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The service has + succeeding tests for the versions 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 3.11 of + <link xlink:href="https://cassandra.apache.org/">Apache + Cassandra</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + There is a new <literal>services.foundationdb</literal> module + for deploying + <link xlink:href="https://www.foundationdb.org">FoundationDB</link> + clusters. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + When enabled the <literal>iproute2</literal> will copy the + files expected by ip route (e.g., + <literal>rt_tables</literal>) in + <literal>/etc/iproute2</literal>. This allows to write aliases + for routing tables for instance. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services.strongswan-swanctl</literal> is a modern + replacement for <literal>services.strongswan</literal>. You + can use either one of them to setup IPsec VPNs but not both at + the same time. + </para> + <para> + <literal>services.strongswan-swanctl</literal> uses the + <link xlink:href="https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/swanctl">swanctl</link> + command which uses the modern + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/blob/master/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/README.md">vici</link> + <emphasis>Versatile IKE Configuration Interface</emphasis>. + The deprecated <literal>ipsec</literal> command used in + <literal>services.strongswan</literal> is using the legacy + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/blob/master/README_LEGACY.md">stroke + configuration interface</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The new <literal>services.elasticsearch-curator</literal> + service periodically curates or manages, your Elasticsearch + indices and snapshots. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + Every new services: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./config/xdg/autostart.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./config/xdg/icons.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./config/xdg/menus.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./config/xdg/mime.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./hardware/brightnessctl.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./hardware/onlykey.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./hardware/video/uvcvideo/default.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./misc/documentation.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./programs/firejail.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./programs/iftop.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./programs/sedutil.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./programs/singularity.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./programs/xss-lock.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./programs/zsh/zsh-autosuggestions.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/admin/oxidized.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/backup/duplicati.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/backup/restic.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/backup/restic-rest-server.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/cluster/hadoop/default.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/databases/aerospike.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/databases/monetdb.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/desktops/bamf.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/desktops/flatpak.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/desktops/zeitgeist.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/development/bloop.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/development/jupyter/default.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/hardware/lcd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/hardware/undervolt.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/misc/clipmenu.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/misc/gitweb.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/misc/serviio.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/misc/safeeyes.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/misc/sysprof.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/misc/weechat.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/monitoring/incron.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/dnsdist.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/freeradius.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/hans.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/morty.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/ndppd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/ocserv.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/owamp.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/quagga.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/shadowsocks.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/stubby.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/networking/zeronet.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/security/certmgr.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/security/cfssl.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/security/oauth2_proxy_nginx.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/web-apps/virtlyst.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/web-apps/youtrack.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/web-servers/hitch/default.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/web-servers/hydron.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/web-servers/meguca.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./services/web-servers/nginx/gitweb.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./virtualisation/kvmgt.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>./virtualisation/qemu-guest-agent.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> + <section xml:id="sec-release-18.09-incompatibilities"> + <title>Backward Incompatibilities</title> + <para> + When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the + following incompatible changes: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Some licenses that were incorrectly not marked as unfree now + are. This is the case for: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + cc-by-nc-sa-20: Creative Commons Attribution Non + Commercial Share Alike 2.0 + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + cc-by-nc-sa-25: Creative Commons Attribution Non + Commercial Share Alike 2.5 + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + cc-by-nc-sa-30: Creative Commons Attribution Non + Commercial Share Alike 3.0 + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + cc-by-nc-sa-40: Creative Commons Attribution Non + Commercial Share Alike 4.0 + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + cc-by-nd-30: Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative + Works v3.00 + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + msrla: Microsoft Research License Agreement + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The deprecated <literal>services.cassandra</literal> module + has seen a complete rewrite. (See above.) + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.strict</literal> is removed. Use + <literal>builtins.seq</literal> instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>clementine</literal> package points now to the + free derivation. <literal>clementineFree</literal> is removed + now and <literal>clementineUnfree</literal> points to the + package which is bundled with the unfree + <literal>libspotify</literal> package. