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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-07-15 17:13:16 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-07-15 23:57:01 +0200
commitd2825c96141c7b6844d9e04f982919c0509165e1 (patch)
tree9acde9173ef7d8888468954a00a420a3b139ebfa /doc
parent64720891ae7edc33f963651c5ba2509513b1849a (diff)
Add 'guix-daemon.service' file for systemd.
* etc/guix-daemon.service.in: New file, provided by Ricardo Wurmus. * daemon.am (CLEANFILES): Add etc/guix-daemon.service. (systemdservicedir, nodist_systemdservice_DATA): New variables. (EXTRA_DIST): Add etc/guix-daemon.service.in. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation, Build Environment Setup): Mention 'guix-daemon.service'.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7d18c00cb2..e4662cbfe1 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ Run the daemon:
# ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
@end example
+On hosts using the systemd init system, drop
+@file{~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service} in
+@file{/etc/systemd/system}.
+
@item
Make the @command{guix} command available to other users on the machine,
for instance with:
@@ -512,8 +516,12 @@ Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands):
@noindent
The number of build users determines how many build jobs may run in
parallel, as specified by the @option{--max-jobs} option
-(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}).
-The @code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with:
+(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}). The
+@code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with the
+following command@footnote{If your machine uses the systemd init system,
+dropping the @file{@var{prefix}/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service}
+file in @file{/etc/systemd/system} will ensure that
+@command{guix-daemon} is automatically started.}:
@example
# guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild