nixos/weechat: cleanup module, add module documentation

This adds several improvements the previously introduced
`services.weechat` module:

* Dropped `services.weechat.init` as the initialization script can now
  be done on package-level since 2af41719bc using the `configure`
  function.

* Added `sessionName` option to explicitly configure a name for the
  `screen` session (by default: weechat-screen).

* Added `binary` option to configure the binary name (e.g.
  `weechat-headless`).

* Added docs regarding `screen` session and `weechat.service`.
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Maximilian Bosch 2018-09-05 17:01:57 +02:00
parent a8efe61412
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@ -9,28 +9,33 @@ in
{
options.services.weechat = {
enable = mkEnableOption "weechat";
init = mkOption {
description = "Weechat commands applied at start, one command per line.";
example = ''
/set relay.network.password correct-horse-battery-staple
/relay add weechat 9001
'';
type = types.str;
default = "";
};
root = mkOption {
description = "Weechat state directory.";
type = types.str;
default = "/var/lib/weechat";
};
sessionName = mkOption {
description = "Name of the `screen' session for weechat.";
default = "weechat-screen";
type = types.str;
};
binary = mkOption {
description = "Binary to execute (by default \${weechat}/bin/weechat).";
example = literalExample ''
''${pkgs.weechat}/bin/weechat-headless
'';
default = "${pkgs.weechat}/bin/weechat";
};
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
users = {
groups.weechat = {};
users.weechat = {
createHome = true;
group = "weechat";
home = cfg.root;
isSystemUser = true;
};
};
@ -39,29 +44,13 @@ in
serviceConfig = {
User = "weechat";
Group = "weechat";
RemainAfterExit = "yes";
};
script = "exec ${pkgs.screen}/bin/screen -D -m ${pkgs.weechat}/bin/weechat";
script = "exec ${pkgs.screen}/bin/screen -Dm -S ${cfg.sessionName} ${cfg.binary}";
wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
wants = [ "network.target" ];
};
systemd.paths.weechat-fifo = {
pathConfig = {
PathExists = "${cfg.root}/weechat_fifo";
Unit = "weechat-apply-init.service";
};
wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
};
systemd.services.weechat-apply-init = let
initFile = pkgs.writeText "weechat-init" cfg.init;
in {
script = "sed 's/^/*/' ${initFile} > ${cfg.root}/weechat_fifo";
serviceConfig = {
Type = "oneshot";
User = "weechat";
Group = "weechat";
};
};
};
meta.doc = ./weechat.xml;
}

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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="module-services-weechat">
<title>WeeChat</title>
<para><link xlink:href="https://weechat.org/">WeeChat</link> is a fast and extensible IRC client.</para>
<section><title>Basic Usage</title>
<para>
By default, the module creates a
<literal><link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/">systemd</link></literal> unit
which runs the chat client in a detached
<literal><link xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/">screen</link></literal> session.
</para>
<para>
This can be done by enabling the <literal>weechat</literal> service:
<programlisting>
{ ... }:
{
<link linkend="opt-services.weechat.enable">services.weechat.enable</link> = true;
}
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
The service is managed by a dedicated user
named <literal>weechat</literal> in the state directory
<literal>/var/lib/weechat</literal>.
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Re-attaching to WeeChat</title>
<para>
WeeChat runs in a screen session owned by a dedicated user. To explicitly
allow your another user to attach to this session, the <literal>screenrc</literal> needs to be tweaked
by adding <link xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/html_node/Multiuser.html#Multiuser">multiuser</link> support:
<programlisting>
{
<link linkend="opt-programs.screen.screenrc">programs.screen.screenrc</link> = ''
multiuser on
acladd normal_user
'';
}
</programlisting>
Now, the session can be re-attached like this:
<programlisting>
screen -r weechat-screen
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>The session name can be changed using <link linkend="opt-services.weechat.sessionName">services.weechat.sessionName.</link></emphasis>
</para>
</section>
</chapter>