Hi Arun,
Arun Isaac <arunis...@systemreboot.net> writes:
> I would like to have the a service (specifically the tor service) listed
> in my config.scm and configured using `guix system reconfigure
> config.scm'. But, I do not want the service to start up at boot time. I
> want to start/stop it using `herd' later as and when I require it. How
> do I achieve this?
>
> Thanks!
Attached is a hack I did a while ago.
Hope it helps,
Clément
commit 5ebc46a52e543c316924ac936bb65c3ae7f113bb
Author: Clément Lassieur <clem...@lassieur.org>
Date: Fri May 5 15:11:37 2017 +0200
guix: don't auto-start nginx
diff --git a/guix/configs/modules/rodion/web.scm b/guix/configs/modules/rodion/web.scm
index 5c26651..35fe3d3 100644
--- a/guix/configs/modules/rodion/web.scm
+++ b/guix/configs/modules/rodion/web.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
(define-module (rodion web)
#:use-module (gnu services)
#:use-module (gnu services web)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-1) ; find
+ #:use-module (gnu services shepherd) ; shepherd-root-service-type
#:export (%my-nginx-service))
(define my-nginx-configuration
@@ -18,5 +20,29 @@
(uri "/")
(body (list "index index.html;"))))))))))
+(define (my-nginx-shepherd-service nginx-conf)
+ (let ((nginx-shepherd-service
+ (service-extension-compute
+ (find (lambda (ext)
+ (eq? (service-extension-target ext)
+ shepherd-root-service-type))
+ (service-type-extensions nginx-service-type)))))
+ (list
+ (shepherd-service
+ (inherit (car (nginx-shepherd-service nginx-conf)))
+ (auto-start? #f)))))
+
+(define my-nginx-service-type
+ (service-type
+ (inherit nginx-service-type)
+ (extensions
+ (cons
+ (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
+ my-nginx-shepherd-service)
+ (remove (lambda (ext)
+ (eq? (service-extension-target ext)
+ shepherd-root-service-type))
+ (service-type-extensions nginx-service-type))))))
+
(define %my-nginx-service
- (service nginx-service-type my-nginx-configuration))
+ (service my-nginx-service-type my-nginx-configuration))
