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authorDaiderd Jordan <daiderd@gmail.com>2016-11-01 21:25:22 +0100
committerDaiderd Jordan <daiderd@gmail.com>2016-11-01 22:54:20 +0100
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+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+ options = {
+ Label = mkOption {
+ type = types.str;
+ description = ''
+ This required key uniquely identifies the job to launchd.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ Disabled = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used as a hint to launchctl(1) that it should not submit this job to launchd when
+ loading a job or jobs. The value of this key does NOT reflect the current state of the job on the run-ning running
+ ning system. If you wish to know whether a job is loaded in launchd, reading this key from a configura-tion configuration
+ tion file yourself is not a sufficient test. You should query launchd for the presence of the job using
+ the launchctl(1) list subcommand or use the ServiceManagement framework's SMJobCopyDictionary() method.
+
+ Note that as of Mac OS X v10.6, this key's value in a configuration file conveys a default value, which
+ is changed with the [-w] option of the launchctl(1) load and unload subcommands. These subcommands no
+ longer modify the configuration file, so the value displayed in the configuration file is not necessar-ily necessarily
+ ily the value that launchctl(1) will apply. See launchctl(1) for more information.
+
+ Please also be mindful that you should only use this key if the provided on-demand and KeepAlive crite-ria criteria
+ ria are insufficient to describe the conditions under which your job needs to run. The cost to have a
+ job loaded in launchd is negligible, so there is no harm in loading a job which only runs once or very
+ rarely.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ UserName = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.str;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies the user to run the job as. This key is only applicable when launchd is
+ running as root.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ GroupName = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.str;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies the group to run the job as. This key is only applicable when launchd is
+ running as root. If UserName is set and GroupName is not, the the group will be set to the default
+ group of the user.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ inetdCompatibility = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.attrsOf types.bool);
+ default = null;
+ example = { Wait = true; };
+ description = ''
+ The presence of this key specifies that the daemon expects to be run as if it were launched from inetd.
+
+ This flag corresponds to the "wait" or "nowait" option of inetd. If true, then the listening
+ socket is passed via the standard in/out/error file descriptors. If false, then accept(2) is
+ called on behalf of the job, and the result is passed via the standard in/out/error descriptors.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ LimitLoadToHosts = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This configuration file only applies to the hosts listed with this key. Note: One should set kern.host-name kern.hostname
+ name in sysctl.conf(5) for this feature to work reliably.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ LimitLoadFromHosts = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This configuration file only applies to hosts NOT listed with this key. Note: One should set kern.host-name kern.hostname
+ name in sysctl.conf(5) for this feature to work reliably.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ LimitLoadToSessionType = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.str;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This configuration file only applies to sessions of the type specified. This key is used in concert
+ with the -S flag to launchctl.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ Program = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.path;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This key maps to the first argument of execvp(3). If this key is missing, then the first element of
+ the array of strings provided to the ProgramArguments will be used instead. This key is required in
+ the absence of the ProgramArguments key.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ ProgramArguments = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This key maps to the second argument of execvp(3). This key is required in the absence of the Program
+ key. Please note: many people are confused by this key. Please read execvp(3) very carefully!
+ '';
+ };
+
+ EnableGlobbing = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This flag causes launchd to use the glob(3) mechanism to update the program arguments before invoca-tion. invocation.