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>netcat</literal> package is now taken directly + from OpenBSD's <literal>libressl</literal>, instead of relying + on Debian's fork. The new version should be very close to the + old version, but there are some minor differences. + Importantly, flags like -b, -q, -C, and -Z are no longer + accepted by the nc command. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>services.docker-registry.extraConfig</literal> + object doesn't contain environment variables anymore. Instead + it needs to provide an object structure that can be mapped + onto the YAML configuration defined in + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/v2.6.2/docs/configuration.md">the + <literal>docker/distribution</literal> docs</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnucash</literal> has changed from version 2.4 to + 3.x. If you've been using <literal>gnucash</literal> (version + 2.4) instead of <literal>gnucash26</literal> (version 2.6) you + must open your Gnucash data file(s) with + <literal>gnucash26</literal> and then save them to upgrade the + file format. Then you may use your data file(s) with Gnucash + 3.x. See the upgrade + <link xlink:href="https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade">documentation</link>. + Gnucash 2.4 is still available under the attribute + <literal>gnucash24</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services.munge</literal> now runs as user (and group) + <literal>munge</literal> instead of root. Make sure the key + file is accessible to the daemon. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>dockerTools.buildImage</literal> now uses + <literal>null</literal> as default value for + <literal>tag</literal>, which indicates that the nix output + hash will be used as tag. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The ELK stack: <literal>elasticsearch</literal>, + <literal>logstash</literal> and <literal>kibana</literal> has + been upgraded from 2.* to 6.3.*. The 2.* versions have been + <link xlink:href="https://www.elastic.co/support/eol">unsupported + since last year</link> so they have been removed. You can + still use the 5.* versions under the names + <literal>elasticsearch5</literal>, + <literal>logstash5</literal> and <literal>kibana5</literal>. + </para> + <para> + The elastic beats: <literal>filebeat</literal>, + <literal>heartbeat</literal>, <literal>metricbeat</literal> + and <literal>packetbeat</literal> have had the same treatment: + they now target 6.3.* as well. The 5.* versions are available + under the names: <literal>filebeat5</literal>, + <literal>heartbeat5</literal>, <literal>metricbeat5</literal> + and <literal>packetbeat5</literal> + </para> + <para> + The ELK-6.3 stack now comes with + <link xlink:href="https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open">X-Pack + by default</link>. Since X-Pack is licensed under the + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt">Elastic + License</link> the ELK packages now have an unfree license. To + use them you need to specify + <literal>allowUnfree = true;</literal> in your nixpkgs + configuration. + </para> + <para> + Fortunately there is also a free variant of the ELK stack + without X-Pack. The packages are available under the names: + <literal>elasticsearch-oss</literal>, + <literal>logstash-oss</literal> and + <literal>kibana-oss</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Options + <literal>boot.initrd.luks.devices.name.yubikey.ramfsMountPoint</literal> + <literal>boot.initrd.luks.devices.name.yubikey.storage.mountPoint</literal> + were removed. <literal>luksroot.nix</literal> module never + supported more than one YubiKey at a time anyway, hence those + options never had any effect. You should be able to remove + them from your config without any issues. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>stdenv.system</literal> and <literal>system</literal> + in nixpkgs now refer to the host platform instead of the build + platform. For native builds this is not change, let alone a + breaking one. For cross builds, it is a breaking change, and + <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform.system</literal> can be used + instead for the old behavior. They should be using that + anyways for clarity. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Groups <literal>kvm</literal> and <literal>render</literal> + are introduced now, as systemd requires them. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> + <section xml:id="sec-release-18.09-notable-changes"> + <title>Other Notable Changes</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>dockerTools.pullImage</literal> relies on image + digest instead of image tag to download the image. The + <literal>sha256</literal> of a pulled image has to be updated. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.attrNamesToStr</literal> has been deprecated. Use + more specific concatenation + (<literal>lib.concat(Map)StringsSep</literal>) instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.addErrorContextToAttrs</literal> has been + deprecated. Use <literal>builtins.addErrorContext</literal> + directly. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.showVal</literal> has been deprecated. Use + <literal>lib.traceSeqN</literal> instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.traceXMLVal</literal> has been deprecated. Use + <literal>lib.traceValFn builtins.toXml</literal> instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.traceXMLValMarked</literal> has been deprecated. + Use + <literal>lib.traceValFn (x: str + builtins.toXML x)</literal> + instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>pkgs</literal> argument to NixOS modules can now + be set directly using <literal>nixpkgs.pkgs</literal>. + Previously, only the <literal>system</literal>, + <literal>config</literal> and <literal>overlays</literal> + arguments could be used to influence <literal>pkgs</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + A NixOS system can now be constructed more easily based on a + preexisting invocation of Nixpkgs. For example: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + inherit (pkgs.nixos { + boot.loader.grub.enable = false; + fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/xvda1"; + }) toplevel kernel initialRamdisk manual; +} +</programlisting> + <para> + This benefits evaluation performance, lets you write Nixpkgs + packages that depend on NixOS images and is consistent with a + deployment architecture that would be centered around Nixpkgs + overlays. