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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> | 2019-06-04 22:29:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-06-07 09:57:19 +0200 |
| commit | 08814aec6ae75adcd059c5235c90ad26e5d5607e (patch) | |
| tree | 7546c30c13c520c43d87791f085da856ea1dc087 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | cd37b144e498ee0ee030306b319cdc4ef1ec5e6f (diff) | |
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services: Add Singularity.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (singularity)[source](snippet): Change file
name of setuid helpers in libexec/cli/*.exec.
[arguments]: Remove "--disable-suid".
* gnu/services/docker.scm (%singularity-activation): New variable.
(singularity-setuid-programs): New procedure.
(singularity-service-type): New variable.
* gnu/tests/singularity.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index bdfe14c724..d37d63066f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -24090,7 +24090,7 @@ The following is an example @code{dicod-service} configuration. @cindex Docker @subsubheading Docker Service -The @code{(gnu services docker)} module provides the following service. +The @code{(gnu services docker)} module provides the following services. @defvr {Scheme Variable} docker-service-type @@ -24163,6 +24163,17 @@ The audit package to use. @end table @end deftp +@defvr {Scheme Variable} singularity-service-type +This is the type of the service that allows you to run +@url{https://www.sylabs.io/singularity/, Singularity}, a Docker-style tool to +create and run application bundles (aka. ``containers''). The value for this +service is the Singularity package to use. + +The service does not install a daemon; instead, it installs helper programs as +setuid-root (@pxref{Setuid Programs}) such that unprivileged users can invoke +@command{singularity run} and similar commands. +@end defvr + @node Setuid Programs @section Setuid Programs |