+ tion.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ EnableTransactions = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This flag instructs launchd that the job promises to use vproc_transaction_begin(3) and
+ vproc_transaction_end(3) to track outstanding transactions that need to be reconciled before the
+ process can safely terminate. If no outstanding transactions are in progress, then launchd is free to
+ send the SIGKILL signal.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ OnDemand = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This key was used in Mac OS X 10.4 to control whether a job was kept alive or not. The default was
+ true. This key has been deprecated and replaced in Mac OS X 10.5 and later with the more powerful
+ KeepAlive option.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ KeepAlive = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to control whether your job is to be kept continuously running or to let
+ demand and conditions control the invocation. The default is false and therefore only demand will start
+ the job. The value may be set to true to unconditionally keep the job alive. Alternatively, a dictio-nary dictionary
+ nary of conditions may be specified to selectively control whether launchd keeps a job alive or not. If
+ multiple keys are provided, launchd ORs them, thus providing maximum flexibility to the job to refine
+ the logic and stall if necessary. If launchd finds no reason to restart the job, it falls back on
+ demand based invocation. Jobs that exit quickly and frequently when configured to be kept alive will
+ be throttled to converve system resources.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ RunAtLoad = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to control whether your job is launched once at the time the job is loaded.
+ The default is false.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ RootDirectory = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.str;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to specify a directory to chroot(2) to before running the job.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ WorkingDirectory = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.str;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to specify a directory to chdir(2) to before running the job.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ EnvironmentVariables = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.attrsOf types.str);
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to specify additional environmental variables to be set before running the
+ job.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ Umask = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.int;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies what value should be passed to umask(2) before running the job. Known bug:
+ Property lists don't support octal, so please convert the value to decimal.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ TimeOut = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.int;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ The recommended idle time out (in seconds) to pass to the job. If no value is specified, a default time
+ out will be supplied by launchd for use by the job at check in time.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ ExitTimeOut = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.int;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ The amount of time launchd waits before sending a SIGKILL signal. The default value is 20 seconds. The
+ value zero is interpreted as infinity.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ ThrottleInterval = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.int;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This key lets one override the default throttling policy imposed on jobs by launchd. The value is in
+ seconds, and by default, jobs will not be spawned more than once every 10 seconds. The principle
+ behind this is that jobs should linger around just in case they are needed again in the near future.
+ This not only reduces the latency of responses, but it encourages developers to amortize the cost of
+ program invocation.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ InitGroups = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies whether initgroups(3) should be called before running the job. The default
+ is true in 10.5 and false in 10.4. This key will be ignored if the UserName key is not set.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ WatchPaths = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.path);
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key causes the job to be started if any one of the listed paths are modified.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ QueueDirectories = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.listOf types.str);
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ Much like the WatchPaths option, this key will watch the paths for modifications. The difference being
+ that the job will only be started if the path is a directory and the directory is not empty.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ StartOnMount = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key causes the job to be started every time a filesystem is mounted.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ StartInterval = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.int;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key causes the job to be started every N seconds. If the system is asleep, the job will
+ be started the next time the computer wakes up. If multiple intervals transpire before the computer is
+ woken, those events will be coalesced into one event upon wake from sleep.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ StartCalendarInterval = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.attrsOf types.int);
+ default = null;
+ example = { Hour = 2; Minute = 30; };
+ description = ''
+ This optional key causes the job to be started every calendar interval as specified. Missing arguments
+ are considered to be wildcard. The semantics are much like crontab(5). Unlike cron which skips job
+ invocations when the computer is asleep, launchd will start the job the next time the computer wakes
+ up. If multiple intervals transpire before the computer is woken, those events will be coalesced into
+ one event upon wake from sleep.
+
+ Minute <integer>
+ The minute on which this job will be run.
+
+ Hour <integer>
+ The hour on which this job will be run.
+
+ Day <integer>
+ The day on which this job will be run.
+
+ Weekday <integer>
+ The weekday on which this job will be run (0 and 7 are Sunday).
+
+ Month <integer>
+ The month on which this job will be run.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ StandardInPath = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.path;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies what file should be used for data being supplied to stdin when using
+ stdio(3).
+ '';
+ };
+
+ StandardOutPath = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.path;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies what file should be used for data being sent to stdout when using stdio(3).
+ '';
+ };
+
+ StandardErrorPath = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.path;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies what file should be used for data being sent to stderr when using stdio(3).
