From 0468455e7d279c89ea3ad1b51935efb2b785ec47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 11:47:04 +0200 Subject: services: Add 'rottlog-service-type' to '%base-services'. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Add an instance of ROTTLOG-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Mention that it's part of %BASE-SERVICES and change example. --- doc/guix.texi | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4d1acf1342..450ca3c5d8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13186,17 +13186,27 @@ their contents in separate files, possibly compressed. The @code{(gnu services admin)} module provides an interface to GNU@tie{}Rot[t]log, a log rotation tool (@pxref{Top,,, rottlog, GNU Rot[t]log Manual}). -The example below defines an operating system that provides log rotation -with the default settings, for commonly encountered log files. +This service is part of @code{%base-services}, and thus enabled by +default, with the default settings, for commonly encountered log files. +The example below shows how to extend it with an additional +@dfn{rotation}, should you need to do that (usually, services that +produce log files already take care of that): @lisp (use-modules (guix) (gnu)) -(use-service-modules admin mcron) -(use-package-modules base idutils) +(use-service-modules admin) + +(define my-log-files + ;; Log files that I want to rotate. + '("/var/log/something.log" "/var/log/another.log")) (operating-system ;; @dots{} - (services (cons (service rottlog-service-type) + (services (cons (simple-service 'rotate-my-stuff + rottlog-service-type + (list (log-rotation + (frequency 'daily) + (files my-log-files)))) %base-services))) @end lisp -- cgit v1.2.3