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-rw-r--r--.gitignore2
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi24
-rw-r--r--etc/guix-publish.conf.in12
-rw-r--r--etc/guix-publish.service.in19
-rw-r--r--nix/local.mk16
5 files changed, 65 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 329d489713..b64f5ef4b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
/emacs/guix-helper.scm
/etc/guix-daemon.conf
/etc/guix-daemon.service
+/etc/guix-publish.conf
+/etc/guix-publish.service
/guix-daemon
/guix-register
/guix/config.scm
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 347361ca74..0055d094e8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -6055,6 +6055,30 @@ add a call to @code{guix-publish-service} in the @code{services} field
of the @code{operating-system} declaration (@pxref{guix-publish-service,
@code{guix-publish-service}}).
+If you are instead running Guix on a ``foreign distro'', follow these
+instructions:”
+
+@itemize
+@item
+If your host distro uses the systemd init system:
+
+@example
+# ln -s ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-publish.service \
+ /etc/systemd/system/
+# systemctl start guix-publish && systemctl enable guix-publish
+@end example
+
+@item
+If your host distro uses the Upstart init system:
+
+@example
+# ln -s ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-publish.conf /etc/init/
+# start guix-publish
+@end example
+
+@item
+Otherwise, proceed similarly with your distro's init system.
+@end itemize
@node Invoking guix challenge
@section Invoking @command{guix challenge}
diff --git a/etc/guix-publish.conf.in b/etc/guix-publish.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..498fa295be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/guix-publish.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This is a "job" for the Upstart init system to launch 'guix-daemon'.
+# Drop it in /etc/init to have 'guix-daemon' automatically started.
+
+description "Publish the GNU Guix store"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+
+stop on runlevel [016]
+
+task
+
+exec @bindir@/guix publish --user=nobody --port=8181
diff --git a/etc/guix-publish.service.in b/etc/guix-publish.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc4e3c21f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/guix-publish.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# This is a "service unit file" for the systemd init system to launch
+# 'guix publish'. Drop it in /etc/systemd/system or similar to have
+# 'guix publish' automatically started.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Publish the GNU Guix store
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@bindir@/guix publish --user=nobody --port=8181
+Environment=GUIX_LOCPATH=/root/.guix-profile/lib/locale
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+StandardOutput=syslog
+StandardError=syslog
+
+# See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-04/msg00608.html>.
+TasksMax=1024
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/nix/local.mk b/nix/local.mk
index 86ef769549..79667ed49e 100644
--- a/nix/local.mk
+++ b/nix/local.mk
@@ -183,26 +183,26 @@ endif BUILD_DAEMON_OFFLOAD
nodist_libexec_SCRIPTS = \
%D%/scripts/guix-authenticate
-# The '.service' file for systemd.
+# The '.service' files for systemd.
systemdservicedir = $(libdir)/systemd/system
-nodist_systemdservice_DATA = etc/guix-daemon.service
+nodist_systemdservice_DATA = etc/guix-daemon.service etc/guix-publish.service
-etc/guix-daemon.service: etc/guix-daemon.service.in \
+etc/guix-%.service: etc/guix-%.service.in \
$(top_builddir)/config.status
$(AM_V_GEN)$(MKDIR_P) "`dirname $@`"; \
$(SED) -e 's|@''bindir''@|$(bindir)|' < \
- "$(srcdir)/etc/guix-daemon.service.in" > "$@.tmp"; \
+ "$(srcdir)/$<" > "$@.tmp"; \
mv "$@.tmp" "$@"
-# The '.conf' job for Upstart.
+# The '.conf' jobs for Upstart.
upstartjobdir = $(libdir)/upstart/system
-nodist_upstartjob_DATA = etc/guix-daemon.conf
+nodist_upstartjob_DATA = etc/guix-daemon.conf etc/guix-publish.conf
-etc/guix-daemon.conf: etc/guix-daemon.conf.in \
+etc/guix-%.conf: etc/guix-%.conf.in \
$(top_builddir)/config.status
$(AM_V_GEN)$(MKDIR_P) "`dirname $@`"; \
$(SED) -e 's|@''bindir''@|$(bindir)|' < \
- "$(srcdir)/etc/guix-daemon.conf.in" > "$@.tmp"; \
+ "$(srcdir)/$<" > "$@.tmp"; \
mv "$@.tmp" "$@"
EXTRA_DIST += \