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.traceValIfNot</literal> has been deprecated. Use + <literal>if/then/else</literal> and + <literal>lib.traceValSeq</literal> instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.traceCallXml</literal> has been deprecated. + Please complain if you use the function regularly. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The attribute <literal>lib.nixpkgsVersion</literal> has been + deprecated in favor of <literal>lib.version</literal>. Please + refer to the discussion in + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/39416#discussion_r183845745">NixOS/nixpkgs#39416</link> + for further reference. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lib.recursiveUpdateUntil</literal> was not acting + according to its specification. It has been fixed to act + according to the docstring, and a test has been added. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The module for <literal>security.dhparams</literal> has two + new options now: + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <literal>security.dhparams.stateless</literal> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Puts the generated Diffie-Hellman parameters into the + Nix store instead of managing them in a stateful manner + in <literal>/var/lib/dhparams</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <literal>security.dhparams.defaultBitSize</literal> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + The default bit size to use for the generated + Diffie-Hellman parameters. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + <note> + <para> + The path to the actual generated parameter files should now + be queried using + <literal>config.security.dhparams.params.name.path</literal> + because it might be either in the Nix store or in a + directory configured by + <literal>security.dhparams.path</literal>. + </para> + </note> + <note> + <para> + <emphasis role="strong">For developers:</emphasis> + </para> + <para> + Module implementers should not set a specific bit size in + order to let users configure it by themselves if they want + to have a different bit size than the default (2048). + </para> + <para> + An example usage of this would be: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ config, ... }: + +{ + security.dhparams.params.myservice = {}; + environment.etc."myservice.conf".text = '' + dhparams = ${config.security.dhparams.params.myservice.path} + ''; +} +</programlisting> + </note> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>networking.networkmanager.useDnsmasq</literal> has + been deprecated. Use + <literal>networking.networkmanager.dns</literal> instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Kubernetes package has been bumped to major version 1.11. + Please consult the + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.11/CHANGELOG-1.11.md">release + notes</link> for details on new features and api changes. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The option + <literal>services.kubernetes.apiserver.admissionControl</literal> + was renamed to + <literal>services.kubernetes.apiserver.enableAdmissionPlugins</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Recommended way to access the Kubernetes Dashboard is via + HTTPS (TLS) Therefore; public service port for the dashboard + has changed to 443 (container port 8443) and scheme to https. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The option + <literal>services.kubernetes.apiserver.address</literal> was + renamed to + <literal>services.kubernetes.apiserver.bindAddress</literal>. + Note that the default value has changed from 127.0.0.1 to + 0.0.0.0. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The option + <literal>services.kubernetes.apiserver.publicAddress</literal> + was not used and thus has been removed. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The option + <literal>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.enableRBAC</literal> + was renamed to + <literal>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.rbac.enable</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Kubernetes Dashboard now has only minimal RBAC permissions + by default. If dashboard cluster-admin rights are desired, set + <literal>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.rbac.clusterAdmin</literal> + to true. On existing clusters, in order for the revocation of + privileges to take effect, the current ClusterRoleBinding for + kubernetes-dashboard must be manually removed: + <literal>kubectl delete clusterrolebinding kubernetes-dashboard</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>programs.screen</literal> module provides allows + to configure <literal>/etc/screenrc</literal>, however the + module behaved fairly counterintuitive as the config exists, + but the package wasn't available. Since 18.09 + <literal>pkgs.screen</literal> will be added to + <literal>environment.systemPackages</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The module <literal>services.networking.hostapd</literal> now + uses WPA2 by default. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>s6Dns</literal>, <literal>s6Networking</literal>, + <literal>s6LinuxUtils</literal> and + <literal>s6PortableUtils</literal> renamed to + <literal>s6-dns</literal>, <literal>s6-networking</literal>, + <literal>s6-linux-utils</literal> and + <literal>s6-portable-utils</literal> respectively. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The module option <literal>nix.useSandbox</literal> is now + defaulted to <literal>true</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The config activation script of + <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal> now + <link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemctl.html#Manager%20Lifecycle%20Commands">reloads</link> + all user units for each authenticated user. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The default display manager is now LightDM. To use SLiM set + <literal>services.xserver.displayManager.slim.enable</literal> + to <literal>true</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + NixOS option descriptions are now automatically broken up into + individual paragraphs if the text contains two consecutive + newlines, so it's no longer necessary to use + <literal></para><para></literal> to start a new + paragraph. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Top-level <literal>buildPlatform</literal>, + <literal>hostPlatform</literal>, and + <literal>targetPlatform</literal> in Nixpkgs are deprecated. + Please use their equivalents in <literal>stdenv</literal> + instead: <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform</literal>, + <literal>stdenv.hostPlatform</literal>, and + <literal>stdenv.targetPlatform</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> +</section> |