1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/postfix.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/postfix.nix
index 3b6ef1631f8..f57589a59c7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/postfix.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/postfix.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ in
 {
   port = 9154;
   extraOpts = {
+    group = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      description = ''
+        Group under which the postfix exporter shall be run.
+        It should match the group that is allowed to access the
+        <literal>showq</literal> socket in the <literal>queue/public/</literal> directory.
+        Defaults to <literal>services.postfix.setgidGroup</literal> when postfix is enabled.
+      '';
+    };
     telemetryPath = mkOption {
       type = types.str;
       default = "/metrics";
@@ -26,16 +35,20 @@ in
     };
     showqPath = mkOption {
       type = types.path;
-      default = "/var/spool/postfix/public/showq";
-      example = "/var/lib/postfix/queue/public/showq";
+      default = "/var/lib/postfix/queue/public/showq";
+      example = "/var/spool/postfix/public/showq";
       description = ''
-        Path where Postfix places it's showq socket.
+        Path where Postfix places its showq socket.
       '';
     };
     systemd = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption ''
-        reading metrics from the systemd-journal instead of from a logfile
-      '';
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable reading metrics from the systemd journal instead of from a logfile
+        '';
+      };
       unit = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
         default = "postfix.service";