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nixos/nsd: symlink conf file to /etc/nsd #91514

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@picnoir picnoir commented Jun 25, 2020 •
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Motivation for this change
We remove the configFile build flag override in the NixOS module.

Instead of embedding the conf file link to the binaries, we symlink it
to /etc/nsd/nsd.nix, the hardcoded config file location for the
various CLI nsd utilities.

This config file build option override is triggerring a nsd rebuild
for each configuration change. This prevent us to use the nixos cache
in many cases.

@hrdinka, I see you wrote that particular part. I know it was a long time ago, but I feel like I might be missing some context and do something stupid here. Would you happen to remember what led you to add this override?

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  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS linux)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • other Linux distributions
  • Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests)
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Determined the impact on package closure size (by running nix path-info -S before and after)
  • Ensured that relevant documentation is up to date
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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hrdinka commented Jun 26, 2020

@NinjaTrappeur Yea, this needs a change. The reason for this is that all nsd binaries installed on the system (like nsd-control) need access to the config file to work. Back than I did not want to further clutter /etc but today this might be the better solution: Either symlink the config file to /etc/nsd/nsd.conf (better compatibilty) or maybe symlink it to nsd’s stateDir (like other services do it; better for NixOS users and worse for others) and use this path for the config file in the derivation. I am in favor of symlinking it to /etc. Just let me know if you are going to do the change or if I should do it.

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picnoir commented Jun 26, 2020 •
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Aha! I did not think about nsd-control.

Ok, sounds good. We're already symlinking the zones files to /etc/nsd/ anyways. EDIT: my bad, it's a mutable file, it's part of the statedir ofc.

Just let me know if you are going to do the change or if I should do it.

I won't be available until tonight (CEST time). If you can do it earlier, be my guest, I'll be happy to review it. If you go ahead, it'll probably a good idea to cherry-pick 9501883 at the same time.

I'm using NSD on my router, needless to say the current un-cached situation is a bit annoying to me, I'd like to fix that pretty quick!

@picnoir picnoir changed the title nixos/nsd: remove config file override. nixos/nsd: symlink conf file to /etc/nsd Jun 26, 2020
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picnoir commented Jun 26, 2020

Just updated the PR. We're now creating a symlink to /etc/nsd/nsd.conf.

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hrdinka commented Jun 26, 2020

Great, thanks a lot for your changes! One last request since you are already on it. The default config file path is wrong in the derivation. It’s missing the leading /, please be so kind and add it 😃:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/91514/files#diff-a172753a317033e33503641d094d3636R14

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nixos/nsd: symlink conf file to /etc/nsd
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We remove the configFile build flag override in the NixOS module.

Instead of embedding the conf file link to the binaries, we symlink it
to /etc/nsd/nsd.nix, the hardcoded config file location for the
various CLI nsd utilities.

This config file build option override is triggerring a nsd rebuild
for each configuration change. This prevent us to use the nixos cache
in many cases.

Co-authored-by: Erjo <erjo@cocoba.work>
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picnoir commented Jun 26, 2020 via email

@hrdinka hrdinka merged commit b2655b6 into NixOS:master Jun 26, 2020
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hrdinka commented Jun 26, 2020

Thanks for all the changes 👍

@picnoir picnoir deleted the nin-fix-nsdconf branch June 27, 2020 05:43
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