+ '';
+ };
+
+ Debug = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies that launchd should adjust its log mask temporarily to LOG_DEBUG while
+ dealing with this job.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ WaitForDebugger = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies that launchd should instruct the kernel to have the job wait for a debugger
+ to attach before any code in the job is executed.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ SoftResourceLimits = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.attrsOf types.int);
+ default = null;
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ HardResourceLimits = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.attrsOf types.int);
+ default = null;
+ example = { NumberOfFiles = 4096; };
+ description = ''
+ Resource limits to be imposed on the job. These adjust variables set with setrlimit(2). The following
+ keys apply:
+
+ Core <integer>
+ The largest size (in bytes) core file that may be created.
+
+ CPU <integer>
+ The maximum amount of cpu time (in seconds) to be used by each process.
+
+ Data <integer>
+ The maximum size (in bytes) of the data segment for a process; this defines how far a program may
+ extend its break with the sbrk(2) system call.
+
+ FileSize <integer>
+ The largest size (in bytes) file that may be created.
+
+ MemoryLock <integer>
+ The maximum size (in bytes) which a process may lock into memory using the mlock(2) function.
+
+ NumberOfFiles <integer>
+ The maximum number of open files for this process. Setting this value in a system wide daemon
+ will set the sysctl(3) kern.maxfiles (SoftResourceLimits) or kern.maxfilesperproc (HardResource-Limits) (HardResourceLimits)
+ Limits) value in addition to the setrlimit(2) values.
+
+ NumberOfProcesses <integer>
+ The maximum number of simultaneous processes for this user id. Setting this value in a system
+ wide daemon will set the sysctl(3) kern.maxproc (SoftResourceLimits) or kern.maxprocperuid
+ (HardResourceLimits) value in addition to the setrlimit(2) values.
+
+ ResidentSetSize <integer>
+ The maximum size (in bytes) to which a process's resident set size may grow. This imposes a
+ limit on the amount of physical memory to be given to a process; if memory is tight, the system
+ will prefer to take memory from processes that are exceeding their declared resident set size.
+
+ Stack <integer>
+ The maximum size (in bytes) of the stack segment for a process; this defines how far a program's
+ stack segment may be extended. Stack extension is performed automatically by the system.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ Nice = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.int;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies what nice(3) value should be applied to the daemon.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ ProcessType = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.str;
+ default = null;
+ example = "Background";
+ description = ''
+ This optional key describes, at a high level, the intended purpose of the job. The system will apply
+ resource limits based on what kind of job it is. If left unspecified, the system will apply light
+ resource limits to the job, throttling its CPU usage and I/O bandwidth. The following are valid values:
+
+ Background
+ Background jobs are generally processes that do work that was not directly requested by the user.
+ The resource limits applied to Background jobs are intended to prevent them from disrupting the
+ user experience.
+
+ Standard
+ Standard jobs are equivalent to no ProcessType being set.
+
+ Adaptive
+ Adaptive jobs move between the Background and Interactive classifications based on activity over
+ XPC connections. See xpc_transaction_begin(3) for details.
+
+ Interactive
+ Interactive jobs run with the same resource limitations as apps, that is to say, none. Interac-tive Interactive
+ tive jobs are critical to maintaining a responsive user experience, and this key should only be
+ used if an app's ability to be responsive depends on it, and cannot be made Adaptive.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ AbandonProcessGroup = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ When a job dies, launchd kills any remaining processes with the same process group ID as the job. Set-ting Setting
+ ting this key to true disables that behavior.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ LowPriorityIO = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies whether the kernel should consider this daemon to be low priority when
+ doing file system I/O.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ LaunchOnlyOnce = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key specifies whether the job can only be run once and only once. In other words, if the
+ job cannot be safely respawned without a full machine reboot, then set this key to be true.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ MachServices = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr (types.attrsOf types.bool);
+ default = null;
+ example = { ResetAtClose = true; };
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to specify Mach services to be registered with the Mach bootstrap sub-system.
