services: Add rottlog.

* gnu/services/admin.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): New node.

Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>

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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of thye GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu services admin)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
+  #:use-module (gnu services)
+  #:use-module (gnu services mcron)
+  #:use-module (gnu services shepherd)
+  #:use-module (guix gexp)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix records)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:export (%default-rotations
+            %rotated-files
+            rottlog-configuration
+            rottlog-configuration?
+            rottlog-service
+            rottlog-service-type))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; This module implements configuration of rottlog by writing
+;;; /etc/rottlog/{rc,hourly|daily|weekly}.  Example usage
+;;;
+;;;     (mcron-service)
+;;;     (service rottlog-service-type (rottlog-configuration))
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define %rotated-files
+  '("/var/log/messages" "/var/log/secure"))
+
+(define (syslog-rotation-config file)
+  #~(#$file " {
+        sharedscripts
+        postrotate
+        " #$coreutils "/bin/kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/syslog.pid) 2> /dev/null
+        endscript
+}
+"))
+
+(define (simple-rotation-config file)
+  (string-append file " {
+        sharedscripts
+        postrotate
+        endscript
+}
+"))
+
+(define %default-rotations
+  `(("weekly"
+     ,(computed-file "rottlog.weekly"
+                     #~(call-with-output-file #$output
+                         (lambda (port)
+                           (display
+                            (string-join
+                             (apply append '#$(map syslog-rotation-config
+                                                   %rotated-files))
+                             "")
+                            port)
+                           (display #$(simple-rotation-config
+                                       "/var/log/shepherd.log")
+                                    port)))))))
+
+(define (default-jobs rottlog)
+  (list #~(job '(next-hour '(0))                  ;midnight
+               (lambda ()
+                 (system* #$(file-append rottlog "/sbin/rottlog"))))
+        #~(job '(next-hour '(12))                 ;noon
+               (lambda ()
+                 (system* #$(file-append rottlog "/sbin/rottlog"))))))
+
+(define-record-type* <rottlog-configuration>
+  rottlog-configuration make-rottlog-configuration
+  rottlog-configuration?
+  (rottlog            rottlog-rottlog             ;package
+                      (default rottlog))
+  (rc-file            rottlog-rc-file             ;file-like
+                      (default (file-append rottlog "/etc/rc")))
+  (periodic-rotations rottlog-periodic-rotations  ;list of (name file) tuples
+                      (default %default-rotations))
+  (jobs               rottlog-jobs                ;list of <mcron-job>
+                      (default #f)))
+
+(define (rottlog-etc config)
+  `(("rottlog" ,(file-union "rottlog"
+                            (cons `("rc" ,(rottlog-rc-file config))
+                                  (rottlog-periodic-rotations config))))))
+
+(define (rottlog-jobs-or-default config)
+  (or (rottlog-jobs config)
+      (default-jobs (rottlog-rottlog config))))
+
+(define rottlog-service-type
+  (service-type
+   (name 'rottlog)
+   (extensions (list (service-extension etc-service-type rottlog-etc)
+                     (service-extension mcron-service-type
+                                        rottlog-jobs-or-default)))))
+
+;;; admin.scm ends here