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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml | 39 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml index e03a5f5ce5c..2225619d481 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml @@ -544,21 +544,42 @@ systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig.ReadWritePaths = [ "/var/www" ]; to be used for every display-manager in NixOS. </para> </listitem> - <listitem> + <listitem> <para> The <literal>bitcoind</literal> module has changed to multi-instance, using submodules. - Therefore, it is now mandatory to name each instance, e.g.: + Therefore, it is now mandatory to name each instance. + To use this new multi-instance config with an existing bitcoind data directory and user, + you have to adjust the original config, e.g.: <programlisting> -services.bitcoind = { - enable = true; -}; + services.bitcoind = { + enable = true; + extraConfig = "..."; + ... + }; </programlisting> - requires a name now: + To something similar: <programlisting> -services.bitcoind."example-mainnet" = { - enable = true; -}; + services.bitcoind.mainnet = { + enable = true; + dataDir = "/var/lib/bitcoind"; + user = "bitcoin"; + extraConfig = "..."; + ... + }; </programlisting> + The key settings are: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>dataDir</literal> - to continue using the same data directory. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>user</literal> - to continue using the same user so that bitcoind maintains access to its files. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> </listitem> <listitem> |