+ Each key in this dictionary should be the name of service to be advertised. The value of the key must
+ be a boolean and set to true. Alternatively, a dictionary can be used instead of a simple true value.
+
+ ResetAtClose <boolean>
+ If this boolean is false, the port is recycled, thus leaving clients to remain oblivious to the
+ demand nature of job. If the value is set to true, clients receive port death notifications when
+ the job lets go of the receive right. The port will be recreated atomically with respect to boot-strap_look_up() bootstrap_look_up()
+ strap_look_up() calls, so that clients can trust that after receiving a port death notification,
+ the new port will have already been recreated. Setting the value to true should be done with
+ care. Not all clients may be able to handle this behavior. The default value is false.
+
+ HideUntilCheckIn <boolean>
+ Reserve the name in the namespace, but cause bootstrap_look_up() to fail until the job has
+ checked in with launchd.
+
+ Finally, for the job itself, the values will be replaced with Mach ports at the time of check-in with
+ launchd.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ # TODO
+ Sockets = mkOption {
+ type = types.nullOr types.attrs;
+ default = null;
+ description = ''
+ This optional key is used to specify launch on demand sockets that can be used to let launchd know when
+ to run the job. The job must check-in to get a copy of the file descriptors using APIs outlined in
+ launch(3). The keys of the top level Sockets dictionary can be anything. They are meant for the appli-cation application
+ cation developer to use to differentiate which descriptors correspond to which application level proto-cols protocols
+ cols (e.g. http vs. ftp vs. DNS...). At check-in time, the value of each Sockets dictionary key will
+ be an array of descriptors. Daemon/Agent writers should consider all descriptors of a given key to be
+ to be effectively equivalent, even though each file descriptor likely represents a different networking
+ protocol which conforms to the criteria specified in the job configuration file.
+
+ The parameters below are used as inputs to call getaddrinfo(3).
+
+ SockType <string>
+ This optional key tells launchctl what type of socket to create. The default is "stream" and
+ other valid values for this key are "dgram" and "seqpacket" respectively.
+
+ SockPassive <boolean>
+ This optional key specifies whether listen(2) or connect(2) should be called on the created file
+ descriptor. The default is true ("to listen").
+
+ SockNodeName <string>
+ This optional key specifies the node to connect(2) or bind(2) to.
+
+ SockServiceName <string>
+ This optional key specifies the service on the node to connect(2) or bind(2) to.
+
+ SockFamily <string>
+ This optional key can be used to specifically request that "IPv4" or "IPv6" socket(s) be created.
+
+ SockProtocol <string>
+ This optional key specifies the protocol to be passed to socket(2). The only value understood by
+ this key at the moment is "TCP".
+
+ SockPathName <string>
+ This optional key implies SockFamily is set to "Unix". It specifies the path to connect(2) or
+ bind(2) to.
+
+ SecureSocketWithKey <string>
+ This optional key is a variant of SockPathName. Instead of binding to a known path, a securely
+ generated socket is created and the path is assigned to the environment variable that is inher-ited inherited
+ ited by all jobs spawned by launchd.
+
+ SockPathMode <integer>
+ This optional key specifies the mode of the socket. Known bug: Property lists don't support
+ octal, so please convert the value to decimal.
+
+ Bonjour <boolean or string or array of strings>
+ This optional key can be used to request that the service be registered with the
+ mDNSResponder(8). If the value is boolean, the service name is inferred from the SockService-Name. SockServiceName.
+ Name.
+
+ MulticastGroup <string>
+ This optional key can be used to request that the datagram socket join a multicast group. If the
+ value is a hostname, then getaddrinfo(3) will be used to join the correct multicast address for a
+ given socket family. If an explicit IPv4 or IPv6 address is given, it is required that the Sock-Family SockFamily
+ Family family also be set, otherwise the results are undefined.
+ '';
+ };
+ };
+
+ config = {
+ };
+}