {command}`syslogd`. ''; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf cfg.enable { assertions = [ { assertion = !config.services.rsyslogd.enable; message = "rsyslogd conflicts with syslogd"; } ]; environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.sysklogd ]; services.syslogd.extraParams = optional cfg.enableNetworkInput "-r"; # FIXME: restarting syslog seems to break journal logging. systemd.services.syslog = { description = "Syslog Daemon"; requires = [ "syslog.socket" ]; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; serviceConfig = { ExecStart = "${pkgs.sysklogd}/sbin/syslogd ${toString cfg.extraParams} -f ${syslogConf} -n"; # Prevent syslogd output looping back through journald. StandardOutput = "null"; }; }; }; }