nix-optimise service: init

Closes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18378

2 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index a3bbddfcdd2..07da64c6384 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
   ./services/misc/mwlib.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-gc.nix
+  ./services/misc/nix-optimise.nix
   ./services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-ssh-serve.nix
   ./services/misc/nzbget.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-optimise.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-optimise.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fea322a68f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-optimise.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.nix.optimise;
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    nix.optimise = {
+
+      automatic = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        type = types.bool;
+        description = "Automatically run the nix store optimiser at a specific time.";
+      };
+
+      dates = mkOption {
+        default = "03:45";
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        description = ''
+          Specification (in the format described by
+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle>
+          <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) of the time at
+          which the optimiser will run.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = {
+
+    systemd.services.nix-optimise =
+      { description = "Nix Store Optimiser";
+        serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-store --optimise";
+        startAt = optional cfg.automatic cfg.dates;
+      };
+
+  };
+
+}