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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a6260a12aa..3f1de559e6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -27764,6 +27764,73 @@ The complete list of possible options can be found in the man page for @node Guix Services @subsection Guix Services +@subsubheading Guix Build Coordinator +The @uref{https://git.cbaines.net/guix/build-coordinator/,Guix Build +Coordinator} aids in distributing derivation builds among machines +running an @dfn{agent}. The build daemon is still used to build the +derivations, but the Guix Build Coordinator manages allocating builds +and working with the results. + +@quotation Note +This service is considered experimental. Configuration options may be +changed in a backwards-incompatible manner, and not all features have +been thorougly tested. +@end quotation + +The Guix Build Coordinator consists of one @dfn{coordinator}, and one or +more connected @dfn{agent} processes. The coordinator process handles +clients submitting builds, and allocating builds to agents. The agent +processes talk to a build daemon to actually perform the builds, then +send the results back to the coordinator. + +There is a script to run the coordinator component of the Guix Build +Coordinator, but the Guix service uses a custom Guile script instead, to +provide better integration with G-expressions used in the configuration. + +@defvar {Scheme Variable} guix-build-coordinator-service-type +Service type for the Guix Build Coordinator. Its value must be a +@code{guix-build-coordinator-configuration} object. +@end defvar + +@deftp {Data Type} guix-build-coordinator-configuration +Data type representing the configuration of the Guix Build Coordinator. + +@table @asis +@item @code{package} (default: @code{guix-build-coordinator}) +The Guix Build Coordinator package to use. + +@item @code{user} (default: @code{"guix-build-coordinator"}) +The system user to run the service as. + +@item @code{group} (default: @code{"guix-build-coordinator"}) +The system group to run the service as. + +@item @code{database-uri-string} (default: @code{"sqlite:///var/lib/guix-build-coordinator/guix_build_coordinator.db"}) +The URI to use for the database. + +@item @code{agent-communication-uri} (default: @code{"http://0.0.0.0:8745"}) +The URI describing how to listen to requests from agent processes. + +@item @code{client-communication-uri} (default: @code{"http://127.0.0.1:8746"}) +The URI describing how to listen to requests from clients. The client +API allows submitting builds and currently isn't authenticated, so take +care when configuring this value. + +@item @code{allocation-strategy} (default: @code{#~basic-build-allocation-strategy}) +A G-expression for the allocation strategy to be used. This is a +procedure that takes the datastore as an argument and populates the +allocation plan in the database. + +@item @code{hooks} (default: @var{'()}) +An association list of hooks. These provide a way to execute arbitrary +code upon certian events, like a build result being processed. + +@item @code{guile} (default: @code{guile-3.0-latest}) +The Guile package with which to run the Guix Build Coordinator. + +@end table +@end deftp + @subsubheading Guix Data Service The @uref{http://data.guix.gnu.org,Guix Data Service} processes, stores and provides data about GNU Guix. This includes information about |