services/web: nginx-configuration: Add support for global directives.

* gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-configuration>)[global-directives]: Add field.
(emit-global-directive): New procedure.
(default-nginx-config): Use it.
* doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document it.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4658c6f5eb..28808b0cd5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -20272,6 +20272,17 @@ names of loadable modules, as in this example:
 /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_accept_language_module.so")))
 @end lisp
 
+@item @code{global-directives} (default: @code{'()})
+Association list of global directives for the top level of the nginx
+configuration.  Values may themselves be association lists.
+
+@lisp
+(global-directives
+ `((worker_processes . 16)
+   (pcre_jit . on)
+   (events . ((worker_connections . 1024)))))
+@end lisp
+
 @item @code{extra-content} (default: @code{""})
 Extra content for the @code{http} block.  Should be string or a string
 valued G-expression.
diff --git a/gnu/services/web.scm b/gnu/services/web.scm
index e2178faeb8..3edc751ea2 100644
--- a/gnu/services/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/web.scm
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@
   (server-names-hash-bucket-max-size nginx-configuration-server-names-hash-bucket-max-size
                                      (default #f))
   (modules nginx-configuration-modules (default '()))
+  (global-directives nginx-configuration-global-directives (default '()))
   (extra-content nginx-configuration-extra-content
                  (default ""))
   (file          nginx-configuration-file         ;#f | string | file-like
@@ -552,6 +553,13 @@ of index files."
 (define (emit-load-module module)
   (list "load_module " module ";\n"))
 
+(define emit-global-directive
+  (match-lambda
+    ((key . (? list? alist))
+     (format #f "~a { ~{~a~}}~%" key (map emit-global-directive alist)))
+    ((key . value)
+     (format #f "~a ~a;~%" key value))))
+
 (define emit-nginx-location-config
   (match-lambda
     (($ <nginx-location-configuration> uri body)
@@ -626,12 +634,14 @@ of index files."
                  server-names-hash-bucket-size
                  server-names-hash-bucket-max-size
                  modules
+                 global-directives
                  extra-content)
    (apply mixed-text-file "nginx.conf"
           (flatten
            "user nginx nginx;\n"
            "pid " run-directory "/pid;\n"
            "error_log " log-directory "/error.log info;\n"
+           (map emit-global-directive global-directives)
            (map emit-load-module modules)
            "http {\n"
            "    client_body_temp_path " run-directory "/client_body_temp;\n"